Hey readers!

Firstly, I'm sorry that this isn't the start of the fourth arc, but the start of this year has had a lot of ups and downs for me.

Unfortunately, one of those downs was God of Discovery. After I finished fixing my outline for the fourth arc, I got attacked by both a heavy episode and a horrible plot bunny. As such, I haven't written anything at all for the fourth arc. While this arc already has a first draft, quite a few things would have to be changed about it due to new and edited events in the previous arcs, and I haven't gotten around to doing any edits or re-writes.

Having said that, though, after re-evaluating my fourth arc, I currently have rough outlines and some drafts for up to arc 7, plans and ideas for arcs 8-10, and completed drafts that I will re-write completely from a new POV for arcs 11-13. Oh... and there are even ideas for arcs 14 and 15, but we'll see how that goes ;)

So, what this all means is that I am not abandoning this story! Not going to happen!!! However, God of Discovery - Arc 4 will be delayed a little longer.

As for time?

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I'm going to estimate another month, probably two.

That plot bunny I mentioned? It's taken over my writing where it could and I've been trying to focus on getting that out so I can get it to beta readers ASAP. The main thing that's been holding me back with it is that I keep thinking and feeling guilty about not writing God of Discovery. The thing is, GoD is my baby - it is a story I've been wanting to tell for a very long time and one that is always in the back of my mind. It does not, however, pay the bills. I took a break from writing GoD last year in Autumn as I wrote and published my poly dragon fantasy Soultaming the Serpent and then another break in December as I published my sapphic giant space mermaids sci-fi The Star Catcher.

In both cases, I immediately came back to GoD because I LOVE this story and I love D'Argen. I want to keep writing about him.

And I will!

But I want to write it with joy and not pressure. I want to get something out that you'll love as much as I do. At the moment, that love is going toward my sci-fi project 3V3, which I'm hoping to publish in the next few months (hint hint, if you're interested in being a beta reader for a post-apocalyptic dystopian sci-fi with religious connotations, reach out to me).

So, I hope that I can finish this draft of 3V3 as soon as possible without thinking and feeling guilty for not writing GoD, and once it's in beta hands, I will be knocking out chapters for God of Discovery as fast as I can write them.

I hope you all understand and are willing to come back to this story when it's back up and running again :)

Thank you for the support so far,

Konstance