So, I'm writing this in July, right before the start of August. This volume was a major worry when I was writing it, but I felt better about it after a lot of major edits. This volume is the end of the first major arc to the series, where I focus on getting the entire crew together. From this point forward, as in the story, things are going to change majorly as the crew figures out where they're going and what they're going to do.

An IRL friend has been working on me with feedback on beta using what I'm using for Patreon copies (Story Origin). The system works really well and keeps things more organized than just doing it as posts, so I like it. If you feel anything improves in my writing, you can thank him for that, because he definitely helps me catch wording issues a lot. I'm sending him a free omnibus after I make it as compensation so don't worry about him being unpaid.

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I'm starting up at a new school district next week, and in terms of this series, I'm working on a print omnibus of the first 5 volumes that I hope to have out by October (to go with the newsletter, which you can totally join if you want to click on my website or the summary page for this fiction.) I'm also beginning to work on a serious side project after a break, and that should be out during the writathon in November.

I'm not good at talking about myself, but all in all there's a lot to look forward to, and thanks for being along for the ride.

Edit: September me here. I had to stop writing for like a full month from late July to August, and man did it hurt getting back up to what I'm used to. The good news is that I'm back to writing with backlog out to January. The bad news is the side series might be delayed until I get more back to normal. Starting up work at a new district is rough.