Tl;dr at the bottom.

Hey everyone!

I've reached a milestone this week which is--to cut to the point--I signed a deal with a publisher for Undersea Reincarnation. This is only happening because you all read and enjoyed the story. I'm incredibly thankful for all of you.

Huge. Exciting. I'm also saying this in advance so you don't worry about the next part.

I'm also working on a new story!

You might be thinking: How would I manage to work on two stories at once? Will I end up abandoning Undersea? Will I burn myself out?

Maintaining two stories isn't difficult if I have the time. And the goal for this new story is to allow me to go full-time. I'm pretty excited about it, actually, and if it goes as planned, then everything will stay the same for Undersea, and I'll be outputting chapters for a new story as well.

If it doesn't workout... well. I'll adapt. But Undersea won't pay for it because, again, that story has a contract.

But, to get there, I'm going need a couple of updates off and that's not just just for the new story! As you may remember, I mentioned wanting to clean up the first book of Undersea and now that the volume is done (on Patreon), it's time to get to work.

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Over the next few weeks:

* I will be managing the editing of book 1 ( alone to prep it for the publisher + working with a dev editor to get better as a writer),

* I will be writing the backlog for the new story (I call it Project Wands... it sounds less cool than it is, trust me. Did you know Undersea's folder is called Project Tentacles?),

* I will be launching Project Wands

And while I'm off from work this week and the next, I won't be when most of the above is being done. So bear with me for the next couple of week. I'm trying to manage all of this without negatively exhausting myself.

So. Here's how's it going to go for the updates/off and break:

* Week of 9th of September (next week): There will be two chapters. Not three.

* Week of 16th of September (week after): There will be two chapters. Not three.

* Might need some more after those, but I'll let you know.

This hectic schedule won't last forever. I expect two months tops. In a month(or so) I'll be launching the new story and it should be pretty obvious within a week or two if it's going to work out. Once the launch dust settles, the path forward will be clear.

So tl;dr:

* Starting a new story in a few weeks

* Undersea got a publishing deal, so I'm contractually (and happily) obligated to write the story.

* I have a lot to do: Editing for book 1 of Undersea, backlog for launch of new project, launch of new project which is why I need time off. The next two weeks (Sep 9th and Sep 16th) will have two chapters updates instead of three

That's basically it. Gotta go back to writing now.

Thank you all!