A. F. Kay
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January 6, 2024 - Update
🕑 Added 2024-01-06 08:26:01 +0000 UTCHey!
I finally handed off book 9 to the editor. It ended up being the longest book to date, coming in at 180k words. That is 10k longer than the previous record held by The Sixth Rune. It also has the longest chapter I’ve ever written, which I couldn’t break up because it’s the epilogue. So the epilogue in book 9 is the equivalent of 3 normal chapters!
As expected, since it has happened to me with every single book so far, I encountered the “this book is terrible”…”what am I doing”…”it’s going to ruin the whole series”…blah blah blah. It will pass in a couple of weeks, about the time I’ll get the edits back.
The timing of chapters, audio, and release of this book is different because of all the issues I’ve had since the beginning. Specifically I’ve had almost no buffer chapters this entire book, largely because I tossed over 20k words toward the beginning, which put me behind as I rewrote them. In the past, I had plenty of chapters to last through all the editing and audio production. This time I don’t.
If I release at a normal pace, the last part of the epilogue will arrive at the end of January. Audio doesn’t start until around February 12, and the release date is March 1. I put the pre-order up over Christmas.
All that to say, I’m not sure what to do regarding chapter releases starting in February. I am finishing up some world-building aspects for the Royal Road story (which takes place in the Divine Apostasy universe and runs parallel to the main story…there is even some character cross-over!). I think I’m going to start writing those chapters for a couple of weeks this month and then add in chapters for book 10.
So, my tentative plan is this. Book 9 chapters finish up at the end of January. I will begin releasing chapters of the new story in February as I build up a buffer of chapters for book 10. Then probably sometime in February, I’ll start releasing the book 10 chapters as well.
I have high hopes for this other story, but your reaction will help me decide if it will be hundreds of chapters …or just a single book.
Anyway, that’s what has consumed my brain (when not editing) this week. Health wise, the RSI is still there and all the editing kept it inflamed. I found a compression type brace that helped a lot, and I’ll be trying some other things as well.
Lastly, I’m filling out the information for the Trif brothers this weekend so they can start on the cover for book 10. I expect I’ll have that in a month or so and for the first time I might have two pre-orders up at the same time.
I did a heavy rewrite of chapter 39 so I’m also reposting that along with a little from chapter 38 and 40. It also allowed me to add some necessary foreshadowing. Let me know what you think.
I opened up chapters 66, 67, and 68 for Root.
I opened up chapters 69, 70, and 71 for Harvester.
I added chapters 72, 73, and 74 for Step Master, Blapy’s Favorite, Divine, and Axiom.
Enjoy!
I’m so thankful you’re here with me and my hope is 2024 brings you abundant happiness.
Take care,
AFK
Comments
A. F. Kay
I appreciate that!
Samuel Strode
Woohoo longest book ever! I enjoy epic stories thank you and if you need to delay posting anything for a week or two it’s ok I follow authors that haven’t posted for months!!!!
