Week 38 of 2024
Greetings all
Responsibility of the Fleet comes out tomorrow! This is the 3rd of G. Scott Huggins’ amazing Endless Ocean series detailing the deeds of Responsibility, a half-dragon who came from a tough past to claim her birthright, including her real name: Azriyqam.
Here’s the blurb on this book:
If she saves her brother, she can’t save the world. The uneasy peace Princess Azriyqam helped forge between the Twin Kingdom of Evenmarch and the Consortium of Man remains, aided by her brother Prince Avnai’s service in the Consortium Fleet. However, Avnai’s ship faces destruction from a new people on the far side of the Endless Ocean. Tasked by the Consortium’s Chief of Fleet Intelligence to save her brother, Azriyqam discovers a greater menace, one that endangers not just her home and family, but the entire world. Faced by terrors beyond imagining in a fortress of legend, she must discern friend from foe to gain the strength she needs to choose. Will her choice save all she loves? Or will she fail, losing all she holds dear.
It’s chock full of action, adventure, and magic, just like the first two in the series. If you haven’t read the series, check it out here: https://amazon.com/dp/B095CXTH85. It’s a great read.
Release day is always nice, and it’s been a while, but it won’t be all that long until the next one, Reka’s Grasp, from H.Y. Gregor. In fact, that’s the first of a trilogy you’ll see released in October, November, and December. This trilogy opens a new branch in Jon R. Osborne’s acclaimed Milesian Accords series.
And there’s more coming in 2025. Exciting times at New Mythology Press.
Exciting times for me as I made major progress on The Feasting of Vengeance. I finished a major thread I had to get right, as it serves as a major part of the story’s foundation. That was about 7000 words this week.
Then, I reincorporated it back into the full document, having pulled it out so I could focus on just that. Once that happened, I could really match things up to the Save the Cat Framework. I’d started that already of course, but pulling that out shifted how the chapters would work in the overall book. That’s now fixed, which is a major task in its own right.
Now, I have a boatload of XX prompts. I use XX (not XXX 
) to mark places where I need to double check something, expand on something, or anything else that requires me to come back to it. By doing that, I can continue to type the narrative without stopping to look things up.
That means I have to go back and check for all of those. I cleared out about a quarter of those this week as well, but best of all, they’re often great places I can dive right back in and throw words on the page without having to stare at the document and remember what I wanted to do, which often happens when I first look at a project.
I also spent a bunch of time expanding a couple of Okkorim projects. I have one that’s in the editing stage where I’m building it up, and another that’s going to get to the editing stage next week, hopefully.
All in all, a productive week, especially since my Achilles has gotten much better. It’s still sore, but I can walk this week, which I couldn’t last week.
Anyway, that’s enough for now, except to say, “Go by Responsibility of the Fleet tomorrow!”
Have a great week everyone.
What I’m Listening To
Bills v. Dolphins. Football season is back!
Quote of the Week
Today would have been Neil Peart’s 72nd birthday. Of course the quote comes from him. I could, of course, choose a song lyric, but I think I’ll pick something else this time.
“The important thing is: if you fail once, or if your luck is bad this time, the dream is still there. A dream is only over if you give it up-or if it comes true.”
– Neil Peart
Rob’s Riddles
Like challenges? Think you’re smarter than me? Then see if you can answer my riddles!
You can find them by signing up for my Patreon here: patreon.com/rhodri2112. Not sure what I mean? Then check the sample riddle and see if you get the answer!
First Line of Current Riddle:
I show arms and the man Making merry most times
New Mythology Works in Progress
Responsibility of the Fleet comes out tomorrow! This is the 3rd of G. Scott Huggins’ amazing Endless Ocean series detailing the deeds of Responsibility, a half-dragon who came from a tough past to claim her birthright, including her real name: Azriyqam..
Rob’s Works in Progress
- Sowing Spring’s Wrath (3,213)
- The Feasting of Vengeance (59,622)
Upcoming Events
- ChattaCon, January 17-19, Chattanooga, TN
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I’m the Toastmaster! - LibertyCon, June 20-22, Chattanooga, TN
libertycon.org/ - Pennsic War, July 26 – August 11, Slippery Rock, PA
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New Releases
This week we Shadow Wired, the first book in the Shadow Wired series by Gustavo Bondoni. It’s time for some awesome cyberpunk action… right now! Get it here: amazon.com/dp/B0DG32SJZ6.
Your pre-release this week is Responsibility of the Fleet!
Tracked Items
My Weight Today: 359.2lbs
Updated Word Count: 208,000
Firehall Sagas Archives: 758 entries
Have a great week, everyone.
Rob Howell
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