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Happy New Year, folks. May your 2023 be less of a shit show than 2022, and may we all be grateful that 2021 is receding further into the distance.
Got a lot planned for the upcoming year.
The sequel to Baptism By Fire is close to wrapping up. It's entitled Sun Killer, and follows Cora as she tries to eliminate spies in Haven. I hope to have cover art finalized by the end of February and the final edits ready for a March release.
Over in isekai land, Have Gun, Will Reincarnate kicks off Volume 2 tomorrow, January 4th. Fair warning: things get pretty dark from here on out. If you were expecting this story to have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
The Encyclopedia Armamentarium is coming along slowly but surely. The amount of labor that goes into each piece means I can't guarantee a regular release date, but I'm not exactly trying to feed the algorithm with it anyway. I'm hoping to publish Longsword vs Katana in the next couple of weeks.
And finally, there's a new series in the works that I'm tentatively calling Year Zero. It follows a queer polycule as they try to navigate their family through a hypothetical 2nd American Civil War. This one's going to be bloody, dark, and if you've ever wondered about apocalypse-proofing yourself, maybe even educational. I'll hopefully have more updates soon.
So that's all for now. Thanks for sticking with me so far, and I look forward to seeing where this journey leads.
Got a lot planned for the upcoming year.
The sequel to Baptism By Fire is close to wrapping up. It's entitled Sun Killer, and follows Cora as she tries to eliminate spies in Haven. I hope to have cover art finalized by the end of February and the final edits ready for a March release.
Over in isekai land, Have Gun, Will Reincarnate kicks off Volume 2 tomorrow, January 4th. Fair warning: things get pretty dark from here on out. If you were expecting this story to have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
The Encyclopedia Armamentarium is coming along slowly but surely. The amount of labor that goes into each piece means I can't guarantee a regular release date, but I'm not exactly trying to feed the algorithm with it anyway. I'm hoping to publish Longsword vs Katana in the next couple of weeks.
And finally, there's a new series in the works that I'm tentatively calling Year Zero. It follows a queer polycule as they try to navigate their family through a hypothetical 2nd American Civil War. This one's going to be bloody, dark, and if you've ever wondered about apocalypse-proofing yourself, maybe even educational. I'll hopefully have more updates soon.
So that's all for now. Thanks for sticking with me so far, and I look forward to seeing where this journey leads.
Ok, your turn rusty. Here's that poem you get for donating 3k ink.
Rusty: Have Gun Will Reincarnate
Notes upon notes
Aversion to be old
Hilarious anecdotes
A story to be told
The drunkenness of reality
A boy that is kin
Mind like gravy
Isekai’ed I’d been
Truth to be told
The boy was old
The world as cold
A goddess so bold
Though I couldn’t be me
But rednecks to be
I want a tank
Don’t take it from me
Rusty: Have Gun Will Reincarnate
Notes upon notes
Aversion to be old
Hilarious anecdotes
A story to be told
The drunkenness of reality
A boy that is kin
Mind like gravy
Isekai’ed I’d been
Truth to be told
The boy was old
The world as cold
A goddess so bold
Though I couldn’t be me
But rednecks to be
I want a tank
Don’t take it from me
Honestly, I completely forgot about that.
hello!!!! you won the chibi giveaway for my inskgiving goal :D you can DM me on discord to claim your winnings ^_^
So, uh, I just remembered that this was a thing, and that I could notify folks that my newest novel, Have Gun, Will Reincarnate: Memoirs of an Isekai Knight, started publishing a couple weeks back. With 4 volumes written, it's safe to say that it'll be around for awhile, so if you liked my other stuff, you might want to take a look to pass the time.
https://tapas.io/series/Have-Gun-Will-Reincarnate-Memoirs-of-an-Isekai-Knight/info
https://tapas.io/series/Have-Gun-Will-Reincarnate-Memoirs-of-an-Isekai-Knight/info
lol did you forget that you can notify people here?
I absolutely forgot that I could notify people.
So, you may have noticed, but Kevlar Sweethearts did not start publishing in May. That’s because I was wholly unsatisfied with the final product. Not in the “oh I’m a writer and I hate everything I do” sort of way, either.
Simply put, the relationship aspect wasn’t up to snuff. I’ve never seriously tried to sit down and write romance before, and my inexperience showed. This world has been a labor of love for the better part of a decade, and I’m not content releasing anything set in it that’s not of an acceptable level of quality.
To that end, I’ve started another project, something that I’m not as attached to and that doesn’t have to bear the burden of being a true flagship series. I feel like I have more room to experiment and make mistakes, and that freedom is paying dividends that will be evident when I get back to Kevlar Sweethearts. I’m leaning towards publishing it sometime in the next month or so in order to get feedback from all three of you that read my stuff.
In the meantime, I thought I’d share with you the cover for Kevlar Sweethearts. Haven’t gotten around to having it lettered yet, but there’s no need to rush, so I’m not gonna.
Thanks for sticking around,
-Rusty
Simply put, the relationship aspect wasn’t up to snuff. I’ve never seriously tried to sit down and write romance before, and my inexperience showed. This world has been a labor of love for the better part of a decade, and I’m not content releasing anything set in it that’s not of an acceptable level of quality.
To that end, I’ve started another project, something that I’m not as attached to and that doesn’t have to bear the burden of being a true flagship series. I feel like I have more room to experiment and make mistakes, and that freedom is paying dividends that will be evident when I get back to Kevlar Sweethearts. I’m leaning towards publishing it sometime in the next month or so in order to get feedback from all three of you that read my stuff.
In the meantime, I thought I’d share with you the cover for Kevlar Sweethearts. Haven’t gotten around to having it lettered yet, but there’s no need to rush, so I’m not gonna.
Thanks for sticking around,
-Rusty
So, it's been awhile since we've had any updates. Now that there's something to share, I thought I'd go ahead and throw it out there.
Book 2 in the War of the Old Gods series is in the process of being written as we speak. The outline is finished, and I've started drafting the first chapters. Unlike Baptism by Fire, I plan on having Book 2 mostly finished before I start publishing, in order to ensure the best possible quality when it hits your eyes.
Speaking of Baptism by Fire, once Book 2 rolls out and gets firmly underway, I plan to go back and retroactively fix quite a few things. Not a complete rewrite; I don't intend to George Lucas it to death, but I do think I could have done better, and I plan to make it better as time permits.
Now, before I go, a couple of tasty nuggets of what's to come. Book 2 will largely focus on Mycroft and his relationship with The Soldier. I plan to use the additional writing time and lessons learned from Baptism by Fire to really flesh out their relationship. How well it works out remains to be seen, but so far so good.
The cover of Book 2 is being worked on as we speak, and I hope to be able to reveal it in the next few weeks. While we're all waiting on that, I think it's high time to reveal the title.
Book 2 shall be called Kevlar Sweethearts, and is tentatively scheduled to start publishing in the first week of May.
Book 2 in the War of the Old Gods series is in the process of being written as we speak. The outline is finished, and I've started drafting the first chapters. Unlike Baptism by Fire, I plan on having Book 2 mostly finished before I start publishing, in order to ensure the best possible quality when it hits your eyes.
Speaking of Baptism by Fire, once Book 2 rolls out and gets firmly underway, I plan to go back and retroactively fix quite a few things. Not a complete rewrite; I don't intend to George Lucas it to death, but I do think I could have done better, and I plan to make it better as time permits.
Now, before I go, a couple of tasty nuggets of what's to come. Book 2 will largely focus on Mycroft and his relationship with The Soldier. I plan to use the additional writing time and lessons learned from Baptism by Fire to really flesh out their relationship. How well it works out remains to be seen, but so far so good.
The cover of Book 2 is being worked on as we speak, and I hope to be able to reveal it in the next few weeks. While we're all waiting on that, I think it's high time to reveal the title.
Book 2 shall be called Kevlar Sweethearts, and is tentatively scheduled to start publishing in the first week of May.
Well folks, it's official: season 1 of War of the Old Gods has concluded. It's not the best thing I've ever written, but it is the one I've learned the most from, and I intend to take those lessons to heart moving forward. Season 2, as it currently stands, is scheduled to start publishing in the first week of May. More info on that will come out closer to launch, but in the meantime, you can expect an epilogue in the next week or so and occasional releases of supplemental material that helps flesh out the universe. Thank you all for sticking around, and I hope to see you all again very soon.
Hey guys. Just wrapped up editing and scheduling the final chapter of Baptism By Fire, which is scheduled to publish January 31st. I want to take a moment to thank everyone who's been along for the ride so far, and I sincerely hope you'll stick around for season 2 when we pick up the story again. More details will be coming in the next few weeks as I get everything organized. Thanks again.
congrats man!
This is gonna be a nice binge read!
