Hello Everyone,
I wanted to end the radio silence with some updates on where things stand with The Legacy Chronicle and my writing work as a whole. I am currently plugging away on the fourth book, though it is taking longer than previous installments due to a lot of threads I have to weave together over time.
Additionally, I have learned that Sherman’s Books policy for local writers has changed, and I have to hit certain sales goals in order to keep the books in circulation there. The only book that meets their current criteria is The Sword, so from here on out, you will only be able to get The Shield and The Steed on Amazon or by emailing me directly for a copy.
Because this shrinks my readership and reach substantially, I am making some significant plans for expansion into other avenues to build readership and provide content to people who follow my work. With this in mind, I have a new priority list I am sharing with you:
- Complete The Father and ensure that book four comes out in the next 12 months or so, ensuring the series continues a relatively steady stream of publication. I am a writer first and foremost, and this is my central work, so it needs to be top of the chain.
- Launch a podcast, to be entitled TH Pod, which will feature interviews with various other creatives and friends on things they, or I, think you should consume. The structure will be “I think you should [verb]” and a topic. For example, “I think you should read The Sword by TH Paul.” The podcast will feature a discussion of the book, film, game, album, or whatever it is we’re interested in, and some samples and excerpts to sell the audience on the work (we will be sure to include spoiler tags). Wes Covey, a long time collaborator, is working on a theme song and I am soliciting guests, so if you hear from me, consider being on! If you don’t hear from me, but would want to participate, please reach out!
- In addition to the podcast, I will be creating a Patreon account. For those who do not know, Patreon allows artists to monetize their work at various tiers. I am currently planning on offering three tiers: Supporter, where you pay $1 a month just to show support for ongoing projects, Member, where you pay $5 a month to get excerpts of ongoing writing works, early releases of the podcast, membership in a Discord server I will be creating for followers of the Patreon, and the ability to request certain topics for the podcast, and lastly Subscriber for $10 a month, which gets you everything the Members get plus for every two months of membership at that tier, you can choose any of my works to be shipped to you, signed, for no additional cost (this will include future works as well).
- Lastly, I am still working on a few other writing projects that will likely be released as short story collections or smaller novels. I am also working to get the No Monsters digital edition completed, hopefully by November.
So, there is quite a bit going on. Please reach out with questions or if you are interested in participating in the podcast. The plan is to build a collection of a dozen or so episodes BEFORE I release any of them, and similarly I will not launch the Patreon until I have the content to populate it (I won’t let people pay for nothing).
Thanks for reading,
T.H.
