Dear reader who may have a robot army,
Above you see Taro in the act of cornering the robot mop, using his body and the welcome mat to trap it. He and his brother have enjoyed interacting with my new fleet of automated assistants. The mop is, of course, called The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and the upstairs roomba is (naturally) Skynet. I named the downstairs roomba The Army of Oz. Bonus points if you get that reference. (Wheeeelerrrsss?)
Anyway, I now get entertaining messages from Roomba's app, such as "Skynet is stuck and needs your help" or "The Army of Oz has completed a task!" The cats seem particularly concerned that The Sorcerer's Apprentice is wetting on the floor. Taro managed to trap it in a corner the other day (see above), while Mochi watched in admiration. ("My brother can do anything!")
I did notice a peculiar thing when Skynet mapped the upstairs for the first time. It showed a communicating passage that does not exist between my two guest rooms. Dear reader, I was immediately inundated with the story ideas...
What's the News in Books?
I've finished all the pieces of what will be the 5th Hunters Universe book, "Legacy." You can read them in draft form at the $5 level on Patreon, or you can wait a few months for me to clean them up and publish them (yes, there will be an audio version, but later in the year, after Rish gets done with Cormorant). Final order will probably be "Den Mates," "The Truth," "Relevant," and the titular title, Legacy. "Den Mates" is backstory that happens between the final chapter of Hunters Unlucky and the epilogue (so I could technically put it anywhere). The others occur in chronological order after Arcove's Bright Side. The Truth happens a few months later, Relevant is about 1.5 years after Bright Side, and Legacy occurs 2.5 years after Bright Side.
I was proud of the variety of relationships and storytelling I managed to work into this collection. In "Den Mates" the primary relationship is FF, set amidst some mild adventure and character study. In "The Truth," the primary relationship is MM, set amidst a classic murder mystery. In "Relevant," the primary relationship is platonic familial, with slice-of-life style adventure and teaser set-up for the book that comes after this one. The title novel, Legacy, is an intense action/adventure that touches all of Halvery's major connections with other characters, which come in every flavor.
Rish is hard at work recording the audio for "Cormorant" (Pirates of Wefrivain Book 5). I will start posting it at the $3 level sometime this week. It's a big book, and I doubt we'll be finished until May or June. At that point, it'll be in my store.
I will start working on the Sleipner books again this week! I ended up doing a little cross-over with Sleipner verse in "Relevant."
Yours, An Author who also owns a "feeder robot"...which sounds so ominous,
Abbie
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