Well, Since I resumed posting A Woman Warrior, the story has gone from 18 finished chapters to 30 with chapter 30 posting earlier today. I have realized that in a way chapter 31 will be an ending. Not to the posting or even to the story, but an ending to the beginning. I've already written over 106,000 words in this story which is usually about where I try to cut off and end a book, so we've come to the end of book 1. I can't say that book 2 will be as long, but I've definitely come to that point. However, rather than stop and later resume with a book 2 post, I'll be continuing to work on Woman Warrior for all of you. Its still not going to be more than 2 chapters a week, but I'll be continuing for my followers here.
On that, I might have over 800 followers and see any chapter of Woman Warrior quickly rise above 1500 views, but that hasn't translated to followers elsewhere. My story on Royal Road has just 9 people following it, and my Patreon sees equally dismal interaction numbers. I know you all hate the pushes to support your favorite authors, but it truly makes a huge difference. Please if you can visit my story at Royal Road and try a slightly different tale. And if you can back me on Patreon, so I can afford to take the time to write even more tales.
The funny thing is that while checking my file folders I discovered a partially finished Swarm Cycle story I was working on in 2014 (yes 11 years ago.) The story is one I think will be a ton of fun to read as soon as I finish it. I'm just astonished that it was there. I barely remembered starting it and now will have to review it before I can push it to completion. Its a short tale, and will probably end up published as a one shot of about 15000 words. Maybe this month? We'll see. I could be encouraged.