Author's Note: Slayer, OP Wizard, Rogue Ascension, and Conventions

So, I'm at the end of my third year as a full time author and in the next few months I'll be going into my fourth year. And despite that, it still feels like I'm learning my process and understanding what works best for me. And trusting my gut more.

For a while now, I've always had this war within me of doing what I want and doing what's best for the market. Finding that middle ground is crucial, but most of the time, when I lean toward doing what's best for the market, I still have fun while making tons of money.

It's an interesting aspect of being a successful author with a business. Where you have to balance the art with the profits, and for some authors, they're heavily profit motivated, and that's cool. Although I will admit a lot of the profit-chasing authors, when taken to the extreme, seem to come out with soulless works. But sometimes they'll find success anyway.

Me, I was always a creative first. But I like having money, so overtime I've learned the hard way what works and what doesn't, and tried to calm down my more ... crazy ideas.

With all that said, writing Slayer is a bit more of a calmer and more easy to profit from work, which I enjoy. I enjoy it a lot, honestly. It fits right in the middle for me.

Overpowered Wizard is ... well ... one of those works I might've pushed a little too hard and a little too crazy. It moved in the direction that was more personal for me and for readers who would love it, but it could've certainly be done better and in a way that would've been more digestible for the average audience.

And then there's Rogue Ascension, who I haven't forgotten about. I got burned out doing it because after releasing 8 books in 9 months rapid-fire and nearly dying from sickness, it was a bit of a haunting experience. That and there are other issues surrounding Rogue Ascension that I can't talk about because of ... contracts.

So.

What is this ramble all about. Well, it's about me addressing the type of writer I am and giving you a reasonable outline of my plans for the next year. Because truth be told, I can only handle one project at a time, and trying to do both sucks the life out of me.

So ... let's see if an outline will work.

Slayer 3.

Slayer 4.

Overpowered Wizard 4 (Final Book).

Slayer 5.

Slayer 6.

Rogue Ascension 9.

Slayer 7.

Slayer 8.

Rogue Ascension 10 (Final Book).

...

This is gonna be the plan going forward. It may change depending on how far Slayer will go. But if Slayer lasts up to 8 books, this will be the outline.

The reason for this is coming to terms that I suck at writing more than one story at a time. Instead of trying to split my brain and write chapters for various projects weekly, I'm just going to focus on one project at a time until I meet the quota, and then I'll switch over to the other project.

Why do it this way?

I'm a flow-based writer. I can hit 30k to 40k a week if I have a good flow built. When I'm in the mindset of the Slayer, I want flow there. When I'm in the mindset for OP Wizard, I want to flow there. Rogue Ascension will be the same.

It'll be easier for me to achieve more this way and keep my sales in a healthy place. That and I want to finish these projects for probably the biggest reason.

The Ultraverse Saga. It's something I've been working on since Apocalypse Comedy. It's going to become more prominent after Slayer's finished, a sort of omniversal connection where many characters of my old series can show up again and again with more stories down the future. So, yeah, this is my plan.

On another note, I'll be in Denver for the first ever LitRPG Convention July 18-20.

I'll also be at Dragon Con later this summer.

Gonna give out posters of Slayer 1 and Slayer 2.