The end of the year rockets toward us.
S. Usher Evans, an author I follow, posted everything she wrote this year in a recent newsletter. It was fascinating seeing how much she had done in 2024. I enjoyed it so much, I figure, hey, why not do the same thing?
So what have I written this year?
- Altira: Art is a Weapon, Book Four
- Altira longs to be alone. As a young girl she was adopted by a skitterling family who are always, always there. She sneaks away to make her art. And then something happens that lets her art come to life. Now invaders have come to the city, and other beings like her art are coming to hunt her. She may never be able to be alone again.
- This book will see the light of day… eventually. I had posted book one of the saga on my Ream account, but I didn’t get much traction there. Seeing as how I have well over half of the six-book saga written, I don’t want to waste the effort. At some point I’ll come back, clean the whole thing up, finish it, and then publish all six books.
- These Endless Grueling Years
- Told through letters, a pastor in modern America struggles with depression to the point of resigning from his position.
- This book will likely never see the light of day. It was really more me exploring a topic. Still, I’m glad I wrote it. Sometimes an author just needs to write something for himself.
- Dragons of the Iron Forest
- Selah didn’t steal a tree. You can’t prove anything. She just moved it into the city so maybe, maybe, she wouldn’t have to leave the city every day just to get food. But bringing green into the Geared City has caught the attention of the Fake Man, and he will either make her his agent… or he will destroy first her sister, and then Selah herself.
- Stay tuned! Hopefully I’ll be able to share a lot more information about this book in a month or two!
- How to Be a Dragon
- In these modern days, many dragons have forgotten what they are and have taken on the lowly appearance of humans. This handy guidebook will instruct such unwise beings on how to reclaim their draconic form and proper draconic practices.
- This started as a TikTok video that went viral. Enough people wanted to see a real guidebook that taught how to be a dragon, I wrote one! We plan to publish this one, but we want to make it a fancy edition, which means a lot more work behind the scenes. You’ll be able to see it, but we have many steps to go through first.
- Elowyn: Daughter of Three Worlds, Book One
- Elowyn: Daughter of Three Worlds, Book Two
- Elowyn: Daughter of Three Worlds, Book Three
- Elowyn’s eighth grade year is going… well, fine, mostly. But a creep has begun following her, cosplaying as some sort of bug thing. And then he hurts two of her friends. And then he tries to kidnap her. And then her dad saves the day using an acorn black hole thing. And things get weirder from there. Elowyn’s year is about to get a lot stranger.
- That’s right! Dawnsbrook Press plans to release another six-book middle grade series, and the first half is drafted! When will it come out? Stay tuned!
Seven books in one year? And as this post gets published, I’ll have started work on Elowyn book four. I’ll count that as a win. That said, I’d like to get even more writing done next year! How about some goals?
- Elowyn: Daughter of Three Worlds, Books Four through Six
- Unnamed Science Fiction Adventure Project, Books One through Six
- Bonus Content for The Dragons of Londinium
- And being honest… I’ll probably get distracted by some other random project along the way.
So… a lot more work to get done.
Time to get to work then!
Jonathon Mast: Author 