FORGE FAQ
Greetings, gentle readers! There have been several questions in the wake of Forge's release, so I figured it was time for a Forge FAQ.
Forge Frequently Asked Questions
1. Is Forge the final book in the series?
No. Resolve the fourth and final book in the series will be coming out in 2023. The first draft is already written.2. Weren't you going to finish the series with Forge?
That was the plan, and I drafted Forge and Resolve as one messy, messy draft which clocked in at well over a quarter million words. It was too many words. While digging into rewrites, I realized I had, unsurprisingly, drafted two books, not one.Originally, lo these many years ago, I had planned on writing The Children of Man as a quartet. I had hoped I could somehow finish it as a trilogy, but, it turns out, it is going to take me four books to tell this story.
3. Noooo. We've already waited forever. How long are we going to have to wait for book four?
My plan is to release Resolve within the next year in 2023.
4. How long are we really going to have to wait for Resolve?
I know you probably have very little reason to believe it will actually be coming out in 2020 given the deadlines I've missed over the last three years. I cannot fully explain the different place I'm in now due to years of therapy and having started medication for my c-PTSD, GAD, and ADHD. I say with no hyperbole that meds in conjunction with EMDR therapy have been absolutely life-changing for me.
I have never been this consistently productive in my entire life. I asked my psychiatrist, after I started meds in the spring, if I had really spent my entire life having to work ten times harder than other people to get the same things done. And she said she hated to say yes, but yes.
**COVID edit: The pandemic has taken a huge toll on me physically and mentally. I have lost people I love, and I have also changed day job careers. As of August 2022, I am in my final year of graduate school getting my Master of Social Work degree.
5. Is there a paperback version of Forge?
Yes! (Amazon Links Here) The kindle and paperback pages should, hopefully, merge within the week. Other retailers will start carrying the paperback soon. I'll update once I have live links.
I may add more to this FAQ as repeated questions come in!
Comments
I am an aspiring writer. I have read all of your books. I have read all of your blog. Your words have inspired me on to better things in my own writing. I have grown as a writer because of you. I just want to say one thing: I miss you. I miss how your blogs inspired me, and I miss the little glimpses I got into a writer's life. I understand that you are going through some hard things right now. Life has thrown you a wicked curve ball. But I want you to know that your fans are still here. We are thinking of you, and praying for you. We are waiting for your return, even if it's only through the publishing of Resolve. I want you to know that we are here for you. That's what fans are for. We are a shoulder to cry on, a friend to vent to. If someone pulls you down, we are here to lift you up. So when and if you choose to return, we will be here, hanging on to every word.
Sincerely, An Aspiring Writer
That said, C-PTSD and ADHD are no joke, and it's nearly impossible to do anything the way "normal" people can do it. I believe in the author, though, just as surely as I believe in my own ability to eventually succeed.
Struggle on, sister. Somehow things will turn out ok.
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