The State of the Ashes of Victory

So Colours of Dawn has been out for about two months (already!), and as it's the start of a new year, I thought I would give a little window into what's happening with the series.

First off, I do plan on having Book V out this year (If you don't know what the title is, you haven't read all the way to the end of Colours!), likely towards the end, like last year. Right now that is the plan for all the Ashes books going forward. They will be my year-capping releases, likely the biggest books I write any given year, and the most emotionally taxing. Taking December off to recharge and plan the year ahead worked really well for me, and I need time away after an Ashes release anyway. I'm happy with how the (writing part) of (the end of) last year went, and see no reason to not try again!

So, how many books is 'all the books going forward? Right now? Six. It's genuinely unfathomable to me to be able to even speculate out loud that the fall of 2022 might see the release of the final From the Ashes of Victory book. I'm getting a tad emotional even typing it, but, that's what it looks like right now.

I know how the series ends, there are seeds of it already planted, and it could very well be that they only need two more books worth of water and sunlight for the flower to bloom. Maybe more, but we'll have to see.

Some wonderful reviewer referred to Colours as 'the calm before the storm', and they were right. But the thing with storms is, once they blow themselves out, there isn't much left to write about. Another thing about storms though, is that they can be really fun to watch, and the biggest ones get remembered and talked about for a long time. I hope that's true of mine.

For right now though, Victoria, Katya and Millie are on a much-needed holiday, but they'll be back sooner than you know it.