Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Henlo my dudes! I've got a big 'ol tumbler of water beside me. Much thirst quenching.

Bastion Academy

Subterfuge comes out NEXT WEEK Y'ALL! I'm so excited for this ^_^ Can't wait to get the reader's feedback. I feel like I included a lot more of the cultivation and magical academy elements in the middle of this one and it definitely felt more like the first book than the second did. ANYHOO

Accidental Dungeon

A better placeholder name than "Witch Hut" for sure, and it does have some comedic elements to it so maybe we could go with a little funkier name, IDK. TO THE UPDATE...
So I had a very productive Team Alpha call (see below for more deets) that caused me to have to rewrite the entire first two chapters... hahaha! It's so much better now and DUDES... I caught it early. I could've written the WHOLE THING and then been like "oh snap, this book has a big opportunity right at the outset that would change the course of the book in a BIG way and make it so much better than it is.... but I'd lose 90hrs of work and have to essentially start over."
So yeah! Really glad I was only 9k in instead of 25k in or worse when that realization blossomed. It's coming along just fine now, and I'm still checking to see if I can publish it here for y'all to get early access. We'll see.

Boy, I was a chatty one today wasn't I? Have a great one, my dudes,

~J.D. Astra

More about Team Alpha

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I realize that sounds like a sales pitch, but seriously it's an amazing groups and I myself am SUPER duper grateful for it. It's done amazing things for my growth as an author, and brought me close to some new friends. If this sounds interesting to you, drop me a DM and we'll chat about how you can get started!