(Image is of Skadi perched on the edge of a box of packing paper, looking inquisitively at me)
In a word: overwhelmed. I took some time off to visit my grandparents in Scotland (a bit more on that later) and I thought I had everything lined up to make that perfectly fine.
I was wrong. I forgot that I needed to get everything sorted out for the second and third Changeling translations—and then the outline for Fated Skies decided to be one of my super-detailed ones instead of my high level ones.
The super-detailed ones are useful, but I plan for 3K outlines not 12K outlines in my scheduling!
Fated Skies is the final Aether Spheres book and I’m now 10K into it and having a blast. It’s going to be long, but that’s expected for the fantasy books. I’m not sure I expected it when I wrote my schedule for 2026 though!
My trip to Scotland was a blast. I got to spend a bunch of time with my grandparents (they are in their 90s, so they don’t get out and only see us when we come to them) and also managed to hit up the National Museum of Flight at the recommendation of Charlie Stross, as well as HMS Britannia.
I was looking for a Polaris display, but apparently the missile required some work and is currently in their conservation hangar. I found her hiding behind Blue Streak, the UK’s original attempt to build an ICBM of their own that they canceled in favor of Polaris.
Also got to check out Concorde and wander around the WWII airfield the museum is built in.
Nothing new has been added to the release list since last month, so 2026 currently looks like:
April 16 – Le Serment du Chasseur (Sang du Changelin 2)
May 21 – Spirit Blade (Spirit Knight 1 – this is the new urban fantasy)
June 18 – l’Honneur du Noble (Sang du Changelin 3)
July 23 – Alien Olympus (Starship’s Mage 19 / Mars Unconquered 1)
September – Keepers of the Flesh (Saints of the Void 2)
November – Wildcard (House Adamant 6)
I’m hoping to have the Fated Skies Kickstarter running this fall as well, but we shall see. They are a lot of work and that sounds rather intimidating at the moment!
Happy reading everyone,
-Glynn SStewart
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