Hey there!

I hope you’ve had a great holiday season, and an even better 2024. As the year comes to a close, I’ve been looking back on the last several months since I launched Warden Writing. It’s been a ride! Here’s some fun stats:

• 4 Volumes with 4 Entries each, for a total of 16 Entries
• Across all volumes, 23,000 words – approximately 83 novel pages
• 208 years of in-world history covered across all Entries

Thanks so much to everyone who has been following along with Lorellum Fantastica’s maiden voyage. Thanks as well to my beta readers and their unwavering support and feedback. I’m so thankful to have been able to share this world with all of you!

What’s next for Warden Writing

I think 2025 is going to be a big year.

Chief amongst my priorities is seeking publication for Blood of Mezmatl. Up until now, my writing time and energy has been split between BoM and LF. I’ve decided that, in order to give BoM what it deserves—to ensure the best possible showing out in the publishing industry—I need to devote all my time to it.

Lorellum Fantastica, therefore, will be taking a bit of a hiatus.

Elandra deserves a vacation, anyway

While there won’t be new Volumes or weekly Entries during the hiatus, this isn’t to say I won’t be working Lorellum Fantastica at all.

These last several months have been a proof of concept. While I love LF, I’ve come to find that it’s drawing more time and energy from my writing time and personal life than I initially anticipated. I’ve been thinking over the existing format of LF and have some ideas on how to make it slicker, shorter, and more efficient to publish. Ideas that will make it more sustainable for me to keep a regular schedule while pursuing bigger projects like Blood of Mezmatl.

Ultimately, I don’t want to give up either of these, so it’s just a matter of having a think over how to strike that balance. In short—stay tuned on what’s next for Lorellum Fantastica.

Besides, after what she’s been through recently, I’d say Elandra needs a bit of a break.

See you in 2025!

Thanks again to everyone for all of the support, feedback, and readership on this journey. I’m excited to see where Warden Writing will go in 2025!