Quick update about First Colony Book 20.
 
First the book is still at 70% completion. My intention was to finish the book and release it in the latter  half of March. This date is going to be pushed by into April. Earlier this month on the 14th my father died. He was 83. My wife and I, my sisters and their husbands, two of my nieces, and my mother were in the hospital and were fortunate to be able to say goodbye. I won’t go into a lot of details. I’ve been blessed to have had a really good father and we were close. This whole experience has been both beautiful and terrible at the same time. It also has strengthened my faith in God. I have zero doubts that I will be reunited with my father one day, and I look forward to that day.
Over the next couple of weeks I will finish First Colony Book 20, and anticipate that it will be released in April. No sooner than mid-April.
My father was a huge First Colony fan. He loved Connor and the other characters. I am sorry that he won’t enjoy the eventual end of the series. Book 20 is definitely not the end of the series, nor will book 21 be the end either.
I usually post my book release schedule for the year and the beginning of the year. I’m late with this. I plan to write another First Colony book this year, after book 20 is complete. I also plan to release a new series this year. I like to rotate between two series. I have two candidates or ideas for the new series I plan to write this year. I’m leaning heavily toward one of those ideas, and I’m almost completely committed to it. However, I like a little wiggle room in case something changes my mind.
Thanks for reading. Happy February….
 
What’s the new series?
 
I wouldn’t leave you guys hanging about that. Confession time. I have an intense dislike for short fiction, even though I’ve written some short stories and a novella. It’s the novella that really gets me, because it has always felt like an unfinished novel and in this case series. In 2020 I wrote a novella called Acheron Rising, it was a story set before the events in the Federation Chronicles. I’ve always entertained the idea of going back and completing the story, and make it into a series. It’s been on my mind a lot lately. So that is my plan. I don’t have a series name for the “new” series, but that’ll come with time. I’m actually very excited to write that story. There is something about two friends who have a profound effect in history that shape the world to come. I just feel that this is a story that needs to be told. I sincerely hope you’ll join me for this journey.
Side Note: Why not write more in the Ascension series. That’s going to be a solid maybe in 2027. At this point I will not close the door on anything.