Announcement 5th of March 2025 (I couldn't decide a title) (Patreon)

Hello everyone! Been a bit since I made one of these.

So, first of all the good stuff. Book 11 just released on Audible and is sitting at rank 3 on the store as of this moment! In case you haven’t noticed or want to snatch it up, the link is below:

https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Primal-Hunter-11-Audiobook/B0DWG4J2SH

Now for the less good stuff. I kind of joked about it in Book Announcements, but I said there may not be a chapter tomorrow because a new patch in WoW came out today, and I’m playing it with some friends... well, it looks like that may indeed be the case and not even solely because of WoW.

I’ve gone and done this silly thing called catching a cold, so not feeling super well. Coupled with this being the start of a new arc on Patreon and me having to think a lot about stuff, it’s definitely not a good combo.

Lastly, I want to add something a bit more personal. Recently (as in the last 3-4 months), I’ve started going to the gym again for the first time in over a decade. Covid and my lifestyle as an author haven’t been kind to my weight, and I decided to finally do something about it and lose a bit while also building some muscle. Things are generally going well in that regard, but recently, an old issue has begun to pop up more often.

As I’m sure many of you know, I’ve been dealing with wrist issues for a few years now. I’ve generally found ways to deal with it, and I write using wrist stabilizers and whatnot, but lifting recently, especially as I’ve gone up in what I can lift, has begun to cause trouble again in the wrist department. No doubt also due to suboptimal form. With my wrist braces, I can use the PC normally for most things with no issue, but writing especially can cause some problems.

I’m not gonna lie; I have considered going down to 4 chapters a week to lighten my workload a bit and give myself more time to relax. Nearly all of my peers have done something similar (HWFWM, Defiance of the Fall, Azarinth Healer back in the day, etc, etc.). And oh boy, do I understand why they did it. Especially after publishing. The bigger you get, the more work you have that isn’t simply writing chapters anymore.

You also reach a point in your life where you would be considered successful by most standards. I would say I’ve reached that, earning more money than I ever thought I would simply doing my hobby. When writing is something you enjoy, it makes it easier to do it every day and turns it into a dream job, but it remains a job, and sometimes, I do just feel like taking a day off.

However, I know that if I go down to 4, even temporarily, I will never get back to 5. Believe it or not, I view myself as an inherently lazy person, but I also know I’m pretty good at adapting to new normals, so I want to avoid creating less productive new normals. I also knew myself well enough to be aware that if I didn’t have a Patreon yelling at me for a chapter every weekday, I would be lucky if I even wrote a couple of chapters a week. That’s why I don’t plan on changing how many I publish a week here.

What I will do is take off tomorrow and Friday as my wrists are quite literally a pain today (had back day in the gym yesterday, and yes, I am getting lifting straps). After that, it will be back to regular programming. At least, that’s the plan.

Anyway, that got longer than I originally planned it to be, and I hope you all have a nice day and weekend. I know this post came with very short notice, but I was legitimately just joking originally about no chapter tomorrow, so I do apologize. If anyone is unhappy, just write me about a refund, and be aware that so far, I don't think I've ever not just given a refund when anyone asked.

TL:DR for those who only care when more words are out: No chapter tomorrow or Friday. Audiobook for book 11 is out today (or maybe tomorrow for you).

- Zogarth