Skip Scherer / Lionknight.us

Welcome to my big monthly update. Reminder you can always follow me on Twitter for faster more frequent updates – @skip_scherer. I look forward to hearing from you!

This last Thanksgiving marked the one-year mark since I released my first book Warship Ares! I’m happy to say the book continues to do well. While not burning up the sales charts, it does continue to sell, and I continue to get great feedback on it. That feedback really pushes me forward on writing the next book!

My hope was to get the second book out in about a year’s time, that sadly just isn’t going to happen. I’m flying through the second act at this point, but not fast enough to finish it before the end of the year. The second act is the biggest act of this book and it’s just taking time to get it done. The last act is a fast and furious one that really pumps up the action but will also be the shortest act of the book. So, the plans are there, the path ahead is clear and book 2 will be coming in 2022.

Some small teasers on what is to come:

• Gaia 1st runs a lot deeper than anyone thought.
• Some of our supporting cast have secrets… and more secrets.
• Just where are the Screech anyways?

I hope you are as intrigued to read it as I am to write it! Hang in there 2022 is going to be a blockbuster!

Happy Holidays!

A little late on my big November update. Remember to follow me on twitter @skip_scherer for more frequent updates.

Thanksgiving this month will be the one-year anniversary of the release of my first book Warship Ares! I was hoping to be close to finishing the 2nd book at this time, but that is not to be. Warworld Gaia is just bigger and challenging than the first book. That plus time constraints with my regular business make finding writing time hard right now. Fear not because work does continue.

Act 2 is moving much faster than act 1. Act 1 as a slow write because I tried something new, as those that follow me have heard before. Act 2 is back to a workflow that I’m much better suited too and faster! Right now I’m knee deep in exploring the world of Gaia, it’s culture and atmosphere. Don’t worry it’s all wrapped around a lot of action and explosions you’ve come to expect.

Act 2 is the biggest of the 3 acts for this book, with act 3 being the shortest. With that in mind, hopefully by the first of 2022 I’ll have a good idea of when you can expect the next book. hmmm… maybe even a hint on what the cover will look like… hmmm.

As always thanks for joining me on this journey!

I guess I missed the big update for Sept., sorry about that. Normal job has been keeping me busy. Remeber you can always head over to Twitter and catch my small more frequent updates @skip_scherer .

Warworld Gaia continues to move forward. Act 2 is making much better progress than I did on Act 1. One reason is my return to my normal writing method. Wrting and editing as I go works so much better for me. Learning a lot about the planet Gaia in this act and I’m relly enjoying the discovery process. The supporting cast is getting nice screen time too.. Can’t wait to be able to share it with everyone.

At the pace I’m going it looks like next year for a release date. I was hoping to get it out in a years time, but life had other plans. Thanksgiving will be one year for Warship Ares and I just can’t make that. So a year and a half into up to 2 years for this book. Some of that time will depend on my editor’s availability. I’ll update more once I’m deeeper into act 3 of this book, before I give more definitive release plans.

For those finding Jax for the first time. Welcome! Thanks for joining me. I’m working hard on continueing the story, I hope you can stand the wait.

Keep working the plan.

Running a little late on this big monthly update. As a reminder you can see smaller updates, and general ramblings, on my twitter account at @skip_scherer!

Work continues on Act 2 of book 2. The first chapter is a bit of a beast compared to what I normally write. Some of the things happening at the start of this act are things that have been waiting to happen, so they require a little extra attention to make sure I get things right. Also, as I’m writing this chapter, I needed to readjust some of my thought on the next chapters. That’s nothing new since I tend to be a discovery writer and things are always a little fluid as I work towards some set waypoints.

From Act 1 I’ve gotten some feedback from my beta readers and over all nothing I need to worry about – haha. We’ll see what happens as I get more info back in.

That’s it for this month! Writing act 2 should be faster than writing act 1 since I have returned to more preferred writing method. Wish me luck!

As always thanks for sticking around and thanks for your support!