I want to apologize to everyone for my posting delays. I've said it several times but the remaining chapters all tie together for the ending and I would rather not spoil what is to come. I am working on chapter 41 with only two more to follow. For a long time now I've been trying to figure out a particular detail in this chapter but this morning while reading an article about cliches in fantasy and how to avoid them, I had an epiphany. All at once I've realized that it's not the detail in the chapter holding me up, instead it is the realization that I don't know what the next story will be about. I really don't. Worse, as I write this, I also realize I can't describe the different ideas for stories I could write because several would give away details that have yet to be posted in Orphan Magus. However, now that I know what my real problem is, I can move forward and finish Orphan Magus. Then I can fully focus on the real problem and maybe even ask you, my readers, which way the story should go next.
Yeah. That's the ticket!