Hello everyone!
Those who are reading the comment thread for Book 4 (many, but by no means all, of the 'serialized' readers - the ones most likely to care about delays) know this, but for everyone else:
Based on feedback on the comment thread, I will be pausing the start of VoaT Book 5 for at least three weeks following the end of Book 4 on Friday.
Rest assured that I have no plans to shift projects before at least the late 1980s happen in VoaT (probably later). There are too many plot threads in progress that really can't pay off before then, and I don't want to shove them into an Epilogue or the like.
Never say never, but my plans are to carry the story forward. That said: as I said before, August was a rough month for productivity and I'm away from my house about as much as I'm home in September.
October can also be a rough month for productivity (I have a significant volunteer commitment in October), but I expect it'll be much better.
Mostly, this takes a lot of pressure off of early October, which is a good thing.