I just finished a draft of "Shaper of Isles" and am putting that aside for the moment so I can come back for revision a bit later. The draft ran for about 81K words.

I'm not sure what's next for me. I'm thinking about the Thousand Tales setting again and in contrast, a disturbing cyberpunk-like setting idea. That one's based on the idea of today's widespread propaganda/censorship and other problems, versus people who rebel with farming, fitness, faith, and... AI? If I worked again in the Tales setting itself I'd still want to jump forward a decade or so, carrying on with the growth of a culture that has digital paradise but wants to grow and expand rather than retreating completely inward. (Thinking partly in terms of, "I want to read the Thousand Tales book that doesn't exist yet.")

I have about 20K words written of "Nox Vesta", a LitRPG novel, and around 3K words of "Rising World 3" which I should probably do this year, yet. Lately I've fooled around with a few more solo RPG story/game experiments but they're probably not suitable for commercial sale. (My Lunar Exalted PC is currently rescuing people from a burning mansion in a rebellious city built around a magitech desalination plant.) I also have a space adventure story sitting around at about 13K words but don't feel ready to commit to that one.

It would be nice to do another short story or two. I have two of these out to magazines but they've each had several rejections and one magazine is explicitly closed to members of my race. If those get rejected further I'll probably put them online publicly since they can't sell. But it could be good to do either some basic transformation stuff or general fantasy/SF again without turning it into a book.

Finally, I want to revisit my AI and game design ideas again.