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As you've no doubt already heard, we have about a year left before the release of my new book, Overworld, in April 2027.
But, of course, you knew that. You saw my elementally appropriate Pokémon shirts. Not only have I been writing this book for a while already, but we're in the middle of the editing process now. Since this is my first project with Tor, or any traditional publisher, I've gotten to learn a new editing process. A much cooler one. Most people don't know this, but Tor edits by printing off the manuscript and having each author hike it up to the top of an active volcano. If you recite the chant correctly while tossing it into lava page by page, Tor alchemists can reconstitute the ash into a version of the book with no errors. If you do mess up the chant, sometimes you'll end up with the wrong "their." Or an extra "ring like a bell." My usual editing process involves sailing out into the deep sea and using a printed copy of my manuscript as bait to hook a fish, then grilling and eating that fish so I can taste the typos. But I'll try it their way this time. So, does that mean you'll have to wait another year for my next book? No! Not unless something goes horribly wrong, anyway. Like the volcano rejecting my gift. The Commander is still slated for release this year. In fact, as many of you have already noted by looking slightly to the right, I finished a draft of it a few weeks ago. But then it was back to editing Overworld! And now it will be back to writing another draft of The Commander. Then editing The Commander. Then writing The Sword. Then maybe editing The Commander one more time, depending on what the volcano says. Then releasing The Commander. Then editing The Sword. And so on and so forth. They call that The Circle of (My) Life. -Will
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Dan
4/30/2026 10:13:44 am
And mix in a Kickstarter in there because being busy is your superpower
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Smiley Face
4/30/2026 10:30:52 am
:)
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Chico
4/30/2026 10:34:20 am
Instructions unclear, looked slightly to the left, saw the finished draft of Blood Egg, a Tale of Egg and Blood by Archlord Mu Enkai.
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Jeff
4/30/2026 11:00:51 am
Incredible flavors in this writing. Delish.
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Samuel
4/30/2026 02:33:11 pm
I can't pay for these books fast enough. On release day my Apple Pay will ring like a bell. Chip chop chip, Will!
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McGruffin
4/30/2026 07:54:00 pm
I saw The Sword and I immediately thought it was Traveler's Blade but, alas, maybe another year.
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Tophat4723
5/11/2026 09:46:03 am
I'm willing to wait
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Sarah Nash
5/1/2026 12:32:06 am
Just remember it’s Klaatu barada nikto and NOT necktie. Definitely never necktie.
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Kalyani
5/1/2026 05:54:18 am
Thank you so much for revealing the 6th book’s name is the sword. Although we already know she is the only character left in the team. 😛
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Lissa Carson
5/1/2026 05:00:06 pm
I'm always excited to hear you're putting out another book. It seems like the volcano is much slower than fishing, since we know it is 432 pages and 14 hours long, but can't have it in our book-greedy hands/ears for a year.
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Someone that I used to know
5/3/2026 08:14:13 pm
What a coincidence. I have been writing a book about a youtuber with a cooking channel. I am calling it Stoverworld.
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Port
5/9/2026 09:25:12 am
Is overworld a lit rpg? Praying the volcano accepts your offering
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5/10/2026 05:54:26 pm
Don't know about anyone else but fishing sounds way better then hiking up a active volcano and that's assuming that you need to cook the fish with it's insides intact to taste the typos.
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Happy octopus
5/18/2026 09:35:10 am
Yes, Varik soon won't have to hang off a cliff for months on end anymore. :)
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