Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 20

Since last I reported in, I haven’t had any more catastrophic crashes (just normal ones, where Windows has to shut down). I’ve also had a Windows update, so maybe things will continue to improve?

This is the penultimate page of this chapter! I’m already working on the next one.

As a warning, things continue to be on fire.

You can find the image below:

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 19

Today, I was working on some bonus art for you for when this chapter is done, and Photoshop crashed, took Windows out with it, and corrupted the file so that it couldn’t be opened. I managed to restore the version of the file from yesterday, so not all was lost, but I did lose a couple hours of work.

I’m learning so many fun ways that Photoshop can fail!

Today’s page is below the cut, where things continue to be on fire (literally, instead of metaphorically like my computer):

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Song of the Week

Loreena McKennitt, “The English Ladye and the Knight”

It’s the first weekly song of the new year! Welcome back!

I’m still trucking along on Last Watch Before Dawn, so I’ll have another page up tomorrow and one more on Friday. We’re three pages away from the end of this chapter. This volume will have five chapters (we’re coming up on the end of the second one) and a total of about ninety pages.

A couple of petitions for today, because yelling at the people who do have the power to make the world marginally better is sometimes all we can do:

Via Civic Shout: Stop illegal war in Venezuela

Via Win Without War: Stop another forever war

Via the Friends Committee on National Legislation: No war with Venezuela

Okay. Thanks for reading, and take care of yourselves this week.

Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 18

I’m still two pages ahead, and I’m hoping to get a third done this weekend.

After this, there are three more pages in this “chapter,” and then we’ll meet another protagonist!

Warning for more fire. The page is below the cut:

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Year in Review, Part the Second

Here we are again!

Before I get into it, I want to remind you that the paperback sale is still on through tomorrow! All my books are 20-25% off (depending on the title) directly from the printer, which gives you a better price than other retailers and gives me a slightly better cut.

So, I had a baby this year instead of putting out another book. She’s now seven months old, smiling and laughing, trying all different kinds of foods, and almost crawling (she really, really wants to). She’s the best thing I ever made.

I did manage to make some progress on other projects. The Book of the New Moon Door is now an audiobook read by Beni Vaganov and Rachael Brolin. It’s available on several platforms (and possibly your local library app), though we’re still waiting on Audible.

Last Watch Before Dawn now has seventeen pages for you to read! I’m devoting all my working time to this project in order to get a new book out for you next year. The first volume will be about 90 pages, so I’ve got a ways to go.

I also got to thirteen episodes of The Well Below the Valley. Since it’s not likely to become a book that you can hold in your hands anytime soon, I decided to put it on hold for the time being. Eventually, I’ll come back to it, and it’ll be an audio drama and a script/art book.

Next year, I’m hoping to try out a few new markets and events and revisit ones I liked but had to miss this year. Last Watch Before Dawn will be several volumes, so I’m going to be continuing with that, and I’d like to get a second project going as well, time constraints allowing. I’m also planning on putting together hardcover editions of my three existing books, and maybe this will be the year I finally get my Patreon into shape! You’ll just have to stick around to find out.

So, as always, thank you for being here. You make this all worth it. I hope 2026 is a gentler year for all of us.

Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 17

Not to brag, but I have two more pages finished after this one. I think I can increase my lead just a little more before next week!

Warning for fire and bodies. Things are rough in here:

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Year in Review, Part the First

As is tradition, here are all the Songs of the Week for this year, collected into a single playlist. As of 12/29/2025, all the videos are present and in the correct order.

I’ll be back tomorrow with the second traditional part of the Year in Review and also a new page of Last Watch Before Dawn! The newsletter will go out on Wednesday.