It’ll be a short and sweet newsletter today!

Summer is well and fully arrived here (including one rough heatwave), and with July is the massive bi-annual Smashwords sale.

For the occasion, I have:

• 50% OFF all of Isandor

• 50% OFF Baker Thief and Painted Flock

• 50% OFF the first three Nerezia novellas

• 25% OFF the other Nerezia novellas

You can find my books directly on my profile.

Our Common Bonds 3 fundraising campaign is over! We managed to hit our first stretch goal, and all our authors will get a better pay! It has been a long and challenging campaign and we’re so grateful to have gotten there.

If you missed the campaign, you can still preorder Common Bonds 3 through our BackerKit shop. All these orders will go out alongside the campaign’s fulfillment. You can also get my friendship cozy fantasy story, Kaeralgan the Vicious and the Sky Mobulas (and it should distribute immediately, even!)

It has been a long time since I listed the Patreon posts here! June just did not leave me a lot of brain space for anything except crowdfunding, but the bimonthly updates have continued!

• Author Brands, Marketing, and the Blurry Indie Lines [Public]

• March/April 2026 Mini Reviews [Public]

• Chilling with Friends: Why Games and Quiet Times are at the Core of Nerezia [Patrons Only]

• May 26, 2026 Update: Infinite Loop [Free Members]

• June 8, 2026 Update: Marathons and Breaks [Free Members]

• June 23, 2026: All the Good News Rolling In [Free Members]

• July 10, 2026 Update: Progress and Unexpected Hurdles [Free Members]

I also had a big birding vacation that was showcased during these. It was way farther north and I dream of the cold when it heats up here. Below is one of my many puffin pictures; there’s more in the June 23 post.