Talking about the 4th book in Folded Earth Series!

I don't know what's going through my head sometimes, and one of those times, for certain, was today while switching my song-binge. I'm writing about Ancient Egypt right now. I'm sure that's not a shock to some of you, but, for the uninitiated, I've long had a fascination with ancient Egypt (me on Booktok/Ticktok rn: TracyEire (@tracyeirewriter) TikTok | Watch TracyEire's Newest TikTok Videos vibing with the *invention* of writing) and have about 10K words in a Work In Progress (though I suppose you all know the term WIP) that's set in ancient Thebes.

Now, I sprint like a peasant, folks. All day. Dawn till dark. I am hardcore. But during the writing sprint I swapped over to BTS Bulletproof. Now, do not ask me why, because I don't know why, but when I swap songs, my head often resets. This is especially bad if I like the song and it's new to me. The inner writer vibes with music, and it really does uncap the creative juices I need to create.

This is a drawn-out way to say I changed threads in my brain, or... flipped channels, I guess. So, I was in my Egyptian Mystery doc, and then started thinking about processing Bind Them into the next part of the Folded series.

If you're me, that's a very daunting task, folks. I'm a generative writer. I write new stuff and don't backtrack much, so it's a scary thought. But lately, I've been thinking about the boys, Anvelere Ruelaf, and Thahawn--Ruel's natural son and the adopted child that friendship foisted on him due to war and loss. I figure Thahawn would have been young when the calamity struck that separated Ruel from his child and wife, and left the pair of them alone together.

As readers know, when Ruel's wife left, she took Anvelere and fled so completely there was a dark cloud of confusion as to whether they were dead or alive. Yet somehow, in my head I'd been coasting along thinking that a potential meeting between the boys would be like that seen in Bind Them. Well....

I think it just hit me that any potential meeting was going to be a lot more hectic, and, because it's me, and because there's music, the entire scene rolled out in my head, and blew my mind. I can only hope, hope, hope that I'm in the same space when I do start writing Book 4, because I love it. It's one of those cut it / print it moments, like I had in Tempered Fire when I realized Baron Beaulay was going to turn around to go up the steps to Kessian's, and nearly walk into the person of the King, and--like I always feel when these things hit me--just be blown away by what's before him.

So... that's been my last 15 minutes. Just to let you know I'm thinking about this book (while, reading through Tempered Fire). I'm missing the King. :)

See the thread below for ongoing updates during the writing of Book 4 of The Folded Earth series. Thanks!