Hello everyone. Tyrus here. Time for another update report.

First, progress on book 2 has been slower than I would like...I've been busy with work and other stuff. Persona 3 Reload has had me in a chokehold for the past few weeks. But! Progress is progress, and I'm still going to get it done! I'm going to really push this next two weeks to try and make up for lost time. Chapter 7 is being worked on and I have a good idea of how I want it to go.

Second, I think I'll share a little more detail about what happens in Book 2! As previously mentioned, it will focus more on worldbuilding and lean more towards the adventure side of things. You'll see important worldbuilding elements like the culture of other places, currency, transportation, and foods! It's actually really fun thinking of what kind of stuff would exist fifteen thousand years after humanity has died out and fish people come up on land to rebuild. I spend a LOT of time thinking about my book and how the world works in my spare time. I think I should use that time to actually write though...

Thirdly, my personal life...As most of you know, I am proudly Canadian. But I do have a lot of friends from different countries and places. Because I'm not from those places, it makes sense that I shouldn't have too many comments about how the countries should work and what happens there, including politics. And I don't want to talk about politics any more than I need to, because frankly, I feel somewhat conditioned to be scared of the topic whenever it's brought up, but I will just say this for my American friends and readers: I hope all of you stay safe in the coming years. The main reason I became a writer is because I wanted to tell stories. Stories of people in seemingly hopeless situations against unstoppable, undefeatable opponents. I love stories like this, because they can relate to reality at times. But, at least in my stories, those people rise up and overcome the horrible obstacles that are thrown their way. So...I hope everyone who reads my stories finds a little bit of hope and inspiration in them. I genuinely want to give people some joy, entertainment and hope from my stories, and I hope I deliver on that promise.

Apologies for this off-topic and somewhat irrelevant paragraph. I just hope one day we can have a good world where we can all agree on stuff and work together for a brighter world. I will refrain from mentioning politics unless I absolutely have to. With that being said, I hope you all stay hopeful, and anticipate the next installment in The Advent novel series!

Hello everyone, Tyrus here again. Time for another update.

I've been making pretty good progress on book 2, and I'm willing to share some details about what you should expect in this sequel.

First of all, book 2 will focus more on worldbuilding. The only real place our characters were was the fictional, Canadian-inspired city/town of Shiverbourn. Shiverbourn was mostly inspired by my hometown in Alberta Canada, and the cold of the location sets the scene for a somewhat isolated feeling, similar to how Flash felt for most of the book. But the weather subtly gets a little warmer later in the book, as Flash gets some allies and realizes he's not alone in this fight. The new location was name-dropped as Sol City, a much warmer place than Shiverbourn, meant to give the feeling of life, in contrast to book 1's more dark tone. Sol has a big "Freedom" feeling, since theres a lot of people around who can do almost anything, since there's just so much to do in the big city.  There is one more location which will be visited in book 2, but I won't reveal that here.

Secondly, I am HOPING to have the book finished by the end of January if I REALLY lock in and finish strong, but I also don't want to rush it like I did with book 1. Book 1 does feel a little rushed when I look back at it, so I want to take a little more time with this one. Writing a book in about 5 months is impressive, if I do say so myself, but I also can't help but feel like there was some missed potential with what I COULD have added. I am working with a bit more freedom this time, because I was working with some limits with book 1. 20 chapters, and only 2500 words per chapter. Definitely not enough to tell the story I wanted to tell, haha!

Thirdly, there will be some more characters introduced in book 2, but almost everyone who appeared in book 1 will appear in book 2! Flash and Vyrus are obvious, but also the allies the two gained along the way, and the military gets more involved compared to the brief appearance they had in book 1. There is also a fourth party that gets a big appearance in book 2. Can you guess who they might be?

And finally, I'll just have a small segment about my personal life. I am mentally, financially and physically well, though slightly demoralized because of an unrelated, personal event. I feel like I am in good health and spirits to keep writing! I have some pretty good motivation to continue, and I'm hoping it will stay with me for the duration of the book and beyond! I also recently joined Instagram Threads and it is quickly becoming my preferred method of social media! If you haven't followed me there yet, I would really appreciate it if you did! I am much more active there than my other platforms, though I will try to keep updated with all of them.
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Anyway, that is all for this update report! Thank you all for reading, and I hope you continue to anticipate the next installment of the Advent series!

Hello everyone, Tyrus here.

Starting today, I'm going to try giving bi-weekly reports about progress on The Advent's next book, as well as any other details going on that I feel are important.

So, to start off, I'm pretty happy with how Book 1 has sold so far. It seems a lot of people who have personally given feedback are big fans of what I've written, and I'm very grateful for that. All I really wanted to do was write something that someone could feel inspired about, and maybe enjoy themselves reading it. So far, it seems like everyone who's read it has loved the vision and effort I put into it, as well as other things like the cover design (Created by the illustrator, Paul Schultz, thank you Paul, you killed it.) and the overall formatting of the book, created by the design team working at Friesenpress.

Now, progress on Book 2 has been coming along nicely. I won't reveal too much yet, but I'll just say that it's definitely going to be longer than Book 1. I feel like Book 1 was somewhat...rushed. I was actually in a writing class and wrote my book alongside other writers in the four-ish months it took me to finish writing and we had a limit of 2500 words per chapter, and only 20 chapters. I did go over the limit, but I wish I went past it further. I won't be making that mistake for Book 2 though. Book 2 is going to have around 3500+ words per chapter and will probably be more than 20 chapters. Currently, the first 4 are complete, and chapter 5 is being written. I already have most of the story completed in my head, I just need to flesh it out and write it down.

Anyway, that's all I have for this report. I hope you all continue to anticipate Book 2. Thank you for reading.