Before anything else: Thank you. You all supported a project with barely an idea of what it looked like, just because I asked you to. I can’t imagine your reasons for it, but I can imagine, whatever they are, they’re undeserved. Thank you.

Let’s not hype this too much. I’ve cancelled A Light in the Void.

 I need my first novel to suck. 

I have no idea what I’m doing. I have a basic idea of how to write a novel, a pretty good idea of the kind of story to tell, and absolutely no experience to guide me along the way.

The advice from most authors at this point would be to shut up and just write. I can’t. I care too much of what you think of me.

When you pre-ordered ALITV, you bought a promise from me. It’s incredibly important to me that I deliver on that promise, and I’m pretty sure I don’t have the ability to do that. Not yet.

I’ve been told by Inkshares refunds should be sent out to you guys starting next week. Let me know if you don’t hear anything from them.

This doesn’t mean that I’ve given up on writing a novel. On the contrary: I’m free to experiment and write an awful novel, and no one ever has to see it. I’m more excited about writing than I have been in the last few years. That, more than anything else, tells me this is the right decision. I hope you agree.

Thank you again for being here when I needed you to be. Maybe one day I’ll earn it.

In your debt,

Jarrod