Hello everyone
Hope everyone is well as summer begins to kick into gear. A new contest has taken over Inkshares and I’ve been blown away by some of what has been entered already. I thought about putting up one of my sci-fi stories myself but decided to keep focusing on this story for now though I’m really looking forward to reading more from those who have entered.

As for how Spark is going every time, I add some more to the book or the world it is both a thrill and ever increasing source of anxiety.  I can’t wait for you all to step into this world and I hope you love it as much as I do. The more I build upon the world, the more excited I get as there are so many stories, characters and places and their histories that i want to share with you all. I’m not sure how much of this you’ll see in this book but I hope you’ll at least be able to tell how alive this world is and that it immerses you right in like it has done to me. Afterall...it’s all going in my notes...and who’s to say we cant revisit Vesceria in more books ;).

For now, though my focus is on this book and this story and making it the best that I can. Which means I’ve got a lot of writing to do haha! Have a good summer everyone! :)

Hello!
I hope everyone has been doing well lately! Thought it was about time for an update. Progress has been slow but constant as try to resist constantly making changes to a scene. I’m getting super excited with every chapter i finish and i cant wait to show all of you. I’ll be sharing more in the coming months so stay tuned!
Thanks everyone!
-Jacob.

Exciting news, faoii! Listen up!

Today has been a wonderful day. It was the first day that I felt like myself since I got sick over a year ago. It was the first time in a long time that I felt like everything was going to be okay. Honestly, I had gotten so used to feeling run-down that I had forgotten what a true faoii feels like. I remember now. And it’s wonderful. Today was filled with hope and it made all the doctors appointments, fear, desperation, and pain of the last several months seem worth it. Things are getting better, faoii. We are going to make it.

But, here’s what YOU care about: Five minutes ago I sent in The Last Faoii manuscript to Inkshares. It is the first step in the march to publication-- the march to our campaigns ultimate and most glorious victory. Ready your weapons, faoii. The final battle is about to begin.

Shields up. Now and always.

Faoii-Tahani

Orders, Faoii! Listen up!

Thanks to all of you for your honest feedback and advice after my last update. The Last Faoii’s facebook page was filled with advice and opinions, and it’s taken me a bit to sort through all of it.

First things first: Blade-Blessed is a dumb name. We all decided that together. Also, the cover art with Kaiya on it was too cluttered. Most people seem to like the original design that I’ve been using since the beginning. So I’m glad we got those things out of the way. Well done, troops.

The title, though... that has brought up all sorts of discussion. On the one hand, yes, faoii is hard to pronounce if you haven’t already read the Glossary. On the other hand, though... We’re faoii. Every single one of you is a warrior, and I’ve addressed you by your title since your enlistment. Our campaign has been built on that word from the beginning. The world is beginning to know us by that name. It would be hard to drop it now.

But, it does not hurt to ask one more time before making an ultimate decision. Opinions, my warriors?

Greetings, faoii! 

Not one to sit idle while our army’s story goes untold, I have continued my various conversations with professional authors around the country while I wait for Inkshares’ signal that we’re ready to proceed. The most common bit of advice from professionals? To change the name of The Last Faoii to something else!  Is that not surprising? Many authors thought that people wouldn’t be intrigued to read a book whose name they can’t even pronounce at a glance, which isn’t something I’d thought about before. 

So, since we’re just sitting at the barracks for now, anyway: What do you think, my warriors? Would you prefer a change from The Last Faoii to Blade Blessed? And would you prefer different artwork for the cover? Here’s the cover we’ve been using since our campaign’s beginning, and next to it is a completely different (definitely not complete) cover that I whipped up quickly just to see what it might look like. I’m also considering hiring a cover artist to make something even grander (since we will not be able to utilize Inkshares’ cover artists), but I don’t know if I prefer the simplistic blade-on-black design or one featuring Faoii-Kaiya. Opinions, faoii?