The story has undergone substantial revisions and is in the middle of a professional edit in anticipation of full ebook and paperback release in October 2023.
INKSGIVING supporters, your ebooks will be ready in fall 2023. I'd love to keep in touch–send me your email address via my website and I'll make sure you get your copies. New art will also be shared there and on my socials.
If you are a new subscriber or haven't finished the story and would like to, please email me lilianzenzi@gmail.com and I will happily send you an ebook version, too.
Thank you to everyone who read and shared and commented here. You all gave me the boost I needed to finish this story and get it out into the world, and I appreciate each and every one of you.
After a chaotic couple of months in my non-writer life, I came back to Tapas just in time to see the app's treatment of creators take a seriously bad turn...
I will be pulling my novel off of the app on May 1. If you are partway, there's time to finish.
If you'd like to sign up for my newsletter on my website, I can send you a copy to finish, too. (I swear I don't spam and I only send emails when I actually have news like a new release or something to give away!)
Inksgiving supporters– I owe you a copy of the ebook, which is going to be out this fall, and also some art work, which will be posted to my website when it's ready!
The novel is currently with my editor in prep for wide ebook & maybe paperback release this fall. It's had a title change and some big revisions so far, with more updates to come. I'm really happy with it and looking forward to sharing it with you all.
Book 2 is about 1/3 through the first draft and I'm considering alternatives to Tapas for releasing. I'm currently looking at Neovel and Ritoria, if any creator friends have experiences to share, but I also might just open a section of ko-fi and give member access to chapters posted as I draft them.
You can find me on TikTok or Instagram @lilianzenzi and on my website or Ko-Fi (linked on the left), for now. Please let me know where I can find you, too!
The Reverent is now complete on Tapas, and all of the Inksgiving rewards are now posted or in progress.
The two outstanding rewards are the art commission and ebook access. Please go to the last posted episode to vote on the art commission; that will be open until Jan 2.
The ebook is looking like April/May, and I'll be in touch with ink supporters closer to release with their free copy.
In the meantime, if you'd like to get updates on what's next, you can subscribe to my newsletter on my website (www.lilianzenzi.com) or check out my brand new ko-fi at www.ko-fi.com/lilianzenzi . Ko-Fi supporters get extras and an invite to a private Discord server, and ko-fi funds go to art commissions and editing costs for future work.
Wishing each and every one of you a fabulous 2023,
The third reward posted today. It's a sneak peek at the prologue to Meri's book, which hopefully will be ready to release in June of next year.
That leaves three rewards remaining!
1. The Q&A will post on Sunday.
2. I'm preparing an episode for us to vote on art commission details and will share that in the next few days.
3. I am rebuilding my website and will soon be ready to share info for supporters on receiving their free ebook copy early next year.
The last chapter of The Reverent posts Saturday morning.
Last day to send questions for the Inksgiving Q&A reward! Please reply here or on ep 46 (Q&A question farming) if there's anything you'd like to ask me or any character from the novel. Q&A will post after the last episode releases on Dec 10 (!!!).
Seriously, thank you all. I was not expecting this, and I can't wait to share the rewards. We've unlocked the Q&A, the extra episodes from Jin's POV, and advanced ebook access for ink supporters. (I'm going to cry. But in a good way.)
I'm adding a surprise stretch goal at 75k: I'll release a sneak peak of Al's story, which is very much in progress and not likely to release for realsies until next spring or summer.
Stretch goal at 100k is commissioning new art. Supporters choose artist and scene.
Welcome, new subscribers! I'm delighted you found my series and I hope you enjoy the story.
Official announcements about Inksgiving goals and rewards come next week, but I wanted to mention to everyone that I'm currently gathering questions for a Q&A episode.
If you have a question for me as author/creator or for any of the characters, please send them to me here or comment on episode 46. I'll answer anything but I will try to avoid spoilers. Maybe I'll answer those on my website.