This is a pretty emotionally intense chapter! We will finally get to find out what happens between Yafoya and Valoru and other...fun...things!
So definitely check out the chapter tomorrow to find out what happens!
And in the meantime, check out this track that I was listening to as I wrote the chapter. It doesn't have much to do with what happens. It's not thematic in any way. I just find it strangely soothing, inspirational, and generally awesome:
Hey, kids! It's that time of the week again! The time when you and I get excited for the upcoming release of the latest chapter of the Mage's Apprentice! Weeee!
Tomorrow, another exciting chapter in the Tales of Omorbia saga comes out on Wattpad. We're one step closer to the end, which means we're one week closer to the release of The Princess and The Dragon, which I am HUGELY excited to reveal to you. I may even create a book trailer for it.
But in the meantime, Val is blundering his way through pre-pubescence while slowly becoming a powerful mage. In Chapter 45, you'll finally get a peek at what his power unleashed looks like.
But in the meantime, I had to actually write it. And while writing, I was listening to a bunch of (unsurprisingly) instrumental tracks. Like this one:
Oh, also: The Mage's Apprentice climbed up the fantasy charts again to #513! Only halfway between getting on the charts and #1, I know, but it's so weird for me to actually see it on there! AND RoboNomics Books I and II are both back on the charts after falling off, and are both in the top 200 again. Weird! Happy, but weird! :)
Hey! Man, has July been busy! Sorry excuse for abandoning this blog? Ah, well. I tried.
Anyways, The Mage's Apprentice is still rolling along and is actually getting closer to the end. Tomorrow, I'll release Chapter 44 on +Wattpad. Oh, and here's some news on that front: for the first time in its publication history, The Mage's Apprentice has made it to the top 1000 in fantasy list! I know, crazy, right? It's spend all this time on Wattpad without much attention, and now it's suddenly #773 in fantasy (why, yes...that is very far down the list). Once The Princess and the Dragon starts coming out (which will probably begin some time in August or September), I wouldn't be surprised if I had a sleeper hit on my hands!
In the meantime, if you're a die hard fan who's been reading religiously since the beginning (there are a handful of you, and to you -- my thanks!), you might want to go back and re-read Chapter 43. I've made some edits to it that will make it difficult to understand Chapter 44 if you have only read the old, cruddy version of Chapter 43.
And until tomorrow, here is the track that helped inspire Chapter 44:
