I’m in the middle of moving home and most of the time my head is filled with the chaos of packing and logistics - but in the middle of all this I’m somehow still finding time to post new chapters of Futuredebt up for you to read.
For the past month or so, chapters of the novel have been appearing on Royal Road and Wattpad, as well as my Patreon, where you can support the project financially and receive early access to new chapters as thanks. The newest chapter available for free is chapter 6 - Forever and forever and forever, in which Kerry returns to the place she saw ‘you’ die and makes a upsetting discovery.
Posting on Royal Road has been quite successful so far, with two thousand reads so far, but Wattpad and Patreon have yet to gain any traction. I know it’s still early days but the whole thing is making me reconsider how I want to release the work. I’ve found Substack to be really good in how it helps me connect to others and gain some followers but I must admit I am a little cautious about its willingness to host far right content. It makes me very reluctant to monetise any of my work here on Substack, so I won’t be doing that for a while. For now, if you want to support what I do, please consider subscribing through Patreon on one of the paid tiers there.
Work on Kingdom has slowed recently, mostly due to our house move. I’m really hoping that when we are settled into the new place it will give me a little more space to create again - but for now things are progressing at a crawl with only a few thousand words a week. Its a real shame as I was hoping to slam through the thing this year but once again ‘life’ seems to have got in the way. Still, I’m comforted by the knowledge that the story is already written in my head - the task is just finding the time to get it out on the page.
Again, I’d like to say thank you for subscribing to my little newsletter here. I still very much feel like I’m finding my feet. Hopefully with time I’ll hit a rhythm that works. For now though, thank you so much for reading. I hope you enjoy this week’s chapter of Futuredebt. Revisiting the project in this way has made me realise how much I love that story. I hope you find some joy in it too.
All the best,
-Ollie
Futuredebt is a speculative fiction about what happens when you know the future but don’t know what to do about it.
You can read it on Wattpad and RoyalRoad and Patreon supporters get access to new chapters early.
Kingdom is an epic eco-fantasy about the return of humanity to a world that has long forgotten them.
You can listen to the audiobook podcast of Part 1 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and your favourite podcast app.