Long Awaited Update

Update on current projects, and things going forward

Hey everyone,

Aaron here. You might know me as Max Hall from RoyalRoad, or A. R. Holloway from my published books. I wanted to give you an update on things going forward as the Substack has been kinda dead the last few months.

First, an update on Age of Doom!

Its finished! Or at least, the rough draft of the last book is. I’m currently in editing mode. About a quarter way through the editing. This week has been busy with the day job or it would have been much closer to finished by now.

I hope by the end of next week, it will be finished. If not then I’ll take some time off the day job, using vacation days, and finish it straight through. Killing that monster with fire.

The finale is amazing, and I can’t wait for you all to read it!

Second, an update on Humanity’s End 1 and 2

The first book was picked up by Yonder. I did some extensive rewrites, added about two entire story arch’s to it, and then handed it over for professional editing. Aethon’s editor did an amazing job. Yonder bought it from them and me, and now we are waiting for a March release.

If you liked book 1 over on RoyalRoad, let me remind you. I was always up front about what was posted to RR being a rough and working draft. The quality of this new manuscript is top notch and it directly addresses much of the feedback you all gave me as I was writing it.

Its exciting, and I can’t wait for you to be able to take a look.

Book 2 news!

I have begun writing on book 2. I will begin releasing chapters of book 2, titled Year of Vengeance! to RoyalRoad at the same time I remove the rough draft chapters from book 1.

As usual, I will start releasing rough draft chapters, as written, here on Substack for paid subscribers. $5 a month is the minimum the website will allow me to charge unfortunately, but you should start seeing chapters go up here, in the next day or two.

As for a synopsis? Well, I think the name implies exactly what’s going to happen. If you’ve read book 1. If not, well, lets just say a lot of bad guys get what’s coming to them. And then other stuff . . . :)

RoyalRoad Secret Project

I have a secret project I have been working on for a while, and teasing over on my social medias (Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter). I think ya’ll are going to like it. But more then that, i’ll not spoil here. Expect to see the first chapters of that start posting here, at the start of march for paid subscribers. Probably a short time before Humanity’s End book 2 chapters do, if not, then shortly after they start releasing.

I would love your feedback!

Ethria 4 News

So, the Ethria series has largely been on the back burner. Part of that has to do with the fact Christian, my narrator has had some business changes he’s experienced, part of it has to do with me being swamped with Age of Doom, and part of it has to do with the fact that I’m trying to find a way to wrap up the series without short changing fans.

I have an outline, its rough but it does exist. And I even have a few chapters written. About the time I’m at the 50% mark, i’ll start posting chapters here for subscribers.

I suspect that will happen some time in May or June of this year, with a finale release sometime in August.

As for Audio for book 3 and 4? Christian is on board, but we are trying to find time in my, and his, schedules. Ethria books are intensive, audio even more so.

Back Burner Stuff

I do have an Ethria based Dungeon Core novel I’ve been working on in the back ground for a while now, and I think once I have some extra time near the end of the year I’ll really focus on it. But we’ll see. It largely depends on how the rest of these projects go.

On top of that, I do have a military science fiction novel I’ve been writing, that has slowly gone more into dystopian mil sci fi. Been working on that for years along side my brother. We’ll see where that goes this year as well.

As always people, I hope you enjoy what I have to offer this year, as much as I enjoy writing them.