Archiver Butcher (Book 2 is Out!🔥)

Author of An Observer's Destiny, Nascence (Book 1) and Aperture (Book 2) are available on amazon as ebook or paperback!

[Archiver Butcher (Book 2 is Out!🔥) @ArchiverButcher]

It is with tremendous pleasure to be able to announce the publication of Aperture!

https://t.co/8anuDeJvRr

There is paperback and ebook versions available! I simply hope that you are able to enjoy Joran's next leg of his journey. 🙏

[BLUFFY @itswonko]

B-SIDE

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Rough draft of the final book of the trilogy done. Sentimental. Very overwhelmed with emotions at getting this far. It's a true gift and blessing.

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It's simply unreasonable to expect every reader to be a paid one.

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Aggressive stance about indie authors aside, I largely agree with this take!

To me, it's absolutely a case of putting the cart before the horse to fret over piracy.

I would never fret over someone passing my book to their loved one, for example.

[Skryvener @sarahs_sky]

Piracy.

It seems this is the big topic right now. It sweeps through every now and again. Everyone has an opinion. The thieves are fine with their thievery, and the creators would like to not be stolen from. Nothing about this discussion is surprising, so I'm not going to iterate an opinion on the matter, but rather give some advice.

This, like many other complaints by indie authors specifically, is a distraction, and a pointless one. Indie authors are not moving product (as a whole) in volumes high enough that piracy is really an issue for them. That is to say, if no one wants to read your book, no one wants to buy your book, and no one wants to pirate your book either.

If you get to the point where enough people want to buy your book that there is a significant impact from people pirating it as well, congratulations. You've made it. You're not going to stop piracy.

No, piracy is not virtuous. It's not OK. I suggest you embrace it as reality though. The largest companies in the world have tried and failed to stop piracy, and it has only ever resulted in them making the experience of their customers worse, which drives more piracy, while looking like asses in the process.

What you should do is recognize that these thieves are not going to ever pay you, but they do want to participate in the cultural zeitgeist you are creating. So embrace that fact. Build a brand around your books, so that your avid fans can participate further, and you can reward the fact that they're willing to spend money on you in ways the pirates cannot access. Things like merch, paid communities where they subscribe and when you release things, they get their choice for "free". Release a series physically first, and digitally later, again rewarding those who are willing to pay to find out what happens next. But overall, understand the book will circulate, so it is contingent on you, the author, to capitalize on its popularity.

And I know; now I'll hear the complaint that you just want to be an author, and you don't want to have to be a marketer, and a businessman, and etc. etc. etc.

If that's the case, indie isn't for you. Because indie, by nature, is you saying you're going to exclusively take on those roles. If you don't want to take on those roles, trad pub is your path in some capacity.

I know this is harsh, but I'm annoyed by reading the same self-evident and useless takes on this topic. You can say piracy doesn't reward you at all, but that is, in fact, incorrect. When the issue for all indie books is that they die in the dark, eyes *are* your bread and butter. You're just not capitalizing correctly. But, I also know this is entirely performative/speculative on most peoples' parts. In that it's moral grandstanding for an issue that really isn't an issue for them. It's a mistake to assume that every pirated read would've been a paid read if your work hadn't been stolen. The fact of the matter is, it just wouldn't have been a read at all.

Pirates aren't your audience. They haven't been, and will never be your audience. They are especially hilarious when they pirate because they "don't like" the author--so they'll participate in the author's ideas because they can't stand to be left out, but spending money on it is too far somehow. That's just cowardice. You as the author can just disregard this swathe and what it does, because it genuinely does not impact you. You may be annoyed by it, you may frown upon it, but it's really not worth your time and attention. Trust me when I say, the first and largest most pressing issue for most indie authors is the quality of their work, not pirates. And I can't help but feel this is just another scapegoat, a way to pass the time and participate in the illusory experience of "author", instead of actually doing the hard work of it.

But that's all. Hope everyone's summers are going nicely.

[Archiver Butcher (Book 2 is Out!🔥) @ArchiverButcher]

Fulfilling.

[Eliza Rose @elizarose159630]

One word only.

How would you describe your author journey so far?

[Archiver Butcher (Book 2 is Out!🔥) @ArchiverButcher]

I had a huge climactic fight at chapter 30. I set the book down for a few weeks, letting myself simmer on the next 17 chapters. Thinking about what would be in them, what needed to be, and what would be interesting to read.

Then, I set off again.

[Archiver Butcher (Book 2 is Out!🔥) @ArchiverButcher]

In gamer lingo, number 4 is an insane meta that must be adopted.

Sometimes you just hit a wall. You're wondering what you're going to do. How to solve this situation? What about the consequences?

Sometimes you just need to set the pen down and let your brain solve it passively!

[Alyssa Matesic @AlyssaMatesic]

I've been editing books professionally for a decade, and here are 5 things I wish every aspiring author knew from day one.

They'll save you SO much time, guesswork, and heartache — especially if your goal is traditional publishing.

And as an editor...I can say #3 gets overlooked way too much.

[Archiver Butcher (Book 2 is Out!🔥) @ArchiverButcher]

Personally it is incredibly effective to take a break somewhere after the middle or climax of the story for me. I tackle the hardest hitting material, then let myself wind down to face the rest of the story that plays out.

This was especially true in Aperture.

[Archiver Butcher (Book 2 is Out!🔥) @ArchiverButcher]

Unfortunately, my "voice" has been a bit more difficult to procure. Mainly because my stories thus far have bee this trilogy, and I am keeping myself right behind Joran's pov almost the entire way through.

Excited to see what changes later though 😁

[Archiver Butcher (Book 2 is Out!🔥) @ArchiverButcher]

It's something that comes into its own eventually and you just discover it that way. Style basically just means what gimmicks do you tend to use?

For me, my most important emotional chapters tend to be shorter. Like, less than 1000 words 😅

[Steven is writing @StevenTBoers63]

Writing thought:

You ever think about your writing style? Or your voice as a writer?

I've been asked about this off and on, but have no real opinion on it. I don't really think about my writing voice, I just write and try to make the characters feel as genuine as I can.

[Archiver Butcher (Book 2 is Out!🔥) @ArchiverButcher]

Book 3, and my trilogy being concluded 😁
I was worried maybe it wouldn't happen until 2027, but nope! Thats very much slated for end of 2026 😎

[Tyler Kirk @TAR_Kirk]

Half of 2026 is already behind us.

What’s one thing you’re still looking forward to before the year is over?

[Archiver Butcher (Book 2 is Out!🔥) @ArchiverButcher]

Summer heat is a brutal thing. I didn't really fully appreciate how hard it hits my motivation and energy to write and create until this year.

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Putting this in the comments
Face reveal too I guess? Haha. 29 years old tomorrow!

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Nothing quite like a refurbishing update to make the books *look* like they belong together! Nice little birthday gift for myself.

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"Unfortunately, I am the Hero of Ages"

I see why people say Mistborn's final book, Hero of Ages, gets remarked as one of Sanderson's finest. I think Well of Ascension was my favorite of the trilogy, BUT HoA's ending was p r i s t i n e.

8/10 trilogy, 11/10 ending.

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@canopycritique At some point I might look into this, but not at this time, thank you 🙏

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When you think your writing is absolutely 🔥

Beta readers: Hey you lower cased a name. Also, there's an apostrophe here, not a quotation mark.

😩

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@Camila_Alves_1 Thank you!

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Went and updated Nascence's cover art to have a unified design as I work on the third and final book of the trilogy!

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Here's Aperture's cover art update! Unified the design alongside Nascence in preparation for the third and final book.

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@canopycritique Usually it's line edits! My readers don't tend to give me too much feedback on the big-picture. I did have one comment about it in Aperture though.