For the past few weeks, I have been working on major edits for the third book. This book suffers from the same sort of issues that plagued the original first two. It is getting better, and will have a lot more content within it, but this has taken longer than I thought and is still not close to being done. I am thinking of completely altering the book's opening chapter, and there are a few scenes I have yet to write. Basically, I have been reorganizing the chapters like I did with the first two books, and it has caused some sections to lack content or good transitions, so there is simply more that needs to be written. I am also doing away with the dialogue segments formatted as scripts, requiring me to adjust dialogue wherever this shows up. The only exceptions to this concern the Voices that appear in the prologues and epilogues of the books. Since there are no names connected with them, the script format makes it a lot easier to understand these short sections. All in all, it is a tedious task, but I believe it will drastically improve readability for most people.
The second piece of news is that I am now working on the anthology book. It is simply a collection of all poetry from the books, including pieces that did not make it in the story. This gives an option for people who want to own and browse through a collection of the poetry, though it will not work as a full representation of the story. For the most part, it is just a long session of copying, pasting, and formatting. I think I will complete the book tonight, but it also requires its own cover.
Lastly, I am planning on releasing The Dream Dweller Archive for free on my website (https://talesofold.wixsite.com/epic-of-old). Originally, it was the fourth part of the story, but all it seemed to do was drive a wedge in the plot. The book also spoiled the fate of one of the characters, so I feel it is better to just alter the ending of the third book so that this doesn't happen. The Dream Dweller Archive is not a must-read, though it can greatly help people understand the context of the story. Even though it took quite a lot of effort to write, I feel I would need to give it out for free for people to gain interest in it. After all, it is an epistolary novel that almost reads like a textbook.
