Mid March- Full updates and direction
Added 2019-03-15 06:06:03 +0000 UTCAllo!
The FF2 Audiobook is with Audible. Nothing else I can do for the time being.
DD2 Audiobook is with Andrea P. right now and she's working on it.
Remnant is scheduled for 4/07 and looks to be on target.
The book after that on 5/07 is Swing Shift. Which should be... interesting.
Now a few answers to questions:
Is there going to be a (Book Title) 4.
No.
There will be a new trilogy, but that's not any time soon.
Are all the books in the same universe?
(Spoilers in the this section. You should move down to the next bold line if you don't want to know.)
At this time, the number of books currently in the same universe is all of them. That is excepting Cultivating Chaos because it's in it's own universe.
When is Cultivating Chaos 2?
Unsure. I have ideas for it, and I plan on writing it, but i'm waiting for Blaise Corvin.
Why are you writing books that aren't Super Sales and Wild Wastes?
Because I don't want to write either of those right now. I'm enjoying writing other stories. Telling me they're "Junk books" comparatively or anything else like that doesn't encourage me to write SS4/WW4, it just makes me annoyed and resentful to SS and WW.
What's your current writing direction?
A new "hub" setting is how I think of it. It'll start with Swing Shift, and continue for a while. There will be a least 3 other series in this "hub".
Each series will be a trilogy.
What about after that?
Space and exploration "hub". I already have 3 series in that one, and am expanding on it.
Are you going to write an "avengers" type of series?
Suppose we'll find out eventually :D
How often do you post chapters to Patreon?
I try really hard to at least put up one a day. When the writing is fast and furious, I do 2 a day. There's also a situation that i'm in right now where I can't really speak about a book i'm writing, as it's likely someone would copy the idea rather quickly.
If you'd like an example... sure are a lot of Wuxia books popping up suddenly. Right after that Super Hero harem craze, and the monster-girl apocalypse madness.
I can't remember x character/y book. Why don't you put a character list in the book?
It'd take me too much time.
Check the wiki, updated frequently by Bill Brush and Travis Ledlow.
https://williamdarand.fandom.com/wiki/Williamdarand_Wiki
Are you going to x con?
Unlikely. I don't like going out. The sun is trying to kill me.
Do you sign books?
Only for special occasions/situations.
Where do you live?
Colorado
Holy crap, really? Me too! Can we meet up and-
No. The sun is trying to kill me.
I want to write into the VeilVerse!
Wait, really?
Alright.
Please go to this post(https://www.patreon.com/posts/25384180)
Can I send you questions?
Sure, post'em in the comments. I'll add them to the post and add an answer.
You actually read all the way to the bottom? Kudos to you my good sir and/or madam. My deepest appreciation for your attention.
Comments
Thanks for the answer, it fixed that annoying bug in my brain, and answered the question i didnt want to bother you to ask about the Veils
Brandon Pio
2019-03-24 01:19:40 +0000 UTCI suppose if the veil was as big as a galaxy (at most they're the size of Asia/Africa) than yes.
William D. Arand
2019-03-24 00:38:12 +0000 UTCjust a random thought that may be derived from thinking about writing a Veilverse story and reading DD3 chapter 5, as well as the imbibing of an alcoholic beverage, but could Otherlife technically take place in the Veilverse universe, just in a veil wherein humanity colonized the stars? Just had to get that out of my head
Brandon Pio
2019-03-24 00:34:19 +0000 UTCLooking forward to it, loving all that's coming out, just need to start on Fostering Faust. I've heard too many great things about it to skip it.
Spencer Coffey
2019-03-22 05:51:17 +0000 UTCDunno. I'm currently writing three books. Two which are being actively shared as early chapters. Once which I can't until practically June or July because it would get copy cats on it before I could even release it. That means Swing Shift two is likely a 9/07 or 10/07 release.
William D. Arand
2019-03-22 05:44:23 +0000 UTCAny idea when Swing Shift book 2 will start on here? I know it hasn't been released yet, and it's set for April 7th, but I fell in love with it from the get go, and I can't wait for more.
Spencer Coffey
2019-03-22 05:38:47 +0000 UTCIs the Farm going to be under a different name? If not, do you have an idea of when that is going to release?
Kevin Duran
2019-03-21 02:56:10 +0000 UTCJust don't eat any sunscreen 😂
James Breaux
2019-03-20 02:56:52 +0000 UTCdungeon, even though it is not finish, it helps with the other story
Scott Mem
2019-03-20 00:41:47 +0000 UTCI started with SS, which is how I found your work. Been loving everything I find of yours so far. Went on to Otherlife Trilogy then WW, any advise on which Trilogy to start next?
2019-03-19 14:13:29 +0000 UTCOngoing for a while :D
William D. Arand
2019-03-18 18:28:30 +0000 UTCthe one that start with otherlife and all sharing that universe
Scott Mem
2019-03-18 05:50:54 +0000 UTCWhich series
William D. Arand
2019-03-18 02:25:15 +0000 UTCSince there is a potential, do you plan to make this series last forever like some animes (ex: one piece). Just need to know if I should be saving money... i ask only only because i want to keep reading
Scott Mem
2019-03-18 00:49:45 +0000 UTCCost prohibitive
William D. Arand
2019-03-18 00:19:54 +0000 UTCI have a question!! Can you make the OMNIBUS(the trilogy combine) hardcover books?
Scott Mem
2019-03-18 00:05:39 +0000 UTCI am so excited for "the farm"/ Remnant if that is its new name that it hurts physically.
Null_is_Void
2019-03-15 23:54:21 +0000 UTCI may have missed this but did "the farm" get a new title?
James Strozier
2019-03-15 22:38:42 +0000 UTCLots to write.
William D. Arand
2019-03-15 18:33:33 +0000 UTCCan you write more in all the series? I think I just want more.
Rafnar Caldon
2019-03-15 18:29:02 +0000 UTCIn best Ray impersonation: "No?"
William D. Arand
2019-03-15 18:25:49 +0000 UTCAre you a god?
Lowe K. Lyesmith
2019-03-15 18:11:56 +0000 UTCJust keep prodding at him and we can get you both to do a Colorado event. If it's here, probably best to wait until much later in the year though, Spring is a vague idea at best, we're still digging out from a proper blizzard .
2019-03-15 17:51:43 +0000 UTCI personally think your results speak for themselves. You have more patrons than anyone else on my list and your work is top notch. I love the farm series and can’t wait to see the second and third books of it! At the end of the day you can’t please everyone!
Kenneth Darlin
2019-03-15 17:49:52 +0000 UTCThere go my plans for driving to Colorado for a meet up....heh.
Daniel Schinhofen
2019-03-15 16:28:41 +0000 UTCThese people calling any of your books "junk" blow and I don't like them.
Null_is_Void
2019-03-15 15:16:51 +0000 UTCYes. The Farm here on Patreon was the "working title", it will be published as Remnant
Robert Hammack
2019-03-15 14:32:15 +0000 UTCThe only certainty in life is that you'll never get out of it Alive :)
Robert Hammack
2019-03-15 14:15:53 +0000 UTCOr is it more along the lines of having multiple series in the same hub world instead of each taking place in a separate world within the same universe/multiverse setting you've made?
Zachary Johnson
2019-03-15 13:42:07 +0000 UTCMy only question is what exactly you mean by "hub"? The only thing I can think of is how runner is a hub in that SS, WW, DD and FF all link back to him. Are you meaning that your making another character similar to that?
Zachary Johnson
2019-03-15 13:37:39 +0000 UTCSo is Remnant the official title of the farm series?
Marcus Vasquez
2019-03-15 13:28:43 +0000 UTCAnyone who disparages anything not SS or WW is an uncultured cretin! I personally thoroughly enjoy everything that you've written and will continue to do so. It's amazing to me that you are able to churn out so many stories that, while sharing some vague commonalities (beyond being intertwined) but are individually so engaging and interesting with excellent character development. I find myself gauging all other authors by the bar you have set in my mind - and I am fairly well read, having consumed everything from Hemingway, Tolkien, and King to Conroe (my other favorite author), Lowell, Hinz (Paratwa series) and Correia and hundreds in between. Write on Writer!
Yissnakk
2019-03-15 13:16:34 +0000 UTCHeh, well we do have a massive skin cancer rate here in Colorado... So yeah, there's that. If you ever decide to do anything public or a writers group, of course let us know. You could always convince someone here to mow your yard in exchanged for a beta readership ;)
2019-03-15 13:08:23 +0000 UTCAgree about the sun, especially in CO. Nature and I get along because Nature stays outside, and I stay inside. We leave each other alone.
2019-03-15 13:04:51 +0000 UTCIts a fact that 100% of people exposed to the sun die
lucas rodger
2019-03-15 11:04:39 +0000 UTCI’m loving the new books and I appreciate the updates!!
Joshua Toennis
2019-03-15 10:32:18 +0000 UTCI agree the sun is an evil serial killer.
Paul Sneddon
2019-03-15 09:32:18 +0000 UTCI can understand that WW 4 and SSOSH 4 are highly requested but I feel like they would be too mixed to just make a book 4, thou that might just be my view. and the current batch of books are really fun to read :D
2019-03-15 08:03:22 +0000 UTCBoth
2019-03-15 07:58:19 +0000 UTCheh. Given the genre, I can't imagine who was expecting a book 4. 3 volume series is pretty much the standard. Also, WW is the junk series, imo. SSoSH was good though. If I could reliably push you to do anything it'd be to be a bit nicer on Ryker from DD. Pulling a DOTA on the churches of Light and Dark rather than sending them away would have kept them out of town, acted as a magnet to keep the war away from the kingdom and probably pleased the pair of them.
Devon
2019-03-15 07:33:20 +0000 UTCYes, question right here, please. Pancakes or Waffles? 🤔
ThePolarParadox
2019-03-15 07:10:14 +0000 UTCThanks for the update I'm personally looking forward to the space exploration "hub" trilogy Hope there's a certain "boat" and AI in that trilogy fingers crossed True the sun is the enemy haven't gotten much of it yet here in Idaho but when it does come it Burns especially working construction like I do for 12 to 15 hours a day
tyller J
2019-03-15 06:17:57 +0000 UTCYes the sun is enemy to all escpecially living in Australia!
joshua hampton
2019-03-15 06:16:58 +0000 UTCThanks for the update Will! I can't wait to read all your new series!
Braxton Rheaume
2019-03-15 06:12:21 +0000 UTC
