Quite a few people have messaged me over the past few months regarding when The Pen Is Mightier will return. Initially, I'd made the decision to quit serialisation for good since it was horrid for my mental health. After my health recovered, moving house took priority, after that I had to deal with the projects signed with my publisher. I'm about to finish writing Houndsman soon. The Pen Is Mightier is next on the agenda.

A fellow author came up with a solution for my dislike of serialisation: write an entire book at a time and then dump it on RR. That's what I plan to do.

However, now that I look back at PiM, I see how much my writing style has changed with Houndsman and Trickster's Tale. Reading though it highlighted several issues with the story, which many of you pointed out:

1. There is too much betrayal in the first couple of acts. The way I went about Bunty's seperation with the Boleyns...was a bit much.

2. The magic system was flawed. The core system involving ages didn't work. Conceptually, it was fun and flexible, but it didn't work outside of that.

As a result, I've decided to rewrite and rebrand the project. The new version shall be called Tower of Cards. I'm going to alter the tower's lore to fit into my extended multiverse connecting it to Houndsman and Trickster's Tale. Instead of a Doulu Dalu rip off, I'm going for a card-collection and deck building system. It might sound silly on the surface, but a butt-load of thought and planning has gone into it. That's going to come with changes to Bunty's powerset, too. The title should give you some clues.

I plan on making significant changes to book 1, too. (Floors 0-5)

The writing will begin in late February or early March. I'll start posting soon after.

Watch this space for updates.