Author’s Progress

Summer Soon! More Posts??

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Hey blog readers! It’s been another minute since I’ve come on here to chat. This year has been wild! My book has been edited, the cover art painted, the design crafted, the content formatted, and the documents uploaded to Kindle Direct Publishing. During this time I have been derelict in my blogging duties. I have thought often of the blog, during my time away, and am quite pleased with many of the updates and changes that WordPress has made to the back end. I am writing this post in what looks like Times New Roman with maybe a ten-point font. That is not what it shows up as for you on the reading end, but it does help me enjoy the writing experience a great deal more.

I have also been in school this spring semester which has taken a great deal of my time and energy. It is part of the reason I have been absent. This means with summer coming I should be able to post a bit more often soon. I am taking a two-month course at my local community college, this summer, well two of them, but one is online. When those end I will have a few months before my University courses start up in the fall.

I am going to use this time to crank out as much prose as humanly possible. That way, during the semester I can edit and get all the other things done for a release in December. I would like to have the first two books to the trilogy done this summer and have the outline for the third well in hand. The second book is gearing up, if my vision holds true, to be almost 200k words long. But at least I am in good company. The average Wheel of Time book is well over 300k words. This first book is looking like it will be over 100k too.

I plan to post more blogs and more short stories as time wears on, but I don’t know how many or of what quality they will be. I have been doing more Handwriting the Bible, I just haven’t posted an update here in a while.

Anyway, I hope you’ve had a great spring so far and I hope you are ready to hear more from me as the summer comes and goes.

Was Your Laptop Stolen?

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Sadly, yes. But now I have a new one! It’s true, about a month ago, on a Thursday evening, a homeless person in my town broke into my car and stole my laptop. I have been without a portable laptop computer for about a month now, but finally I have one again. While it isn’t my old machine, it will do the job! I lost no progress on any major project I had been working on outside of the cover design of The Shards of Arthur’s Shield. I have since made it anew and even better than it was. You can see it below:

How cool is that? The quest begins on May 22nd via Amazon on Paperback or E-book. If you buy it on E-book the copy is yours to do with what you will!

I plan on being a bit more active on this blog here in the next few weeks as we approach the release date and I look forward to my next release coming December 2026!

More magic, more myths, and more adventure is on the way!

Early-March Update

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January and February have come and gone. Let’s set some goals, shall we?

Social Media Goals

Novel Goals

> X Growth
As per my last goal, I smashed 220 in January and made it to 240+ by mid-February. By the end of February, I had made it to 256+ followers on X, and now I sit at 259. My goal for March? 270 followers by the month’s end.
> A Monthly (formerly weekly) Short Story
I haven’t written a short story in a minute. I plan to change this to a monthly short story of about 2-3k words.
> A Weekly Newsletter
This, too, will be changing to monthly with the March edition out this Saturday.
> Daily Motivational/Non-fiction blogs
These are being discontinued for the time being. I would like to make one per week at least, but I can’t make any promises.		The Shards of Arthur’s Shield <
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I got my editor’s feedback and am now implementing it in one last read-through. I am also writing the Epilogue as we speak.
The Early Years of a Great Mage <
The time has come. The Student will begin to learn the ways of magic. (Coming December 2026)
Brothers’ Feud <
The Brothers’ Feud has had a name change and has been split into three books. The First of which will be coming in Spring 2028

How’s it going?

February was hard and stressful, with school, edits, and work, I have barely given myself time to breathe. But now, a rhythm has been discovered, and I believe I will begin to regulate again. I cannot wait to start writing the first in my first Trilogy, coming out this December. The name has changed, but I will keep “The Early Years of a Great Mage” as a working title.

Hello, I am still six-feet above ground

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Good morning, afternoon, or evening (just covering my bases). I have returned to the land of blogging and am excited to write this post. It might just be the coffee flowing through my veins as I sit at the coffee shop I so love (Cartel Roasting Co. in Tucson, AZ, come check it out, seriously), or it could be a sudden burst of inspiration from… uh… nope, coffee is all I’ve got to explain it. What gets you guys writing? Does the coffee stop the yawning long enough for your eyes to focus on the page, too, as it does me? Let me know in the comments.

In other news, the Kickstarter is live! Check out “The Shards of Arthur’s Shield” on Kickstarter today by clicking here (or on the picture to the right) and clicking the link you find on that page. The most expensive option is less than a triple-A game. This is all about building trust and hype, so tell your friends and “Trust me on this.”

I will be posting a progress update today, too, as it is the first Tuesday of the month. But know that the book is nearly finished. I will be doing one last read through with the notes from my editor in mind during the first half of March and will finalize the formatting by the end of march and I should have author copies in my hands sometime in April! I still can’t believe this is real, can you? I am finishing the rough draft of the Epilogue today, called “Jonathan’s Rest.” It is a heavy-hearted short story with which the story of Thomas will conclude and allude to what is coming in December this year ;).

Post #100 and Some Announcements!

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By: A.B. Timothy

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This is it! 100 posts here on my WordPress blog. Very cool! Over these 100 posts, I’ve amassed 6 followers here on WordPress, 245 followers on X, and thousands of interactions across the two platforms. I am forever grateful for all of the support. Just the other day, I was having dinner with a friend who is also an artist I am working with, and he randomly brought up a post I made right here. I was flabbergasted, to say the least, because I never thought anyone would ever actually spend time reading the things I write here.

Now, onto some announcements.

Announcements

I have been working on the website over the last several weeks, trying to make the viewing experience here as seamless as possible. Now I have one more page to add, and I believe the construction will be done for a while. Today, I will be adding a Kickstarter page to the website, which will link you directly to the Kickstarter Pre-Launch page for “The Shards of Arthur’s Shield.” There you will be able to follow my progress on the Kickstarter and even get notified when the event goes live on March 1st, 2026.

I will also begin blogging on X and Substack, in addition to WordPress. X is the platform where I have the most reach right now, and being able to link to or share an article from X to X is much better for the algorithm. But fear not, my most loyal 6, I will be posting those same articles right here on my website. If you want my articles fresh and first, follow me on X @ABTimothyAuthor.

This journey has been very fun and has let me stretch my creative muscles with the short stories, the non-fiction blogs, and the reviews. I don’t plan to stop anytime soon. It’s only up from here.

God Bless you, dear reader, and God Bless me as I write.

Mid-January Update

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2026 has just begun! Let’s set some goals, shall we?

Social Media Goals

Novel Goals

> X Growth
I am well on track to reach 220 Followers on X before the end of the month. I am at 213 currently.
> A Weekly Short Story
I plan to edit or write a short story at least once a week to release alongside my Newsletter. So far I am 2 for 2
> A Weekly Newsletter
So far I am 2 for 2. I am considering changing this to a monthly newsletter.
> Daily Motivational/Non-fiction blogs
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I have an appointment with my editor on the 21st to go over a game plan. So I have till then to finish getting the book up to first draft standards.
The Early Years of a Great Mage <
I will be placing this on the back burner until I have TSOAS off to a pro-editor.
Brothers’ Feud <
I will be placing this on the back burner until I have TSOAS off to a pro-editor.

How’s it going?

January is just beginning, but with December behind me and the whole of 2026 before me? I am feeling hopeful for the first time in a long time. Please pray for me if you are a praying kind of person.

Handwriting the Bible #1

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By: A.B. Timothy

I have decided to undertake the task of handwriting my own copy of the Holy Bible. I have never undertaken such a large task and am excited by the opportunities it presents. At my current rate of about a half chapter every day, I will be done in 6 and 1/2 years. I may speed up as I continue, and there are shorter chapters and longer chapters, so my rate will vary over the course of the project.

I started with the Gospel according to Saint Matthew, which is a lot of genealogies, all those names and begats really helped me practice a lot of less-used words and letters in cursive.

Do you have any tips for handwriting? Have you ever tried doing something like this? What is the biggest handwritten project you’ve ever embarked on? Let’s talk about it in the comments below or over on X.

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January Goals!

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2026 has just begun! Let’s set some goals, shall we?

Social Media Goals

Novel Goals

> X Growth
I intend to reach 220 Followers on X before the end of the month. I am at 190 currently.
> A Weekly Short Story
I plan to edit or write a short story at least once a week to release alongside my Newsletter.
> A Weekly Newsletter
I plan to put out a weekly Newsletter covering what I wrote for my blog that week and what I did in pursuit of my creative goals that week.
> Daily Motivational/Non-fiction blogs
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My goal for January regarding this novel is to have the whole of it edited to my standards so I can send it off to a professional editor by the end of the month.
The Early Years of a Great Mage <
I will be placing this on the back burner until I have TSOAS off to a pro-editor.
Brothers’ Feud <
I will be placing this on the back burner until I have TSOAS off to a pro-editor.

How’s it going?

January is just beginning, but with December behind me and the whole of 2026 before me? I am feeling hopeful for the first time in a long time. Please pray for me if you are a praying kind of person.

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Announcment: Keeping the Beacon Lit Show

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By: A.B. Timothy

Good Day to all! I am happy to announce that I will be starting a weekly podcast-style show on X called “Keeping the Beacon Lit, with A.B. Timothy”. It will be all about how you can stay creative and remain inspired even when the darkness surrounds you.

The First episode will be this week on the 15th at 5 PM Mountain Standard Time!

That is all for today’s blog. Be sure to tune in over on X @ABTimothyAuthor and follow me there to stay in the loop!