Thoughts from the author

This is the working record of a book that took twelve years to arrive and a
trilogy I did not plan on.

Here, I write about the parts nobody warns you about, covers I scrapped and rebuilt, the scams that circle new authors, what my editor catches that I miss, scenes that I struggled with for weeks and where books two and three actually stand.

No milestones that are really advertisements. If something went badly, it goes here too.

Book Three of the Threadborn Echo Trilogy

Initial reactions from Threadborn Succession’s beta readers have been incredibly positive. As a new fiction author, I still have no idea how to feel about the reception Book One has gotten, and now Book Two is poised to raise the bar another notch. Book Two will be headed to my editor, Tina Beier, in mid‑August 2026 and to my narrator, Casey Wayne, shortly after. The second installment of the trilogy expands on the base cast and adds one new protagonist. No spoilers here, b

Michael Talbot

Jul 252 min read