Yes, I have begun the MB3 rewrite, so no more Dragonsteel for a time yet. When there is, I’ll likely not be posting it on-line, since it will be a LONG time before this one sees bookshelves.
Rainbow--you DON'T have to have read the other Dragonsteel to understand this. The other Dragonsteel will never be published. Some of the plots and characters in it, however, will eventually become book three of this series. Not because I’m doing a “Dragonlance” type thing, but because when I sat down to work on this project, I realized that I’d rather start back in time a few hundred years. In other words, I’m writing the prequels first, if that’s possible.
Ookla, you have a very good point on Jesk/Hoid. I should probably change jesk. It's a left-over from Dragonsteel Prime, but right now it's kind of a distraction. Perhaps I should simply name the storytellers all 'Lightweavers?' Even those who can't use the magic? I may have to work on Midius. He's supposed to be the growth character here, and so I want room for him to progress, but I have to be careful not to make him unsympathetic at the beginning.
Kail will be getting viewpoints. Yunmi's next chapter really needs to be in this set, as I mentioned, to round her out as a character. However, I'm VERY glad to hear that you like it so far, Ookla, since you're one of the original Dragonsteel proponents. Know that I intend book one to be focused in, to be personal on the characters, with the later books expanding further and further in scope. I liked how this worked in Mistborn, and want to see if I can do it over a longer period.
As for the name Hoid...well, I don't want to say too much. There's something going on there, however.
In worldbuilding this, I realized that I missed a big opportunity in Dragonsteel Prime by not dealing with fainlife all that much. It was a powerful world element that got mostly ignored. By writing a book here, where I can slam a city in to the middle of the fain assault--before people learned really how to keep the alien landscape back--I think I’ll be able to focus more on the setting.
One thing that always bothered me about Dragonsteel Prime is that it felt rather generic for me. I like more distinctive settings, with more distinctive magics. Yet, Dragonsteel Prime had a fairly standard fantasy world (though one set in the bronze age) with magic that didn’t really get used all that much in the first book. The idea here is to add the Aether magic in, which is a ‘day-to-day’ magic, and to enhance the originality of the setting by using fainlife more. Microkenisis, Realmatic Theory, Cognitive Ripples and Tzai Blows, and all of that will STILL be part of this world. I’ve simply folded the Aethers in as well, and hopefully I can make it all feel cohesive.
