I am slowly chipping away at illustrations, but readers will really have to bare with me. I am not sure when I will finish yet. I foresee more free time from February onwards, and a little time over new year perhaps. It'll be worth it though, I promise <3

...but all of them would work toward a bigger story that wraps up a second volume. Suffice to say, while some arcs close at the end of Chapter 8, there will still be questions that remain thematically open, and huge swathes of time and realities that will be entirely worth exploring.

I think if I do continue with a volume 2 of Gemstone Heroes, the ideal format would be to write 2 episodes at a time, and illustrate them as I go. Instead of writing all 8 and taking years to illustrate them in one go. I like the idea of a series of two-parters that feel somewhat self-contained...

I suppose it's a luxury problem to have, right? Every idea that pops up for continuing stories just has to be written down for later. Though I do see Chapters 1 and 2 of Volume 2 in my head as clear as day. At this point it might only take a month to get first drafts out for development and proofing

Thank you for the very kind review, and I am so glad that you're connecting with this story deeply.

I started this series with fairly traditional superhero narrative structure. But gradually, that traditional linear narrative has fallen away as we explore the truly unpredictable and existential <3