2026 Blacksteel State of the Union Address
Hello Dear Readers and Happy New Year!!!
Welcome to 2026! I hope you had a safe and wonderful holiday season. It’s so lovely to see you all back.
As is tradition (is it really tradition, or is this just something I like to do every year? Is there even a difference?)… *ahem. As is tradition, I want to start the year off by doing a re-cap of the goals we set out to accomplish last year and what our goals for 2026 are. So without further ado, here we go!
Blacksteel Press 2025 Goals:
Dustin plans to finish the first draft of Sellsword Saga Book 3.
In Progress. We published Mercenary Measures, which is the Sellsword Saga Book 2, and Dustin is currently working on the first draft of book 3.
Phil will finish the first draft of the Neversleep Scrolls Book 2.
Complete! Not only did Phil finish the first draft of Neversleep Scrolls Book 2 (Shadows Spill the Darkest Blood), but it also went through initial rounds of beta reading and revisions. Phil is hoping to release book 2 in early(ish) 2026.
Tiffani will finish the first draft of Tales of Tigraen Book 2.
In Progress. Yeeeeeeeah, I’ve been really dragging my feet on this. What I have accomplished is to finish and publish a novella Of Dwarves and Dragons (a spin-off story featuring Kroegan and Tetsu), as well as get through initial drafts and revisions Of Festivals and Fey (a bridge novella between A Songbird’s Tale and the sequel. I really will get to work on it this year, I promise.
Tiffani (and hopefully Dustin and Phil) will attend Dragonsteel Nexus 2025 provided our application for a booth is approved.
Complete! We had an absolute blast! Expect more posts about our big takeaways to come.
Tiffani will release the audiobook version of A Songbird’s Tale, provided there are no more significant delays on the narrator’s end.
COMPLETE!!! After nearly 18 months… the book is now finished and available on Audible. I couldn’t be happier with it.
Blacksteel Press Goals for 2026
Dustin will finish the first draft of Winding Divide, the Sellsword Saga book 3
Phil will publish Shadows Spill the Darkest Blood, Neversleep Scrolls book 2.
Tiffani will finish the first draft of A Knight’s Tale, Tales of Tigraen, book 2
I have a lot of other little projects that I would like to finish this year, so hopefully I can get those knocked out as well.
That’s all for now. Coming up in the next few weeks we will recap Dragonsteel Nexus 2025 and return to our regular posting cadence. Happiest of New Years and may 2026 bring us all peace and prosperity!
Till next time dear reader, I’d love to hear about your writing or reading goals. :) <3 Tiff
