Yes, I’m still writing. My releases have been focusing on my Patreon site. In fact, I’ve been expanding my Science Fiction offerings with expanding my Bloom Chronicles universe with some feisty pirates and doing more fantasy with a lot of expansion in the World of Kroth. Oh, and Dark Earth / The Lost Girls – that setting has seen a ton of development over there. Maybe you should check it out (hint, hint). But that’s not what I’m here to ramble about today – although I promise I’m still working to put out a couple of books out to the old websites a year as well.

Nope, today I want to share something new I’ve gotten into. It’s still fantasy and science fiction and it’s still all about creating content for people to be entertained by though. It’s just not reading, exactly. It’s audiobooks. Don’t worry, you don’t have to listen to me drone on. Trust me, I’ve got the face for radio and the voice of a professional mime. This is me reworking my existing stories and using AI voices to read them. Different AI voices for each character, mind you, so it’s not just one voice you get bored with.

The best part? It’s free for you. All you have to do is go to my YouTube page (https://t.co/Uk5WblEoeC) and you can pick out a story there and listen to it. At home, on the road, at work, in the shower, or maybe someplace more exotic. It’s your choice! The one thing I do ask for is that you help me grow the channel by subscribing to it. It costs readers (listeners?) absolutely nothing to enjoy this videos, but it costs me a lot of time and money to create them. And I want to do more / go faster, but I can only afford so much. By subscribing you help me grow the channel and reach the point where YouTube will realize I’m not some chump and they’ll monetize it (still no cost to you).

At present I have five stories on there and I can afford to add about one a week. I do weekly updates on there too though, in case you want to see how awkward I am in front of a camera. That’s probably entertaining too – my family likes to make fun of me so why not share the wealth? Here are the stories up there right now:

Chipped – an independent science fiction story set in the Lost Girls setting.

Bounce – A short sequel to Chipped

Terminus – A new science fiction space fantasy story that introduces a new setting and new characters.

The Shard of Destiny – A new fantasy story in the World of Kroth with new characters in an unexplored region. This is also the first of a new series.

The Fall of Voluun – Another new fantasy story in the World of Kroth. This one features Arika, from my Thirst for Power series, and her companions in a new area of Kroth. It’s also not as spicy as the previous Thirst for Power books, in case you’re wondering (or hoping).

Next up I’m planning to release another scifi story in the Bloom Chronicles setting about space pirates. I’ve got a short fantasy story in the works too, and as you all well know, a lot of other material to work on converting. At my present pace given the limits on what the apps allow me to do each month, I’ll probably be making audiobooks for the next sixty years just to handle my existing catalog. Never mind the two or more stories I’m writing each month and putting on my Patreon site!

So check it out and help me spread the word by subscribing! Did I mention it’s free. As a bonus, I’ll be eternally grateful if you do. Let me know and I’ll even prove it by throwing out some thank you’s in my next weekly author update.

To learn more about Jason Halstead, watch him or listen to his audiobooks on his YouTube account, join his Patreon page , visit his website to read about him, or sign up for his newsletter .