Anne Ominous

Hey, everybody! Announcing a really cool thing I made this week: ThePhoenixSaga.com! This new site is a landing zone to the story (Reignited and the OG Phoenix), side material like the song lyrics and cocktail recipes, plus fan art, recursive fics and cameo appearances of our characters, acknowledgements, Anne's social media and full list of author profiles, and more! Maybe even some fun gifts there! I'll expand the site more over time, but for one night, I'm really happy with how it came out. (And, low key, let me know if you find any bugs...)
          
          Whew, my voice is tired today! I jumped on my official Discord, the Storytellers' Speakeasy, and did an eight hour livestream last night, where I sang most of the original songs from the series for our friends! Did you miss it? Well, then you should probably join our Discord and hang out with your fellow Firebirds! https://discord.com/invite/WXRhHzPbcu

I’m beyond excited/terrified to announce Phoenix: Reignited, an ambitious project I’ve been planning for some time. Reignited is a complete remaster of the entire Phoenix Saga. Every single chapter will be re-edited, improved, and expanded. We’ll see new scenes and whole new chapters added based on reader requests, scenes I wished I’d included the first time, and loose ends we never really dealt with on-camera. 
          
          Phoenix: Reignited begins Saturday, October 5, 2024, in celebration of the premiere of the new Ranma ½ anime. We’ll drop the first eleven chapters of book I on that day, and then continue serializing new chapters on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from then on. Please drop me a follow as an author to ensure you get notified when it drops!
          
          I’m sure there’s going to be a million questions about Reignited, far too many to answer here, so I put together this announcement post: https://www.tumblr.com/anne-is-ominous/762391039178948608/announcing-phoenix-reignited-edition
          
          For some time now, I’ve run a little Discord server for my beta readers. As the story has been posted across more and more platforms, the community around Phoenix has become somewhat fractured, and I’ve decided it’s time to bring all the Firebirds under one roof. I’ve partnered with my friend PrincessColumbia as co-owners to combine my Discord server and hers into a new server we’re calling the Storytellers’ Speakeasy. This is now the official fan Discord for my work and hers, and several other prominent Ranma ½ fandom writers frequent the server as well. We do live reactions when chapters drop, I do ask-me-anything sessions as the characters from the Phoenix series, there’s fandom groups for several popular fandoms (mostly the ones PrincessColumbia and I write for) and more. 
          
          The Speakeasy is a LGBTQ and plural-positive safe space that I’ve been a part of for several months. NSFW content exists but is properly gated behind roles and entirely opt-in. Join at https://discord.gg/xDj33m3c.

In Book XIII, the conclusion to Phoenix Odyssey, we’ll see the Phoenix undergo some changes under new proprietress Yui. Ranko’s contentious relationship with Yokai will continue to evolve, and she’ll have to deal with some of the new restrictions placed on her conduct. And she’ll head to China for the final third of the Wildfire Tour, setting up some discoveries and decisions that will change her life forever. And, of course, there will be three new song premiers.
          
          Book XIII planning is well under way, but there are no words on paper yet. I expect to start that this week. I am going to try not to start serializing book XIII until it’s finished this time. The stress of live-writing chapters just in time has just become too much for me to handle, and it’s time for me to listen to the wise advice of so many of you who have told me to prioritize my health and well-being. I know I’ve said that with the last three books, but this time it really burned me, and made me take a serious look at it. 
          
          Starting with book XIII, I will be shifting to a posting schedule for new content of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, in order to give me more breathing room between chapters for edits, rewrites, and new content if necessary. But don’t worry; I won’t leave you starving for content, because in the meantime, we have something else exciting coming…

Well, here we are, Firebirds. Another book completed, which means only one remains in Phoenix Odyssey. We won’t be done after that, of course, because there are plans underway for a fourth series after Odyssey, consisting of books XIV - XVI. I’ll be talking more about that series as we get closer to the end of book XIII. 
          
          As always, I want to end the book with some acknowledgements. Thank you so much to InaNewmoon, Diet Gender Fluid, Xadlly, PrincessColumbia and PyrusLex for your support and advice when beta reading parts of this book. Thank you to CliffVT for your continued support in the creation of Ranko’s Rocktails. 
          
          This book was… hard for me. It’s the largest book in the series to date, just barely edging out book IX. I thought I had a huge backlog and I was safe, but a bout of severe burnout coupled with some lingering health issues broke my daily posting schedule and left me in a state of severe anxiety for pretty much the last three weeks non-stop. I want to thank every single reader who sent well-wishes, left supportive comments, and just kept the faith while I powered through to get to this point. It really meant, and means, the world to me.
          
          That said, I’m revitalized and ready to take on a series of incredibly ambitious projects for you all, my wonderful, amazing Firebirds. I’m not ready to share details on all of them yet, but there’s two in particular I think we should talk about now. Anne-ouncements coming momentarily...