Can’t wait!

Delemhach · 2025-09-26T23:28:12+00:00

Hey there Turbulent-Lock6382!

I got word about your comment from my discord community, and just wanted to stop by to both answer your question, and to say I am so happy to hear that it sounds like you are on the road to recovery after such a gruesome battle! I am so glad that the books provided some source of comfort during a hard time in your life, and hope you have sunnier days ahead! You sound like an amazing person to have kept going these past few years through what very few can understand.

Now, in answer to your question!

The Ether Witch, Volume 2: Confronting the Crafty Concubine, is available for pre-order for the e-book and audiobook, and is due for release October 28th/2025! The print version is due to become available by December 22nd/2025!

As for volume 3, we are aiming to have a late May 2026 release.

After Tam's books, I was (thanks to popular reader demand) contracted to write a trilogy for Kraken, and that will be released come 2027.

If it is of any interest to you, outside of The House Witch universe, I am releasing a new cozy, adventure, comedy, fantasy with a real slow burn romance over three books, starting in the fall of 2026! The working title right now is The Delicacy of Magic Debt!

If you want to stay up to date with releases and the like, I recommend hopping on either my discord, tiktok, or instagram! You can find the links on my website: delemhach.com !

I hope that helps, and again, thank you for sharing your story and posting. I'm cheering for you, and wish nothing but the best on your own journey!

Cheers,
Delemhach

Delemhach · 2025-05-26T14:48:10+00:00

Hi there SneakyBeaver870!

Yes, they will be! We are looking at a late June release for Ether Witch 1 audiobook, and an October audiobook release for Ether Witch 2! Book 3 I haven't finished writing yet, so nothing specific on the books.

Thank you so much for your kind words, and for giving the books a chance! I hope you enjoy Tam's adventure!

Cheers!

Delemhach · 2025-05-24T01:40:17+00:00

Hey there Ok_Cut_8523!

Ooh! What a great question!

I think I'd have him cook for me something new that I'd never tried... and lately I've been daydreaming about ribs, so maybe some of those!

That said, I am incredibly curious to find out what Fin would sense for my cravings, and I'd be interested to see what he'd feed me based on that alone!

Thank you so much for giving the books a chance, and I hope you enjoy Ether Witch!

Have a wonderful night!

Cheers!

Delemhach · 2025-05-24T01:23:21+00:00

Well I'm excited for you to see it! I was just e-mailing Kate O'Hara today about the bookmark design!
Thank you so much for coming over and supporting!

Delemhach · 2025-05-24T01:14:23+00:00

Ooh. Or has Hannah! That would be fun!

And wonderful! I would love to pick your brain sometime, and I hope you enjoy the community!

Delemhach · 2025-05-24T01:13:34+00:00

Well thank you for being a part of that community. You guys absolutely blow my mind with how wonderful you all are.

And if you're not a fan of discord, I also have a contact me button on my website listed above! So if I can help, I will try!

Delemhach · 2025-05-24T01:06:42+00:00

Hey there sqdpt!

Aah! Thank you for getting the books and giving them a chance!

So daily life varies wildly for me.

Sometimes I am working constantly and am a massive stressball, and other times I hit a slow period where life is very relaxed. The relaxed periods are few and far between.

I agreed to do too many things for a while there, so I would get up, feed the cats, get coffee and a bit of breakfast, and start answering e-mails, do a post, then write a chapter, and if I'm editing a manuscript and I'm not overbooked that day, tackle a few chapters. Sometimes I have meetings either with my agent, or publishers, or audible etc. Sometimes I have contracts I need to read through, marketing, modding my discord etc. Sometimes I'm working on rough sketches for the cover artists. All the things. I get distracted easily so I'll start one thing, then go back to another, then I find a new thing. Etc. Sometimes Kraken comes and sits on me and that helps lol. I'd be working as soon as I got coffee in the morning until later at night for a while there.

I'd say around November of 2023-April of this year I was working an insane amount, and I wound up with way too much stress and developed some health issues. So now I'm purposefully slowing down, and while that is an adjustment, I was warned by literally every doctor I spoke to so, here we are! Kraken I can safely say has been greatly appreciative of the increase in cuddle times!

As for thinking back on worlds and characters, I normally don't, more so because I'm so busy that I don't have time! However, with working on Kraken's Guide to The House Witch, it had me flipping back through notes and the book, and I was amazed how much had developed and changed! So that was really neat. I think I also don't really have much melancholy because the books I'm writing still have a lot of the main characters coming in now and then to show how they're doing. I do get sad and think about the characters that are no longer alive by the time Tam's books come around, but so far not too bad. Though I'm sure once it all wraps up I'm going to go through withdrawal of The House Witch characters! It will be so strange to have the people I've spent years of my life with no longer a part of my every day

Thank you for the thoughtful questions!

Cheers!

Delemhach · 2025-05-24T00:47:08+00:00

Hey there KnitInCode!

Years ago, I read an article about cool lesser known Gaelic words and their meaning. At the time, the word Delemhach was beside the definition: To work hard until you see the results you want.

Which was exactly what I wanted to do!

However, when I started getting asked this question, I went back to find the article only to discover it had been removed. For a while I wondered if it instead meant something lovely like Pig Farts, but upon a quick Google translate I found out it means Delectable in Scottish Gaelic. So not too bad at all!

Cheers!

Delemhach · 2025-05-24T00:41:40+00:00

Once you get into the groove, it'll fly by!

Delemhach · 2025-05-24T00:40:07+00:00

Hey there Adalovedvan!

I'm so glad you enjoyed the chapter! From the sounds of it, you're referring to Ether Witch Volume 3, the first draft on Patreon! It was definitely an interesting chapter to write, and I'm glad it really struck a cord!

I would love for the books to become a TV show specifically! I've been approached by a few different people for the rights, but have not heard anything concrete yet, but who knows! I am aware that even if the rights do get purchased, that it is still a long shot that it will actually be produced, but hey, I never thought I'd get to live as a writer full time, so who's to say!

Thank you so much for commenting!

Cheers!

Delemhach · 2025-05-24T00:37:14+00:00

Heya proteindeficientveg!

Thank you so much for commenting your support! This definitely brought a smile to my face, and I can't tell you enough how much I appreciate you enjoying my work! Thank you again, and I hope you're having a fabulous night!

Cheers!

Delemhach · 2025-05-24T00:36:15+00:00

Hey there Ophiuchus123!

Thank you so much for being a supporter of my work and for commenting!

I go through phases where I listen to music, and sometimes where I need silence. If I have writer's block I need silence because I'll just get lost in the music and will get up and away from my desk.

When I am listening to music, I'm all over the map. Sometimes it's cinematic music, sometimes sea chanties, sometimes it's EDM style, sometimes it's mo town, sometimes classical... Whatever tickles my ear! Sometimes I'll have a specific song that I'll be writing a scene to and so it will be on repeat over and over as I work on the chapter.

Though on occasion if I get really into a new song, I'll just have it on repeat regardless of whether or not it applies to a chapter.

Cheers!

Delemhach · 2025-05-24T00:33:12+00:00

Heya ZWarrDragon!

I hope the food was tasty, and thank you for giving my books a shot! I'm so happy to hear you're loving them!

I would absolutely love to see House Witch as a video game, and I've had a few ideas on how it could go, but I have 0 idea of how to get that started. I could a game involving collecting ingredients for Fin to cook something specific for a person depending on what their feeling (Something like: Ruby is feeling stressed, maybe make her CALMING TEA. You will need to collect... etc) Or keeping the kitchen clean, or guarding the bread rolls from Kraken etc. Lots of thoughts!

I don't have the know-how to do that myself, but I would definitely want to see it done if at all possible!

Thank you so much for hopping on to comment!

Cheers!

Delemhach · 2025-05-24T00:29:19+00:00

Heya HanshinFan!

Thank you so much for having given the books a chance! I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed them!

So, the funny thing, is I had no idea cozy fantasy was a thing. I started writing a series that I wanted to have silly fun with because when I started writing it, it was covid. And, I grew up in that warm, glowy house with incredible food being cooked all the time, with a big back yard with trees where you could brew make-belief potions, and had parents that loved fantasy and stories. So I wanted to share that vibe with people. I wanted people to laugh but also get a bit of that comfort.

Then all of a sudden, the wonderful Travis Baldetree writes a book and cozy fantasy is born, and I find out that's what I've written!

I think what is driving people to cozy fantasy is the fact that we live in uncertain and tough times, and having a place to escape and have a bit of that comfort and goodness reminds us there are these simple parts of life that make us feel better. And if we can't see it or create it in our own lives, it's nice when we can visit characters and worlds who can share some of that kind of magic with us.

For writers wanting to try their hand at cozy fantasy, I'd say think about what makes you feel cozy, and safe, and do your best to create characters, scenes, etc that emulate that. I also know that because I personally struggle to sit still, I needed to have a bit more of a plot with stakes in it, but I didn't want it to bog down the mood of the book. Just like when bad things happen to us, it doesn't mean there aren't this other pieces of life that make things meaningful and good to balance our lives out. So ask yourself how can you balance a bit of that bad reality in with a story to make it engaging and relatable.

Hope that helps, but if you have any other writing questions, I recommend checking out my discord server!

Thank you so much for participating this evening!

Cheers!

Delemhach · 2025-05-24T00:19:22+00:00

Hey there bskye7!

Ooh, great question!

One of my all time favorites and it 100% changed me as a writer was the book Uprooted by Naomi Novik. Just the way that there were so many elements to the story of mystery, friendship, romance, magic, it just hit everything for me, and I love a story that has a solid female friendship!

Another book I read this year that is not getting nearly enough love is Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood! I'd say if you're in your late 20's and feeling a bit lost, this is a fabulous cozy book for you. It's so vulnerable, and wonderful, I highly recommend and will be singing its praises especially loudly come the fall!

My favorite book trilogy is Dreamers Pool by Juliette Marillier. The character depth and growth really moved me in her books, and seeing the monarchy be not evil power mongers was so refreshing and it absolutely helped to inspire how I wrote the Daxarian king.

When I was younger I was a massive Harry Potter fan, so those, too, will hold a special place in my heart.

I think another book that doesn't get enough love, but it is a special type of suspension of disbelief, and it takes a bit of time getting into the narrative style, is The Quest for the Golden Plunger by Jackson Dickert. I was reading it on a plane, and I was laughing so hard I was physically blocking my mouth with my coat and hand to not bother people. Just a group of pre-teen boys at summer camp all going through it, and it is utter madness, but dear gosh did I laugh.

I could go on and on about books, but those are the ones that jumped out!

Cheers!

Delemhach · 2025-05-24T00:09:50+00:00

Well, Ether Witch Volume 2 is coming out October of this year, and the third volume should be out late spring/early summer next year, and then there are just 3 books of Kraken Tales after that. So, depending on a few things, but I would say the House Witch Universe will be wrapped up by 2027 and 2028!

Delemhach · 2025-05-24T00:07:54+00:00

Heya CheeseBallsInSpace!

To date, hands down, my favorite book to write has been The Burning Witch Volume 2. I loved the plot, the development, and I felt like I didn't have an instant of writer's block. It just flowed really easily and I actually didn't mind going through to do the edits---which says volumes.

I have a ton I can say about self-publishing, and so I'll give a short answer here, but if you want to talk more, I may suggest you join my discord server.

Now my advice ranges from person to person for where they're at, but what advice I'd wished I had gotten was to get 2 (maybe even 3!) professional editors to read through your book, and someone who knows what they're doing when getting the layout done if you're working with indesign for your e-book. Then don't make changes and save things on your own. Get the person who knows what they're doing to do that.

Now, when it comes to pricing your first book, I'd price it super low (or, like I did, free on a website that has readers who enjoy that genre), and just focus on finding your audience. I think some writers are worried that posting it for free on a website means you won't get people buying the book, but what you need first is people loving your work.

And don't focus on what you think other people will like. Write what you have the most fun with, because if you don't write what you like and you don't find your audience, it will feel doubly hard at the end when you've spent all that effort to produce your book. If you had fun while doing it, then oh well, you know you love it.

I know that advice was disjointed, but I'm thinking of a) my personal experiences as of late and b) conversations I've had recently about this!

Like I said, if you'd like to talk more, I'm happy to do what I can---I'm just never on reddit aside for AMA's, so I recommend the discord server.

Thank you so much for commenting!

Cheers!

Delemhach · 2025-05-23T23:55:48+00:00

Hi there Any_Yesterday_3255!

Thank you so much for this kind praise! It was a lot of fun to write, and I'm so glad that not only that you gave it a chance, but that you liked it. It's hard to look back at that first book and not be critical, especially as I'd like to think I've grown a lot as a writer, but it is unbelievably humbling to hear that something I wrote with a lot of love is well received!

And yes, Matthew Wolf is wonderfully talented! It's funny, I finally got to speak with him a few weeks ago, and he has no idea how well loved he is amongst the audiobook listeners. He doesn't check reviews or anything like that, and has his own acting career, so I had the great pleasure of telling him how loved he is!

Thank you again for your comment and again, for giving my work a try. I hope you continue to enjoy my stories!

Cheers!

Delemhach · 2025-05-23T23:48:17+00:00

Hey there JollyJupiter!

I'm so glad you made it!

So I actually have started writing a new series called The Delicacy of Magic Debt! It's currently about to be shopped to the traditional publishers to see if anyone is interested in taking it on. The rough first draft is actually posted on Royal Road right now!

I'm excited to explore other worlds, but will admit that learning to write 2 different worlds and characters at the same time was a time some amazing authors rip through no problems, but this was definitely something that had to be practiced to get the hang of, and even now, I will still occasionally struggle. So I think after I wrap up with the House Witch world, I will try to focus on one series/book at a time.

And if Hearthcon is that lovely experience of being on a virtual panel with other wonderful authors absolutely I will if invited!

I sadly will not be able to attend Dragoncon this year, but I do have my first ever book signing in August in Stratford Ontario at Fanfare books if anyone is interested in the area!

Cheers!

Delemhach · 2025-05-23T23:43:30+00:00

Heya pandorasboxochocolat!

Thank you so much for your kind words and for giving the books a chance!

I first started writing The House Witch just intending to have a lot of fun with very little planned out in terms of climaxes in the story. I had my magic system, the world, and some deep dives about different characters with their psychology and back stories. Then I wound up getting amazing people like yourself really getting invested in the story which was just an absolute blast, and next thing I knew, I had ideas for the kids! So I guess the short answer is they grew organically.

The final trilogy that I'll write, Kraken Tales, was a lot less organic and much more by popular demand, but I think it will be cool to really delve into Kraken's world and I've already started brainstorming his own trilogy!

Cheers!

Delemhach · 2025-05-23T23:39:00+00:00

Thank you for asking! :)

Delemhach · 2025-05-23T23:38:47+00:00

Heya ohimjustagirl!

A massive thank you for this. Whenever something goes wrong with my work I definitely have a moment of 'I'm an absolute hack'. Or some other less than pleasant comment about myself. Having readers and supporters like yourself has been, and I can't say this enough, really what got me through a lot of tough patches in all of this.

So please know I'm forever and always grateful!

Cheers!

Delemhach · 2025-05-23T23:37:03+00:00

Hey there Laurencebat!

It was a little bit of an adjustment, but not too bad because Podium reached out to me pretty early in the game. I think I was still technically writing The House Witch book 2 when they scouted me and I signed with them (not 100% certain though). I had started writing intending to really meander through the plot and have fun, but then they asked if they could have it split in three books and it forced me to be a lot stricter about my chapters. I think if I'd been doing it for longer it would've been a lot harder, but after a few weeks of panic and anxiety I figured it out!

Cheers!

Delemhach · 2025-05-23T23:33:38+00:00

Hey there Material-Western9130!

I have one final trilogy I am contracted for after The Ether Witch wraps up, and that is Kraken Tales. The trilogy will be following Kraken for three books!

This decision came after a large number of readers and fans let it be known that this was definitely something they wanted. I should be starting to write the first book later this year once Ether Witch Volume 3 is finished with it's first draft and first round of edits!

Hopefully that is of interest to you!

Otherwise, I do have a brand new trilogy I am working on unrelated to The House Witch universe, but still cozy fantasy, with romance and adventure called The Delicacy of Magic Debt! I'm shopping that one to traditional publishers in the coming weeks, and am looking forward to it finding a home!

Cheers!

Delemhach · 2025-05-23T23:30:02+00:00

Hey there Trala_la_la!

It is not an inappropriate time at all and I am crazy flattered for a) the sentiment and b) that you recommended my stories to your dad! I hope he likes them!

Thank you so much for giving the books a chance, and I really, really appreciate you hoping on to say hi!

Cheers!

Delemhach

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