What was that like for you transitioning from, you know, the world building and the structure of science fiction into cozy fantasy where you could kind of build the world however you wanted?

Yeah, you know, it was...

So that's a really good question.

At first, it wasn't a big deal because I didn't realize it was a cozy fantasy.

Once I realized it was a cozy fantasy, I ended up having to force myself to pull back the stakes, knowing that it couldn't get super dark.

That was really my tendency, was to write darker worlds.

Which, I mean, bartender, you'll see some darker worlds, even though they're not...

totally fair so you have a podcast sort of associated with this world in general can you tell us a little bit about that and what inspired you to start that