• The Ice Takes Inventory — A Lost Chapter from Ashes & Iron

    This fragment belongs to the world of Ashes & Iron — a historical noir saga shaped by industry, borderlands, and the quiet decisions that determine who is carried forward and who is not. Lost Chapters are moments that never found their way into the main volumes: scenes too small to alter history, yet heavy enough…

  • NEWS — Editorial Milestone Reached for Ash & Iron

    An important milestone has been reached in the Ash & Iron franchise. Part 1 of a 5 book saga, The Foundry Boys has officially completed its editorial passes. With the manuscript now finalized, publication preparations are underway—and the first volume should be hitting shelves soon. “Set in the 1920s, at the hard edge of Prohibition,…

  • Writing With AI Without Losing the Human Voice

    At Plantin, Defoe & Franklin Publishing, we spend a lot of time thinking about a deceptively simple question: how do you preserve a human voice while elevating craft to a professional, publishable standard—at scale, across a full saga?