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Launch has been a huge success! Thanks for y’all’s support and help with making Homecoming a great book. The paperback is available at https://amzn.to/40Ve0y7 if you want to get it from Amazon, and I’ll be putting in an author copy order soon. Once that’s in, probably 2-3 weeks, I’ll be able to offer signed copies for $15.
I’ve spent a bit of time working on the outline, and should...
2023-03-27 04:30:06 +0000 UTC View PostSORRY! I meant to get to this on Monday, but I fell behind on everything. Here's the epub and pdf of the final version!
2023-03-24 19:26:33 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR'S NOTE ***
So I just uploaded the final version of Homecoming to Amazon, and it releases on Friday. Like my previous releases, it won't be on KU for at least a month, probably going in on May 1, so it'll stay up here for a while. Tomorrow I'm going to finish up the Epub and PDF versions so I can post them here. Also, I put book 8 up for pre-order as a test to see if longer one's work better for driving interest than shorter ones. You can find it at 2023-03-19 19:39:29 +0000 UTC View Post
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I received back Homecoming from my editor last night, so this will probably be the last Stormy Mountain Sect chapter for a bit. Now I’ve got to finalize Homecoming, get the hardcover and paperback ready, and click publish. Then it’ll be time to start on Elemental Gatherers Book 8!
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I woke to the first bell refreshed and ready, full of peace. I lay and smiled for a minute, then vowed to always cherish Nuan. “She’s too goo...
2023-03-13 14:45:07 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR’S NOTE ***
Not so happy with this one. Had a bit of a depression slump the last few days, so I’m just putting out what I’ve done. The next chapter should be fun, and then I will probably have gotten Homecoming back from the editor! I already moved the release date to the 24th of this month!
Eventually, Homecoming will be pulled into KU. I’m thinking the first few days of May now, so I’ll be pulling it off Patreon before then. You will be getting an epub of it ...
2023-03-07 04:56:43 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR'S NOTE ***
So, it's been a while since we've visited the Stormy Mountain Sect. I sent Homecoming off to the editor and took some time to write another chapter in SMS. Elder Grainne is maintaining her name, and the roommate is now Graille instead. Thanks for catching that!
While Homecoming is at the editor, I'll probably write another chapter or two of SMS and spend some time plotting the next EG book.
Also a note, I have 5 copies of Elemental Gatherers Volum...
2023-02-27 01:41:16 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR'S NOTE ***
Prologue done, gonna let it percolate in my head for while then come back to it.
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Light staggered into the library chamber, causing Darkness to leap to his feet. “My dear, what is wrong?” he asked.
“Chaos and Death have joined,” she said. “I was able to get the location of the sea Dungeon through their distortions, but only to the Ashkhas. I started with them, and now I am too drained to attempt an...
2023-02-17 20:06:30 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR'S NOTE ***
And that's draft 2! I'm going to write the prologue today, and post it as well, then probably take tomorrow off from editing to think about a different story (just to clear my head). On Sunday I'll start going through all the comments y'all have in the Google Docs. The final draft goes to the editor on the 27th! While there, I'll either work on Stormy Mountain or firm down on the plot for book 8, which will be politics, city building, classes, and Beast Waves.
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Not a whole lot of changes here. I tried to add to the harpy fight, but everything I did just made it not flow as well, so I ended up backing it out. Oh well. I should be able to be done by this coming Friday, and then I’ll be going through the updates y’all made to the docs posted!
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BVGQXLYZ
Note: I'm shooting for an end-of-March release, but the preorder is through April to make sure I don't run out of time. I can always pull it back.
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A bit of changes here, slight change in timeline. Unfortunately, I only have 17 days until this is due at my editor (she's not free again until April), so a bit of a rushed timeline. I'll try and get another bunch of chapters done this weekend.
Enjoy!
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TPKuwuE_...
2023-02-10 20:42:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Got the cover in for Elemental Gatherers Book 7: Homecoming!
2023-02-10 04:32:38 +0000 UTC View PostI meant to post this yesterday, but the day got away from me. Trying to incorporate some of y’all’s comments while filling in blanks. Got through chapter 10 so far, is the changes working?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-_kgFT5sREG8HlQAVctHprujrKK25BcCCg1VRapabys/edit
Thanks for y’all’s support!
2023-02-07 04:26:02 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR’S NOTE ***
Last chapter today. Not super happy with the dinner scene at the end. I’m thinking about changing it to just the royals and Aiden’s family, along with Vaya and Jamila, rather than everyone in the party. Have the big dinner be even larger in the next book, where Aiden has to interact with many nobles and be condensended to, threatened (politely), and propositioned in various ways as he has to learn about the politics of the kingdom.
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2023-01-31 04:14:34 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR’S NOTE ***
Chapter 4/5 today!
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Just before the time was up, I approached King Craesti. “Sir, we still have the staff. Knight Kaminski was unable to damage it. Can you, Master Narwan, or another of similar power, meet us outside Craesti City to attempt to destroy it?”
He looked at me severely for a second, then nodded. “I will speak with Casmir. At least one of us will be there.”
“Thank you, sire,” I said ...
2023-01-31 04:11:38 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR’S NOTE ***
Chapter 3/5 today!
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Aleks frowned but nodded. “Okay. We will have you hold onto two of our arms to support you without looking like you need it. Would that work?” She looked at Jamila instead of me.
“It is … fine,” I growled.
“That should be okay,” Jamila said, reaching over to grip my bicep. “We just want you to be safe. You know that.”
“I know,” I sighed. “Still annoying.”
“S...
2023-01-31 04:10:44 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR’S NOTE ***
Chapter 2/5 today!
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The next day drug on, and on, and on. Gathering was always a fairly boring prospect, though the level of focus required did help to distract from it, and healing internal injuries was worse. Once I got to a large burn on my lower gathering meridian, all I had to do was set up the healing runic structure, then hold them in place while feeding Aether into it. I didn’t have to concentrate on it, which left me ...
2023-01-31 04:09:52 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR’S NOTE ***
Sorry about yesterday, life got the best of me. All of the rest of the book will be going up tonight!
Chapter 1/5 today!
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“Aiden, you have to let go of the staff!” Vaya screamed.
I don’t have a staff, I thought, but was unable to speak. I hurt too much. A moan was the only sound I could make.
“Just cut his hand off,” Ming said, “He is dying. Hold it straight!” A sharp pain cleared my mind.
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So, today I got to play a massive game of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy (or just Heresy as most people call it). We had ten people, five on each side, with a 3000 point list for each of us. It was a ton of fun, and just what I needed after a pretty stressful week at work. Tomorrow, I’m going to start the edits for draft two. I’m also working on updating the blurb to Azyl Academy, see if I can get more people buying into it.
Anyway, you’ll be getting th...
2023-01-29 04:17:34 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR’S NOTE ***
Chapter one of two!
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The air through the portal felt empty, the world hollow. There was still Aether, but when I absorbed it through my meridians it seemed to shrink in on itself. My gathering efficiency had dropped off a cliff, making it maybe five percent of what it should be. “Sia, did your gathering drop as soon as we arrived?” I asked as he flew into the sky.
Off in the distance, I could see flying creatures, lookin...
2023-01-29 04:14:22 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR'S NOTE ***
Once I get the cover back, I'm planning on putting Homecoming up for pre-order with a release date of 28 March! As always, I'll be putting the epub up here beforehand, and it will not go into KU until 1 May most likely. Once there, I'll have to pull it off here, but I'll make sure to give y'all extensive warning. Anyway, on to the chapter!
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“That’s not good!” I shouted, looking around for Knight Kaminski. The area around the s...
2023-01-27 22:20:07 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR'S NOTE ***
Chapter 1 of 2 today! I also just ordered the cover for Homecoming! I'm trying to get the hardback version of Volume 2 (Books 4-6) done today as well, but that one is being tricky. The hardbacks have a page limit of 550, and my fist attempt had it at 779 pages! So I've been messing with font, size, margins, etc to try and get it down while still being readable.
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Jon stepped forward to defend, creating an Ice Wall to blunt the ...
2023-01-27 22:17:24 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR’S NOTE ***
Here’s chapter two for today! Enjoy!
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“No more time!” I shouted, “Break it out now! Kami, shut the door. We can open it from the inside. Sam, make sure the door is locked. Sia, tell the others that we are going to be trapped here and to converge on us. Make sure they know not to reveal themselves until we are ready for them to. Go, go, go!” I extended the Plasma Edge and slammed it into the wall. WIth a surge of willpo...
2023-01-27 05:01:20 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR’S NOTE ***
I booked my editor for the end of February through the first two weeks of March, so I have until then to get the second and third drafts done. So here’s two chapters today!
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The vault was huge, easily ten meters wide and deep, with a height of five meters. The door opened into the middle of one wall, and along the back wall in front of us were stacks of silver bars that reached the ceiling. A smaller stack of gold s...
2023-01-27 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Joy's attempt at Librarian Narwan, using DeepAI plus photo editing tools.
2023-01-27 01:40:30 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR’S NOTE ***
Well, I think I wrote the last chapter of this book, so y’all will be getting chapters rapid fire for a little while. I’m not super happy with it, so we’ll see.
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We should explore the building they were in,” I said. “I heard them mentioning something about a vault that they couldn’t open.”
“It would be a good place to recover as well,” Vaya said. “I am exhausted and need to gather.”
“I too co...
2023-01-26 04:35:18 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR'S NOTE ***
I should hopefully be done with the first draft this week. Expect a lot of chapters over the next two weeks to get y'all caught up with where I am.
Enjoy!
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“We should split up,” Ming said. Aleks and I had called everyone together, other than Lampart, Sia, and Zimnodlot, who were all keeping watch so that we could talk. They could all take part anyway.
“Why?” I asked.
“Each of our teams is fully capa...
2023-01-23 04:55:08 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR'S NOTE ***
Latex is in everything, which is incredibly frustrating when it is the most common allergy. Joy had a mild one, but it is starting to get worse, so we've been spending this week getting rid of anything that has latex in it and trying to find replacements.
Anyway, hoping I can get some good writing in this weekend.
In other news, I just got Legacy and Energy Barons paperbacks in, but no Monster Island. So now I have to go put in another order...
2023-01-20 17:12:55 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR’S NOTE ***
I am well ahead on chapters, so I decided to give y’all several this week. Enjoy!
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I punched out with a squeak, my fist slamming into and through the rotting things chest. Its scream stopped, but it didn’t stop moving. With a backhand to the head, I cut it down. A dozen more warbles echoed from our surroundings, the (zombies) compatriots responding to its call. “Fire burn it,” I whispered, frustrated at myself for not no...
2023-01-18 04:48:29 +0000 UTC View Post*** AUTHOR’S NOTE ***
Chapter two of two for today! Even with the lack of writing this week, I’m hopeful I can finish the draft this month.
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The next two weeks passed quickly. I finally finished updating every one of my Core Runes, and my gathering speed increased enormously. Of course, that only offset the rapid increase in Aether requirements to advance in the Seed Core stage. The first layer took me half an hour of continuous gathering to create...
2023-01-16 04:47:45 +0000 UTC View Post