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Quest Academy: Ventures (Chapters 10, 11, 12)
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My travelling started a couple of days ago. Will be heading to the UK tomorrow and there's going to be a lot of back and forth until I'm back next week. I don't think I'll have much writing time, so the chapters for next week will be delayed by a few days. Really sorry for the inconvenience.
I'm still working on the Appraisal sheet, so don't get your hopes up on it being in these chapters. I didn't want us to spend too long on Sovereign, so it'll be wrapping up a...
Quest Academy: Ventures (Chapters 7, 8, 9)
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Edits this week made me a little slower than usual. I'm still working through them, but hoping to have four chapters for you next week. I'll be heading over to the UK with two author friends on the 14th of February. Andrew Givler that wrote Ironbound, and Ryan Cahill that wrote the Bound and the Broken. Gonna potentially meet Joe Abercrombie and John Gwynne which is pretty exciting. :)
This weeks chapters might come off as a little slow, but we're moving straight...
Quest Academy: Ventures (Chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6)
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Just to start off, there seemed to be issues with how I shared out the forms for creating characters. Patreon was telling some members that they needed to upgrade their subscriptions which was absolutely not my intention.
That said, we did get like thirty or so responses which is an excellent trial run for me. I learned a few things about the questions I asked and how much of an idiot I am.
Rather than submitting Google Forms, I'd ask for people to instead me...
Quest Academy: Ventures (Chapters 1 & 2) Tier Rewards Survey going out tonight
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So, first of all, I'd like to apologise that it's only two chapters. For those that are new here, I tend to start off slow and build up as time goes on. It took me a while to find the rhythm of the story, and I was agonising over using another Jez chapter to recap the last book, but it felt jarring and too soon to jump there from the Paradox transport.
Let me know what you think of these. It took me a while because I was working through the logic and lore of Prim...
Quest Academy: Ventures will start on the 26th January
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I said in my last post it would either be this week or next week, and it will be next week. Just didn't want to leave you all in suspense. I know it's probably disappointing, and I'm sorry about that.
My break, other than getting a nasty cold for a week, has been wonderful. Rome with family was incredible, and spending time with friends did my heart good. Very good recharging time, and I'm now planning my schedule for conventions and trips for the rest of the yea...
Quest Academy: Loyalists (Chapters 89, 90, 91, 92)
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So, you'll notice that it's not Monday. I didn't want to leave you hanging waiting for the final chapters when my deadline is tomorrow. Some have asked what I meant by deadline, so I thought I'd explain. My publisher gives me dates to get the final manuscript into them, and that's when it goes to my Developmental Editor and then my Line Editor.
Both of those people have schedules, and booking them in advance is really important. If I miss my deadline, the release...
Quest Academy: Loyalists (Chapters 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88)
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As I said before, there might be a chance that I'll need the extra few days to get the last chapters. I can tell you for certain now, that I absolutely need a few more days to wrap this story up properly.
These chapters were not sitting right for me, and it took me a while to wrangle them into a place I was happy with. There will still be a lot of editing that needs to happen, and I might need to rely on my developmental editor more than with other books. I had a...
Quest Academy: Loyalists (Chapters 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82)
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We have a release date for the Legions Audiobook. 21st of April, 2026! I heard that it was likely going to be in April but didn't want to share the news until I had a concrete date. Apparently, the pre-order went live before I heard about it. I found out about it over on my Discord.
So, this week we've got six chapters. I wanted to get a few things sorted out before we hit the key plot in the Darwin Cruises, and I think you'll see where I was going with it. I'm s...
Quest Academy: Loyalists (Chapters 73, 74, 75, 76)
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I hope that everyone that celebrates thanksgiving had a good time. We're finally in December and we're coming close to the end of Book 6. I don't know how the story will unfold over the next chapters, but I anticipate that we'll be wrapping up in maybe another 10 chapters or so. It'll really depend on how everything flows and if I'm happy with it.
Last week was an insane amount of engagement on the chapters, that I couldn't keep up with the comments, emails, noti...
Quest Academy: Loyalists (69, 70, 71, 72)
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Here's the next four chapters of Quest Academy. I'm curious to know what you all think about them, as it's a bit of a tonal shift as we get closer to the end of the book.
I thought about the contract that Enigma gave to Sal, and tried to frame it in a way that is believable for the world, and that the approach would align with the power set of the Mythic Guild. It might be anti-climactic, but I promise I'm building towards something. We'll just have to see how it...
Quest Academy: Loyalists (Chapters 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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First of all... an absolutely massive thank you for everyone that picked up a copy or started reading on Kindle Unlimited. We managed to hit the highest ever ranking in the worldwide store, peaking at 35! Right now, I expected Legions to be yeeted back into the thousands, but it's staying strong at 54. Delighted with the release and the show of love and support from everyone picking it up. :)
Here's the next batch of chapters. I hope you like them, and I think yo...
Quest Academy: Legions is Live on Kindle!
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Quest Academy: Legions just went live and I wanted to thank everyone for helping me get to this point. It should be live in most timezones by now, and you can pick it up over on Amazon.
Here's a link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBS33PMQ
Just a few things to note:
All Patreon Chapters of Quest Academy: Legions have been removed to comply with Amazon's exclusivity ru...
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Quest Academy: Loyalists (Chapters 61, 62, 63)
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Really sorry for the later upload today. I wasn't happy with the chapters and restarted a few of them, which resulted in us only having three this week. I'm hoping to get back to my higher cadence by next week. Sleeping pattern is better, and new keyboard has been ordered. I've been working off the laptop the last while.
I hope you enjoy these. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks to everyone pointing out the continuity errors or aspects of the story that aren't mak...
Quest Academy: Loyalists (Chapters 57, 58, 59, 60)
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My Logitech MX Keys no longer works, which was a little devastating. Thankfully, I own another keyboard for gaming and my god the amount of spelling errors I was making was ridiculous. If you see a few egregious errors, sorry about that.
This week we've got four chapters, but some of them are pretty long by Quest Academy standards. Hope you enjoy them, and you don't kill me for the small time skip in between.
I'll be heading off to bed soon, but I thought...
Quest Academy: Loyalists (Chapters 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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Hope you all had a great weekend and are gearing up for Halloween! Here are the next batch of chapters. I've gotten over the jetlag and my sleeping pattern is doing far better, which is how we have six this week.
I've even managed to get some gaming time in, which was lovely. Outer Worlds 2 for those of you that's curious. I'm enjoying it!
Anyways, a lot happens in this bunch of chapters and it will hopefully answer a few of the questions that you've had....
Quest Academy: Loyalists (Chapters 48, 49, 50)
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It's been a while since the last update, so thank you all for your patience. I got back from Iowa last week and the jetlag hit me like a tonne of bricks. Thankfully, there's no more travel for me in the next few months so I'll be able to dedicate more time to writing the chapters.
I spent the weekend with my family in an AirBnb somewhere in Longford / Roscommon. It was fun, because my parents want to know about Book 5, and my sister is still catching up on the Au...
Quest Academy: Loyalists (Chapters 45, 46, 47)
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Earlier post this week because I'm flying out very early on Monday and didn't want to leave you all guessing. I'll be in Iowa until Monday the 13th and I don't want to count on myself getting a chance to write when I'm over there. For that reason, I'm going to take a week break and have chapters for 20th of October. I'm sorry about the delay, but if I get some, they'll be uploaded before then :)
Hope you guys enjoy these and that you're enjoying the release of Qu...
Quest Academy: Loyalists (Chapters 42, 43, 44)
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Audio for Quest Academy: Legacies releases in 90 minutes if you're in Ireland or the UK. I hope you guys enjoy it when it releases at midnight. Here's the link if you'd like to check it out: Quest Academy: Legacies Audiobook
You'll notice from the picture that Quest Academy has gone live in Korea. The link to the listing is here, with the very wild translatio...
Quest Academy: Loyalists (Chapters 38, 39, 40, 41)
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Sorry for the later in the day post. Wasn't happy with the direction and decided to rewrite them, and happier now for it.
My birthday was on the 20th, and it was a great day with the family. My sister made me a massive cake, and I ended up overdosing on buttercream frosting. I have no regrets.
Bought myself a home gym to live longer, but was dismayed to find out that just purchasing it didn't result in an immediate weightloss or six pack. Might have to re...
Quest Academy: Loyalists (Chapters 35, 36, 37)
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Sorry for the later upload than usual today. Chatfield has been successfully dropped at the airport, and is now safely... somewhere else with more than a few bottles of wine to keep the party going. It was a great time having him here, but now I'll have the rest of September to get some serious words done.
Here are three chapters which, as promised, brings us to the end of the long crafting session. I enjoyed writing these chapters, and there is an important segm...
Quest Academy: Loyalists (Chapters 33 & 34)
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Really hoped to get three today, but it just wasn't happening. Really sorry about that. Hopefully in next weeks batch we'll have moved on from the crafting. I personally love it, but its time for us to check in on other characters.
I think that these chapters will give you more of an understanding of what's going on with Skill Paragon. Also, I realise that it wasn't very clear that the Synthesis Machine that Sal was making was a component necessary for the operation ...
Quest Academy: Loyalists (Chapters 31 & 32)
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As promised, here's some chapters before the Monday release. It's more crafting stuff, but I had a lot of fun writing them. We'll have more interactions with other people and then will be able to move on with the story. I really enjoyed writing the Arkwright sessions, and this is an evolution of that. :)
I'm feeling much better now, and Chatfield has landed on my doorstep for the next 10 days. I'll be entertaining him and we'll be working throughout. The fecker s...
Author Update: Back from Convention
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Just wanted to give the update that I'm back from DragonCon and I of course got sick in the process. Thankfully, it's not Covid but there were a few that picked it up. I'm loaded up on lozenges and Lemsip (Which I believe is called Theraflu for those of you stateside, and NeoCitran for our Canadian friends) and I'm hopeful the drowsiness and jetlag will feck off in the coming days. I guess a silver lining is that I don't use dictation for the writing, because my throat w...
Quest Academy Storyline: Update & Poll
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This week has been pretty rough for me. I already said my piece over on the Discord, but wanted to point it out here to manage expectations for the coming weeks. I've been hit with a bit of creative paralysis because of the reception to last week's chapters. There were some comments both here and on the Discord that stung me. Some I agreed with, and some I felt were hurtful.
I want to be very clear. I'm not trying to weaponise my emotional state and tell you all ...
Quest Academy: Loyalists (Chapters 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30)
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Happy Monday! I managed to get through 5 chapters this week, and I'm curious to see what you'll think. There's a bit of a cliffhanger with the last chapter, just to warn you all in advance. It's nothing crazy, but it's a fun one that I needed a bit of time to think over for the next chapters. :)
It's been incredible seeing the Patreon activity with so many likes and comments on the chapters. So many people are joining and catching up with great questions. I'm a l...
Quest Academy: Loyalists (Chapters 23, 24 and 25)
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I'm earlier today than usual, but I also come bearing a little less gifts than usual. Only three chapters this week, but I'm hoping to get back into form for next Monday with five. I've not been sleeping well the last while, and these chapters were a little tricky. There were a few re-writes in this batch and I've landed in a place that I'm happy with story-wise. I think there's probably some stuff that can be cleaned up later with the official edits.
Big thank yo...