“What’s true?” Max asked as he stood up and tried to move toward Tanila.
She backed away again, holding her hand up and trying to get Max to stop.
“Wait! Please! I need a moment!”
Confused and frustrated, Max nodded and took a few steps back, standing by the chair they had been sharing a moment ago.
He could see Tanila’s eyes as she looked at the floor. They were darting back and forth, obviously working through something in her mind.
Max wanted...
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Kaen watched as Bosgreth slumped into his padded chair and waved away the only attendant in the room.
In those moments since he descended from the throne to this new chair behind closed doors, the dwarf had significantly aged.
Bosgreth looked up and saw Kaen studying him and let out a sigh. “I’ll assume your watchful eye has noticed what I try to hide from the others. You two come and sit next to me. We need to talk.”
Kaen nodded and moved to the chai...
2024-03-20 13:00:04 +0000 UTC
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First I want to say thank you to everyone who reached out and sent private messages or posted on the last thread. I'm not going to take over my page, but I wanted to share a few images.
The cyst is at the back part of his head. We are waiting on the doctors to decide what the next step is but it looks like surgery based on size.
I've often said I write for a lot of reasons. One I love it. Honestly any day I sit down and write is a win in my ...
2024-03-19 21:27:43 +0000 UTC
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Kaen and Ava stood near the bridge. Looking over the side, they could see a cluster of bodies.
“So many,” she said in a hushed tone.
“Aye,” Dagan replied. His voice carried more joy in that statement than Kaen could ever remember hearing from the king’s dwarf. “They were foolish to think they could ever cross this bridge. You already saw the fortifications before they could even make it here.”
Nodding, Ava looked at Kaen, who was studying one ...
2024-03-19 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Max wasn’t sure how long the kiss had lasted, but both took a deep breath after their lips finally parted.
The lightstone Tanila had been carrying had dropped to the floor, and they stood there, still in an embrace.
Max could feel her breath against his face, and he smiled, not letting her pull back as she had initially started to.
“I’m guessing you like me too,” Max whispered and smiled as he heard Tanila groan as she shook her head slightly.
“And here I tho...
2024-03-19 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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My 13 year old son had a very long episode of seizures today while at school. I dont share much but this is one of those big moments.
Doctor has mentioned a few more tests we need to run and may be in hospital for a few days. Worst case we may be going to dallas.
We are still a few days out from serious answers but potential for neuro surgery is on the table.
Grateful for the prayers and thoughts.
2024-03-18 22:08:02 +0000 UTC
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Tanila looked up and saw the shapes of two spiders dropping quickly toward them.
“Two!” she shouted while casting a spell.
Her ice spear began to form and took off, flying straight into the face of the spider above Batrire. The spider screeched as it fell twenty feet to the floor.
The second spider saw its ally go down, dropped to the floor under its own power, and lifted its abdomen, spraying Tanila with a web blast.
She conjured a wall of air a few feet from her,...
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Kaen stared at the spot on the tree where he had bled and fed the forest the night before.
That spot looks different, doesn’t it?
Nodding and not answering Pammon, Kaen ran his hand along the area and felt his skin rise up in goosebumps, every hair on his arm standing up.
“What is it?” Ava asked after he shuddered upon touching it.
“I’m not sure, but it's like… like I can feel part of me inside the tree right here,” Kaen responded, slowly...
2024-03-18 13:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Well it's raining in Texas and I'm working on a few things story wise. Wanted to give an early update since I have some stuff Monday and would possibly forget to update ya all like i try weekly.
As always, grateful for each of you who support me. My publisher for Ultimate Level 1 has mentioned MULITPLE times how awesome all of my supporters are. The release of book 1 on Amazon was beyond what I had hoped!
Ultimate Level 1 Update
So I'm cur...
2024-03-17 00:30:47 +0000 UTC
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“You’re wasting power! Focus on one leg, then let it travel up from there!”
Tanila grunted and nodded, waiting for her ensnare ability to come off cooldown. Once it was ready, she raised a hand, and Tom began jogging around the training field.
“He is something else, isn’t he?” Fowl asked, massaging his neck with a hand. “I didn’t think he’d kick my arse so easily or so fast.”
Max nodded, hearing Fowl’s question but watching Tanila as she tri...
2024-03-15 13:00:08 +0000 UTC
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“We are honored by what you and your dragon have done for us,” Sedel shouted.
A chorus of shouts and cheers came as Kaen watched those at the table clap and whistle.
“Please! Feast upon what the land has given us!”
Kaen couldn’t believe how much food was there. All sorts of berries, fruits, nuts, and more, as well as a cooked deer, awaited him and the others.
After scarfing down more food than he realized was possible, Kaen sat back and looked at Sedel....
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Everyone celebrated. They only had to hold off the horde of ogres for another ten minutes before two factions came to assist.
The Red Horde and the Enlightened Souls had arrived, their higher-tier adventurers cutting down the creatures like wheat with a threshing blade.
Max stood stunned, watching two dwarves and a human from the Red Horde plow through ogres without stopping at all. The female human was a damage-based attacker, and with both dwarves supporting her, every strike of...
2024-03-14 13:00:07 +0000 UTC
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It had taken a few minutes for Kaen and Ava to regain their composure after that moment. Each of them cried and smiled, laughing and hugging at all of it.
“I won’t lie, it’s not fair,” Ava stated as she wiped her face again.
“Many mothers have complained to me about that very thing,” Queleth said, grinning the entire time. “They think I’m cheating, but it is a gift I am grateful the forest has given. Children are rare among us compared to you huma...
2024-03-14 13:00:05 +0000 UTC
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“Fine! Everyone choose now! Hands up if we try to help the other adventurers or keep them down if we push through and defend inside the streets.”
Diagon’s hand went up immediately, and then he turned around, noticing that no one else wanted to raise theirs. Even the two people from his own party kept their hands down. Diagon growled, frustrated at no one voting with him.
“Let it go, Diagon,” the dwarf healer from his group said. “We need to focus–...
2024-03-13 13:00:07 +0000 UTC
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I see it. Look and tell me if I am correct.
Kaen used Pammon’s eyes and saw where his dragon was currently looking.
You appear to be correct. Those trees look like the others we had stopped at, but… this land is not where we had them on the map. For those trees to form here…
It would require magic…
Kaen nodded as Pammon seemed content with his answer.
You are starting to believe in this magi...
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“BLIND DAMNIT! BLIND!”
The ogre stopped running, stumbling a few steps, and waved its swords randomly at nothing.
Max's options were limited, and He knew he had no choice. Fowl was going to die if he didn’t do something.
“AIR WALL IT! WAIT TILL BLIND DROPS! EARTH WALL IT! KEEP IT BLOCKED FROM FOWL! ”
Max wasn’t sure if the other casters would work together or even do what he asked, but there wasn’t a moment to lose.
Running up behind the boss, he ac...
2024-03-12 13:00:06 +0000 UTC
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“They look like kids,” Ava whispered as she watched Frederick running his hand along the outer edge of the shell that Glynnis had just deposited on the bed of straw he had made for it. “Look at his face.”
Kaen nodded and smiled, pulling Ava close as they stood side by side. “I’ll never forget the day I found Pammon. It was hard to describe. Inside my mind and heart, I could hear his voice call to me.” Kaen chuckled and shook his head as he replayed that m...
2024-03-12 13:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Last week was a major edit fest. I think I did like 80+ chapters from Thur-Sun.
UL1 is about 1/3 the way through book 4 in writing (not edited).
New story I'm working on (plotting) - I'm hoping to write some in the coming weeks. Really wana make sure I got my world / system setup before doing something with it. Will release here first. Goal is to write it all, edit it & dev edit it, before releasing on Royal Road.
April writeathon is...
2024-03-11 13:38:31 +0000 UTC
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The following two weeks passed as Kaen spent most of his time carving rock from the caves near the one Pammon and the other two dragons lived in.
Frederick and Phillip were constant companions, each earning their new homes by the sweat of their brow.
Teams had assisted in the hauling off of rock and stone while Hess spent more hours than he had initially intended overseeing part of the process.
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“Looks like we are almost done,” Kaen stated as he stood back and...
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Batrire and Owen healed up the warrior whom Max had saved as Huethea used an archer ability that sent an arrow through the last ogre’s skull.
The two groups who had fled returned, grateful for the help and grimacing at the three bodies of their fallen teammates.
“I’m sorry for your loss, but you all need to fall back and consider returning to town,” Huethea told them as Max and Asher picked up the fallen adventurers, carrying them to where the others were. “We can...
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Hess and Lady Hurem had been okay with just getting a glimpse of Kaen’s chest before allowing him to pull down the new shirt he had received after his original one was covered in blood.
“I can’t tell you how happy I am to know you and the three dragons are alive,” Hess repeated once more. “It was a long night, and there were tears from everyone but Callie. She never doubted Pammon would be ok.”
“You mean Pammon and me?”
Hess snorted and shook his ...
2024-03-08 14:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Once everyone had filed in and the doors were shut, a few attendants helped get everyone who was going inside the room’s middle center crystal square.
“Sometimes they don’t need to send as many, and sometimes the entire room is full,” Tanila whispered. “Each transport requires a different amount of power.”
Max nodded, taking in everything he could, but being as short as he was made seeing anything difficult.
Three bells rang out, and Max felt Tanila grab his hand...
2024-03-08 14:00:07 +0000 UTC
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All the chapters are scheduled for Book 3 on Patreon!
Currently it ends with 2 chapters on 5/10.
I have a developmental edit being done to make sure the story is as good as possible. I obviously may make a few tweaks and changes and will update those chapters as such.
Thank you again to everyone who has followed me on this journey. It has been pretty surreal the last few weeks with Ultimate Level 1's launch and now Dragon Rider coming ...
2024-03-08 03:36:12 +0000 UTC
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“It’s a skill ring,” Fowl whispered quietly.
“What?!” shouted Tanila, moving so she could stand next to Fowl and look at the ring cupped in his hand.
“It has the skill Taunt, rank uncommon on it,” he replied.
Max saw their reactions and remembered hearing that gear in the tower was way better than anything he could imagine, but his mind was racing, trying to understand how any of this was possible.
“Wait, everyone, stop for a second. Can someone t...
2024-03-07 14:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Kaen held Ava tight as she beat against his chest softly.
Tears still flowed down her face, and he could see how upset she was. It hurt to see Ava like this.
“I thought I had lost you… I cried all night long…”
“I’m sorry, I would have come but…”
Ava’s sobs cut him off, and Kaen sighed as her hands finally moved to his waist, and both arms surrounded him.
“I know… when Amaranth told me you were ok… I… I didn’t know how to respond....
2024-03-07 14:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Podium just sent me the link!
Crazy to see everything happening at once!
Check...
2024-03-07 01:08:57 +0000 UTC
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I’m fine. Eat. You need it. I cannot wait any longer, and Amaranth is willing to take me.
I will hurry and eat what I can. This will be here for at least another day.
Like I said, don’t worry about me. I need to go meet Aldric. I can only imagine how Ava and the kingdom are doing.
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I am not sure how long it will take to heal you of that disease you have, but it is different and yet th...
2024-03-06 14:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Seven seconds remained on Haste when Max had made it back to his allies, the boss’s ability finally stopping and its stone’s color returning to the muted brown. He had run past his friends, angling so the boss would run past them.
“Be ready! I need a wall!”
Max didn’t wait for Tanila to respond, trusting her to do what he needed, and ran straight toward the boss.
It thundered at him, but it wasn’t prepared for the speed at which Max was moving.
Max ra...
2024-03-06 14:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Hey all - Due to Podium and Amazon Rules - I need to take down book 1 of the dragon rider series. I know it's not fun and I'd love for it to stay up as long as possible but they informed me I had to.
Book 1 Comes out in April and I'm currently listening to the audio they sent me (which by the way is so crazy to hear your own story read to you!).
So I'll be taking it down ;(
2024-03-05 22:24:16 +0000 UTC
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What pain? How are you in pain?
Blood flowed from Juthom’s nostrils and out his mouth.
Make the promise, and I will answer those questions. I could last for days here until animals picked me apart, unable to stop them. Make that promise, and I will share with you all I know.
Kaen looked at Pammon, and he saw his dragon nod. Sitting on his haunches, Pammon stayed close to Juthom, always prepared to act in case the b...
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