Already hit the cap on my Vimeo sub. If I want to upload more, I either have to upgrade my sub or switch to Youtube, which doesn't have as many control features.
Trying YouTube today. Before, I was having issues where the Thumbnail wouldn't show on Patreon, but I'm hoping I've solved the problem now. *Fingers crossed*
Edit: It worked! :-)
2023-05-10 06:58:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Need to come up with a better name for this book. "Shadow Tax" isn't going to cut it.
2023-05-08 20:04:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Canvases were whipped off of furniture and locks were crowbarred off of electrical boxes.
The warehouse looked like it hadn’t been used in decades. An old tractor stood off to one side. The light from outside filtered through thin, high windows, grimy with muck and age.
Andrew marched through the space, his brain going at a mile a minute, Mckinnon on one side, Andrei on the other.
“Okay, we’re going to need a wide open area for receiving goods. We can do that here. I a...
2023-03-15 17:25:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings, all!
A quick announcement regarding the Patreon channel. As you've no doubt realised if you're reading this, I've gone ahead and marked the channel as NSFW. This isn't because I consider anything I've just posted to actually be NSFW, but rather as a precautionary measure since the last post contained a word that, for some reason, flagged a NSFW warning.
Apparently the word, "groping," is just a bit too spicy for the algorithm monitoring such things.
Which I consid...
2023-03-14 16:50:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Additional text added to the end of the last scene:
They were just pulling into a large warehouse complex on the other side of the city when it happened. Andrew heard the loud screeching of tires, snatched a short glimpse of another car approaching at speed alongside his passenger door, and his entire world—noise, vision, and proprioception—exploded.
Current Scene:
“Come on, Sir! Wake up, Wake up!”
Andrew’s consciousness broke the surface of the subcons...
2023-03-14 16:50:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Monthly Update!
February saw a marked increase in general productivity around here. The first two weeks were mostly dedicated to creating all these new swanky graphics you'll find now cluttering up the place. A.I art programs such as mid-journey are incredible tools for creatives like myself who lack traditional skills, but still have a good eye and are willing to work within certain limitatio...
2023-03-01 20:52:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Not fantastical, his arse.
Andrew spent most of the flight to Vostovia catching what little sleep he could, but those times he was awake, he spent either marvelling at the ridiculously sophisticated tech agents like him got kitted out in, or else wondering what other surprises Trace had up his sleeves. If he had a disappointment, it was that he hadn’t been given the keys to the NL8 Subsubtle. Oh well, there was always next time.
Or rather, there would be, so long as he didn’t ...
2023-03-01 20:52:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Andrew mentally cursed his parents as he followed the pretty swaying hips of X’s secretary down the back hallways of NAFI HQ to the basement. On the plus side, at least his boss had used just the initial of his middle name, rather than the name itself. Somehow, that would have been even worse. Presumably, there were limits to the straight face that even the legendary X could keep.
They were passed through an additional two layers of security as the pair reached the bottom stairwell an...
2023-02-28 18:29:19 +0000 UTC View Post
"It ain't an easy job, I tell you. Especially 'round here. You ever tried to persuade a dragon to pay taxes? Course you haven't. Still got all your arms and legs. And eyebrows. Nothing more possessive than a gods-damned dragon." — Sir Antony Mathews - Royal Tax Collector for the Kingdom of Ursul - 578 AOS(LD) - Plane No. 7787.
The sounds of a dozen mismatched sirens blared through the dark streets of Sinsolence City. Past the financial district with it...
2023-02-24 22:00:48 +0000 UTC View Post
When Andrew arrived at New Anglian Foreign Intelligence HQ, or NAFI, for short, he was surprised to find the colossal monument to classical architecture much busier than he’d have assumed, given the late hour.
The moon shone brightly overhead as he was ushered past security at the door and into the building proper. Two more security checks later—one through a metal detector and another with a guard staring between him and his ID for what felt like five minutes—and he arrived at th...
2023-02-23 19:45:41 +0000 UTC View Post
In one of the more well-to-do areas of Rivergate City, in a crowded club a short walk away from Parliament Square, massive speakers thumped out a remix of a song that had been top of the charts twelve months previously.
The dance floor was packed — a hundred bodies booping and bopping to the beat, dressed in various states of exposure on a scale of ‘tasteful’ to ‘might as well be naked’.
With some effort, one of the more tastefully dressed women broke free of the throng,...
2023-02-22 18:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
In the crystal blue waters of a mountain lake, a shark swam. Guided by ancient instinct, and slightly more recent conditioning, it circled just below the water’s surface in a small cave hollowed into the side of the mountain. Above it, two-legged figures could be seen crowded around the long drop to the water below, warped and wavy through the water’s surface. It was this that had drawn the pred...
2023-02-21 17:19:48 +0000 UTC View Post
I'll be posting a more comprehensive new update on Sunday and again at the end of the month, but for now just be aware that I've done a big overhaul of my Patreon program and have decided to make the platform my first point of publishing for all the projects that I'm currently working on.
The TL;DR:
- New graphics.
- New branding and focus.
- A new tier dedicated to AI audio updates of my published drafts. This is an experiment and we'll see how it goes.
- The return of an ...
Projects:
1. Rotten Gods: Experimented with a new fantasy concept. 3,000 words of scribbles. Not sure if will expand out into a series, or if I'll take the world-building elements and cannibalise for other stories. Currently still in the Work in Progress dumping ground on wip.LeadVonE.com
I am alive! Those of you who follow me on Discord will be up with what's been going on, but if you only follow my progress on Patreon, no doubt things have been feeling a bit like a ghost town. Well, no more. We now have a brand new video host, and with that, we can start uploading the VoDs of our writing and editing streams again. And what better way to start, than with a project that sorely needs some love and attention. Project updates right at the start of the stream, followed by a very p...
2021-08-25 20:23:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hope you all enjoyed your holidays!
Time to get back to work :)
2021-01-06 19:50:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Merry Christmas, everyone!
And after an unscheduled break while I figured some plot stuff out, we're back to posting!
Enjoy!
2020-12-25 15:20:45 +0000 UTC View Post
fyi: I'm planning to slowly expand the early access chapters as we continue the series. But for the moment, we're focused on getting momentum. Hope you enjoy!
2020-12-02 19:41:23 +0000 UTC View Post
