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And here it is! I almost forgot how much babble is in this chapter... Anyway, the next part of the story will mostly follow Catori and the meeting between pretty-much-everyone-important. There will be some Fio chapters in between. We'll see how the balance turns out.
Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
Cheers!
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Catori slowly raised her hands. One by one, the tips of her fingers met, starting with her pinkies. Then she pressed her ...
2023-09-18 18:20:31 +0000 UTC
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Hello folks.
Here's the promised announcement/talk about the near future and recent past. First of all, let's talk about my writing. That's what you are here for, after all.
The big plan I have is to return to a regular schedule of Owl with three chapters per week. Those days will be Monday - Wednesday - Friday. Since I know can have issues with keeping to schedule (more about this in the personal details further down) I will allow myself to skip one Owl day per week at most
2023-09-18 17:57:55 +0000 UTC
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HERE IT IS!
Damn, this chapter was annoying to write. I just couldn't figure out how to get it right between all the studying and stuff. At least it does what I want, now. I think. More about that 'studying and stuff' in an announcement soon, probably tomorrow. The important bit: I'm back to Owl and there's another chapter coming tomorrow.
For now, enjoy the chapter!
Cheers!
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We spent most of the next day reading mo...
2023-09-17 20:33:29 +0000 UTC
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Heya, folks. It's been a while.
Studying is... not going great. I'm seriously considering dropping out of uni and finding a part time job or something... It's not that I don't like the topics I'm supposed to learn about, I just don't really function in the self-studying environment university lessons and exams are built around. That said, I'm going to try one more time with the last exam of the semester next Friday. I'm also signed up for another semester which I might use to look...
2023-08-31 10:29:49 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks!
Sorry for the silence from my end. Studying ended up taking up a lot more of my time than I expected. I wrote two more Pokémon chapters, one to be released sometime next week, but not much else. I do still have a bit of that Worm fanfic I can give to you, so here you go:
Thirteen Pillars, Chapter 5 and 6
There are tw...
2023-07-30 14:06:30 +0000 UTC
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Here it is. A little later than Sunday, I know. I forgot to edit this yesterday and when I remembered I was too tired. Turned out to be a good idea to delay since I improved it quite a bit today, I think.
The next one will take a little longer. I got to do a big thing for my job this week and I want to finish the next Pokémon chapter before coming back. Next Owl sprint is on Saturday.
Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
Cheers!
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2023-07-03 12:03:21 +0000 UTC
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And here it is. The new thing I've been working on.
I've been thinking about writing a Worm fanfic for a while now because most of what I read currently is Worm fanfics. My brain finally decided to make me start on something. It took a while to get the beginning sorted out properly but I'm pretty happy with where it landed.
If you want to get straight to it, there's a link to a Google Doc with the first four chapters at the bottom, as well as a PDF download. I recommend not readin...
2023-06-30 21:36:14 +0000 UTC
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And here it is: the fruits of my labour! The sprint was successful, if not as much as I hoped. I got the next one half done. It took me a bit to edit this one, though, as you can tell. I'll finish the next chapter tomorrow before getting back to Pokémon. Then it's gonna be more Owl.
The Worm fanfic is gonna have the first bit up later today. I want to do one more pass through the first four chapters of that before putting it up so expect it in two hours or so...
2023-06-30 17:54:25 +0000 UTC
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Hey there, folks!
Those that are still here and waiting for chapters, I have made some progress. Not a lot, though. Mostly, I got another thing I'm writing. This time it's a Worm fanfic. I'll be uploading the first bit of it (8k words) here in a few days, just want to go through the first chapter one more time.
If you're more interested in Owl, that's coming soon(tm). I'm setting aside two days this week, tomorrow and Saturday, to just sit down and write as much Owl...
2023-06-26 18:44:08 +0000 UTC
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I have something for you. A little chapter of Owl. It's been difficult the last few weeks but I think I'm slowly moving towards a better place. Something about taking small steps and everything. One productive action per day, and then sometimes a second. I'll see if I can get back to some semblance of a schedule but I'm not making promises right now. Other than the story will be finished.
For now, enjoy the chapter!
Cheers!
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2023-06-08 21:20:03 +0000 UTC
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I got another one done! It takes a while, huh? At least the quality really improved. I'm shooting for one per week, now, but sometimes getting feedback from my writing group takes a while. This was done on Wednesday, without the editing.
Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
Cheers!
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The next morning was rainy. Which was a problem since I wanted to use the tawny owl to carry the first Ethereal Bloom out into the taint to build a che...
2023-05-20 19:41:56 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys,
here's me giving you a proper update instead of just the small one in the author's note. Took a bit to get everything together.
So, first of all. I'm not having a lot of fun with uni. Not sure what I'm going to do about it but I'll tell you when I figure it out. The short of it is that I did bad on exams I thought I did good on and on top of that, I have nobody to talk to about uni stuff. I'm a bit of a reclusive person and almost ten years older than the average student...
2023-05-10 19:06:47 +0000 UTC
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Ahem... Yes, I'm still here. Are you still here? If so, thank you for your patience. I don't even want to look how long it's been... (It's 22 days). Sorry about the delay.
As for the reason: I got stuck. Trying to bring the finale together and figuring out which scenes I take how much time for and how everything is going to play out... It's difficult. Luckily, I joined a writing group and was able to get a lot of help. This chapter was done in a way 3 days ago but I...
2023-05-09 13:28:48 +0000 UTC
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Hey all! It's been a while!
Sorry for the delay... I was having too much fun writing Pokémon. On that note, the story is up on RR. Do you still want the chapters on Patreon? Because there's one more on RR now than here. Here's the link: Return From Hisui
I usually let those chapters sit for like two or three days before the final edit and I could get them u...
2023-04-17 16:21:43 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone! You may have seen the most recent bit of fun on RR. This here is the proper English version, a few hours early for you guys!
This turned out way more than I planned it to be... Might be continued at some point. We'll see...
Enjoy!
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I dreamt of warmth. Of a home. A bonfire. Or maybe a hearth? It was comfy, so it did not really matter. I was lying on something soft. It was moving up and down, slowly. Regularly… It was lulling ...
2023-04-01 08:27:46 +0000 UTC
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Here it is! The next chapter of Owl!
It's a Catori PoV, as will be the next one. Just a little something before we get back to exploring the tainted lands. Expect a little something extra tomorrow. I'll see that I get another Owl chapter out before Easter as well.
Anyway, enjoy!
Cheers!
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Catori was glad she could spend some time as herself. That… thing… still haunted her thoughts. It would appear in her...
2023-03-31 17:06:16 +0000 UTC
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Hey there! Long silence, huh?
Sorry about the lack of updates. I was writing. Just not Owl. I have chapter 7 of Pokémon done, now. Gonna get 6 and 7 up before Easter. This story hits RR next week, after all. Next Owl chapter is in the works. I'm hoping to get it done today or tomorrow. Saturday is gonna have a little bonus content, as well.
Anyway, have something to read! About 4.5k words for this one.
Cheers!
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2023-03-30 12:01:17 +0000 UTC
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Almost forgot I wanted to put this one up as well. I got two more in the backlog and chapter 7 is over half done so expect 2 or 3 more in the 10 days.
Cheers!
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The next morning begins with me hugging my blanket closer. I hear a mumbling voice from somewhere and Lili is chirping on the other side of the door. I know Lulu is right besides me because her big paw is wrapped around my head. I cuddle into it with a hum and enjoy the sparks playing with m...
2023-03-20 22:44:52 +0000 UTC
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Hey all, here it is. Finally!
Turns out moving is exhausting. I finally got back into it today. There was a bit of writer's block as well. I gotta figure out a better way to get around that but I have some ideas. When I sit down to write, I don't like staring at the screen for more than a few minutes without typing anything. And I also don't like writing bad stuff. But the latter is fine. I can just use that as a sort of plotting, or sorting my thoughts, whenever it...
2023-03-20 22:38:57 +0000 UTC
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Here it is!
A little later than expected but I honestly just was a little lazy. Rest is important. I also found a new place to stay and I'm going to move there in a week. And I wrote some more Pokémon. I'll put up another chapter of that with the next Owl chapter. Which already has over 300 words.
Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
Cheers!
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Content Warning: Disturbing Monster (don't read while eating)
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2023-03-11 20:15:43 +0000 UTC
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IT'S BACK! You've probably been waiting for this! Well, here you go. I wrote a little recap to get you back into it:
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Fio and Catori set out into the Deep Green looking for silverwood trees and any sapient beings that might be able and willing to help with the issue that is the hungry node at the centre of the world. Catori soon dropped out of the exploration and focused more on the starling body that is still with Nymph in Serrington, to live her own lif...
2023-03-07 22:33:10 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! I'm back!
Sort of... My final exam of the semester was today (finished about 6 hours ago). I got some good rest since then. Here's a little Pokémon to hold you out until the next Owl chapter (there will also be a small recap). I'm shooting for tomorrow. Gonna celebrate being done with the exams a little more :)
Enjoy!
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Cynthia is quiet as we keep moving through the caves. We are following Ryu who occasional...
2023-03-06 17:57:22 +0000 UTC
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This was written on the same day as the first chapter. I was very excited.
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As I step into the darkness, I feel a cloak of energy flow around me. It’s something I have felt a lot in these last 20 years but never this directly. Palkia and Dialga are shrouding me in their domains. Space and Time. Then, the Distortion World opens up before my eyes. The first time I came here, I had a horrible headache. The strange shifts and swirls of...
2023-02-19 21:15:07 +0000 UTC
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Here it is, something for you to enjoy! I'm still not sure about the first paragraph... It'll probably be revised before hitting RR but the gist of it is there. This was written mid-December and edited after feedback from my Beta.
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The Sinnoh Temple is still a ruin. That’s no surprise. Nobody here has the time to bother fixing it, not even the Galaxy Expedition Team. They have their hands full with Jubilife Village. A village I kno...
2023-02-19 21:13:32 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody and sorry for the radio-silence. It's been a few very busy weeks and I still got more to come. I haven't written much Owl, only about 200 words. Primary reason for that is other things occupying my mind. Exams played a part but it was primarily because I couldn't find a new place to live. I still haven't and I have to move out by the end of the month. So I'm temporarily moving back in with my parents. I'm curious how that'll go. I have the two big exams coming up early March. Yo...
2023-02-19 21:08:26 +0000 UTC
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You may have noticed the lack of a promised chapter the last few days. And the frequent delays even before that. I want to say I'm sorry. I would like to be able to keep up but truth is, it's just not working right now. I'm very stressed between finding a new place to live and preparing for exams. My writing process includes a lot of mental preparation. I don't plot out things on paper but I think about the scenes I want to write before I sit down, usually. I just couldn't find the time to do...
2023-02-01 18:18:35 +0000 UTC
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Hey there!
Yep. It's late. And it's only one. But I at least got this done. I noticed yesterday that the chapter I was writing was more of an extensive plotting note. I wrote 500 words. Yes, only 500. And this new version covers about half of that. It was just plain bad, boring descriptions with a lot of telling and no showing.
On top of that, life is tough right now. I'll get another one out tomorrow or on Tuesday. I want to do it tomorrow but I'm a bit busy ...
2023-01-29 23:31:32 +0000 UTC
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Hey there!
I got another one for you. Not much to talk about... Looking for a new place is not going too well right now. I hope I can find something soon.
Remember, this is the last Wednesday chapter until after my exams, which the last one is on March 6th. So until after that, I'm going down to two chapters per week only on the weekends.
Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
Cheers!
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I spent the next few days looking fo...
2023-01-25 23:27:48 +0000 UTC
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And here is the second one for today!
Enjoy!
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We found Elder Bloom much deeper into the silverwood forest. From up in the air I knew it was a deep stretch of the trees blocking off the taint. What I had not seen were the flowers blooming underneath the blue canopy. Obviously, there was shimmerleaf. The small flowers with quicksilver blossoms help a good bit of praecantatio and ordo. When we got even deeper, there was another ne...
2023-01-22 23:07:37 +0000 UTC
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Here it is! Late but there!
I did some minor edits to the previous chapter. The first one is that I added terra affinity to the Elder's status page. The second one is that I expanded the paragraph after the details on the 'subdued mind' status. I forgot that Fio had identified some of the bark-kin earlier and should have noticed it if everyone had it. That's what can happen when you do worldbuilding on the fly... Anway, here's the edited paragraph:
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2023-01-22 23:04:10 +0000 UTC
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