Legacy 13.4
Legacy of Fear
Oh and yes, it is definitely a teaser. Maybe.
Surprisingly, there were a few incomplete truths in your ramblings, parasites.
I’m sure it was no accident.
This always was your favourite bait. You often tried to convince each and every of your future slaves that the galaxy was ever painted in shades of black, so that they will never notice there are spots of white and ...
2024-10-02 14:42:54 +0000 UTC View PostThis chapter should be close to the final version I will post later today.
Meaning I will have indeed managed to deliver the monthly update of The odds were never in my favour in time, hurrah!
The preparations of TWO have begun, and are progressing well. Hopefully, I will be ready to begin the full-writing phase on Wednesday.
Enjoy!
2024-09-30 08:06:31 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, sorry for the day, readers.
I encountered several obstacles on the writing schedule for the second part of this month, some of them due to Real Life, some of them due to inspiration fleeing me from The Odds, but not about other stories, which was...distracting.
Anyway, I was able to finish the chapter this morning, and send The odds 122 to my beta. So hopefully, it will be ready to be updated before the month is over.
And now I can turn my mind to the preparation of th...
2024-09-28 09:46:35 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, it is a few days that I wanted, but here is 13-3. I have done a lot to integrate all the corrections my beta wanted to call to my attention, but I'm going to re-read it at least one more time today before fully updating it.
Still, it should be fully close to what the final version of the chapter will look like...I hope.
As for the writing schedule...
Since we're already the 18, I think it is best to begin the next chapter of The odds were never in my favour here and no...
2024-09-18 07:28:19 +0000 UTC View PostAnd here is the circus, as it was promised some hours ago.
Remember, intrepid adventurers!
If the King of Pirates (often known better as Perseus Jackson) proposes you his eternal friendship, accept!
It far less dolorous and humiliating than the alternatives!
But above all, don't give him a reason to bring down the hammer on you.
You aren't going to like it. Like, at all.
And there will be horrible betrayals.
You have been warned. Several times.
...
2024-09-12 10:44:14 +0000 UTC View PostPraise the madness for I am back!
As the title of this post hints, this is the betaed chapter 29 of An Impractical Guide to Godhood as it will be posted soon on all the other websites, probably tomorrow.
And yes, it means what you think.
The writing of the chapter 30 is approaching 30,000 words, and will soon be ready to be updated here, likely in the next hours.
As always, I, your beloved author, insists you are not to make too many monologues in real-life, and certai...
2024-09-12 07:45:32 +0000 UTC View PostAs promised, here is a (relatively small) teaser of the chapter 30 of an Impractical Guide to Godhood, Imperial Circus.
I hope you will enjoy it during this long rainy week-end of September. Okay, it is rainy for me, I admit.
The Empire has struck back, now the circus can properly begin...
Let madness rule!
2024-09-08 06:23:08 +0000 UTC View PostThis small announcement to confirm to all the patreons that yesterday, I began the writing of a new chapter of An Impractical Guide to Godhood.
Since I have all sort of Perseus-approved ideas, teasers should come relatively soon.
As plenty of readers are asking the question these days, despite the fact that I have never made a mystery of it...
Yes, being a patron here grants you one unbetaed chapter of an Impractical Guide to Godhood in advance from the point the stor...
2024-09-07 13:52:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a little map of the Disputed Lands to introduce some of the locations which were mentioned in chapter 57.
As you won't be surprised, Cittadella, Monforte, and Sanguinetto have opened their gates to Myr, recognising how hopeless the situation is for Tyrosh.
The Tyroshi secure possessions by now depend mostly on their two 'Gates to the Disputed Lands', Kyrenia and Famagusta.
These are fortified cities, and they help Tyrosh administer and control a lot of the western coast...
2024-09-04 06:26:04 +0000 UTC View PostHi, guys.
Sorry, the update comes so late, but the chapter was far longer than I first estimated when I began the writing (around 24,000 words) and I also was distracted by the return of the hot temperatures, as usual (that at least should be over next week).
Anyway, here is the next chapter of the Dance is not Over, Fear the Goat!
Enjoy!
2024-09-01 09:32:09 +0000 UTC View PostHi, everyone!
I'm back from my break, and the chapter of The odds were never in my favour is going to be updated soon.
You will have it a few hours ahead of everyone, though there's no major change to note.
As far as the schedule of writing is ocncerned, I have decided that the next story to be updated will be The Dance is not Over. It's time for the stakes of the War of the Beard to go higher one more time.
Enjoy this end of August and read!
2024-08-25 08:00:52 +0000 UTC View PostHi, dear readers, and here we are again for a new chapter of The odds were never in my favour.
Chapter 121, April of Strife, to be precise.
I managed to finish yesterday, despite all the thunder trying to stop me (yeah, I am gorced to stop my computer and livebox every time there's thunder, after having a computer knocked out several years ago, you tend to be careful with that sort of things).
This chapter could also be called 'why it's stupid for even a member of the Excheq...
2024-08-18 06:52:27 +0000 UTC View PostHi, everyone!
Okay, I have finished a few days of full research on the Greek Pantheon and the scenarios I wanted to explore for the rest of Perseus' adventures in An Impractical Guide to Godhood.
It took me quite a few days, but I have done it.
As such, I can confirm the Great Quest 2 of the Sea of Monsters will end soon...here are some of the titles I can confirm.
Chapter 29: The Empire Strikes Back (published recently here)
Chapter 30: Imperial Circus
Cha...
2024-08-10 07:07:36 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, here is the chapter 29 of an Impractical Guide to Godhood, unbetaed, The Empire Strikes Back.
Fair warning: this chapter gets really, really dark, real fast, and then it gets darker.
Commodus is particularly evil...and well, he is a very unpleasant individual.
So yes, considers everyone warned.
Otherwise all the caveats about madness and outrageous betrayals apply.
May the Suicide Squad have mercy, for the Gods won't...
2024-08-05 06:25:50 +0000 UTC View PostHi, dear readers!
The writing of the next chapter of an Impractical Guide to Godhood is almost over (that's chapter 29), that means that soon, I will update the chapter 28, Games of Folly on all the websites where I post the stories.
I hope everyone has a nice summer, and continue to read!
2024-08-04 11:02:04 +0000 UTC View PostTo my regret, I have not yet been able to finish the writing of chapter 29 of An Impractical Guide to Godhood, the Empire Strikes Back.
It may have to do with the hot temperatures that have now arrived in France these last days and the Olympic Games, but the former is far more problematic when you write a lot...
Ah, well.
Here is the first little teaser, to reward all the readers.
Enjoy the madness!
2024-07-31 06:31:42 +0000 UTC View PostSince it is a very special day, I felt just updating The odds was not special enough.
So...let's give you an introduction of something that may be the introduction of the next chapter of An Impractical Guide to Godhood.
At the risk of surprising a few, no, the majority of the Roman Emperors were not fond of the Olympic Games, barring a few exceptions.
Of course, the Emperors being all different, the antagonism and the reasons behind this host...
2024-07-26 09:15:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe beta-ing is almost done for the chapter of The odds were never in my favour, it is going to be updated soon.
I will likely read it one more time to be sure, though.
Enjoy!
2024-07-26 09:12:07 +0000 UTC View PostAnd here we go for the unbetaed chapter 120 of The odds were never in my favour.
It is titled Knight Necromancer. Ironically, choosing the title was one of the most difficult parts of the writing process, the rest flowed rather easily after that...
Ah, well. At least I was able to complete it and send it to the beta before the Olympic Games began. Mission accomplished, as they say...
Enjoy!
2024-07-24 07:56:37 +0000 UTC View PostOr maybe it is, for it was in your hearts all along.
The writing phase of the chapter is (at last) over, and this file has been sent to the betas, with a dealine for mid-September.
As always, the authors reserves himself the right to call for the Commissars and/or the Inquisition in case of trouble...
I've decided to not go for a cliffhanger this time. You can all breathe in relief (obviously, it's only true for this chapter, who knows what the future is made of...)
We...
2024-07-21 10:30:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe real not-teaser...was inside us all along.
Yes, it was that obvious, what a beautiful realisation from one of my faithful readers (who will recognise himself/herself, of course).
Now where were we?
Ah, yes, writing on 11-3 is progressing well, I have only a few scenes I want to write for this chapter.
Thus I was willing to give you the first 26,000 words of this marvel of epicness (he says with a certain amount of not-humility).
Unless something changes in th...
2024-07-16 10:49:36 +0000 UTC View PostI'm back, and on my country's national day, no less.
Praise the Man-Emperor of Mankind!
To begin with a topic only loosely related with the story: yes, I'm aware that for 2-3 days, ff.net once more got unavailable for pretty much everyone (which included your humble author, incidentally).
This was...unconvenient, shall we say? To keep it polite.
Fortunately, it seems as of this morning the website was back, an...
2024-07-14 11:00:42 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, here we go for the next phase of the not-teasers.
This one is almost 9,000 words-long, and this time we return to Nyx. Plenty of things have happened, and it's not all good news...though there are good news too.
Warning: rising levels of long-ear smugness incoming!
You have been warned.
Here we go!
2024-07-10 07:50:47 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, it's time to back to a galaxy, far, far away.
No, not THAT galaxy.
The grimdark one.
But first of all, a word from the super-star you've all been awaiting the return.
I speak of course of Pierre.
FOR THE EMPEROR!
And remember, this may or may not be a teaser of things to come.
2024-07-06 11:06:59 +0000 UTC View PostFriends, the time has come, once again, to begin the cycle of eternal war.
I'm going to re-read the chapter once again to be sure there aren't any egregious mistakes, but no matter what, this is the day.
Update time will come in a few hours.
You can also acknowledge this post as the announcement I am going to commit myself to write the (obviously epic) Legacy of Change chapter that is going to follow Hell Garden.
Expect not-teasers and some malicious cliffhangers alon...
2024-07-02 10:39:43 +0000 UTC View PostAs promised, before the end of the week, the betaed chapter of the odds were never in my favour.
I will publish Sixth Task soon on all the other websites where I update the story.
But I'm sure everyone here is awaiting the news of another story...
And thus for the record, no, I haven't received (yet) the second corrected version from my patreon.
I however have been promised it will happen 'soon'. With my luck, it will likely happen this Sunday, which would be fitting g...
2024-06-28 13:52:55 +0000 UTC View PostHi, everyone!
Sorry to not have posted an update last week, but for some unexplainable reason, the Muse decided to take a few days of holiday, making the writing process slowing to a craw (since there wasn't any warm weather, I doubt we can blame the mother core of the Abominable Intelligence next door overheating).
But all ended well, and the next chapter of The odds were never in my favour is now complete, and has been sent to my assiduous beta this morning.
So the monthly...
2024-06-24 14:00:46 +0000 UTC View Post
The map for the readers who have read the chapter 56 of the Dance is not Over.
As you can clearly see, the control the Braavosi Navy has over the Pentoshi lands is limited to the coast, and even there their control is awfully limited.
They have boots on the ground on the named settlements, but everywhere else, it's very threadbare. Braavos does not have the manpower to control more than that, and this high tide is because the Pentoshi didn't build up sizeable forces to defend thei...
2024-06-15 09:55:34 +0000 UTC View PostHi, everyone!
Sorry for the delays, but between a real life that got particularly...weird in the last days (I live in France, and we are in the days of circus, unfortunately) and I was also fairly tired.
But I managed to write the entire chapter 56 of the Dance is not Over, which I have named Pact of Destruction.
It is 20,000 words-long, so it should give you some light reading for the week-end.
The next post immediately created after this update will be the map.
Here comes the unbetaed chapter!
This is Games of Folly, chapter 28 of an Impractical Guide to Godhood, in all its glory and madness!
All Praise the Suicide Squad!
By the way, if no one finds the reference which served to build the Second Labour of the Commodus Games, I will find myself very disappointed. Just saying.
Anyway. Due to the lenght of this chapter, I have slightly revised my plans for this mini-arc, and likely there will be one more chapter than intended. B...
2024-06-06 06:15:08 +0000 UTC View Post