Lyn Gala

Flying Swords, chapter 28

After hearing all your comments at the end of chapter 28, you convinced me I did need and epilogue. And I agree with you. The story feels more complete now. So now I am going to read back through and get it read to send off to the editor. I have a slot booked at the end of the month.

The book ended a little over 80K, which is longer than I anticipated. But I still didn’t get to so many secrets. Hopefully this book will do well and I can write a second book.

“Are you ...

Flying Swords, chapter 27

I think this is the end—for now. There are a number of threads hanging, but none are easily tied up. They would require another book, and I do have a bunch of ideas. However, let’s see how this one does.

At the end of the chapter, you tell me if there’s anything you want to see in an epilogue or if you think I”m finished.

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When Leander walked through the double gate into the first courtyard, Shanlin launched himself at him.  Lean...

Updates

I am done with the editing for Earth In-laws, so now I need to set a release schedule and get the formatting done. So, what review sites do you guys visit when you’re looking at new releases? I need to get word out there. I am also writing the last chapter of Flying Swords, although I do think I need a short epilogue. But then that will be in the bad.

I’m playing with the idea of writing something off Patreon so I can pitch it to a publisher and get my name out there more. I might...

Earth Fathers Cover (Maybe)

I just got edits back on Earth Fathers 3, so it's time for art. I think I settled on a title. I'm going with irascible because there are a lot of angry aliens, and Max's father-in-law heads the list. So now I have to do the unfun editing. But I leave you with the cover.

Flying Swords 26

I have wanted to share this chapter forever. So many times, I start a story with some scene at the end that I want to share, and this has been the driving scene of this whole book. Leander might call everyone else an idiot, but this chapter is proof that he can sometimes pull some very stupid moves.

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Leander eased into the room. He had expected Heng to be in the hospital. He’d been shot, so that was a logical conclusion, but ...

Flying Swords 25

I am definitely coming down to the wire with this. I want to give the three men time to engage with each other, have a reunion with Shanlin and then maybe some weary comfort sex, and then this one will be in the bag… so one or two chapters maybe. I do want to go back and edit to make Leander a little more sharp tongued. I think I got caught up in story and let his characterization slip a bit. I would also love it if someone Chinese could give it a read through for any cultural stupids, but...

Ondry/Liam anyone? Game Night

I have no idea where this came from, but I wanted to share.

Game Night

The first time they played, Ondry had been both confused and annoyed.  Rownt were not designed to sit in human-sized chairs or handle human-sized dice, and only one of those problems was solvable.

However, by the time they had met the human traders for the third time, Liam could tell that Ondry had developed an interest in developing his character and an equal frustration with...

Flying Swords, chapter 24

Leander had once thought that Cadell radiated darkness, and that had never been more true. He stepped out of the shadows radiating menace.

“Cadell,” Leander whispered.

“Leander,” he replied in an amused voice. “Druwolf ordered you killed, but whether that is painful or easy is up to me. You’ve always had a healthy strand of self-interest, so don’t disappoint me. Where is the child?”

Fear crawled through Leander’s soul. He knew how much pain a human being co...

Flying Swords 23

I told you, this works so much better with the Heng chapter first. I had to delete my work, but now that the three of them are together (albeit with two on the injured reserve list), the conflict flows much better. I still haven’t decided what I’m going to do about Min, though. She was a bad, bad girl.

On another note, Earth In-laws is going to be a little delayed. The editor is backed up, so I am now on the schedule for September. Actually, I promised her this would be ready by ...

Flying Swords 22

I tried writing the conflict with the Westerners first, and nothing flowed, so I backed up and wrote this first. It took some serious rewriting, but I think this works now.

On another note… OMG. I moved from history to English to keep a younger teacher from being laid off, and Holy Hannah… teaching English is either a shit-ton more work or I am too old and crabby to change preps. The kids are still nice and I like teaching, but dude… they can’t consistently tell the differenc...

Clash of Ambitions, chat 23-24

I was working on Flying Swords, but the conflict with the villain just felt… wrong. Off. Unbalanced. I had to delete a bunch, and now I’m taking another shot at it. So meanwhile I turned to Game of Thrones as a palate cleanser and as I get closer to the climax of this second arc, it is getting darker. I keep reminding myself that these characters suffered far more in canon, but I find myself shying away from the true darkness of GRRM. Anyway, don’t expect fluffy puppies and butterfli...

Flying Swords 21

I know I wrote this post yesterday. I did, I did, I did. I woke up this morning eager to see how ya’ll liked the chapter, and nothing. I had a moment of panic (OMG, I suck so bad they can’t tell me I suck), so I came to the site to see if I at least got likes. I mean, I had to work so hard on this chapter. It felt like a big chain of events with no relationship to each other, and I had to work to make them feel connected (this causes this instead of this and this). And that’s when I r...

Cover Reveal

I know I talked about changing the name for Flying Swords. That might be the title of the magical cultivation school, but the story has nothing to do with Swords and only has one brief bout of flying. So I'm trying out this title and cover. What do you think?

More and more romance covers are going with the abstract/floral sort of pattern, and this seemed to fit, and I like the "embroidery" pattern the graphic artist created with nothing more than scribbles.

2025-07-29 01:50:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Clash of Ambitions, chpt 19-22

Chapter Nineteen

It took two days for

Flying Swords 20

I had a big hurdle this chapter. Heng and Leander fit together. I know they do. So I have to show that Xi fits Leander too. And where we go from there... yeah, I'm not sure. I'll let you know when I do.

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Leander's shoulders stung from the bird's talons but as he sat up in the shallows of the sluggish river, he realized he wasn't hurt anywhere else. His next thought was of Xi. “Are you all right?” He struggled to free himself from the sucking mu...