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Deadgold: Chapters 26-27

Thanks to everyone who supported the Bloodcrete audio release last week.

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Chapter 26

The plan had been to take Krikree to Slest, recruit some beetles, then jump back with plenty of time to spare. Somehow Nauda found herself waiting in Acidmount, biding her time soulcrafting while Bluepetal and others engaged in far more activity than she had expected.

At...

Bloodcrete Audiobook Release!

It's time, everyone! After a long wait, we have another book of TWC narrated by Travis Baldree.

Link: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0GLR2GWKW

I've been copy-pasting the description around, but you guys here already know what it's about, don't you? This book is the culmination of many plot threads in the first...

Deadgold: Chapters 24-25

Probably audio release next weekend. Actually a little before, to properly work in the Audible schedule, but the weekend will be when I put in all my promotional efforts. Follow me there if you want it ASAP, or just wait for the announcement here.

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Chapter 24

By unspoken agreement, Nauda monitored a separate section of the tournament grounds from Fiyu. They didn't pretend that it was necessary for security, they simply needed some space from one another, an...

Deadgold: Chapters 22-23

Okay, at some point here we will have an audiobook release and I'll be exhausted, which will mean one skipped week. I can't promise the exact date, however, I can only say I'm doing my best to keep all the balls in the air.

Publishing is a funny business. I've spoken about my efforts to gain access to trad channels, and meanwhile we have a trad author testing out the self-published pathway. Django Wexler is a professional who has written some great flintlock fantasy, but now he has a Ma...

Deadgold: Chapters 20-21

I have a surprise announcement for everyone: Travis Baldree is narrating Bloodcrete! From there it has to go through a few steps of proofing before release, but we're finally looking at an imminent audiobook launch instead of an unknown. More on this later. ^-^

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Chapter 20

Fiyu hid herself in the aftermath, partially as a strategy and partially for the peace and quiet. She sat atop a ruined tower and hid every aspect of her presence except her mass and life...

Deadgold: Chapters 18-19

Comments last week made me think that perhaps it would be helpful to link Fithan Geography 101 again. If you want to brush up on the various nations/factions or just get a broader understanding of Fithe, that's probably the best overview.

You won't need it much this week, though, as we are mostly continuing what was set up last time. But as I said last year, my goal with this book is to focus on the overall ...

Deadgold: Chapters 16-17

Welcome to 2026! You know what's not particularly great? Patreon has been consistently failing to send notifications when I receive comments for a few weeks now. I rely on those to catch comments, particularly ones on older posts. So if it seems like I'm ignoring you... I'm probably not. =/

Anyway, we have some ramping up chapters this week, getting into the next big thing. More reflections on later chapters, most likely. The new year is starting slowly, but other things are starting to...

2025 in Review

Most of this post will be my analysis of the year as well as extensive thoughts on the publishing industry, but first we have a lovely little uncomplicated section. The above is another imaginary scenario fanart commissioned by Argo the Ratfolk, which I hope you will all enjoy! It's not canon, but he did consult with me about what a felidae might look like. ^-^

On top of that, a nice piece of holiday-themed fanfiction was posted on my subreddit, if that interests you:

2025-12-27 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Deadgold: Chapters 14-15

Year in review next week, then chapters resume in 2026.

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Chapter 14

It took another week for the leaders of Norron to make arrangements, and since Theo had all his brute soulcrafting done, he was actually kind of impatient. He spent a while working on one of the materials Krikree had left with him, trying to use skyvenom to elevate a Ruler-tier stone she wanted. Aside from that, there was only so much soulcrafting he could do without seeking out more sublim...

Deadgold: Chapters 12-13

The end of the year is barreling down on us, isn't it? The plan is to keep up the normal pace of chapters, but the last weekend December I'll do my 2025 in Review post instead. This one will be a little longer than most, detailing what I've done on side projects and how I see the industry as a whole.

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Chapter 12

It was only another week before the meeting with the Gold Wastes leadership was announced. Technically Theo should have been glad about that, but h...

Deadgold: Chapters 10-11

With this set of chapters, we reach another inflection point in an arc that has been running throughout the series. Typically a main character should recover from setbacks within a chapter or two, if the author makes the foolish mistake of including setbacks at all, and should be infinitely more powerful by next book if not sooner. TWC may be a niche series, but I'm glad there are some people who appreciate the long-running rebuilding process and hope you enjoy this culmination.

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Deadgold: Chapters 8-9

Chapter 8

The war across the continent hadn't yet turned apocalyptic, which meant that there was time for soulcrafting. If Theo was honest with himself, that was what mattered most to him.

Not that he'd resented checking in with various contacts. A major reason for his journey to Ichil had been to return with a sapphire for Navim, so he was glad to visit the Mundhin and confirm that his samples would do. He had also tried to check in with Homez, and had actually b...

Deadgold: Chapters 6-7

Mostly Ichil stuff this week as the book keeps gearing up. As I mentioned before this book started, this one tries to really show that the story spans the Nine Worlds, even if the main conflict is focused on just one.

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Chapter 6

Theo thought he had a flexible mind, able to adapt to other worlds, but clearly he wasn't flexible enough to gladly throw himself into a freezing pitch-black ocean. He hadn't decided whether that was rigidity or just sanity.

H...

Deadgold: Chapters 1-5

Okay! This is the official start of Deadgold, w

Phase Transition: Depthless Hunger to Deadgold

I dislike release/promotional times, so having two in a row is unfortunate, especially when it feels like I'm trying to break down a brick wall with my forehead. That's just how the schedule fell out when also working with a publisher.

How did the launch of Depthless Hunger do? Difficult to say, because Audible is a black box. My contact said it was "off to a good start" and that may not be simple rhetoric, because he was direct about the preorder being fewer copies than expected. But I...

Preview Chapter + Links

I remain in a weird holding pattern because Amazon and Audible are making this release very stressful. I still don't have a convenient international link, but after the previous post's announcement I can give links to both stores:

https://www.audible.com/pd/Depthless-Hunger-Audiobook/B0FX64WVSR 2025-11-01 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post

New Project Announcement

Finally time to announce this. Not when I might have chosen on my own, since there's a lot going on, but this was the best time for Audible, so it's time for the big news I've been hinting!

Just over two years ago, I started a serialization under a new pen name, entitled Depthless Hunger (apologies, but that RR link is a stub). It performed... okay. Average rating, 6000+ followers, a modest ...

Preview Chapter #2

Not ready for full release schedule yet, sorry. Thanks to everyone who has supported the launch of Crimsoncrest with purchases, reads, or reviews.

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Chapter 2

Above the waves, it seemed as though everyone had frozen, but the pause was an illusion. Beyond the preparation of cantae by nervous soulcrafters and the subtle shifting of position, Theo could feel all those points of mass be...

Crimsoncrest Release Day!

Release day, everyone! The newest book is out in both ebook and paperback:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSQPY5PN

As always, please consider leaving a review if you've already read the book here. Amazon has changed their algorithm, so the page won't update as often and it's hard to say what effect this will have on sales. Whatever the case, the launch needs all the help it can get.

Fiyu's Blueprints + Release Date + Preview Chapter

Well, we're running out of time, so some posts are getting crammed together. Above you see Fiyu's updated blueprints, bringing the cast up to date for Crimsoncrest. Representing her Conduit was tricky, but I think Lamsey did a good job!

Second, we have the big news: Crimsoncrest will be officially releasing on October 10. More info on that later when I do the release event, but meanwhile I wanted to offer a chapter of the upcoming book, Deadgold.

To be completely clear, I won't be...

Aeon-class Organizations 101

Here's the second tutorial brushing up on details that you may want to clarify before the next book! Though the big organizations of the Nine Worlds have been mentioned for a while, and hinted before they were named, I understand how such scattered references across a long series won't necessarily cohere in people's minds.

This tutorial, therefore, intends to remind readers of all these details: the aeon-class tiers, the major interworld forces, and the other powers of the setting. Thes...

Next Book Thoughts and Update

The eleventh book in the series will continue the war with Tymetron, and I'm aiming to do something a little different with it: I want to do a logistics book. So many times the negotiations and organization are pushed to the background so that the main characters can fight some more guys. Well, I'm going to try to make this aspect of war interesting, building a book around alliances and the management of the big sublime materials that nations fight over.

This necessitates a somewha...

Crimsoncrest: Nauda's Blueprints

Here's our second set of blueprints from Crimsoncrest! Nauda's progress this book wasn't flashy, but she's building back up to the point where her new blueprint starts to show its full worth.

Long post about the upcoming book next week! Thanks for your continued support.

Fithan Geography 101

We have the first of our special posts this week! I realize that it's been so long since we had any of these tutorials that some people may not remember them, so a little intro may be in order.

At various points I've put out soulcrafting tutorials or other informative image sets, either to remind readers of the systems or to flesh out details that would have been cumbersome in-text. If you want to see those, you should be able to access them via the tag on this post. I did them as littl...

August Update

We have a ton of new patrons! This happens, from time to time, and I'm never sure why. If you've joined recently, why not sound off? Introduce yourself and let me know what led you here. ^-^

Everyone else, it's time for your update on the next book, including a title reveal.

At the beginning of this month I wasn't certain about the next part coming together in good time, but now I'm feeling more optimistic. I don't know when Crimsoncrest will launch on Amazon, but I'm no longer co...

Crimsoncrest: Theo's Blueprints

For those who don't know, in between books I show everyone blueprints for the main characters' soulhomes, produced by the wonderful reader Lamsey. This week we have Theo's soulhome as of the end of the book, featuring both his new basement lab and the new chambers that had a big impact on the climax.

I also threw in the previous reminder about Theo's hybrid pyramid design, for anyone who has forgotten or struggled to visualize it.

Next week we should have a text-heavy post about t...

Release Timing + Cover Reveal

With Crimsoncrest done, we are now looking toward two major dates:

1) The release of this book on Amazon.

2) Beginning chapters of the next book here.

#2 is largely under my control and just requires me to finish writing the next book and edit it to the point where I'm comfortable posting. More on that later in the month. The timing is not contingent on the other date.

#1 is a more complex process. The biggest obstacle is that the cover for the book is still WIP...

Crimsoncrest: Epilogue

I saw so many guesses about what the epilogue would be, all wrong. XD Well, I hope that you like the direction this actually went, because it's a bit of a callback.

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Epilogue

Being encased in crystal had felt like suffocation, at first. It took discipline to breathe in, to welcome the sublime liquids that entered her body and soulhome, despite her instincts screaming against it.

Once she attained a state of acceptance, Gethyrue lost track of time. She...

Crimsoncrest: Chapters 40

Last normal chapter of this book, but there's an epilogue as usual. I basically said my piece last time, so let's just get into it and leave the news for after the book is over.

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Chapter 40

There had been too many people lately, so Fiyu observed from the shadows. It was her duty to monitor the situation and prevent any slides back into chaos, but she could do that without speaking to anyone.

In the wake of the battle, everyone clustered together as an...

Crimsoncrest: Chapters 38-39

Won't talk your ear off here, as we continue on with the climax.

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Chapter 38

Nauda wavered atop the marble slab, struggling to remain on her feet. She wasn't contributing much of her own cantae, but the power flooded out of the shadowlamp with such intensity that she could barely wrestle its flow.

By now the Asplundat Movement soulcrafters only stared at her in horror. She had managed to argue some of them into standing down, and those who had attacke...