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Poll - Aurelius University Mascot Follow Up

So, when I made the last poll, I thought I'd be able to add additional options once it was up. Turns out that's not how polls work on Patreon, so it's time for a follow up! I'm going to be listing all the options floated in the last poll, with brief descriptions of how the mascot would appear in-universe.

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Angels - Pretty straightforward. Wings, halos, probably wearing a purple cloth tunic to match the colors of the university. Lots of great iconography for merch, but perhaps a...

Suddenly A Succubus Ch. 31 - Reflection

Now, this opening section may have been a little jarring for some of you. I mean, explicit sexual content? Is this really the book series for that?

I am, obviously, being a sarcastic little ass. The idea for this book came to me pretty early on in the planning process, and I was immediately excited for what it represented. Vee and Amara are stuck together and have no choice but to finally talk out their issues, Nick and Tessa have to work together to free them and that's a dynamic we'v...

Preview - Six Feet Over/Under

Below is an excerpt from the book I'm writing this month. Enjoy!

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Vanessa didn’t remember falling asleep. Apparently she hadn’t planned for it, either; she was still sitting on the couch, a textbook open on her lap desk and her water bottle tucked between her and the armrest. One of her throw pillows had ended up on the floor, and based on the position of her feet, she’d probably kicked it off during her sleep.

The TV was still on, and had been automatically moving ...

Rough Draft - Suddenly A Succubus Ch. 32

Learning that Amara and Vee were stuck in Purgatory was both good news and bad news. Knowing where they were was helpful information, and it enabled Tessa to start throwing together a rescue plan. Unfortunately, of all the places to be stranded, Purgatory was one of the worst.

Tessa had spent quite a bit of time explaining this to Nick yesterday. Purgatory wasn’t just a place for ghosts and restless souls, it was a place of pure entropy. While most other planes were dangerous, many w...

Suddenly A Succubus Ch. 31

Chloé had been looking forward to today all week. Her roommate, Kendra, had multiple finals this morning, whereas Chloé had none. This meant she had the entire place to herself, without any worry of being annoyed or interrupted. She hadn’t bothered setting an alarm, and got an extra hour of sleep compared to her usual weekdays. After waking up, she grabbed her Switch and happily played a few hours of Hollow Knight without even leaving her bed.

It was much easier to focus without Ken...

Character Prompt - New Project

Hey everyone! As I previously mentioned in my November Update, this month I'm working on a brand new project. By necessity, it needs to have a bit of a larger background cast, so it's time for a casting call!

This time around, the Prompt is more focused - I'm looking for college athletes. It's a modern day college, so everyone needs to be human. Other than that, it's pretty much anything goes!

I'll take anything and everything you can give me - Name, appearance, mannerisms, hob...

Blood & Chlorophyll Ch. 12 - Reflection

So this was an interesting chapter.

Cards on the table, I'd actually never heard about LitRPG's until I found the Becoming Monsters setting through Otterly's work. I thought it was a neat idea, and then quickly discovered that LitRPGs are EVERYWHERE. There are multiple websites filled almost entirely with them, and they have a gigantic online fanbase. They also, as I was quick to learn, have a lot of tropes, both good and bad. If you find people who claim to dislike LitRPGs, you'll like...

Rough Draft - Blood & Chlorophyll Ch. 13

(11/21 Edit: Changed the last scene a bit, where Kat and Alicia are having their heart to heart. Feel free to share your thoughts if you get around to reading it. If not, that's fine too!)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kMqzc3mVgrXIBbPmQ9UIffYt7F5wJRTI232fM_CTRiY/edit?usp=sharing

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Alicia had never slept better i...

Blood & Chlorophyll Ch. 12

The “Becoming Monsters” LitRPG setting was originally created by AiLoves, and is now managed by OtterlyMindblowing.

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“Oh! That’s Tabitha!” Katrina said. She leaned in for one last kiss, then grabbed Alicia’s hand and led her downstairs. As excited as she was to spend so much time with her girlfriend tonight, she couldn’t deny she was almost just as excited to start seriously talking about the Dungeon.

Answering the front door, they were gree...

Poll - Aurelius University Mascot!

Hey everyone! I've spent quite a bit of time following Amara and friends around campus, and time has come to show the setting a bit of love. We're seeing more and more of the college as the book progresses, and I'd love some help fleshing out some details!

As the title suggests, I want to give Aurelius University a mascot. In that vein, I want to share a little bit of worldbuilding details about the school.

Aurelius University (AU) is a fictional college based in a fictional town ...

Suddenly A Succubus Ch. 30 - Reflection

With this chapter, I finally get a chance to show Vee's POV! I've missed seeing things from her side, but there was a lot of other stuff going on. However, I think the brief pause from her inner monologue ended up working fairly well, as it gave us a lot of time to sit in Amara's head. Amara, for better or for worse, has been a pretty different person this book. I wanted to sit in that feeling for a while before jumping over to Vee, as their dynamic is going to be pretty important to this boo...

November 2024 Update

Happy November! It's officially National November Writing Month!! I'm SO excited, you guys, I can't even. Last month was pretty hectic for me, as I was trying to write twice as much to ensure that I had a backlog for November. The good news is that I pretty much hit that goal! There are still some small things here and there that will require my attention, and obviously I still have to do all the site admin for all my sites, but I'm in a good place.

Chapters of Suddenly A Succubus and B...

Rough Draft - Suddenly A Succubus Ch. 31

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S6xAlPJB2ZoDt1vTzVEaYr5UPaoBbsPTuJjcDgEpnuw/edit?usp=sharing

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Chloé had been looking forward to today all week. Her roommate, Kendra, had multiple finals this morning, whereas Chloé had none. This meant she had the entire place to herself, without any worry of being annoyed or interrupted. Sh...

Suddenly A Succubus Ch. 30

Vee woke to absolute silence. In the world of the living, the quiet of morning normally paired with the sound of rustling trees, of leaves skipping across sidewalks, and birds chirping outside her window. An enjoyable quiet, one full of peace, but also plenty of reminders that the world had continued spinning overnight. Purgatory, however, had no such reminders.

In a place defined by its absence, this was hardly surprising. Nothing lived in this world; at least, nothing was supposed to...

Blood & Chlorophyll Ch. 11 - Reflection

I was really excited to get a chance to show Katrina coming back home after the last few chapters. Chapter eight was their date, chapter nine was a flashback, and then chapter 10 was entirely focused on them being together. This is the first chance I've had to check in with Katrina again, and I think it was the perfect time to see just how much things have changed. Not only is she willingly reaching out to others, but she even starts cleaning her room!

It was refreshing to see just how ...

Rough Draft - Blood & Chlorophyll Ch. 12

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EFQWOaSFgXfzaKoX3PdS2hMa6JxtnRr2QjQt2PleAQQ/edit?usp=sharing

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“Oh! That’s Tabitha!” Katrina said. She leaned in for one last kiss, then grabbed Alicia’s hand and led her downstairs. As excited as she was to spend so much time with her girlfriend tonight, she couldn’t deny she was almost just as exc...

Blood & Chlorophyll Ch. 11

After watching Alicia disappear into her Heart Tree, Katrina walked downstairs and settled onto the couch in the living room. She’d only been up for a few hours and had the rest of the night to herself, but wasn’t entirely sure what to do with her free time. They had their Delving Licenses, they’d found another Delver to help them with the Key Dungeon, and they’d even committed to being partners.

In less than a week, Katrina’s entire life had been turned upside down. It was a ...

Tessa Ch. 02 - Reflection

Look! I wrote another part of the story I promise you all months ago! All jokes aside, I promise I've been doing my best to stay on top of this, but it happens to coincide with an incredibly busy writing period for me. I won't go into the details, as this is a piece about the story, not my writing schedule.

We're back with our sassy little witch! With this side series, as the stakes are inherently pretty small, it's always interesting taking time to explore the more routine parts of Tes...

Suddenly A Succubus Ch. 29 - Reflection

You guys! I was so excited to finally write this chapter! Chloé has been a part of our cast for so long, but she's always been a pretty minor background character. I've said this before, but Book Three is the first chance I have to really expand the cast, and give other people more time to shine in the narrative. We already got some extra time with Tessa recently, and now I finally get to give Chloé her very own scene.

I'm thrilled with how it turned out. It many ways, writing introd...

Rough Draft - Suddenly A Succubus Ch. 30

Vee woke to absolute silence. In the world of the living, the quiet of morning normally paired with the sound of rustling trees, of leaves skipping across sidewalks, and birds chirping outside her window. An enjoyable quiet, one full of peace, but also plenty of reminders that the world had continued spinning overnight. Purgatory, however, had no such reminders.

In a place defined by its absence, this was hardly surprising. Nothing lived in this world; at least, nothing was supposed to...

Quick Correction

Hey, sorry for the repeated posts today, but someone reached out to inform me of some Patreon policies I was unaware of. I had previously changed the availability of some of my posts, and this has been reverted to keep everything behind a paid membership again. I need to keep things like this to appease Patreon's 18+ guidelines.

Sorry for the confusion!

Nyx <3

Suddenly A Succubus Ch. 29

Chloé grumbled as she reluctantly opened her eyes. Her alarm wasn’t set to go off for another forty minutes, but a loud conversation and a series of noises from the kitchen had woken her up. Her roommate, Kendra, was probably on the phone again while making breakfast. With ample knowledge that it was impossible to sleep through her roommate’s gossip, Chloé got out of bed.

Before braving whatever mess was likely in the kitchen, Chloé made her way to the bathroom. She brushed her t...

Tessa Ch. 02

Opening her bedroom closet, Tessa pushed all the hanging clothes to the side. A cheap collection of cloth cubes sat on the floor, meant to hold shoes, clothes, and other random knick-knacks. Raine had bought them after moving in with Tessa, who had never given a shit about keeping herself clean and tidy. Pushing the cubes aside as well, Tessa started digging through a pile of tattered shoeboxes, which contained various remnants and knick-knacks from years past.

She found old sketchbooks...

Blood & Chlorophyll Ch. 10 - Reflection

How are we all doing? I really hope Chapter 9 wasn't too heavy for anyone. It was definitely a bit of a departure from my regular tone, but that's why it worked best as a one-off backstory thing. Now that we're back in the present, I get to show the actual conversation that was implied to be happening off screen during Chapter 9.

Most importantly, I need this chapter to show both girls unpacking everything they'd talked about. I needed to show Alicia recognizing everything Katrina did, ...

Rough Draft - Blood & Chlorophyll Ch. 11

After watching Alicia disappear into her Heart Tree, Katrina walked downstairs and settled onto the couch in the living room. She’d only been up for a few hours, and had the rest of the night to herself, but wasn’t entirely sure what to do with her free time. They had their Delving Licenses, they’d found another Delver to help them with the Key Dungeon, and they’d even committed to being partners.

In less than a week, Katrina’s entire life had been turned upside down. It was a...

Blood & Chlorophyll Ch. 10

The “Becoming Monsters” LitRPG setting was originally created by AiLoves, and is now managed by OtterlyMindblowing.

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“—and, with the rations, I was finally able to settle down. Each day was no longer a battle to survive, but after a year and a half of hunting, I had no idea who I was anymore.”

Both girls were sitting on the couch, holding each other’s hands. Alicia had her legs pulled up underneath her, and had quietly listened as Katrina shared wh...

Poll - SaS Chapter Titles

Hey everyone! As I mentioned in my most recent Update post, I'm polishing up Book One of Suddenly A Succubus to get it ready for publication. While the release is still a ways away, I have a lot of ideas floating around that I'd love to get some feedback on.

One in particular is Chapter Titles. Personally, I don't think I'm great at coming up with names or titles. Some of the free sites I post to (like AO3) require chapter titles, and I come up with simple things that are good enough, b...

Suddenly A Succubus Ch. 28 - Reflection

With our first chapter out of the way, it's finally time to start digging into our new mystery! One neat thing about this book was starting off with a bit of a bang. Book Two had a pretty slow buildup, and many of the early chapters were devoted to Amara struggling with her guilt while slowly uncovering what the cult was up to. Here, she'd been thrown into the deep end, and will need to reverse-engineer what's happened to her.

This whole opening section, although a little shorter, I thi...

Rough Draft - Tessa Ch. 02

Opening her bedroom closet, Tessa pushed all the hanging clothes to the side. A cheap collection of cloth cubes sat on the floor, meant to hold shoes, clothes, and other random knick-knacks. Raine had bought them after moving in with Tessa, who had never given a shit about keeping herself clean and tidy. Pushing the cubes aside as well, Tessa started digging through a pile of tattered shoeboxes, which contained various remnant and knick-knacks from years past.

She found old sketchbooks,...

Rough Draft - Suddenly A Succubus Ch. 29

Chloé grumbled as she reluctantly opened her eyes. Her alarm wasn’t set to go off for another forty minutes, but a loud conversation and a series of noises from the kitchen had woken her up. Her roommate, Kendra, was probably on the phone again while making breakfast. With ample knowledge that it was impossible to sleep through her roommate’s gossip, Chloé got out of bed.

Before braving whatever mess was likely in the kitchen, Chloé made her way to the bathroom. She brushed her t...