The next Heaven's Laws chapter should be up tomorrow. I got CF book 4 back from my editor and bit off more than I could chew in trying to edit and write. I'm still waiting on the cover for CF, so it will be a few weeks before the book is ready to go.
Cheers!
As a good hostess, Huifen started out by showing Sage Ping what she’d learned with the nature laws. She was more proficient with the second law create than the first one borrow. The reason for this was because the scope of nature was vast. She could create lilies and lotus flowers, but if she tried to borrow from a plant new to her, it would be difficult. Borrowing from the water lily that she practiced so much with was easy though. Then there was the third law enhance. She wasn’t sure sh...
2022-08-26 16:58:40 +0000 UTC View PostI had one of those weird days when it felt like I was in a haze. I'm going to sit on what I wrote today, reread it in the morning and publish it then. Possibly two chapters tomorrow.
Cheers!
Even after a year of marriage, Chao was uncomfortable around his in-laws. Father-in-law Xiao Tu was cheerful and affectionate like no one he’d ever seen. He hugged Chao at every meeting and seemed incapable of not smiling. His physique had greatly improved since moving into the joint sect out of necessity with the Aureate Empire’s threat hanging over them. Now that the threat was over, he’d decided to stay with his Ice Phoenix Elder wife. He’d taken a position to use his merchant skil...
2022-08-24 18:15:42 +0000 UTC View PostHuifen and Chao ended their visit to campus at the Fire Phoenix Palace. Elder Yongrui was there to greet them he’d given them a tour that was more thorough than even Huifen had ever had. The elder that had helped her husband during his time in the mine was the only overlord beside Sage Fang left in the Fire Phoenix Sect in their lower realm sect. There were still numerous sky realm elders and a few talented disciples that would soon be ready to take the place of those old monsters.
Si...
2022-08-23 17:21:18 +0000 UTC View PostChao and Huifen left the older cultivators to fulfill the request of their father and mother. They were to venture out of the Ice Phoenix Palace and travel around the sect grounds to let themselves be seen. Their victory over the overlords was known to all. Much of the last leg of their battle had been seen by the entire inner sect who’d been gathered on the arena’s stage. Its additional barrier had been activated by the elders to help fend against any qi overflow from the main barrier. N...
2022-08-22 18:32:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe Regal Blood Essence Stimulant was the most miraculous pill either Chao or Huifen had ever taken. Chao simply swallowed it and they dual cultivated. It required no special techniques and left them both overflowing with vitality. Within half an hour, not only had Chao’s hearing returned, but the world seemed to be brimming with sound more than ever before. When they finally went to greet the Envoy of the Divine Fire Phoenix Sect, the man explained to them that it the pill would improve mo...
2022-08-20 16:22:00 +0000 UTC View PostChao had taken over the room across the hall from his marriage chambers in the Frigid Moon Mystic Realm. It was in case his mediation lasted late into the night. He didn’t want to occupy the bed or inconvenience his wife while he worked.
Sitting in the middle of the room on the stone floor, he was surrounded by heaven and earth qi artifacts. He’d only owned one artifact before the battle, but now there were many thanks to the spatial rings they’d won from the nine overlords. Anoth...
2022-08-19 17:18:03 +0000 UTC View PostSo I've officially finished my editing on Codename book 4. I'm sending it a day early to my editor. :D
I'll start writing Heaven's Laws book 2 tomorrow. I have a dentist appointment at 1:00 pm, so I'm not sure if I'll get chapter one out or not, but if I don't it will be up Friday.
That's all for now!
Cheers!
Editing has begun!
I'll be handing off Codename Freedom book 4 on the 18th to my editor. I should have it back by the end of the month. If all goes well, it will be out in September, if not sooner. It depends on how much I have to fix up and when I get the cover art back.
The audiobook time table is questionable right now. The voice actor had twins, so I'm just not sure on the timing. I'll let you know around the end of the month when I hope to have an update.
Next, we'll...
Liam climbed into his transport vehicle. It was a baseline model with the security package as its only upgrade. He’d never cared much for luxury. It was impractical and anything could be augmented to look anyway you wanted for a much cheaper price, so why bother? However, he had a family so the security features couldn’t be overlooked
As he cruised through the city toward his home, he contemplated all he’d seen over the last couple days. Major Lucius Edwards was proving to be the ...
2022-08-09 14:24:38 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up to find a miniature holographic Destiny sitting on my chest. She stood as soon as she saw I was coming to and held her finger over her lips. “Don’t you dare say a word and just watch.”
She took over the entire lenses of my headset so that the only thing I could see was what she wanted me to see. Then it began to play. She was thorough. Playing the last part of my fight with the Manticore King starting where I’d jumped off the ceiling, she made sure to jog my memory of ...
2022-08-08 18:05:17 +0000 UTC View Post“Bow down you peasant!” Mia demanded, standing over Bolt who still sat in his seat.
He lowered his head and shook it to make it look something like false trembling. His acting wasn’t much better than Mia’s.
The pleading in his voice was much better. “Forgive me my magnanimous queen of enlightened understanding. How dare I select a champion opposed to your own, even if his battalion did win over yours. And who’s to say the Real Major wouldn’t fare better against Luciu...
2022-08-06 19:44:26 +0000 UTC View Post“Did he spell Prodos wrong?” Mr. Rachet said tentatively.
“No,” LeLisa chided. “Prodos is the transliteration of a Greek adjective that means first or foremost. Próodos is also a Greek transliteration. It’s a noun that means progression or to advance.”
“So those characters in the drop shadow of his tattoo are Greek?”
“Yes.”
“Why exactly did the Centurion ask him if he was Ekseliksi, then?”
Opening her mouth to respond, LeLisa pointed he...
2022-08-05 18:39:11 +0000 UTC View PostSeparated from my men in battle, I did the only thing I could think of during my downtime between rushes between targets. I had Destiny replay their deaths so I could at least share in them in an indirect manner. What Mel and I were doing was necessary. No one else could take our place. That didn’t mean I felt right about not being there by their side. It was only a simulation.
The panels could surround me on both sides. There were so many that I felt cramped, almost claustro...
2022-08-04 16:32:37 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn’t just the bolt casters in the tower above we were running for cover from. The tower stood over the second and third level of courtyards. We’d bypassed the second level, but the third was even larger than all the combined courtyards of the second. It was almost as large as the entrance, and the force there was nearly the same. Seeing two hundred footsoldiers with who knowns how many officers in their midst, we couldn’t afford to get that entire force after us. We’d end up trap...
2022-08-03 15:38:46 +0000 UTC View PostMia and her fellow commentators had one hundred panels stacked in rows and columns of arguably the best battalions in the whole competition. The favorites like Lethal Accord, Forefathers, and Prodos they had in the top left positions. As soon as the countdown hit zero, each screen showed the front gates of the castles each battalion was facing. Within seconds, they began to fall. The weapon systems they were using to breach the castle’s front walls were only able to be used for exactly that...
2022-08-02 16:36:42 +0000 UTC View PostStill needs editing. Let's go!
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Late that night, a plan was forming in my mind, but its significance could cause no little disruption, so I contacted Peter and asked what he thought. He helped me tweak it a little, but also got in my contact with Krato over a secured line to get the opinion of someone born Ekseliksi. When the conversation was over, Peter said that Oliver agreed that it would have the impact I desired. They promised to keep what I was asking them from Victo...
2022-08-01 19:23:52 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you nervous?” Mara asked as we headed down the studio hall that had dark walls and yellow ceiling lighting.
“Me? Pshh.” I replied, plastering a fake smile across my face before dropping it completely. “Honestly, I’m terrified.”
“Just remember, they are people, not monsters. Mia and her producers won’t give you any experience, so killing them will only get you in trouble.”
I craned my neck, looking cross at her. “What do you think I am?”
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2022-07-30 20:25:38 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note: As some of you have probably noticed, I don't curse in any of my books. Most people don't seem to notice since I don't use fillers to make it obvious. Below, Liam uses some language that I don't think technically would be considered obscene language, but let me know what you think. I'm not against cursing necessarily in fiction, I just don't want it to stand out so much that it's abrasive at this point in the book.
Cheers!
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After being bombarded by the ...
2022-07-29 17:58:40 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I didn’t message Victoria at all the following night, she made an excuse to have me come in person to report to her the next day.
I was still careful with what I said, but I wasn’t shy in the way I looked at her. I made it very clear I still felt the same way and wasn’t going anywhere.
She looked relieved after our interaction even if she didn’t breech the topic.
With the Vanguard’s quarterly event nearing, we became even busier than normal, if that were possi...
2022-07-28 20:41:55 +0000 UTC View PostKnocking wasn’t necessary since Destiny could informed Victoria’s personal AI, but I did so anyway. Most of our time together had been in Freedom where technology was limited. I intended to give her little reminders throughout the night of how far we’ve come.
The door slid sideways into the door panel to reveal the silver eyed Ekseliksi princess I’d come for. As I requested, she was wearing a skinsuit that resembled our ballistic body armor, but it had a very specific purpose. H...
2022-07-27 14:59:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe next chapter is very pivotal to the story, and a bit of a chunker. I'm sifting through it to get the logic just right, so it will probably ready later tonight or in the morning.
Cheers!
The race to the center wasn’t as simple as charging forward in as straight a line as possible. We had a job to do. I let necessity guide me. If something needed to be done, we did it. I wouldn’t let my men pass by any of the barricaded buildings without taking care of business first.
What could be considered the middle could’ve been measured in multiple ways, so when I saw Kline waiting for me atop one of the largest domed buildings in the area, I began to prepare my arguments, bu...
2022-07-25 21:07:13 +0000 UTC View PostAs we reached two months in Vanguard, I still found my training rather lacking, but my time leading my men was bearing unexpected fruit. It was to my benefit that my men didn’t need me often—as much as that grated at me. Even if I felt I was just sitting back doing nothing, I was still observing troop movements, my Captains in action, and how the whole machined worked from a much wider perspective for four to six hours a day. So as not to feel like I was betraying their trust, I kept my m...
2022-07-21 17:36:23 +0000 UTC View PostDeveloping an offensive layered skill really wasn’t as difficult as it sounded. The difficult I found was creating one that was more powerful than a bolt or enhanced weapon attack. Not only did most of the things I tired not reach this requirement, but often they weren’t even on the same level. In other words, they were weaker.
I’d tried enhancing my place with Akonizo, then forcing the energy out of my weapon with a Voli bolt. Besides for a few of my first explosive experiments, ...
2022-07-20 16:38:17 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I arrived in the bleak world of Krato’s training sim, he immediately had me step up on the platform and being hovering. He hovered across from me on the opposing platform.
“Your skill has grown, so today I will begin to push you.,” Krato said. “Your goal is to remain hovering and stabilize yourself without going over the platform’s edge. Let’s begin.”
We were a dozen yards apart, but that didn’t stop his blast of Othisi from pushing into my chest.
My sta...
2022-07-19 17:43:57 +0000 UTC View PostLucius’s movements were mechanical as he psionically shoved himself into the air. His foot struck the side of a faux building, propelling him upward toward the opposing one. He pushed himself off the second building to landed upon the roof of the first. It had a flat stone surface with drainage near the outer walls. He didn’t stop there but was already bounding for the edge.
He was being over-precise with his actions, but Victoria knew it was intentional. She’s observed many of hi...
2022-07-18 16:17:44 +0000 UTC View PostHitting our rhythm, as Kline had put it, came sooner than I’d have guessed. I basically ended up living in my Cube has I had in Freedom. There were a few exceptions. Marching and the streamlined version of basic training they had us going through, which was a shadow of the real thing, was done out of Cube. Combat parkour was another. Other than that, all of my personal training was done in the recover chamber and training hall which were in sim.
Sleep (0000-0200)
<... 2022-07-14 14:27:41 +0000 UTC View PostSince Kline seemed determined to try out my push ability against different techniques we didn’t spar. Instead, we started on our feet. The materials he was wearing didn’t respond to push to the extent metal and stone-based materials did, but the higher the rank, the more repellent force it created.
He started with the double leg takedown. Sprawling my legs back, I pushed his head down while grabbing an overhook. It was basic takedown defense. Of course, if we were just relying on th...
2022-07-12 17:21:56 +0000 UTC View Post