The first thing I did was skirt around the mana projector where the Wraith had appeared to me on my first visit and faced the wall that separated me from his coffin. I half expected him to try to appear through the projector, but nothing happened. There were many approaches I could take to getting to the other side of the wall, but it was one I hadn’t used in a while that I decid...
2019-11-09 21:07:04 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Friday!
First of all, the next Underworld chapter should be up tomorrow. I'm taking an hour today to prepare the omnibus for Underworld and Codename Freedom so that they are ready for Black Friday. I also need to finalize the physical copy for CF World Quest. There's a lot of that kind of stuff that I've been putting off for too long.
Cheers!
2019-11-08 16:32:57 +0000 UTC View Post
I came to from my meditation standing in a pile of slush. I didn’t remember casting skeletal armor, but it covered me from my waist down. Looking at my bare chest, I briefly felt what Aeris must have during her first transformation. My body hadn’t grown like it had during my Ascension. There was a constant glow coming from my remade flesh. I could no longer b...
2019-11-07 16:44:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I wasn’t exactly sure what I imagined the bowels of the Underworld would look like, but a column of fire and ice rocketed toward me. The Wraith’s Wind cloak wasn’t just for show. It now bulged behind his shoulders, funneling its power and unique elemental characteristics into both columns of magic, pushing the fire and ice toward me at an even more unthinkable speed.
Sh...
2019-11-05 02:08:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe Next Underworld chapter is coming tonight. I'm done with it, but need to do one last read through. We have family coming over so I'm going to have to save it until a bit later. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up.
Cheers!
2019-11-04 17:16:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Creature Observation told me all I needed to know. There were four Master Elementals of Wind, Ice, Earth and Fire just below, looking to beat me into submission. Each one was level 1,000. I would have kicked myself if it would have done any good. I’d already face multiple mobs at a time at higher levels than me, but I had rarely faced casters. I’d hoped to run into some so that...
2019-11-01 19:48:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We made it to the hall of Ireki murals, past the hieroglyphics, before we slowed to a stop. I returned to my human form and cast Bone Titan’s Defense. Healing us both to alleviate our exhaustion, I watched Aeris as she stretched out in her airy form to receive the spell like a warm blanket.
“You’re going to have to tell me more about your new form.” I said in a whispe...
2019-10-31 18:18:26 +0000 UTC View PostWhat's up?!?!?!
Sorry for the delayed chapter. I've been given an interesting offer to have Codename: Freedom translated into Korean. A lot of fiction there is posted on websites like royalroad.com, except, it's very common for people to pay for serial chapters.
I've been reading through the sample contract today to get an idea what to expect, and, I've come to the conclusion, the money really doesn't matter to me. Not that I don't want, or need to make money. This is what I...
2019-10-29 23:07:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I waited until we had rejoined the others before letting Fire Incubus Form drop entirely. Turning back, I launched a 50,000 mana Drain into the center of the cavern and watched as thousands of tentacles reached into the rubble and drew the blood and flesh of the mobs Aeris had killed to a single point. A glob of fluid larger than Waldemar hovered momentarily in the middle of The Be...
2019-10-25 18:15:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I didn’t hurry as I waded through the Crystalis, keeping an eye on Aeris and Xaphan alike. I simply wanted to be in the best position possible to place myself between them if he did happen to wake up. As I passed an outcropping of crystals that had sprouted like a wild hedge of many colors, I stopped briefly to examine it.
With a shrug, Forced Learn drove my perceptio...
2019-10-23 01:43:44 +0000 UTC View Post
It was Jess’s turn to fight as we were heading toward the Ireki Wraith's tomb. We were in a tunnel near The Belly. The goblin scout had left us an hour before. Jess suddenly blinked out of existence. At least, so it seemed to the naked eye.
Mana Sight gave me a much more detailed explanation. As she activated fade, her entire being was drawn to one p...
2019-10-19 14:50:33 +0000 UTC View PostWhat's up?!
The next chapter is coming along nicely. There will probably only be one more this week, but it's going to be a big one. I expect to be done with it tomorrow. There will finally be some action. :D I am getting the time to write, so there should be no more delays.
Updated:
I should add, there are some interesting things in the works, though nothing has been settled yet. Generally though, if things work out, Underworld may be translated into Russian. We are still i...
2019-10-18 14:24:01 +0000 UTC View Post
With a nod of his head, the elder goblin began to shrink until he stood as tall as I did. He still possessed the purple pigment of his advanced form and his mana density didn’t change.
Depositing my weapon, I conceded for real this time.
A wave of his hand sent the entire room scurrying back into the numerous tunnels. He twisted his head to the side as if examining me...
2019-10-15 14:37:15 +0000 UTC View PostI'm getting some writing in today and wanted to give everyone a heads up. I'll hopefully have the next chapter up soon. There's some personal issues, mainly mechanical, that have popped up this week that I've been dealing with which has delayed everything. Sorry about that.
The steering linkage in our small SUV is broken, yes that annoying little plastic connector piece, so I had the vehicle towed to the house so that I can fix it. It's easy enough to do, but it takes time. I have to ge...
2019-10-12 11:34:08 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys,
I'm a little behind. The car broke down last night so we're probably getting a new one. You can still expect one chapter, hopefully two.
Cheers!
2019-10-10 19:59:30 +0000 UTC View Post
I might as well have been calling out that I was there with the amount of noise I was making flying. There were other options available to me if flying silently was really my goal. Zorik’s constant flapping of his wings wasn’t nearly as loud, but Imp Form’s -20% to Strength and Dexterity was a big turn off. It was a debuff that didn’t go away even as the form leveled. There...
2019-10-09 03:47:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe next Underworld chapter should be out tomorrow. I'm having a lot of fun with this one.
2019-10-07 19:41:42 +0000 UTC View Post
With Mana Sight turned up to max, I was easily able into the darkness as we headed into the unknown. Keeping up with the mostly hushed conversation, I considered what I should really call my “Ultimate Form”. As soon as we’d left, I recast it, but Ultimate Form didn’t seem like a good fit. Fire Incubus, Primordial Cat, and perhaps even my Werewolf Form would be more powerful...
2019-10-04 14:36:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Like all the other halls in the Living Quarters, this one was filled with rooms on either side. Instead of dark and creepy, Mel had filled it with Light Orbs shining from the ceiling. It was almost clinically bright.
Passing the first room, it was packed full of Skeleton Sentinels from out time back in the Head Mistress’s dungeon. Okay, maybe I was wrong about it...
2019-10-01 18:44:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe next Underworld chapter should be up tomorrow. :D
2019-09-30 19:04:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I finished the planting of our field a little before noon. And that was it. The main goal I’d had of supplying Sanctuary with weeks’ worth of buff rich food was complete. Now there were only a few small things to take care of before we left. Hopefully the smaller things didn’t turn into bigger ones.
Lydia was measuring something in a glass cylinder when I poked my head ...
2019-09-28 12:33:43 +0000 UTC View PostHow you doin?
The next chapter is coming along well. I'm taking a little bit of time with it to make sure I don't miss anything, but I'm also trying to keep it succinct. It should be done today or tomorrow.
I admit to not writing last night. Will Wight's book Uncrowned came out yesterday so I only got my normal writing stint in. Yes, I am writing today and putting his book aside until later today. :D There aren't a lot of series I read during my writing process. They normally just...
2019-09-27 13:37:47 +0000 UTC View Post
The conversation continued for another hour before everyone’s questions were satisfied. Satisfied might not be the best word for it, but no one came up with an alternative that changed my mind about leaving.
Olivia and Skyler didn’t even wait for everyone to leave the room before they had Khun turn the Dungeon Aura on to attract monsters. About half of our people headed t...
2019-09-25 15:35:17 +0000 UTC View Post
“Ladies and gentlemen, mages and meatheads, wind sprites and imps, shapeshifters and dwarves, feast your eyes on the mural above! The mighty minotaur captain that threatened our fair Sanctuary has joined the lady of darkness in defeat! Observe his eternal selfie and rejoice, for our necromancer has taken his skull! His bones are being ground for alchemy and fertilizer! And...
2019-09-24 13:35:32 +0000 UTC View PostI've almost finalized the rest of chapter two and hope to have chapter three out tomorrow. Taking a break to help the wife. Should be tonight or early tomorrow.
Cheers!
2019-09-23 20:17:08 +0000 UTC View PostI'm sure you've noticed the lack of Underworld chapters, so I want to give you guys an idea what's going on. First of all, there's no life problems or anything keeping me from posting. There are no serious issues, so everything is okay.
The problem I've been having is in regard to the tone difference between Codename and Underworld. Because Underworld book 4 starts out right after they defeated the Minotaurs, I've had problems not taking a darker, Codename-like, approach to the chapters...
2019-09-21 16:24:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Arching her back with the flexibility of an elite gymnast, Aeris stirred from her sleep. A high pitched squeak escaped her lips. Her movements were slow and fluid as she extended her legs and pointed her toes as if reaching for the floor. The only problem was that she was upside down. Her lashes fluttered as she opened her eyes. Noticing her predicament, she corrected he...
2019-09-21 15:59:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Staring up at the dome overhead, I was looking at the depiction of Waldemar. He’d appeared just one slot shy of the mural’s prime position. It wasn’t the image of the Captain Minotaur at his best, but just moments away from his death. The intelligence had bled from his eyes as he suffered mana sickness and his innate ability, Wild Bull, had taken affect. It allowed...
2019-09-12 04:16:24 +0000 UTC View PostI'm rewriting the first chapter to get the voice right. Spending so much time in Lucius's head from Codename is making it difficult to switch over. I hope to have everything done in a few hours. If not, it will be tonight or early tomorrow.
2019-09-10 15:12:41 +0000 UTC View PostNot a chapter!
I hate to say it, but I wanted to put that up front since I was hoping to get one out today. So, I almost have everything where I want it for the beginning of Underworld Book 4. That means Monday-ish. The good news is, once I have this first one down, the rest should start falling like undead dominoes.
One thing this week that has made it hard is the lack of sleep I got at DragonCon. Even though it didn't affect me while I was there, I haven't ...
2019-09-08 00:42:51 +0000 UTC View Post