Plum Parrot

Victor 7.50 - Welcome Home

Here's today's chapter! I think there will be one more in book 7 - I'll have it for you as scheduled on Sunday. After that, I'll take a week off to outline and plan book 8. I'll remind you guys on Sunday :)

-Plum

Victor leaned over the chest and peered within, immediately amused by the System’s sense of justice. His trusty old Kethian Juggernaut helm had been broken in the dungeon, so now he was being awarded a new one. ...

Cyber Dreams - Book 6 Chapters - Starting on Monday 4/1

Hi all, My brain must have been on vacation yesterday when I wrote that long message before the epilogue and completely spaced telling you all that I was going to take a week to do some planning and outlining. It's been my habit since last summer to take a week off when I finish a book, but this one came up pretty suddenly.

Anyway, sorry to spring this on you the night before some of you were probably expecting a chapter, but please hang in there until Monday.

Thank you!

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Victor 7.49 - Consequences

Probably only a couple more in book 7. I'm trying to set the stage for book 8 - some interesting characters, some hints at POV adventures with Darren, Edeya, Lesh, etc., and, of course, some serious learning for our boy Victor.

Enjoy,

Plum

Victor was stunned by the sudden, violent shift in his circumstances. One moment, he’d been a passenger to his rage and magma-fueled alter ego, half par...

Cyber Dreams 5.48 - Epilogue

Whew! My little (totally innocent) question on the last chapter really stirred the pot, didn't it? Actually, your responses were really, really helpful. I had this idea in my head that I needed another ten or fifteen chapters in this book, and I don't know how that happened. I think my last couple of books were much longer than usual (both VoT and CD,) and I got that number in my head. Anyway, looking back:

CD 1 had 38 chapters,

...

Victor 7.48 - The Mountain's Fury

Here's your conclusion to Victor's latest scuffle. :)

-Plum

Ranish Dar watched Fonroy as he stiffly retreated, walking through the crowded club to the elevator that would take him up to the more private viewing chambers—no doubt on his way to report every word of their conversation to some of the other masters who were too proud to show their faces. Across from him, Lo’ro chuckled as his privacy spell fell back into pl...

Cyber Dreams 5.47 - Putting Things in Motion

Enjoy the chapter!

-Plum

Juliet sat in one of the chairs in front of Tanaka’s desk, waiting for him to look up from whatever he was doing; he had a pencil in one hand and was carefully underlining words in an ancient-looking book. Juliet’s love of books reared its head, and she stared intently at the pages, zooming in with her optics to see if she could figure out what he was reading. There wasn’t any indication of t...

Victor 7.47 - A Brutal Brawl

Here we go - I tried to get the fight done in today's chapter but failed. It's still 4k words, so enjoy; we'll finish up this scene on Sunday for sure.

Thanks for your support :)

-Plum

As Victor’s rage grew and he pushed his conscious mind into control of his body, he felt his Aspect of Terror begin to fade. He felt like he could have fought it, that he might have been able to maintain the...

Cyber Dreams 5.46 - A Slow Tuesday

Hey everyone! I hope you enjoy this chapter - lots of little things going on.

Thanks for reading :)

-Plum

When Juliet woke the next day, it was nearly noon, and Angel was quick to announce that she had three messages waiting for her. Her room in the gunship was quiet and dark, with only a few amber LEDs giving her optics anything to work with. It wasn’t that the ship was usually noisier, n...

Victor 7.46 - Terror

Hope it's worth the wait. More to come, of course :D

Enjoy~

-Plum

Sora tumbled over the hard, dusty ground, channeling wind Energy into her Gusts of Balance spell so she gracefully rolled to her feet. She lifted her bow, and one of her crystalline mesmer arrows appeared under her fingertips as she drew the string back, but Victor wasn’t where she’d last seen him. She saw Elandor there, d...

Cyber Dreams 5.45 - Friend or Foe

Hi all! Well, Patreon has decided to randomly add extra big spaces between my paragraphs. Let me know if this is too painful to read, and I'll take the time next time this happens to manually remove the extra spaces.

Enjoy!

-Plum

“Jensen?” Angel asked. “You mean the same Jensen from when you were at Grave?”

“Yeah!” Juliet subvocalized as she started to creep backward...

Victor 7.45 - Alliances

I hope you all enjoy today's episode :)

Thanks for all the support!

-Plum

After only fifteen or twenty minutes of waiting, one of Victor’s coyotes alerted on something, and to Victor, it felt like the triumphant pride of success—it had found the object of their hunt. So, he charged through the jungle, Sora hot on his heels, and on the way, he stumbled into a clearing filled with weir...

Follow-up on Yesterday's Discussion - Future Writing Schedule

Wow! Thank you all for the kind words and fruitful discussion yesterday. There were a lot of creative ideas offered up, and I think I've come up with a few options that I'd be happy with, so let's see what you all think:

Option 1: My original plan of writing one novel at a time with 5x-a-week chapters. I'd alternate between series and start with one based on a poll.

Option 2: Continue writing 6 days a week, 3x for VoT and 3x for CD, and take a couple of extra days off each month f...

Announcement/Discussion Regarding Vainglory and My Future Writing Plans.

Part 1 - Why I'm putting Vainglory on hold:

Hi everyone! As many of you know, a few months back, I started posting chapters for a side project I'd been working on for fun, a series I had in mind called Vainglory. In my head, this sounded like a great idea; I was already writing during my "free" time (Saturdays), so why not deliver a chapter a week to my readers? Of course, at that point, I already had 20 or 30 chapters saved up, so I also figured I'd start posting it to...

Cyber Dreams 5.44 - A Familiar Voice

It's Friday, and I'm here with your fresh delivery! 4k words, too :)

Enjoy!

-Plum

Juliet slipped into a bathroom door, waiting for Angel to time the movements of some nearby employees. While she leaned there against the cold tile wall, she contemplated what she was doing. She’d come to the chop shop with the vague goal of “shutting it down,” but what did that mean? Was she going to...

Victor 7.44 - Dungeon Friends

Thanks for reading and for all the support. Love reading your comments after the chapters :)

-Plum

Dovalion straightened from his bow and stepped forward, his white-hot, flaming greatsword held up and tilted slightly back in a high guard. His voice came out of his fully enclosed helmet, echoing strangely, like a man speaking from inside a well, “So, you have a hidden ally?”

Victor ignored him, grinning, Lifed...

Cyber Dreams 5.43 - Infiltration

Here's your delivery! Thanks for reading :)

-Plum

Juliet had known the location for Vicky’s operation ever since the day she and Hines had questioned Ernie and “Bullethead,” the big creep who’d slapped Bennet around and threatened Aya with a gun. As she parked her bike, a half mile from the blinking dot on her mini-map, she had Angel call Hines. He was quick to pick up, though his eyes looked a little bleary, a...

7.43 - For Glory

Here we go! Have a great day, and enjoy the chapter :)

-Plum

“So? Get anything you want to talk about?” Sora was waiting for Victor when he stepped out of the award room onto a vine-covered stone platform that appeared to be in the middle of a jungle. He looked at her and noted she was wearing a silky, dark-gray cloak with a luxurious-looking rust-colored lining. Rather than answering her, he shrugged and pointed a...

Preview of Victor Book 6 Cover :)

I'm still working on today's chapter, but here's some art to tide you over in the meantime!

:)

Cyber Dreams 5.42 - Surprise

Here's today's chapter - Enjoy!

-Plum

Despite her conviction to see “Vicky” and her chop shop put out of business, Juliet knew she had to take it easy for twenty-four hours or so. Despite feeling good, thanks to her nanites, some of her new implants wouldn’t be fully effective for a while, most especially the bone-hardening nanites. With that in mind, she relaxed around the hangar for a couple of hours, and then,...

Cyber Dreams 3 full (unedited) PDF

I had to remove the chapters from RR and Patreon today in preparation for the book launch on Kindle and Audible next month. In that case, here's the PDF for my patrons, in case you haven't read it yet!

I made a mistake with the manuscript, so be sure to download the other attachment, chapter 18, too.

Victor 7.42 - Tension

Enjoy the chapter! Hope we all have a good week coming up :)

-Plum

***Savannah Dores has been rescued from certain death and removed from the dungeon. Eleven entrants remain. Prepare for an Energy infusion.***

Victor glanced at Sora, and she nodded, closing the door behind them. They’d just found what they believed to be a set of stairs leading up to the third dungeon level and were preparing t...

Vainglory 1.47 - Applegrass

Happy Saturday, folks :)

-Plum

47 - Applegrass

As he began to read the tightly packed cursive, Ward felt his eyes drawn back up to the strange words of power. They hurt his head, and he knew they were dangerous, but it was like having someone tell you not to think of your favorite food or your high-school crush—just the suggestion was enough to make your mind go there, and it was the same way w...

Cyber Dreams 5.41 - Time to Clean Up

Enjoy the chapter! Also, have a great weekend, and thanks for all of your support :)

-Plum

Juliet didn’t have to go under general anesthesia for the work Ladia did that day. Still, with Angel’s help, the doctor managed nerve blocks during each procedure to keep Juliet from feeling anything going on and ensure she wouldn’t move. Juliet couldn’t stand the thought of watching the autosurgeon cut into her, so she l...