Good morning everyone! It's Sunday, and my week away from Cyber Dreams and Victor of Tucson has almost come to an end. Starting on Tuesday, I'll begin posting Victor Book 7, and on Wednesday, Cyber Dreams Book 5 will begin.
That said, I did get some more work done on my side project. I'll post a few chapters today :)
Here on Patreon, there will be 25 chapters for tier two and 35 for tier three prior to my RR launch in...
2023-12-03 14:35:33 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, here we go, folks! The end of Book Four! I hope you enjoy it :)
Oops - forgot to mention: Now that the book is done, I'm taking a week to let my brain rest before I dive into book 5. Next chapter will be delivered on 12/6/23.
Cheers!
-Plum
Juliet winced as she pushed herself upright, slowly, shifting on the surgical table until she was sideways, her bare legs a...
2023-11-27 16:56:36 +0000 UTC View Post*******
UPDATE 11/27:
I took some feedback and changed some things.
1. I brought Rellia to Sea Keep. She rode ahead on her vidanii. She was there to argue with Victor a little and then agreed to plant the stone near the Sea. I thought she deserved to be there for it.
2. I tried to create in-lore reasons why Victor can't rush off through the stone as...
2023-11-26 17:49:16 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Friday, everyone! Enjoy today's chapter. Epilogue Part Two will be delivered on Monday, then I'm taking a 1-week break from Cyber Dreams. :)
Love to hear your feedback! If you think I messed up the SOA card, let me know.
-Plum
Juliet checked the proximity sensors to see that the Lady Hawk was following the flight path she and Angel had laid out. She saw the little interceptor w...
2023-11-24 18:18:51 +0000 UTC View PostThank you for all of your support, everyone! Here we are on chapter 6.62, and, no, we aren't done. See you on Sunday with another one! I'm looking forward to your feedback~
-Plum
Victor waited until all of the soldiers who’d been lined up at the stone had collected their prizes and moved away. He’d hoped to be able to interact with the relatively small, slowly spinning System artifact without making too much of a scene, but h...
2023-11-23 15:47:51 +0000 UTC View PostHere's today's delivery. Okay, I've skipped ahead a little more, and you all are just seeing some aftermath. I'm curious if this feels way too unsatisfying or if you're okay with how things are wrapping up. I figure another couple of chapters and book 4 will be done. Feel free to mention any loose ends you're still wondering about after this chapter. I'll try to make sure I don't miss anything :)
-Plum
Juliet stepped o...
2023-11-22 18:51:55 +0000 UTC View PostWell, I know I joked, but . . . will we wrap this up before 6.66? I'm mostly joking - I think I need 1 or 2 more. 3, tops. LOL
Enjoy,
Plum
“You do?” Lam leaned forward, hope in her eyes. Victor wanted to comfort her, to give her good news, but he felt such an overwhelming sense of frustration and defeat that he had a hard time keeping it out of his voice.
“Yeah. Victori...
2023-11-21 17:36:13 +0000 UTC View PostSometimes, when you know what you want to happen in a story, it's not enough. Sometimes, it's hard to figure out how to portray the events that are living in your head. What's worth showing "on-screen," and what should happen behind a curtain? I struggled when it came to starting this chapter, and I hope it's satisfying enough. I hope it makes sense, at the very least.
I hope I left some vagueness to the details that allow you to fill in the blanks ...
2023-11-20 17:08:27 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go! Another chapter or two to wrap this one up, I think.
-Plum
Riding on Guapo, it only took a few hours before Victor cleared the area covered in ash by the volcano’s eruption. Even so, the sky remained dark, the sun obscured by the ash in the air, so much so that it felt like he was riding under heavy cloud cover. He might have thought that was the case if not for the gritty, stinging nature of the breeze t...
2023-11-19 16:44:00 +0000 UTC View PostHere's your second chapter for the weekend!
-Plum
14 – Unexpected Reunion
When they stepped through the copper door, they found themselves in a circular, stone-walled room with a slightly vaulted ceiling. The stones over their head by the door were about seven feet high, but at the center of the room rose to about ten feet. Nothing remarkable was in the smooth basalt space other than the two me...
2023-11-18 16:39:44 +0000 UTC View PostIt's Saturday! How about a couple of Vainglory chapters?
If you like this story and are interested in my progress, here's an update:
Here's today's delivery :)
Lots of conversation. Some of you might hate that, but I think some good stuff gets covered.
Thanks for everything,
Plum
Juliet sat in her pilot’s seat, lazily watching the vid feeds from the various external cameras and trying to come up with the right words for her message to Shiro and Alice. She’d handled the remnants of Mary Moon’...
2023-11-17 16:16:00 +0000 UTC View PostWe're getting near the end!
Let me know what you think :)
-Plum
Rather than attack or try to charge past him, Hector stymied Victor’s desire to fight by hovering a good twenty yards away and shouting, “Fool! You’ve conjured ruin upon us all! Let me leave, and you can rule over this wasted land!” Victor didn’t reply but shifted, putting himself squarely before the portal. His grin wi...
2023-11-16 16:58:52 +0000 UTC View PostThanks for all the feedback and help. :)
I changed a tiny part of 4.49. I agreed that it was kind of crazy for Mary Moon to be smirking at Juliet as she stomped in wearing the Atlas suit. Here's the new wording:
The kneeling pirates shrank back. The two synths watched her placidly, and Mary Moon stood staring, mouth agape, eyes furiously darting left to right, like a rat caught in a cage. “I said kneeling!... 2023-11-15 17:13:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Enjoy! Sorry if it feels like I'm dragging this out. I keep thinking I'm about to wrap things up, and I keep being surprised when I look down and see I'm well over 3k words already.
-Plum
Through the smoky, red fire of his fury, Victor could see figures on the long, arching span that crossed the raging waters. He didn’t care what they were doing. The idea that they might be planning something nefarious to break the b...
2023-11-14 16:46:59 +0000 UTC View PostLove to hear your feedback! Thanks for being the best patrons on the internet :)
-Plum
Juliet made quick progress through the pirate vessel at first, steamrolling a couple more intersections where Mary’s crew, human and synth, tried to stop her, but then, quite a bit slower than Juliet would have expected, they locked down the ship, closing all the bulkhead doors. Up to that point, she’d been operating almost insti...
2023-11-13 17:28:16 +0000 UTC View Post
We're a month away from the official KU and Audible release! That means I had to yank these chapters off Royal Road to appease my publisher. That said, here's a copy of the manuscript from Royal Road in case anyone wants to read it before the release date of 12/12/23.
Cheers,
Plum
Enjoy :)
-Plum
As Victor raced through the camp, building up momentum, planning to leap the fortification between himself and the distant, gigantic form of the skeletal dragon, he berated himself for being a fool. It was obvious the camp had been overrun at one point, obvious the soldiers had managed to rally, but not without cost—bodies were everywhere, scattered among the piles of pale, naked, ghoulish undead. How much ...
2023-11-12 16:18:10 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy this chapter! Have a great weekend!
-Plum
While Juliet busied herself, loading the ammunition magazines into the canisters on the Atlas suit’s arms, she asked, “Do you still have the code for Grave’s watchdog program?”
“I kept the interesting bits, yes. Why do you ask?” Angel highlighted the next step on the instruction flow chart for arming the power suit. Juliet followed the instruction, reset...
2023-11-10 15:25:05 +0000 UTC View PostHope you enjoy the chapter! Thanks for reading and supporting my efforts to put these words into clumps that you can digest.
-Plum
Valla thrashed and struggled in the terrible grip of the skeletal dragon. Its talons were hard and unyielding, and her arms were pinned uncomfortably by its grasp. She could feel the rough texture of the bones, and her racing mind took a moment to wonder how old they were. Where had Hector ...
2023-11-09 15:50:39 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go with today's delivery! Hope you enjoy it :)
-Plum
“That’s not happening,” Molly Moon’s voice was terse and clipped, and Juliet grinned, listening to it. The pirate captain had seemed tense and irritated from the moment the stealth ship had connected Juliet to her. She wondered what sort of plan she might have thrown a wrench into by not docilely riding back as planned.
“It’s happening. I sc...
2023-11-08 18:15:17 +0000 UTC View PostDang! This battle is taking some chapters! Don't worry; it's not over yet. This book is going to be the fattest VoT book by a large margin. Oh well! As long as I finish before chapter 66 . . .
Love your feedback,
Plum
Kethelket followed the trail of bodies further into the camp. He could hear the rallying cries at the walls, the horns bleating their frantic alarms. He knew the camp was under attack...
2023-11-07 14:01:21 +0000 UTC View PostIt must be Christmas on Ganymede! Enjoy the chapter :)
-Plum
As the suitcase-carrying mech clomped its way up through the spacious airlock with Juliet right behind, it spoke again, “I’m having the mechs restock the medical supplies, and there are a few items that may be of interest to you. As I’m decommissioning this site and you’ve taken on the burden of Athena’s custodianship, I see no reason I shouldn’t send you of...
2023-11-06 17:31:33 +0000 UTC View PostI'm interested in your feedback :) Is this too tedious? Do you hate the POVs? Is it as exciting to read as it is to write?
-Plum
Lam felt the icy, numbing grip of Victoria’s misty tendril begin to pull the Energy from her Core, and she raged against it. She fought the pull with everything in her, desperately struggling to keep the Death Caster from overwhelming her with her insidious will. She pulled and thrashed, wi...
2023-11-05 16:12:05 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go, folks!
I just posted the last chapter of book 4 for tier-three patrons. That means no more posts for Cyber Dreams for a week. Next delivery is on Wednesday next week 12/6/23.
Thanks for your support :)
-Plum
Juliet stood up and paced in front of the data terminal. Her mind was racing, and, for the first time in a long while, she felt like she couldn’t b...
2023-11-03 14:48:04 +0000 UTC View PostDear tier-two patrons,
I just finished the last chapter of Book 6 and posted it for tier three. That means I'm going to take a 1-week break from writing and posting Victor of Tucson chapters. On Tuesday, 12/7/23, I'll begin posting again, so that means your next chapter will open on that day, too. I have fun stuff planned for Victor in Book 7, and I hope I'll see you all along for the ride!
Thanks for all of your supp...
2023-11-02 16:41:23 +0000 UTC View PostNote To Tier-2 Patrons: On Monday, I will be wrapping up book 4 of Cyber Dreams. At that time, I'm going to take a 1-week break from posting, so just wanted to give you a heads-up.
Hey all! Enjoy the chapter, and see my end comments, please. I don't want to spoil anything by voicing my thoughts up here :)
-Plum
As the heavy airlock door rolled closed behind her, Juliet gripped her shotgu...
2023-11-01 17:08:41 +0000 UTC View PostI think you can guess from the title that this isn't a cozy chapter. I know; we all love seeing our heroic MC kick ass, but sometimes things don't go his way. I feel like we've been a long time without a real setback . . . I'm not saying I want to torture Victor for being successful, but I do want readers to feel that our fictional world can be harsh, even if you're a badass titan-blood. I appreciate your feedback!
-Plum
Catalina...
2023-10-31 15:10:47 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the chapter!
-Plum
A combination of Angel’s seriousness and the pressure on her leg finally helped Juliet to calm her hysterics and focus on her situation’s gravity. When she twisted in her seat to look under the console, she saw that the cockpit floor had deformed, bending upward and forcing the metal compartment that housed her left leg to compress and come apart at the plasteel joint. The bottom half was p...
2023-10-30 15:39:43 +0000 UTC View PostWell, I won't say much about this chapter because I don't want to influence your opinions. If you have feedback, I'd love to hear it :)
Thanks,
Plum
Victor sat beside Chandri on the stone wall Sarl’s engineers had built around the encampment. They were facing the mountain where, in the darkness, Victor could make out the dim lights of the twin keeps guarding the road up to “Heart Sorrow,” Hec...
2023-10-29 16:42:29 +0000 UTC View Post