Plum Parrot

Victor 4.8 - The Madness of Crowds

Happy New Year, everyone! Thanks for all of your support! Here's hoping we all have a productive, fun year :)

Let me know what you think, please.

-Plum

“Yeah,” Victor said with a grunt as he pulled on his boots. “She said to show that token at the arena, and they’d let you sit in her box.” He stood up from the little table in the central room of their suite and adjusted his belt, making s...

Cyber Dreams 2.7 - Unknowns

Enjoy, everyone! Let me know if something rubs you the wrong way . . . or if you especially like something :)

-Plum

“I’m listening,” Juliet said, looking into Rachel’s big brown eyes, noticing for the first time that she had tiny secondary pupils at the outsides of her irises. She wondered what sort of functionality those added to her ocular implants.

“You should know that I’m capable of detecting dup...

Victor 4.7 - A Dinner Conversation

Kind of an information dump chapter. Happy to hear your thoughts :)

-Plum

Victor stood up, his chair toppling behind him in his haste, but he felt a grip on his wrist that might as well have been a steel shackle for how little it moved when he tugged at it. “Wait,” said Tes. “See how things play out before you throw your dice on the table.”

Valla’s voice rang out from the head table, “You wish to duel...

Cyber Dreams 2.6 - An Interview

Hello everyone! I hope you're all having a good week. Please give this one a read and let me know what you think. Is it plausible? Is this chapter too unsatisfying? (I split the meeting with the "clients" into two parts.)

Thanks for all your help and support!

-Plum

“This is a pretty neat car, Hot Mustard,” Juliet said, opening the passenger door of the little, electric blue pickup tr...

Tags Clarification - Take 2

Okay, I decided to buckle down and clean up the old tags. Everything should make sense now. VOT books are labeled with the correct book # and CD&EA is no more - we've got Cyber Dreams 1 and Cyber Dreams 2.

Also, I had to remove the chapters for book 2 of FWFW.

Thanks for your patience with me as I try to get organized :)

-Plum

Cyber Dreams 2.5 - A Grave Offer

Here we go, folks! Setting up the next arc; hope you enjoy it.

-Plum

“Any payment show up yet?” Juliet asked Angel, adjusting the icepack on her swollen ankle; she’d resisted a little too much when her partner at practice had been practicing leg sweeps. She suspected it was an accident but couldn’t be sure when it came to Charity. Thinking of Charity, she started to ask Angel to do some research on the “compe...

Victor 4.6 - Blue

How many times can an author type the word "blue" in one chapter? Today we find out! :)

Merry Christmas~

-Plum

“I didn’t realize you wanted to change inns,” Valla said as they made their way back to the Arena District.

“Yeah, don’t you think we could stand to have a little more space? Maybe a bath inside our room? Anyway, Livag told me how to find his cousin’s inn. Wait...

Cyber Dreams 2.4 - Carpet Duty

Okay! Getting into the meat of book two, I'm looking forward to writing 2.5 and setting up the main arc and rising action.

Thanks for all your support - happy to hear your thoughts!

-Plum

The WBD executive who ushered them down a short hall to his glass-walled office was short, stocky, had wavy ginger hair brushed back from the sides of his very pallid cheeks, and wore a suit that would ...

Victor 4.5 - The Elementalist Guild

A chapter for Valla. Enjoy :)

-Plum

“We don’t have to visit the Elementalist Guild today,” Valla said as they walked away from the arena. “We’re due to go to the War Captain’s dinner in a couple of hours.”

“What else are we gonna do? No, I think this is important, and you’ve been patient with me while I messed around at the Arena. Come on, aren’t you excited? It’s a whole guild dedicated to ...

FWFW 2 Take Down Notice

Hey all, this weekend, I'll probably remove FWFW 2 from RR and Patreon. If you're still reading those chapters and this will be too quick, send me a message. Those are the chapters tagged with "Morgan Arc 2," "Bronwyn Arc 2," and "Olivia Arc 2."

Wow - I used to do things in a confusing way, didn't I?

-Plum

Cyber Dreams 2.3 - Into the Dragon's Den

Hi, everyone!

Is this moving too slowly for you all? Let me know what you think :)

-Plum

Juliet almost said that she couldn’t do a job at WBD, almost bailed out on the job right there, but her paranoia about WBD spawned further worries—what if one of these operators she didn’t know found it interesting that she’d bail? What if they decided to look into things, ask around WBD about her, and ...

Cyber Dreams 2.2 - Too Close for Comfort

Starting to foreshadow some of the arcs in this volume. Let me know if you like/hate any of this :)

Thanks!

-Plum

“Juliet, Doctor Murphy has left you another message,” Angel said, startling Juliet out of her reverie. She was sitting on a folding lawn chair in front of the trailer, killing time before she had to meet Honey and the rest of the crew for their job that evening.

“...

Victor 4.4 - Arena

Enjoy! Hope your weekend is going well :)

-Plum

Victor and Valla caught glimpses of the arena long before it came into direct view. It was an enormous building that loomed over the surrounding architecture, a dozen stories high and wide enough to require a square several times larger than the other markets they’d passed through on their way to it. When Victor stepped out of the flow of traffic, up the steps to the arena square,...

Cyber Dreams 2.1 - Back in the Saddle

Sorry, I'm a little later than usual today; it's been a busy one! Hope you enjoy the first chapter of book two.

Cheers,

Plum

Juliet sat on the edge of the mat, holding a bag of ice to her swollen cheek. Anyone looking at her would know she was sulking. She wasn’t upset that she’d been hit; she’d given better than she got, but she was fuming over the way Charity and Herbert, Berto t...

Victor 4.3 - Monster Hunters

Hey all! So, Victor's trying to grow as a person, but some of his lingering awkwardness is showcased in this chapter. Please let me know if it's too off-putting or annoying. I was going for more likeable doofus than arrogant jerk. Let me know if I messed that up, please!

-Plum

“So, this War Captain invited us to dinner simply because he thought I looked interesting?” Valla didn’t look directly into Victor’s eyes while she...

Cyber Dreams 1.38 - Epilogue

How do you all feel about this ending for the first book? Let me know in the comments :)

2.1 coming on Friday!

-Plum

Juliet kicked at her blanket and stretched, arching her back. Just as the stretch was getting good, she felt a straining of her flesh, a needle of pain in her chest, and cut it short. She huffed, flopping her arms down to the surprisingly comfortable gel mattress. “Can�...

Cyber Dreams 1.37 - Execution

This is the last normal chapter for book 1. I'll post an epilogue chapter on Wednesday - it might be a little shorter than normal (not sure!)

Happy to hear your thoughts!

-Plum

Juliet watched on her AUI as her team moved into position. A lot was riding on this stage of the operation—Hot Mustard needed to land a few perfect shots, and Honey, Pit, and Mags needed to get close enough to wrap up what...

Victor 4.2 - First Impressions

Here we go! Have a relaxing Sunday :)

-Plum

“So, four major groups of people originate from this world?” Victor asked, his words slurred by the potent ale he and Valla had been drinking.

“Aye,” replied Livag, their innkeeper and bartender. “You’ve got those like me, the Vesh.” He reached up and touched the long black horn curving out the side of his head. “Then you’ve got our cousins, the big fo...

Cyber Dreams 1.36 - The Plan

Hope you all have a great weekend! Please feel free to comment with likes/dislikes! :)

-Plum

Juliet stepped out of Honey’s passenger seat and looked around the parking lot. Thicker than Water was busy, much more so at midnight than when she’d met Vikker’s team in what seemed like another lifetime. Before heading to the club, she and Honey had spent the day in an AutoMotel room, calling their contacts, building a ...

Victor of Tucson Book 1 available for pre-order

Not sure if any of you are interested, considering I think most of you have read this material, but the pre-orders for audible and kindle are live. I have to admit; I really, really like the audio version. I think Robb Moreira did a fantastic job. I started listening to the advance audio files they sent me to see how it turned out, and I ended up listening to the whole thing. That's kind of a weird experience, by the way - hearing things you wrote acted out when the details have had enough ti...

Victor 4.1 - Coloss

Here we set the scene for the next arc. I think it's going to be a fun one. Hope you all enjoy it :)

The tags for this book will say "book 5" because books 1 and 2 were combined to make the official "book 1."

-Plum

Victor watched the horizon, wondering if the great horn-plated serpent would make another appearance, but all he saw were the occasional swirls of desert sand, lifting on hot currents of...

Cyber Dreams Possible Cover Feedback Request

Well, here's another shot at it - still not finalized, that's why the watermarks. They're asking me for feedback before they finalize. Do any of you have suggestions that wouldn't require the artist to restart completely?

Here's what they had to say about their art direction (I had suggested maybe showing her unlocking a door or in the midst of some similar action):

The designer decided to show the main character against the city's background. It fits the genre and best develo...