Hey all! First of all, no, this isn't today's chapter - it's coming in a couple of hours.
This is a warning for anyone new to VOT and trying to read book one: On Friday, I have to take it down! The book will release on Kindle and Audible in January, so my publisher wants me to get it off other sites ASAP.
TLDR: If you're reading book one of Victor of Tucson, please try to finish by Friday, 12/2/22. Thanks!
-Plum
2022-11-30 17:15:46 +0000 UTC
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Good morning, Patrons!
Here's Juliet's next installment :)
-Plum
Juliet sat in a very comfortable waiting room, sipping sparkling, lime-flavored water and flipping through images on a paper-thin tablet. Doctor Murphy had shown her to the room and given her a splint that got icy cold when she put it on her wrist and an injection for the pain. After that, she’d handed Juliet the tablet, ...
2022-11-29 12:27:43 +0000 UTC
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Happy to hear your feedback! Was the fight clear enough?
-Plum
Just as she pulled the trigger, the man with his back to Juliet shifted, turning to face her, and the bulk of her needler rounds tore into his left pectoral, shoulder, and arm. The tiny needles slipped right through the fabric of his jacket and punched through his skin, deep into his bones, perforating muscles and lung tissue along the way. The scatter patt...
2022-11-28 15:19:49 +0000 UTC
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Seems like a slow one, but a lot's going on. Let me know if things are making sense or not :)
-Plum
Juliet sat at the little plastic, built-in kitchen table in her trailer and unpacked the new data deck she’d bought the day before. She was tired, sore, and feeling very damn good. Her time in the electronics store had been the start of a delightful afternoon and evening, and she still felt a warm glow thinking about i...
2022-11-27 13:45:01 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy! I don't think there's too much controversial stuff in here, but I've been wrong before! :) Let me know if you like or hate something, please!
-Plum
Victor watched the enormous dark-furred bear, once again fishing the sparkling waters of the twilit stream. The bear was a mighty creature with long, shaggy fur and a massive set of shoulders that rose in a hump of muscle over its huge head. It grumbled and huffed as...
2022-11-26 19:10:38 +0000 UTC
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Kind of an interlude chapter here. What do you think? Too boring? Too shallow? Or is it all right?
Hope you're all enjoying your weekends :)
-Plum
After her breakfast with Honey, Juliet took a cab back to the trailer park. She was sore, had a full belly, and the prospect of grabbing a nap sounded really good to her, which was why she said, “Ah, fuck,” when a blinking incoming call ic...
2022-11-26 12:26:29 +0000 UTC
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A little more training time for Juliet. Happy to hear your thoughts! :)
Regarding the cover/title: Looks like it's back to the old drawing board for me. Between the poll with you all and the one on RR, it's clear that my new version was not the fix people think the story needs!
Thanks for all the comments, suggestions, and ideas in the comments for the poll, though :)
Cheers,
2022-11-25 12:14:25 +0000 UTC
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I'm getting a lot of feedback that the cover is turning away potential readers. Some feedback I'm hearing is that the "electric angels" part evokes ideas of harems or a Phillip K. Dick fanfic. I'm hearing feedback that the clean, sterile image of the girl in the tub doesn't fit the "vibe." So, I went with a bit of a grittier background, a more serious woman, and a shortened title. What are your thoughts, Patrons?
ORIGINAL:
2022-11-24 17:25:45 +0000 UTC
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Trying to build in a little world history here. Let me know if something doesn't make sense!
Happy Thanksgiving! (I know, it's a US thing - at least on this date.)
I'm thankful for all of you and for the chance to get the stories out of my head and into the hands of more and more readers! :)
-Plum
“You sure you and Ghoul can’t come out with us?” Hot Mustard ask...
2022-11-24 12:07:32 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons! I hope this chapter alleviates some of the angst some of you were feeling after the last one. If you missed my note, I did change a few things about the last chapter (marked in bold if you want to go look it over.) I have company here, so very distracted and struggling to get my normal amount of writing in. That said, if you see some unusual grammar problems or typos, please point them out, and I'll try to fix them ASAP :)
Thanks, every...
2022-11-23 19:02:37 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy!
Happy to hear feedback, as always :)
Victor 3.30 coming in an hour or two.
-Plum
“So far, I don’t see any movement down there,” Hot Mustard said through their comms. He was lying flat on his belly in the sand, having inched his way through and beneath a large pile of wind-blown tumbleweeds. Juliet knew they had little thorns on them, but he’...
2022-11-23 17:48:42 +0000 UTC
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Book two is coming out on 2/14/23 and is available for pre-order on Kindle and Audible.
Kindle
2022-11-23 16:57:32 +0000 UTC
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Good morning,
Happy to hear your feedback in the comments!
Tomorrow will be a double day with Victor and CD&EA chapters coming your way.
-Plum
“What do we do?” Juliet asked Ghoul, the sounds of gunfire growing more frenetic in the distance.
“If we’re going to engage with corpo-grunts, we need to have a jammer. I’m guessing the two meath...
2022-11-22 12:51:58 +0000 UTC
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Hope you're all having a good Monday so far. Enjoy the installment. As a side note: I've been trying to write at least a chapter a day between this story and VoT, and that pace will slow down a bit when I get 15+ ahead of RR. If they were shorter chapters, like my 2k FWFW chapters, I could keep it up, but I need a day or two off now and then, I think!
-Plum
“What’s the deal?” Ghoul asked when Juliet finished the ...
2022-11-21 14:31:38 +0000 UTC
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Hope you're having a good day! Things are moving along for Juliet. I heard concerns that she's not getting enough downtime, and I know this chapter hints at more action, but there's some training time coming.
-Plum
Honey slid into the unoccupied booth near the diner's front door, and Juliet sat across from her. The place smelled so good, and Juliet was so hungry that she couldn’t focus on much other than the odors of real food ...
2022-11-20 14:32:04 +0000 UTC
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Some new stuff with Angel going on. Let me know if it makes sense or if you think it's too much. :)
-Plum
Juliet stood on the sidewalk where the Easycab had dropped her and looked at the “dojo.” It had only been a fifteen-minute drive from Shady Park to the location Honey had sent her—another ancient strip mall near the edge of the ABZ. The dojo looked like it might have once been the home of a discount grocery s...
2022-11-19 20:01:51 +0000 UTC
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New note: I made some revisions based on the feedback you all gave me yesterday. The changed parts are bolded for you to find them more easily.
-Plum
Victor stood in the middle of the grove and slowly turned around in a circle. He could see a wall with a gate at one edge of the tree rows, and he figured that led into Rellia’s estate. A steep slope and a higher wall with wrought iron spikes along the top bordered anot...
2022-11-19 15:20:33 +0000 UTC
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Another day goes by for Juliet . . .
Enjoy! - back to the keyboard for me!
-Plum
The next day, Angel convinced Juliet to work out in the hotel’s facilities again. She promised that Juliet would use different muscle groups and that the movement would help with the soreness she was experiencing from the previous day’s activities. The PAI hadn’t been lying about the muscle groups—Ju...
2022-11-18 16:51:33 +0000 UTC
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Happy to hear your feedback!
-Plum
Juliet gasped and crawled backward, jerking on her leg, trying to free it from the dreamer’s grip. His fingers were like iron bands, though, and as she pulled back, he lunged forward, wrapping his other arm around her knee. He yanked himself toward her, eyes blazing, mouth foaming, and teeth gnashing. “Get the fuck off!” she screamed, but her voice was drowned out by the heavy, repeated gu...
2022-11-17 12:04:00 +0000 UTC
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Hope you're all still enjoying this one :)
Believe it or not, we're getting near the end of book 3. Good news - I've got plans for at least 5.
Let me know what you think,
-Plum
Victor sat at Valla’s table, watching as the woman carefully piled her documents and books into neat stacks and then took a seat across from him. “A lot to go over, huh?”
<...
2022-11-16 18:56:49 +0000 UTC
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Another installment!
I have a Victor chapter coming in a few hours as well!
-Plum
Juliet sat in the back of an open-top four-by-four that apparently belonged to Pit. It was olive green, and Juliet thought it might have been an actual relic from an ancient military. It sounded like it was a hundred years old, the way it roared and revved in the low gears. She could smell the exhaust, and ...
2022-11-16 14:53:10 +0000 UTC
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Hey all! Let me know what you think - one bit of feedback I'm hearing is that Juliet needs some time to catch her breath and maybe train a bit. I get that, and I have a little of that coming up with a lot more planned. Let me know if pacing feels like a problem, though :)
-Plum
Juliet walked out of the gun store with a much heavier backpack than when she’d gone in. She’d acquired the Taipan pistol, a hundred rounds...
2022-11-15 12:24:32 +0000 UTC
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Good morning! I appreciate any feedback - am I getting too bogged in the details? Is it getting boring in the chapters where the plot doesn't move a lot?
Thanks :)
-Plum
“What do you mean my car’s burned?” Juliet wheezed as she sprinted around the corner. For the first time she could remember, she wished the sidewalks were more crowded.
“I mean burned in the figurative sens...
2022-11-14 12:07:13 +0000 UTC
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Early delivery today! Have a relaxing Sunday!
Also, I know my posting days are all over the place for these two stories (Victor and CD&EA), but that's because I'm working on the Writathon challenge and trying to build a backlog for this story on Patreon. When I've got 15 chapters of this story backlogged, I'll probably alternate my writing days between the two. You can always guarantee that I'll have at least two big ch...
2022-11-13 12:19:04 +0000 UTC
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Have a good Saturday!
-Plum
Juliet shook Tyler’s hand as they stood next to the driver-side door of the baby blue Houston Zephyr. It was a lovely little car, if a bit dated—sixteen years old, to be exact. Still, it had a relatively new battery bank, tinted windows, and a sporty, compact look that pleased Juliet’s aesthetics. Best of all, she’d gotten it for only twenty-two hundred bits.
“Thanks, Tyler. ...
2022-11-12 17:54:38 +0000 UTC
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Here we go!
Let me know your thoughts :)
-Plum
“I don’t know, Victor,” Valla replied, looking at the two treasures. “I’m sure the cake will help your body to heal—part of the process of improving your racial rank is the rebuilding and refining of your tissues. The biggest changes occur at new tiers, of course, but each rank will help. I think that cake is good for more than o...
2022-11-12 17:29:09 +0000 UTC
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Loving all the discussion and feedback around these chapters. Thanks so much for all the help!
Let me know what you think,
-Plum
New Victor chapter and another chapter from this story tomorrow. (If all goes as planned!)
“Ghoul?” Juliet asked from the doorway, nervous about approaching the bed where the woman rested, a white sheet and blanket pulled up ...
2022-11-11 18:07:25 +0000 UTC
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“How long will Ghoul be in recovery? I want to speak with her before she leaves,” Juliet said, ignoring the doc’s questions about her upgrades.
“She’ll be sedated another few hours, but then it’ll be a day or two before I allow her to walk around. I had to stitch a lot of organ damage.” Tsakanikas sat down to Juliet’s right, sighing heavily as he sank into the white cushion. “I’m tired.”
“Sorry, Doc. I’m tired too,” Juliet said.
“Well? I don’t...
2022-11-10 17:40:36 +0000 UTC
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That Writathon fever . . . here's another chapter. I hope you all are enjoying it!
Cheers,
-Plum
Juliet groaned, gasping for breath, her implants buzzing as they tried to compensate for the blast of the short-barreled revolver. Her arm was scraped from the slide into the gravel, and the ribs on her left side were burning, the pain rapidly ramping up as she became aware of it. “Fuck,”...
2022-11-09 20:22:05 +0000 UTC
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Another installment of our favorite Berserker's story. Hope you like it!
-Plum
Victor rolled over his shoulder, trying to get his feet under himself before the mage could throw his second ball of fire. He was already boosting his agility, and his Inspiring Presence hadn’t faded, so he moved like an acrobat, rolling and leaping to his feet as the fireball exploded into the floorboards, splashing over them in a concussive spray o...
2022-11-09 19:52:39 +0000 UTC
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