Hey all!
I promise I'm doing my best to relax and recharge. It's going well, I'm feeling like the batteries are getting there, and I'll be able to continue the usual pace you're all used to soon!
Anyway, this came in from my cover artist, and I figured I'd share it with you all! Book 10's cover!
There's an easter egg in the sigil, go find it :)
2023-02-16 16:40:53 +0000 UTC View PostHey all!
Happy Valentines Day! Use discretion at work. There should be at least two more pieces of content this month, if not more. https://imgur.com/a/WJ9PXQr
2023-02-14 03:32:30 +0000 UTC View PostHey all!
First thing first - no chapters next week, along with the normal admin week. Sorry. Refunds available to any who want them. Details below.
About a year and a half ago I started to struggle with burnout. That created admin week, to give myself a bit of time to decompress and catch up on all the work that was piling up. Well, as things have gone on, I've been getting busier and busier, working more and more on BTDEM. January in particular was crazy.
I know ...
2023-02-10 16:47:07 +0000 UTC View PostDormin was a [Guard]. A [Trusted Guard of the City - Lightning] to be exact.
He liked his job. Challenging, but not too hard. Constant exercise, wasn’t wrecking his back hauling fish out of the ocean or throwing crates off of ships. Had a solid community of people that he saw every day.
Free access anytime to one of the guard’s healers, which was priceless when a plague was ripping through the city.
And it afforded him moments like this....
2023-02-10 03:22:10 +0000 UTC View PostMy idea of a break was to fly all the way to the city walls, flip over so I hit them feet-first, then push off them to launch myself in a new direction. Like a swimmer. Maybe a breath or two of respite, a moment that I didn’t need to look at three dozen different people, and decide which eight were going to be healed, and who could wait.
I shot off across the town, continuing to trail and rain tiny healing butterflies across the city. Each one filled me with satisfaction, another pers...
2023-02-08 04:11:48 +0000 UTC View PostHey all you Iona tier supporters! Feb is the season of love, and I'm working extra hard to bring you all lots of goodies this month!
Dreams of summer:
https://i.imgur.com/La1PHrV.png
I twisted back from looking at Auri’s rocketing across the sky.
“Wow.” Iona commented.
“You know what.” I told Iona. “I don’t want to know. I’m going to assume a ton of rats died in that.”
I thought about the size of the explosion and sighed.
“I need to head over there and see if anyone got hurt.” Part of the reason I was here, eating dinner and refueling was I was low on mana. I wanted to take a break to recharge, but nooo, Auri had to blow somet...
2023-02-06 02:33:09 +0000 UTC View PostI am fire.
I am… death.
I have the wings of a hurricane!
I have feathers of a rainbow!
I have permission!
Burn them! BURN THEM ALL!
Leave only the ashes dancing in the breeze!
A dark and cruel laugh escaped from my beak.
They would know the blazing wrath of Aoife Auri Stentor!
“Ah ha HA HA HAAAAAAAA!”
Okay, okay, alright, calm down. Small little candle flame, not a big inferno emotion. I was a big bir...
2023-02-03 14:09:51 +0000 UTC View PostI slung my arm into Iona’s, and started walking towards where Barvah had said Tessa was working on a solution to the plague. My healing was still blasting around me, curing anyone who got near.
“First thing’s first. Going by Dawn here because I don’t want to explain my name every three seconds. Second. City’s got an interesting law. For every person I heal, they charge five arcanite coins as a fee to the guild.”
Iona gave a slow nod.
“About the price of a sandw...
2023-02-01 03:35:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe Black Death. The Plague.
In many ways, it was good news. It was a relatively mundane disease that I knew. There wasn’t a Miasma Classer secretly attempting to murder an entire city. It wasn’t some bizarre mutation caused by magic. I knew what the reservoir and cause was, namely rodents and fleas.
I healed the poor beggar and got back up, moving towards the healer’s guild with renewed speed and vigor.
“Brrrpt.” Auri warned me.
“I know.” I was ...
2023-01-30 01:09:03 +0000 UTC View PostHey all!
First, most people forget that there's a whole backlog of Iona tier incentives for you all. Check them out here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/42093445
Use discretion at work.
Second! This month's incentive! The artist wanted to try doing something different with Elaine's style, and I okayed it. It's not my favorite Iona tier incentive, but here we go! 2023-01-27 05:20:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
I apologize for my recent poor communication. Lots of things have been going wrong in my end, most of them relating to Amazon and it’s had me running around with my hair on fire. so to any lack or poor communication I apologize .
its now admin week. No chapters this week while I try to get on top of things. Frankly everything has been so chaotic I’d be trying to take this week off to sort it all out anyway! For reference things are wonky e...
2023-01-23 16:07:46 +0000 UTC View PostIona and Fenrir wordlessly worked together to land a non-threatening distance away from the town. While they were doing that, I was double checking my amulet and deception ring settings, making sure they both displayed me at 256. Had to keep my true level a secret.
It didn’t help a ton, warning bells were ringing by the time we’d landed and guards were scrambling onto the wall. Interestingly, all the guards here were equipped with bolas, a throwing weapon that was basically a bunch ...
2023-01-20 14:12:41 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Preorder/Amazon saga update. Feel free to skip.
Amazon has the new file. They've updated it on *some* of their servers but not others. Notably, most of the non-US servers seem to still be delivering the "old" version. Very sorry about this. I'm doing what I can to fix it but Amazon seems to be not very smart about it all. Going to be calling them literally after I post this.
Again.
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Secrets, secrets, they’re no fun, ...
2023-01-18 05:38:59 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Hey!
I got the Amazon preorder issue fixed. Thank you all for your patience!
One last set of notes: I'ma be utterly shameless about this. My Amazon rating on BTDEM 9 is likely going to utterly tank. Anyone getting the book and finding the WRONG BOOK in their inbox is going to, very justifiably, rate the book 1 stars. Enough 1 stars on the book, a low enough rating, and Amazon puts the book - and my series, and my author profile - in th...
2023-01-16 03:12:52 +0000 UTC View PostHey!
I fucked up my preorder.
Tl;dr: I uploaded the wrong manuscript, and Amazon's locked things such that I can only fix it AFTER it goes live. https://imgur.com/a/iafHKv8 . Correct epub is attached to this announcement (As well as having been posted earlier)
Whoops!
Long version: I miscalculated how many chapters were left in book 9, and I had the wrong date. I needed to pull the launch forward a wee...
2023-01-15 15:40:24 +0000 UTC View PostThis time with the RIGHT epub file attached. Book 9, not book 7 >_>
2023-01-13 21:27:18 +0000 UTC View PostSo I sat down and counted how many chapters were left, and how many posting days I had left.
You'd never believe I was a math/accounting major with how wrong I got it.
Book 9 is releasing *Monday*, not the week after. You can buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BRHL2524
But honestly, you're all my patrons. Why buy it, when the epub is attached to...
2023-01-13 21:23:24 +0000 UTC View PostAN: once again, I can't math. I have the Amazon book preorder scheduled to launch a whole week after it finishes on Patreon... WHOOOPS.
>_>
I think I mentally skipped a week when counting chapters or something. Anyway. Going to spend tomorrow trying to fix it all.
Enjoy!
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Hey Artemis!
I’m about to graduate from the School! I got Platinum in medicine! Apparently the ...
2023-01-13 06:10:27 +0000 UTC View PostA few more days went by where I had nothing to do but pack, repack, fret, worry, compete with Auri in ‘who can burn more’, prepare for my thesis defense, and cuddle with Iona.
“You’re sure you’re okay with Exterreri? I’m not pressuring you to do something you don’t want to? It’s not just because of me?” I asked for what must’ve been the… 60th time or so.
43rd a quick review of my memories said.
Iona sighed.
“Elaine, I swear, if you ask ...
2023-01-11 03:39:51 +0000 UTC View PostI've had one heck of a weekend with the whole artwork going viral thing. Also I got #1 on Royal Road! Woohoo!!!
I'm going to make a long post about it at some point, as well as trying to get some incentive/thank you artwork acquired for everyone. Still working on it, the whole fallout thing is taking up a bunch of my attention. Not so much that I can't write though! Chapters will continue as normal!!
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I knew I needed to graduate. That my time at the Schoo...
2023-01-09 02:52:06 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re interested in White Dove’s curses for… academic reasons.” Professor Lugon arched a doubtful eyebrow up at me, looking my purple robes up and down. “Riiiiiiight. What questions do you hypothetically have?”
Okay. In hindsight, being a high level healer asking about Immortality curses was a little more obvious than I thought. Extra-so if people regularly consulted the professor.
Given his reaction, the cat was already out of the bag, and I doub...
2023-01-06 05:22:47 +0000 UTC View PostAlright! Some of you who've been around will recognize this post, since I'm copy-pasting it from the last time I made this announcement.
Nothing is changing for current readers, either on Patreon or Royal Road.
Here to update everyone on what I’ve decided regarding taking Beneath the Dragoneye Moons to Kindle Unlimited.
The short version: Beneath the Dragoneye Moons will be going to Kindle Unlimited around when book 9 releases on Amazon, which i...
2023-01-04 15:39:37 +0000 UTC View PostI didn’t feel much different from when I’d started. Maybe a hair more energized. Wasn’t any shorter, thank the System, and I still looked like an adult.
Success!
All that was left was White Dove.
“Oh great lover of fruits.” She intoned, and the world shook. Her words had Power to them, reverberating through Creation itself. Words spoken, almost directly into my mind, that I could instantly and innately understand. White Dove was Magic.
“Br...
2023-01-04 05:30:27 +0000 UTC View PostAN: It feels like I haven't posted anything in a YEAR, sorry about that! Back to our regular schedule!
BTDEM Book 9 is up for pre-order on Amazon, and is schedule to release Jan 23rd.
Assuming I got the dates and schedules right for once...
As always, Patrons get the full book right as Amazon gets it. You'll also be getting the epub around the same time. For all of you reading here, there's little value in getting the book off of Amazon.
You can preorder it he...
Hey all!
Alright, some stuff has gotten a little weird, which all in all has resulted in me sharing a FUTURE cover with you all!
I originally planned this cover to be book 9's cover, but due to Elaine having her own ideas about what she was doing, and completely ignoring my plans for her, it's gotten pushed back to be book 11's cover instead. Such is life!
Also included is Tsuu's Christmas sketch of Elaine with her favorite present - mangos!
The last pictu...
Merry Christmas one and all!
Another year gone! I hope all of you are well and with family and loved ones this holiday season.
On the present-giving front, I have two!
First! ART! A WIP of the opening panels of the webcomic pilot, along with concept art of Aion and Thanatos! Sadly, I don't have the updated Thanatos with White Dove sitting on their shoulder.
Second! The Grandfathered Iona tier ($10) has been briefly unlocked! For anyone at the current Iona tier ($15), ...
“Brrrrpt!” Auri shot off down the hallway to our shared suite.
“Home!” I dramatically cried out, feeling a pang of regret and sadness.
My little rented suite was the only home I had. In just a few more weeks I’d officially be homeless.
And without a job.
Something had gone very wrong somewhere, and I wasn’t quite sure where. Apart from the whole fairy ring business.
I’d figure it out. With Auri and Iona.
“We’re back!” I...
2022-12-23 05:43:33 +0000 UTC View PostI would've loved to write a short cute Christmas story involving bows, wrapping, and presents, but sorry all, I'm beat. Just art this month!
Iona! More Elaine next
2022-12-23 05:25:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Potions!” Sarama broke open her chest, handing them out to everyone. “Physical stat buffs.” Our [Alchemist] was meticulous, always explaining what she was handing out to everyone, even though we’d seen them a dozen times already. A safety precaution, given that some potions had the same color and even smell as other, entirely different ones.
We all got handed little blue vials of across-the-board stat boosting potions. I knocked mine back, feeling it burn and...
2022-12-21 04:58:30 +0000 UTC View Post