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OtH 1.07 - Gaining Perspective

Wanted to get some more of this novel out, because I quite like the world. It has proven more difficult to write, because I am still getting used to the character and explaining the world. Also, quite a bit more dialogue than my other novel, but I think that is a good thing. It is forcing me to polish up an area I am not as familiar and comfortable with yet.

Now the chapter:

We entered the next room, which was wide and short. It was filled with a collection of comfortab...

2023-05-24 19:44:59 +0000 UTC View Post

SSD 4.38 - Class Structure

Testing out a new medication, so wish me luck.

“Each colony became accustomed to planting new settlements and to claiming new boundaries.”

-Albert Bushnell Hart

==Zidaun==

Your Titles have become fully active:

Soul Bond (Agent)

Your soul is permanently bound to the dungeon you have made a pact with. You are the agent of the dungeon and are subject to its will. Depending upon the actions and nature of the dung...

2023-05-22 20:25:46 +0000 UTC View Post

SSD 4.37 - Sacrificial Pact

Sorry this took longer than I had expected.

My computer died while I was on vacation.

At first I thought it was the GPU, mainly because that is was the little glowing button on my motherboard said it was.

However, it turned out the motherboard itself had gone bad. And so had the CPU. Eventually I figured out what had caused the problem in the first place. My CPU has a liquid cooling system attached to it.

My roommates said there had been a powersurge while we were gone...

2023-05-10 06:56:03 +0000 UTC View Post

SSD 4.36 - Needing Some Space

Getting another chapter up, a little difficult to write, but I was glad to be able to power through. I am heading out on vacation this Friday evening and will be gone for all of next week. So don't expect a chapter next week.

My art is the way I reestablish the bonds that tie me to the universe.

-Ana Mendieta

==Caden==

The Adar were really busy.

Not just with setting up an entire encampment, filling up much of the Starlight Grotto, though that...

2023-04-12 23:14:38 +0000 UTC View Post

SSD 4.35 - The Illusionist

I wasn't just going to leave you with an April Fools chapter and not give you guys the real thing, that would just be cruel. So here you guys go:

“Illusion is the first of all pleasures.”

-Voltaire

==Caden==

If dungeons had their own language, they might have a term to describe what this felt like, otherwise it was almost impossible.

I wasn’t under any physical pressure, but I felt like I was standing in rising waters. The current passed me by an...

2023-04-03 03:03:41 +0000 UTC View Post

SSD 4.35A - Authority

11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake:

12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lordwas not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

1 Kings 19 – King’s James Bible 2023-04-01 23:49:54 +0000 UTC View Post

SSD 4.34 - Remodeling

Normally I apologize when things get delayed, for a few different reasons. Obviously, since I have patrons there is a sense of obligation there. Also, I just want to be more reliable and deliver consistently, and I feel apologetic when I fail to do so. And, lastly, I apologize for my own failures of mental health. That last one might be unhealthy, but it is something that I feel.

I am not apologizing for this one, however. Things got crazy this month. I told everyone last year about my ...

2023-03-17 00:04:58 +0000 UTC View Post

SSD 4.33 - Unprepared for Company

I mentioned this on my chapter of Outside the Heavens, but depression hit hard for a bit. However, now that it is over I am going back to my commitment. 2000 words written before I go to sleep on each Sunday night (or very early Monday morning, as the case may be).

I have depression, so interruptions are inevitable, but I will be going back to my commitment after each time.

Also, I am not sure quite why I enjoy characters like Phanal and Gnaeus(Tam), so much. I guess it is just fu...

2023-02-22 00:13:36 +0000 UTC View Post

OtH 1.06 - Too Many Rooms

Surprise surprise, depression smacked me down. However, I remain committed to my goal. I acknowledge that depression will prevent that at times, but I am still going to strive to make my goal as best as I can. Such is living with mental illness.

And now the chapter:

Aarick still had far too many questions. However, he knew that Lurona was important, in some fashion, and that likely implied many preexisting commitments on her time. Honesty, if he were going to categorize...

2023-02-10 19:37:14 +0000 UTC View Post

SSD 4.32 - The Logistics of Secrets

Been a while since I posted two chapters in a single night.

I have been writing a decent amount of dialogue in Outside the Heavens, and honestly, I could feel it when I was writing this. This chapter is better executed than I could have done a few weeks ago, and that is exciting for me. It means that my efforts to write a different perspective has stretched my capabilities. It is less exciting, because I know eventually I will need to re-edit all of SSD, and this will be one of the thin...

2023-01-14 13:47:29 +0000 UTC View Post

OtH 1.05 - Questions - Part 2

People have all sorts of opinions about lgbtq+ characters in media. I am gay, so my main character is gay. It is a position and feeling that I can relate to. 

That being said, while he is not going to hide it, I currently have no plans for him to be in a relationship. That doesn't mean it won't happen. I am a discovery writer, I am just as surprised as my reader by what my characters get up to sometimes.

For anyone reading this who has also been reading Saga of the Soul Dunge...

2023-01-14 11:25:41 +0000 UTC View Post

OtH 1.04 - Questions - Part 1

Being able to write something in another genre has been quite liberating. I specifically chose something that was NOT litrpg. Obviously, I love that genre, but it also takes up a specific portion of my headspace.

Another reason if because of something I remember reading. There was a piece from a famous author. If I recall correctly, it was advice for upcoming authors. He said to never start another project that was in the same general genre and vein as your current projects, because the...

2023-01-12 09:25:39 +0000 UTC View Post

OtH 1.03 - Lurona Talks

This chapter has been edited from its original version. I added a few small bits of conversation and added in more changes to help with flow. In total I added or edited about 500 words.

Not much to say today, just enjoying what I have been writing. This chapter is essentially all dialogue. That has been something I have been working on, so let me know if it needs any work. And feel free to ask questions that you would ask if you were Aarick. (Pronounced uhr - rick)

Aari...

2023-01-10 05:41:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Oth 1.02 - Art

Some art meant to go with this chapter. Hope you like it.

This is all made with stable diffusion.

2023-01-08 13:03:36 +0000 UTC View Post

OtH 1.02 - Rosetta Stone is for Wimps

Couldn't get to sleep, so I decided to write instead. One interesting thing I do, and I don't know it anyone else does this, is set myself into imaginary situations when I am trying to fall asleep. It used to be I would explore forest, walk by the beach, that kind of thing in my head while I was trying to get to sleep. Nowadays, i.e. for quite a few years now I set myself into locations in my books, or even play out parts of the chapters I intend to write. 

That was happening tonig...

2023-01-08 12:59:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Art for 4.31

Just a few pieces of art for chapter 4.31 - Interlude.

2023-01-08 06:47:20 +0000 UTC View Post

SSD 4.31 - Interlude - Being Educated

We get another interlude with Gnaeus and Sevso. I think they make a great pair. Honestly, they are lot of fun to write as well.

“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”

- Oscar Wilde

==Sevso==

I wasn’t sure exactly how large Gnaeus’ pouch was, it certainly felt endless at times. Part of that was simply the large number of emblems he could pull out for any s...

2023-01-08 06:45:25 +0000 UTC View Post

OtH 1.1 - Painful Revelations

Had some fun writing this chapter. Taking a little work to do the third person correctly, but I think I am getting a good balance. Had to go back and edit a small section where I had unintentionally slipped into first person for a bit.

Hopefully everyone enjoys the chapter.

Aarick is pronounced (uhr rick), with a nice hard k sound to finish at the end.

Aarick was not having a good day.

Admittedly, it hadn’t been too terrible to start with. The cool air of autumn wend...

2023-01-06 23:34:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Outside the Heavens 0.1 - Prologue - The Empty Stranger

When I posted the chapter for SotSD on Saturday, I wasn't actually done with my writing for last week. I had been attempting to write that chapter at least four different times before I managed to make it work then. I already had three hundred words written and those got incorporated into the chapter, so I had only written about 1700 words out of my goal of writing 2000 per week. So I started working on the prologue for this. I got about 900 words done that night. Then, another 900 words or s...

2023-01-04 13:25:59 +0000 UTC View Post

SSD 4.30 - Flesh of Stone

I didn't want to let this month go by without a chapter. Obviously the holiday season is busy, and I sincerely recommend everyone get the flu shot this year if you haven't gotten it already. The flu is very nasty this year and it put me down for a couple weeks.

I ended up, entirely by accident, with a New Year's resolution. Of course, it is not truly a resolution for the New Year. It is instead a resolution and decision about who I want to be. Namely, I am an au...

2022-12-31 22:40:03 +0000 UTC View Post