Alise and Theo stood on the road west of the square, looking over a plot of land next to the Adventurer’s Guild. They decided on the best place to plant the [Butcher’s Seed Core]. Being so near to the guild would make it easy for adventurers t...
2023-05-05 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHooray Friday is here again.
I have to get back to writing Newt and Demon soon, but not quite yet. So, no news about that. I almost have an ending for it, but I needed a breath so I could make sure it went the way I wanted. It has to set up ...
2023-05-04 17:10:43 +0000 UTC View PostTheo woke the next morning feeling refreshed. Good experiments within the Dreamwalk, a new ability, and the waving away of cloudy thoughts found him eager to meet the day. Whatever happened, he was happy to face it with a smile. Experience gain fr...
2023-04-28 11:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostFenian agreed to stay the night in Broken Tusk. His Karatan needed to recharge, and that gave Theo enough time to complete the [Hallow Ground] order. The order was simple enough to fill, but there were experiments the alchemist had left on the she...
2023-04-28 11:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostShafts of sunlight broke through Theo’s window, but that wasn’t the reason he woke from the Dreamwalk. Emerging from that ethereal realm was more like stepping from one room to the other, only to appear in his comfortable bed. Tresk scampered ...
2023-04-28 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLast week was dominated by life events, so that's why there wasn't an update then.
So, first on the list of updates. My keyboard is dying. Yay! While my switches are rated for something like 50 million presses, some are just dying f...
2023-04-27 17:36:26 +0000 UTC View PostTheo wasn’t surprised with the [Refined Dexterity Essence] he’d brewed. It was made from cultivated and aligned ingredients that had been distilled. It was almost the peak of his ability, missing twice the amount of cultivation and a ...
2023-04-21 11:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostTheo woke the next morning to find Tresk cradling the egg in her arms. She had a rare look on her face, one of soft sympathy. While his companion cooed at the rocky egg, the alchemist considered what this new bond meant. It felt as though the Tara...
2023-04-21 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostAlise didn’t take the discovery of the egg well. Theo found an old satchel in Azrug’s crates, although he supposed those were Salire’s crates now, and nestled the egg inside. He created an open-topped glass cube with thick walls and padded i...
2023-04-21 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostShort update for this week.
3rd tier patrons got more advanced chapters, 6 releasing today. I'll have to update the tiers to reflect this, but I anticipate this happening again in the future.
The writing for N&D 3 is coming to a cl...
2023-04-14 13:48:16 +0000 UTC View PostTresk remained in the harbor for as long as she could. When the sun crawled closer to the early afternoon, she was off. Theo watched her bound off, climbing the hills to the north. He couldn’t see her anymore, but he could feel her. With a rush,...
2023-04-14 11:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostTheo spent little of his time in the Dreamwalk working. He sat with Tresk, going over the events of the day. She retold the story of what happened in the town hall, presenting herself as the fearless hero that was ready to stab the Burning Eye to ...
2023-04-14 11:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostZarali was the only one dressed up for the dinner. Khahar remained in his tattered loincloth. Alise had brought Nira as her guest, both of them wearing their simple clothes, and Tresk was still covered in mud. But Zarali wore a flowing purple gown...
2023-04-14 11:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Was that so hard?” Tresk asked.
“Hmmm? What?” Khahar asked.
Zan’kir was glued to the battlements of the wall. He shuddered as though he wanted to speak, but nothing came out. The absolute power Khahar held over his people wa...
2023-04-14 11:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostXol’sa’s tower was strewn with what could only be described as junk. Since he arrived in Broken Tusk, bringing all his belongings, he’d only accumulated more. Every available shelf was full of devices, items, or trash. The wizard himself sat...
2023-04-14 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe garden golems were doing a fantastic job of harvesting random reagents and keeping the weeds at bay. They understood how to recharge themselves using the [Dimensional Storage Crate], and seemed to need no rest. Theo stood in his cluster of gre...
2023-04-14 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTheo often wondered how he ran the town without support. He stood with Alise as the sun set over Broken Tusk, looking from the eastern wall. The bridge was done, a surprise to everyone, and they were planning for the harbor. She drew lines with he...
2023-04-07 11:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostTheo was done with his greenhouses for the day. He made a list of things he could do for the rest of the day, finding himself falling into a familiar trap. He put too much on his own plate too often, drowning in work. Perhaps it was some self-impo...
2023-04-07 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostAlran’s sudden appearance in Broken Tusk sent shockwaves through the town. News traveled fast, even as the town grew larger. As Theo and Alran exited the town hall, the concept of an alliance was the only thing hanging on anyone’s lips. The al...
2023-04-07 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostPhew, alright... Busy week. Really busy week. I think I'm still ahead of where I need to be, but you know. The hardest part about writing a book is ending it. Even if I know the ending to Book 3.
From a novel perspective, I know that this bo...
2023-04-06 17:35:42 +0000 UTC View PostTheo did his best to avoid the wine served at the feast. Xam had imported a watered berry wine from Rivers and Daub. While it was likely not strong enough to affect a Half-Ogre, even by the barrel full, he still shied away from it. The celebration...
2023-03-31 11:02:59 +0000 UTC View PostA thin thread of willpower stretched between Theo and the [Lesser Mud Golem]. It was a strange mix between a foreign will and his own, not battling for dominance, but working together to make the thing functional. There wasn’t an attribute for w...
2023-03-31 11:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostXam served a feast on the night of the 58th day of the Season of Blooms. The Dying of the Blooms festival was the signal that the season was over, but there were still a few weeks left in the season. Theo sat, no longer flanked by his cadre of adv...
2023-03-31 11:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostWoohoo. Friday.
So, I went through my schedule and realized I'm gonna die. Not literally, but figuratively if I try to release 2 stories at a time. I know I can post a story and put it on hiatus, but I don't wanna. Which means I'm shelving t...
2023-03-30 13:52:26 +0000 UTC View PostBroken Tusk was bustling by the time Theo made it to the center of town. It had been long enough since Theo made his way to the general housing area, and he was eager to see what kind of town planning skills Alise had. The population tracker on hi...
2023-03-24 11:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostTheo enjoyed his soak in the pool for as long as he could. He wasn’t as eager to get into the Dreamwalk as he was in the past, owing to his ever-growing cores. [Drogramath Herbalism Core] was at level 15, [Drogramath Alchemy Core] at level 16, w...
2023-03-24 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostTresk’s efforts to help with gardening and alchemy should have been dangerous. Theo’s instincts, and the many warnings on skills related to essences, held that to be true. But she worked with the garden with no troubles, even performing severa...
2023-03-24 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostComing back to write the Newt and Demon after being away from it for a month has been fun. I found it effortless to pick it back up again. The vibe is very steady, so I'm not really worrying about deviating from some tone I set before. "All alchem...
2023-03-23 17:00:34 +0000 UTC View PostTheo wasn’t surprised where Tresk wanted to spend her time in the Dreamwalk. While she soaked in the bathhouse, not content with the few hours they had in the waking world, the alchemist worked on leveling his cores. Both alchemy and herbalism w...
2023-03-17 11:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostTheo returned to his lab, dodging the crowd that formed to marvel at the new town hall. He had a sense that his stills were done cooking, and his reserve tanks were full of [Refined Healing Essence]. In his mind, he always considered a good run to...
2023-03-17 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post