Jess D. Astra

Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Added 2021-08-12 23:13:31 +0000 UTC

Henlo my dudes. Sippin on some of that clear splashy... haven't had enough today for sure.

Monster Haven

Book 1: The blurb is being blurbified... for the sixth time. Please yall, give me your thoughts:

Heroes may fail, but stout hearts don’t.

Dolli has a very hands-off approach to ruling her once booming village. She prefers to use her alchemical skills to brew a nice cup of tea and keep whiny petitioners off her lawn with Wendigo repellant. But she pays the price for her apathy when her neglected village transforms into a Dungeon, making it fair game for any Hero with a lust for loot.

It doesn't take long for one such Hero, Keegan Plague Ender, to arrive with his sword ready to be bloodied. The villagers are evolving into powerful Dungeon denizens who can respawn if they're killed—or they could if a mated pair of wyverns hadn't turned the seat of the dungeon core into a brood nest. Now, with one swipe of the Hero's blade, the former townsfolk could be lost to the lifestream forever.

Despite her curmudgeony nature, Dolli can't let that happen. Can she rebuild the confidence of her people to roust the wyverns and reinstate respawns? Even if she can, will the young dungeon hold out against the storm of raiding heroes?

Book 2: It's back on track, FINALLY. I'll be slamming through the words all day tomorrow and Saturday to try to get this to the finish line.