TEWWBAD Chapter 77
CHAPTER 77 – Unrequited
“…Our hand is numb. We cannot move it.”
Behold what Saphienne beheld in her mind as she and Hyacinth drew apart: vines writhing across the library and ...
2025-09-02 12:00:22 +0000 UTC View Post
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TEWWBAD Chapter 76
CHAPTER 76 – Oaths of Bone and Wind
When Saphienne had been healed of her injuries by Hyacinth the transformation had been dramatic, restoring her to near-perfect health ...
2025-08-28 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Chapter 75
CHAPTER 75 – Peaces
Tranquil, she lay beneath the weeping willow upon a bed of summer grass, content where she dozed in the daylight. All stood still, even the sun, and n...
2025-08-26 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Interlude
INTERLUDE
Have you felt the hour growing early? Here we must pause for the night.
I do not sleep; I seldom eat. But you are more mortal than I, and I would...
2025-08-21 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Chapter 74
CHAPTER 74 – The Crown of Summer
You see her other side, now.
Not all of her: much of Saphienne had not yet come to be as she stood amid that crowd in the festival grounds, watching...
2025-08-21 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Chapter 73
CHAPTER 73 – Revelations
Summer crept slowly into the Eastern Vale, announced by changing flowers and the dryness that came with the heat. What mild rains fell wer...
2025-08-19 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostForthcoming Update to Read-Ahead for Patrons
Hello everyone,
Good news! I forgot to update the goals for the Patreon after I changed the prices, and having now checked where we're at, I see that the first milestone has been reached.
... 2025-08-17 23:13:53 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Chapter 72
CHAPTER 72 – Making Space for the Sunshine
Journeying home to the Eastern Vale was uneventful for Saphienne, who furtively put on the ring from time to time, never with a...
2025-08-14 12:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Chapter 71
CHAPTER 71 – Spare the Rod
Why had the goblins returned the ring? As she waited for the Warden of the Wilds, Saphienne struggled with that — along with what she should ...
2025-08-12 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Chapter 70
CHAPTER 70 – Into the Light
Before Saphienne and Hyacinth hid the tracks left by the goblins, they took their time meticulously studying the scene. Any mistake that made ...
2025-08-08 05:23:56 +0000 UTC View PostSchedule Update for Patrons
Hello Wizards and Dragons,
It's finally happened: today's chapter will be late.
I've been sick on antibiotics for the past week, and it's really made my work suffer. You might have noti...
2025-08-07 07:57:42 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Chapter 69
CHAPTER 69 – Barely Concealed
While the librarian and the merchant sat at the folding table and skimmed through the books they had each been brought, the elven children t...
2025-08-05 12:00:27 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Chapter 68
CHAPTER 68 – Maturity
“I present to you Felipe of Tenerosa, my only heir, and son!”
Saphienne blinked. Standing in the curtained doorway to the cart was the mos...
2025-07-31 12:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Chapter 67
CHAPTER 67 – The Valleys of Youth
At last came the morning when Saphienne and Faylar were to leave the Eastern Vale with Filaurel. Despite the early hour, the sun having ...
2025-07-29 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostEssay: Part of My Authorial Intent
We're deep enough into The Elf Who Would Become A Dragon now that I can confess part of what I'm doing to everyone.
One of the goals of this story is to welcome in readers who've not been ser...
2025-07-26 02:23:21 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Chapter 66
CHAPTER 66 – Low Esteem
Having completed his introduction to practical spellcraft in elven society, Almon would finish the second week by at last addressing the spectre t...
2025-07-24 12:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostUpdated TEWWBAD Chapter 65
Hello everyone,
I wasn't happy with the pacing toward the end of Chapter 65. I realised yesterday that I need one more chapter in this section than I'd initially planned, but unfortunately I ...
2025-07-23 22:52:29 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Second Cover Reveal
Art by Wheatfarm.
Hello everyone,
The new cover is here! And just in time, too: we're very close to hitting the front page of Best Rated on Royal Road. Currently sitting at ra...
2025-07-22 22:29:42 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Chapter 65
CHAPTER 65 – High Expectations
Once Almon had finished his overview of the ways in which their living conditions were improved by elven magic, he would lead Saphienne, Ce...
2025-07-22 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostSomething is Coming
And there appeared another wonder in heaven;
2025-07-20 15:40:54 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Chapter 64
CHAPTER 64 – High Demand
True to his word, Almon would spend much of the next two weeks summarising the practical applications of spellcraft within elven society.
H...
2025-07-17 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Chapter 63
CHAPTER 63 – Golden Days
Once Almon had accepted the essays of his unproven apprentices, the remainder of the morning was spent finishing their incomplete lesson in Invoc...
2025-07-15 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostSad Update
Hello everyone,
I've been putting off writing this, but I owe you fair warning: I might be a little late with the TEWWBAD chapters this week.
You may remember that my cat took unwell a ...
2025-07-14 20:17:57 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Chapter 62
CHAPTER 62 – Covered in Full
On the night before her next lesson with Almon, Saphienne set about reasoning through what she would say in her essay.
She was not in a rush: she never ...
2025-07-10 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Chapter 61
CHAPTER 61 – What Immortal Hand or Eye
In the lesser warmth of that sunroom within the greater warmth of that loving home, Saphienne experienced a revelation as she behel...
2025-07-08 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Chapter 60
CHAPTER 60 – Auguries of Innocence
The two apprentices walked back toward the village together, Saphienne abandoning her plan to hunt for wildflowers as she outlined her ...
2025-07-03 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate on Patreon Plans
Hello everyone,
Don't panic: the cost of your subscription is not increasing.
I've been chatting to some successful authors who use Patreon, and literally 2025-07-02 23:16:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Old Article: Sex in Stories, Stories in Sex
Back in 2024 I wrote a guest blog for the NSFW website girlonthenet.com; you can consider this a minor manifesto about ...
2025-07-01 19:05:21 +0000 UTC View PostTEWWBAD Chapter 59
CHAPTER 59 – Innocence and Experience
Across the week that followed Saphienne gave very little thought to the practicalities of magic, throwing herself into what she had learned from Fayl...
2025-07-01 12:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post