Falling action. Got another chapter after this, then 1 My Little Ventrue interlude chapter, then back to PoH for another 20~ chapters.
Lot of dialog. Maybe too much? Let me know.
2024-03-15 19:21:57 +0000 UTC
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More experiments!
First up, AI actually managed to create a gorgala with a moderately accurate color scheme to PoH. The red/black two-tone look on the body skin isn't quite right, because it ...
2024-03-09 12:51:04 +0000 UTC View PostSo this became the most complicated chapter I have ever written, I think. And that includes the insanity in MLV with 6 PoVs centered around a single clusterfuck of combat. The technical details of ...
2024-03-05 19:50:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Ramping up! Oh god why do I make my action scenes so complicated? Feels like juggling lots of very sharp... grenades.
EDIT: I did my editing using some new software, to hopefully catch more t...
2024-02-24 21:08:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Story finally going places! Bet you didn't see this coming. :3
Images are AI art of a spire tower, for funsies. I claim no copyright, feel free to take and do what you want with them.
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2024-02-13 20:07:20 +0000 UTC View PostAnd we're back to our regular scheduled program.
Things happen! Felt like I was treading water for a bit there but now we're getting somewhere.
T1+ Bestiary: 2024-02-03 17:39:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Damn. Chapter 14 is delayed. Life's a dick and it's getting in my way this month.
I'm aiming for a new release date on the 3rd of February, with following chapters following on the 13th/23rd ...
2024-01-26 01:01:53 +0000 UTC View PostCharacter development!
Edit: A few typo corrections made and uploaded
T1+ Bestiary: https://www...
2024-01-15 20:52:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Another commission by elder patron FNS, this time of Caera. Definitely a challenging commission. In my head she's a bit lower to the ground, shorter limbs. Still though, pretty accurate, pretty awe...
2024-01-10 13:57:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, more moving parts. But we're getting somewhere! Planting seeds you can start extrapolating from.
T1+ Bestiary: 2024-01-05 18:25:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Did a bunch of different experiments. I got some good versions of David, which can be surprisingly difficult to do with some AI models. One model was obsessed with making him look like a redhead Da...
2023-12-28 19:17:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Merry Christmas!
I think this chapter will be an are-you-in-or-out sorta chapter for readers. You'll see why.
T1+ Bestiary: 2023-12-25 13:31:37 +0000 UTC View Post
A quick little post showing stuff I worked on. 'Worked on' is a weird couple of words to use for generating AI art, but I shit you not it took me like 10+ hours of tweaking and in-painting to get t...
2023-12-18 15:34:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Things happen! More complexity. So many moving parts. I'm starting to worry it might be a little much just for the first book. But hey, I got many books planned. Can't do that without setting up a ...
2023-12-15 19:51:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Zomg character development.
T1+ Bestiary: https://www.patreon.com/posts/poh-sim...
2023-12-06 19:35:06 +0000 UTC View PostEarly chapter! I got some shit to deal with for a few days so I moved my editing schedule up a bit. The next chapter won't be out until Dec 5th.
Bit of a wordy chapter. Lot of explaining goin...
2023-11-22 20:21:37 +0000 UTC View Post
You'd think from the AI images I generate for these chapter previews, I was writing some supernatural cult horror story. The preview images are really just to give a sense of the aesthetic motif I'...
2023-11-14 19:31:08 +0000 UTC View Post
One of my elder patrons FNS was gracious enough to commission art of Daoka and share it with us. Everyone apparently loves Dao so they wanted to commission artwork of her so everyone could get to s...
2023-11-13 20:50:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Getting better at tinkering with AI to create the images I want. Hilariously some of these took over 10 hours of tinkering and nudging to get the AI to do exactly what I wanted. So, not as many ima...
2023-11-11 17:47:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Things! Getting to some actual meat this chapter. But, readers might hate me for this chapter, for 2 reasons. :3
T1+ Bestiary: 2023-11-04 19:47:13 +0000 UTC
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More experiments of Mia, and someone else.
I included 1 pic of Mia if she was 10 years older. That's what I'm calling it, anyway. Some AI models just really don't give a shit about the age I ...
2023-11-03 20:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
We're getting somewhere, though this chapter is definitely an in between exposition sorta chapter. Ideally in the future these sorts of chapters become increasingly rare. And hopefully this chapter...
2023-10-25 19:23:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Getting better at navigating AI, plus new AI models are coming out all the time. Check out these new pics of David and Mia, David in particular on a bunch of different AI models. I'll try doing som...
2023-10-20 00:22:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally starting to explore some of the twists and turns I'm gonna throw you at. They're fun twists, for now.
T1+ Bestiary: 2023-10-15 16:44:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Developments! Lot of set up in this chapter. I try to keep things rolling, but alas, I don't think I can avoid a little more set up than usual in these early chapters.
T1+ Bestiary...
2023-10-05 22:52:05 +0000 UTC View PostHere is a simplified bestiary for PoH. I'll link this post in every chapter release of PoH, so readers can easily refer back to it if they find it necessary. Ideally you won't need the bestiary, bu...
2023-10-04 15:21:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Experimenting with Mia, our petite 19-year-old ginger woman. I used a lot of different AI models for this, including some simple anime ones, but I eventually tossed the anime ones. Anime just...
2023-09-27 21:57:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Time to start building things up. Lots of little clues in this chapter, but it'll be a while before we build up to all the moving pieces MLV had, and more.
2023-09-25 22:47:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Here we go, first chapter of the new series. First chapter is double length, almost 29k words.
FEEDBACK. HIT ME. I got a huge series planned out, but it also has a lot of room for feedback. M...
2023-09-15 17:14:06 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the full ePub file from StoriesOnline, and I threw a cover on it that I commissioned years ago that I never ended up using. I also converted it into a PDF.
2.6 million words. Sheesh. S...
2023-08-29 15:05:00 +0000 UTC View Post