I've received questions about this, and I'm actually not too sure myself since most of my writing is discovery writing. You think I have this shii planned out? I don't. I vomit words, find the simi...
2025-08-12 04:40:15 +0000 UTC View PostMissus told me to sleep early or else, so I had to go to bed and write on my phone. Horrible experience, and imma have to act like I’m not sleep-deprived tomorrow. RIP.
Fabrisse Kestovar was not a very good thaumaturge. Severa had shown him how to turn the bead of fire into spinning wheels countless times, but he still couldn’t replicate it. She couldn’t under...
2025-08-11 16:42:16 +0000 UTC View PostLibrary work was kind of boring in the best way.
No voidspawns and no Liene leaping out from behind a stack of lexicons. People whispered here. If you did your job right, nobody noticed you a...
2025-08-11 04:44:53 +0000 UTC View PostHe had given Severa Montreal a set of conditions. One: she must teach him at least one spell that’s high-value for the exam; something that makes them take notice. Two: she must explain exactly w...
2025-08-10 19:55:26 +0000 UTC View PostDon't worry. From next chapter of their books you'll see different contents again.
Fabrisse stepped onto the packed-sand floor of the training ring, scanning the other end for a sp...
2025-08-10 13:16:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe last chapters are now labelled 2 & 3.
“Oh? Is that so?” Severa said. “Rare in what sense? That I happen to have it, or that you know something useful?” Her words lodged...
2025-08-10 11:22:00 +0000 UTC View Post“There’s absolutely no problem with the Varnic pose,” said Kaldrin as he demonstrated his own take on the Varnic pose for synaptic threading. “And there’s no problem with rapid, precise m...
2025-08-09 20:17:18 +0000 UTC View Post“You know you have to pass Basic Thaumaturgy II before registering for any new elective, right?” Said Liene as she stuffed Fabrisse’s face with a slice of pie.
The familiar scent of cin...
2025-08-09 17:31:37 +0000 UTC View PostThought it was kinda funny.
Severa’s first impression of Kestovar had been different. Even now, he carried an almost effeminate kind of charm about him, with an intensely focused gaz...
2025-08-09 11:05:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe Aetherweld Silversteel gates of the Montreal estate caught the dying sunset, throwing spectral fragments across the carriageway like scattered jewels.
The butler, Berrick, was alrea...
2025-08-08 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe water rippled.
Fabrisse stared at the ripples for a second too long, just to be sure it was him who’d done it. The ashwood shaft of the Tideshift Conduit was a little too long for comfo...
2025-08-08 19:13:47 +0000 UTC View PostNo breaks for me after all :) I like writing too much. I think this is a quality introduction to Severa's book. Making it funny might be a challenge.
The wyvern fell f...
2025-08-07 20:04:41 +0000 UTC View PostI’m taking a one-day break after the completion of Book I. Both Book II and Severa’s book 1 will commence after this short break. This is so I’m in the right headspace and can continue keepin...
2025-08-07 08:59:49 +0000 UTC View PostThings got better and better for Fabrisse over the next three days. He’d easily gotten his rightful position as a Junior Lore Clerk after a brief interview, and aced his Basic Synaptic Control pr...
2025-08-06 21:33:15 +0000 UTC View PostHe caught up to her as she reached the edge of the old quad path, his footsteps ragged, breath sawing in and out like torn bellows. Fabrisse nearly tripped on the last turn and had to grab a post f...
2025-08-05 21:45:37 +0000 UTC View PostDry leaves stirred in lazy circles along the path as Fabrisse rounded the final corner, slowing at the sight of familiar figures clustered near the empty stone benches that edged the courtyard in f...
2025-08-05 19:55:54 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I first wrote this story, I wondered if I'd shot myself in the foot by going the route most other progression fantasy books don't: by making an MC so absurdly weak, lost in direction, unimpres...
2025-08-05 12:04:58 +0000 UTC View PostA column rose from the center: hexagonal, clear as water, with veins of copper and iron braided through like a vascular system. From it, four arching ribs vaulted, each assembling itself from grain...
2025-08-05 11:53:30 +0000 UTC View Post“This whole operation,” Draeth thundered as he paced alongside a line of whispering tomes, “has been a resounding failure.”
His voice struck the chamber’s silence like a flintstone ...
2025-08-04 18:48:53 +0000 UTC View PostVarys waited until the others were out of earshot. Their panel dimmed, and the aetherglass retreated into its housing with a hush. The surface turned just translucent enough for Fabrisse to catch t...
2025-08-04 18:45:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe voidspawns were no longer present by the time Fabrisse returned to the North pond.
What remained was the kind of mess that looked, oddly, like it had followed instructions.
The gras...
2025-08-03 18:31:49 +0000 UTC View PostExceedingly difficult chapters to write, because there are lots of planning involved and it's really political. But here it is:
Rubidi’s void-cloaked form rippled, bristling, her sha...
2025-08-02 20:42:48 +0000 UTC View PostNow that the Patreon is on its way to concluding the first book, I have decided that the best way forward for Book 2 is to proceed with a parallel plotline. However, to avoid the common pitfalls of...
2025-08-02 15:04:59 +0000 UTC View PostLonger chapter. Enjoy :)
The rod cracked against the air. Then all sound fell away.
The duo raised their hands like conductors invoking the overture of a war-symphony. Kaldrin’...
2025-08-02 09:28:48 +0000 UTC View PostSince I've made some changes to the earlier chapters and added some new content in the middle, Chapter 113 is now Chapter 115; Chapter 112 is now 114, and so on. This is to avoid any potential conf...
2025-08-01 23:50:18 +0000 UTC View PostNOTE: In setting up for the final fight, I need Fabrisse to have a couple more skills. I was stupid of me to have Rolen offering to help him and not getting him any new spells at all, so I ...
2025-07-31 20:15:04 +0000 UTC View PostRubidi came out of nowhere. There was no illusion this time, as she hurled herself straight at him like a shadow-fed spear. Her fingers were now claws, her mouth open in a voiceless snarl. 2025-07-31 18:49:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Rubidi? That’s Severa Montreal’s mentor. Fabrisse’s eyes widened. Is House Montreal actually involved? Surely Severa is smarter and more morally upright than resorting to this? 2025-07-31 00:34:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Celine adjusted her grip on the javelin forming in her hand. “Fine,” she said. “You have brighter ideas than me.”
They moved quickly, ducking beneath a collapsed arch and weaving past...
2025-07-30 14:37:18 +0000 UTC View Post