Just received the line art back from the first of two artists I'm working with on this part of the project. To be honest, I'm not sure how to feel about this one. I feel the sketch had more charact...
2019-11-17 14:52:58 +0000 UTC View Post
New update! One full scene and a part of the next one too. Be warned, it ends a bit abruptly — like, in the middle of dialogue abruptly.
Also, I think I'm going to have to break this ...
2019-11-14 16:56:35 +0000 UTC View Post
And so we start Chapter 7 — Stand Together or Die Alone
Also, I've received some good feedback on the previous chapter, and as a result I've done some serous thinking about exactly how I wa...
2019-11-11 20:59:25 +0000 UTC View Post
The final part of chapter six!
Be waned, there's a bit of dirty language at the start, but it gets back down to Earth (or should that be Isolation?) quickly enough.
Update word count: 1...
2019-11-07 17:40:57 +0000 UTC View Post
TL;DR:
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2019-11-06 14:36:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Accountability is a terrible thing. Writers live or die by their average word count and all too often, that word count slips as distractions and responsibilities pile up. This is a constant battle,...
2019-11-05 22:38:29 +0000 UTC View Post
The main protagonist, Alfric Johnson, perusing the many menus the world of Isolation throws at him, along with the staff he choose as his 'welcome to hell' gift.
2019-11-04 19:58:45 +0000 UTC View Post
New Update for Trial by Conquest. As expected, this chapter is going to be quite a bit longer than the last. I might actually create a new chapter after the current, 'interaction' with the spider N...
2019-11-01 14:26:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all,
As you can see, the cover for Trial by Conquest is coming along.
A lot of the time spent in this bit of the project so far, has been finding a good background artist. I must hav...
2019-10-25 22:52:45 +0000 UTC View Post
The second part of the next chapter. A good long minor update. I actually had a chunk of this ready over the weekend, but circumstances stopped me from publishing it then.
Also, with this upd...
2019-10-24 17:13:58 +0000 UTC View Post
The start of the next chapter! The Heart of the Spider. Alfric and Slice head out on their quest to hunt the giant spider.
New chapter part count: 1,300 words
Total chapter count: 1,300...
2019-10-14 15:31:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Last scene of Chapter five. Alfric has to make a choice that isn't really a choice.
Update word count: 1,300 words
Total chapter word count: 3,500 words
Somehow I forgot to upload the last update when I finished it. So here we go. Two long-ish scenes at once. Alfric arrives at the elf village and doesn't an arrow through the head... so far.
U...
2019-10-05 19:03:50 +0000 UTC View Post
The last scene for chapter four! Ends on a little bit of a cliff hanger, but only after closing out most of the open threads from this chapter. The end is pretty fast paced, but we really need to g...
2019-09-29 22:26:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Another update!
I was planning on working on DP&SW tonight, but once I got to my favourite writing spot, I realised that I'd left the DP&SW document open on my PC back home, and so I ...
2019-09-26 20:26:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Another update!
Today we have two new scenes for chapter four. Alfric may not be as safe as he thinks he is.
Update length: 1,200 words
Total Chapter Leng...
2019-09-25 15:54:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the first scene of chapter four! In which Alfric and Forest-Flower break from dungeoneering tradition by not breaking all the pots.
Enjoy.
Update length: 1,000 words
Total ...
2019-09-20 17:41:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Another scene for chapter three!
And this also brings chapter three to an end. You'll notice that this chapter is a hell of a lot shorter than the previous two. I've decided not to worry too ...
2019-09-18 21:17:02 +0000 UTC View Post
New Chapter: A Beautiful Forest-Flower
For now, we've got two new scenes for this chapter. Not as much action in this one. More dialogue and set-up for the next chapter.
Update word cou...
2019-09-11 16:36:49 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been a while! Been dealing with some family emergencies, which have been monumentally draining, but now I'm back and writing up a storm. I can't promise there won't be more gaps in the writing...
2019-09-03 13:47:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Another update.
This time we have most of chapter two — Arival. Only about 1,000-ish words left for this one, and then we're onto chapter three.
New scenes: 2 2019-08-23 15:38:35 +0000 UTC View Post
One new scene and the end of Chapter 1!
It's a long one.
Chapters after this one won't be nearly so long. The only reason this one is so long is that I believe it's important to properl...
2019-08-19 23:48:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Two new scenes!
Chapter one is almost complete. For those of you who've read the first version of Trial by Conquest, you'll notice something interesting. For where we are in the plot, this ve...
2019-08-18 20:22:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Another scene complete.
Flash-back over, now Alfric deals with the consequences of his flight across the city.
Update word count: 1,000 words
Total Chapte...
2019-08-16 20:26:41 +0000 UTC View Post
We have another update for the first chapter.
I'm not sure exactly how long I want to make this chapter. I imagine about 5,000 words would be the ideal, but I suspect it will end up being lon...
2019-08-14 21:52:25 +0000 UTC View Post
New updates!
I've amalgamated the end of the last scene into the new scene I was working on, creating a 1,200 word scene with 1,000 new words.
Chapter 1 — Scene 3: 2019-08-08 20:11:24 +0000 UTC View Post
And here we are again.
For those of you who haven't yet listened to the latest monthly dispatch, I'm getting Trial by Conquest (and my other projects) ready for publication on various online ...
2019-08-05 15:55:31 +0000 UTC View PostLink to Discord for access to the new dpasw logo — www.discord.me/leadvone — Then go to #dpasw-chat and look through the p...
2019-08-02 14:11:24 +0000 UTC View Post