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Climbing the Ranks - Chapter 26 preview

“If we keep meeting like this, I’m going to want a name,” Arthur said, clutching his side. The bleeding wasn’t stopping and he needed to fix that soon. Though maybe making sure Budo didn’...

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The Third Realm - Chapter 15 preview

Travel through the deep wilds was both intimately familiar to Wu Ying and a new adventure every day. Trekking further west with each step, he traversed the longitudinally elongated kingdom of Jin, ...

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Business Post: Networking and Cliques in the Author Business

Been thinking a bit lately about the networking / interpersonal side of the business. There have been some recent incidents that have made this ever more apparent for me that this business is made ...

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The Third Realm - Chapter 14 preview

There were things that immortals, demons and humans alike were not meant to experience. Such experiences were why Grandmother Meng served her Soup on the Bridge of Forgetfulness, driving away night...

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Climbing the Ranks - Chapter 25 preview

The pair crashed into one another, Arthur throwing Budo’s planned trajectory off course entirely. The pain slammed into the ground moments later, Arthur’s initial impact comforted by his oppone...

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New Short Story!

Happy Friday!!

Here's a new short story based in the System Apocalypse world, it was released last month to the System Finale audiobook Kickstarter supporters.

Growing Up-Apoca...

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The Third Realm - Chapter 13 preview

The smell in the apothecarist’s room was familiar, pulling shards of memory from Wu Ying’s past. How many hours had he practiced, under the watchful eyes of Senior Li? She had been a patient, k...

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The Third Realm - Chapter 12 preview

A day and a night later, Wu Ying left the remnants of the sounder behind. His lips were upraised in distaste as he flitted away, piles of bones, innards, flesh and hair left behind. Poisoned and tw...

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Climbing the Ranks - Chapter 24 preview

“Seriously, boss, I’m not with them.” Arthur gulped, even as the other man finished tying his hands up in front of him. Not that Budo was listening to him. His one major protest had ...

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The Third Realm - Chapter 11 preview

For all his preparations, his leaving was pre-empted by the flow of life and politics. Chief Pan found him working in the fields, finishing up the planting of the rice that they village required. T...

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Business Post: Wide vs KU (More on the Debate)

This is going to be a very LitRPG focused debate, though if you write in progression fantasy or just have a genre that is particularly heavy in KU; this might be helpful.

There's an on-going ...

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German Audible Codes

Hi all!

Jenn here - this message is slightly different than our usual audible promo code one so instead of sending out a private message to all Master Class patrons and higher, I'm posting he...

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The Third Realm - Chapter 10 preview

The formation flags died off late in the day as evening set in the mystic realm. Rather than move onward and to allow Pan Chen to recuperate, the team set-up more stable – if less powerful – fo...

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Climbing the Ranks - Chapter 23 preview

Arthur hesitated only for a few seconds more before he chose to stand up. He waved a little to the quartet, still holding onto his staff as he offered them the most disarming grin he had on hand. I...

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The Third Realm - Chapter 9 preview

Formation flags in the shape of spears, embedded in the body of the creature. Drawing energy and intent from the very body it was embedded within, empowered by the snake’s own chi. Pan Shui, clut...

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Business Post: Exposure, Details and Being a PoC

As many of you might have seen now, I've written a giant post about System Apocalypse and it's results. Unlike many of my business bl...

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The Third Realm - Chapter 8 preview

Morning mists, something that rarely happened in the outer world was more common in here. From the absent conversations he overheard, it was a new phenomena in the mystic realm, a change that had h...

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Climbing the Ranks - Chapter 22 preview

Days later, Arthur finally chose to break away from his cultivation. He had completely used up the majority of his cores and progressed his cultivation a little, enough that he now felt comfortable...

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The Third Realm - Chapter 7 preview

Doors swung close in the wake of Wu Ying stepping across the threshold, slamming shut behind the group. He was the last to enter, having been caught in the process of understanding and memorizing t...

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Short Story Audio available

Hi all!

Jenn here with a short story audiobook for your listening enjoyment. This is for The Light Collector short story (some might remember it was called Mirror Mirror).

Here's the...

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Business Post: System Apocalypse - A Review

Information to give context:

- This is for System Apocalypse.

- this is for the main series (12 books - ignore where it s...

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The Third Realm - Chapter 6 preview

Snow on the ground. Rare, in these hills. Even if they were further north, it was not that much that snow would appear on the regular. Not like the tales of the northern countries, where the snow l...

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Climbing the Ranks - Chapter 21 preview

Waking was pain, waking was discomfort. A branch stuck deep into one side of his stomach, making Arthur roll over with a groan and whimper. The impediment hurt, his body ached all over and worse of...

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The Third Realm - Chapter 5 preview

The next day, much to Wu Ying’s and Pan Chen’s disappointment, was dedicated not to further exploration of the jian but an introduction for Wu Ying to the village’s archives on bloodlines. Th...

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The Third Realm - Chapter 4 preview

The child prodigy was truly a child. Standing four and a half feet tall at most, barely under Wu Ying’s armpit, he was a well proportioned kid with his hair tucked into a high hat. He had been ch...

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Climbing the Ranks - Chapter 20 preview

He woke up a second later, still hurting. He pushed himself upwards, struggling to rise as he gripped the sword in his hand. Ribs were cracked, his hip twisted and his leg bruised form where he had...

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The Third Realm - Chapter 3 preview

Morning the next day, and Wu Ying was summoned before the Chief and the council elders. He was not surprised to see that the Chief was the Pan sister’s father. Such minor revelations had long ago...

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Writing & Life Update: June 2022 aka Tao is Sick (Again)

Just a quick update for you all. I'm not going to go into too much detail, but as mentioned by Jen, we had a team holiday / retreat in Barcelona just before 20booksto50k Madrid writing conference.<...

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Business Post: A Step-by-Step Guide to Translations

I figured I should write a post about translations since I have done a few.  

This post is purely for translations you do yourself direct. While you can use some of this for things like ...

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The Third Realm - Chapter 2 preview

Morning the next day saw Wu Ying wandering the city, a new child attendant by his side to translate when required. Mostly though, in the middle of winter, there was less to do in the village. Upkee...

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