Tao Wong

Review Page

Been thinking of creating a review page on the main website. As Amazon frowns on Authors reviewing other books, I can't put my reviews up there. And because I've gotten flack from authors for giving l...

A Squire's Wish - Cover Reveal

And here's the latest cover for A Squire's Wish!

Minor Updates

Hi everybody. Not much in terms of personal posts since, as mentioned, been on holiday. But got a few minor updates.

1) A Squire's Wish came back from editing already. It's got a bunch of...

Updates & More

Both books are with the editors. So, not much going on in terms there for now. Release dates of (hopefully) early December for the Squire's Wish and Jan 1 for the System Apocalypse should hold true. I...

More art! Lana Pearson

Hi guys;

More art. This time it's Lana Pearson as the individual in play.

I actually like this author, so I'm considering giving him another commission. What'd you think?

Quick Update - Books Arrived

Won't have time to do signed copies. Maybe have a few more of the 'missing' copies show up, but currently have almost 10 copies of everything. Two copies are already asked spoken for by by relatives, ...

Just sent World's Unbound to the Editor

Been a busy weekend. Didn't get a lot of work done, but I did finish the edits. Final word count on the document was just over 111k words, but minus the glossary / series bible, it's about 105k words....

Plans for November

So I've got 2 pieces of Fan Art commissioned. One is for a solo shot of John, the second is for Lana. If these artists work out (different fellows), I'll probably commission more. I'd like to do a lit...

Editing, November Short Story & Squire's Wish

So, I'm nearly done with A Squire's Wish. I've got a few scenes left, and I have a much better idea about the themes for all the characters so I expect there to be certain extensive edits needed. It's...

Reviews, recommendations and personal taste

There was a recent post about reviews on one of the FB groups once again, where said poster was discussing his personal review rating. And how, on Amazon, it seemed that 4 & 5 stars were given out...

Considering dropping a series soon

Specifically, Hidden Wishes. Once I finish this damnable book, I think I might have to drop the series. It's taken 2 months to write, with numerous rewrites, brain cudgeling and 'forcing'. I don't kno...

Books, collateral & holidays

As my family has insisted that I get them (hardcover) books, I gave in and ordered a bunch of copies up. I have no clue if it'll arrive before my holiday (in November), but once it arrives, I will hav...

Holy crap, my apologies

I just started editing book 6 and going through chapters one by one. And I've realised how bad that first draft was. So many run-on sentences or sentences that just aren't good. So many missed opportu...

First Character Art - EVER!

So I contacted a couple of artists and I'll probably go bug a few more (if there's anyone who you think is good and decently cheap(ish), let me know) who have created character art for me. Since I wan...

World's Unbound - Discussion

So, what did you think? Were there any major inconsistencies? Pacing issues?

Was there a scene / series of scenes that you think need to be added? 

Was there a character you really enjoye...

Thoughts on systems in LitRPGs

It's interesting, in a way, for me to keep writing in this genre. As I've written and grown as a writer, I've come to realise that there are certain things that I really want to remove / keep out of a...

Squire's Wish - writing update

So, didn't get much actual writing done. I got about 1,500 words in, then started writing the second scene of Chapter 9. Got stuck repeatedly, and then decided to write out a plot outline, thinking th...

Writing Update & Thoughts

Just finished typing 'The End' on World's Unbound. There are 20 Chapters plus an Epilogue. 92.5k words (not including glossary, etc at back).

As it stands, I've already started editing a few of the ...

Hi to all the new patrons!

Just thought I'd post this since I noticed there's a bunch of new people here. Lots of older posts, let me know if you have any questions! 

While not an AMA, I'm happy to answer most questi...

Merchandise and Character Artwork

Been requested to get some merchandise made and the basic stuff (posters, etc) is simple enough. I have the cover designer who I worked with busy editing the files so that they're workable.

If anyon...

Vote on what's next

So, I've got 2 more works that are worth showing. Both actually had some work done on them before I stopped. Both have the potential to be turned into a full series.

They both were meant to focus on...

Writing update & naming help

So, working on Book 6 right now. I'm 5 chapters in, roughly 15k words already. The book was flowing well for the basic introductions / etc and then I got into the meat of the story and hit a roadblock...

Criticisms, reviews and writing

So, been having an interesting discussion over on reddit (yes, yes, hive of villainy and scum and all) about the latest series. There have been some interesting criticisms about the book, mostly about...

Book Launched

So, since I sent out (put out) the non-proofread version for you guys, do you still want the PDF of the proofread version? If so, let me know and I'll put it up here. 

On another note, I've had...

NAG (Another VR Story)

I guess I lied. I did write a second VR based story. Sort of.  I wrote this one I think before I started publishing on Royal Road. It never felt right while writing it, and looking at the details...

Adventures on Brad Books 1 - 3 Audiobook Released

So, Adventures on Brad Books 1 - 3 Audiobook is out (2018-08-28 18:06:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Coast on Fire Discussion (Spoiler Zone!)

Come on everyone, let's chat about Book 5 of the System Apocalypse. What did you like? What did you hate?  How evil am I for setting up a cliffhanger that won't be resolved for at least a few mon...

Writing updates

So, A Squire's Wish continues to kick my ass. I'm struggling through it, so rather than struggle too much, I started writing book 6 of the System Apocalypse. I'm working on Chapter 1 right now, we'll ...

A Squire's Wish (writing update)

So... you might have noticed I started posting teaser chapters of Book 2 of the Hidden Wishes series.

I am technically about 19k words in.

And I just decided this morning to dump 17k words of ...

the Arena's Call (discussion)

So, that's it. I initially planned to write the entrance to Artos, the exploration of the dungeon but I realised that it just didn't fit at the end of this book. It would feel a bit lumped on, so I de...