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Chapter 999: An Interesting Message
Stealth didn’t come naturally to Thalia Mercer. Her Onslaught essence informed not just her power set but her inclinations in life, although her life had been strange for a long time. She hadn’...
2026-02-02 21:50:01 +0000 UTC View PostA recap in readiness for a new chapter.
TL;DR:
Chapters will resume at 9am, February 3rd, Australian time.
That should be 5pm US Eastern, 2pm US Pacific, on February ...
2026-02-02 12:02:50 +0000 UTC View Post
This is mostly for Canadians, but all are welcome to read.
G'day all, but especially Canadians for reasons that will promptly become apparent.
TL;DR:
Canadians can get 25% off book 1 hardcover pre-orders. 2026-01-25 14:21:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Tentative date for chapter resumption. Tentative.
TL;DR:
I'm out of hospital, but still under care.
December was bit of a wash.
Finally getting ...
2026-01-06 01:24:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Two steps forward, one step back.
G'day all,
TL;DR:
The melioidosis is back and I'm in hospital. Have been for a week.
I'm not in any danger and ...
2025-12-16 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Early hardcover release through Barnes & Noble
TL;DR:
Barnes & Noble releasing the book 1 hardcover two months early
B&N release: May 5th, 2026, other platforms: Jul...
2025-11-27 09:57:58 +0000 UTC View Post
No news is good news
TL;DR:
Feeling pretty not awful. Other than catching up on bills.
Slowly dipping my toe back into wr...
2025-11-20 13:11:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Book 1 Hardcover Pre-Order
G'day all,
TL;DR:
Hardcovers of book 1 available for pre-order.
Release Date: July 7th, 2026
Another health update
G'day all,
The recovery is coming along very nicely. I attended PAX Australia last weekend, and while I did spend most of it resting in my hotel room, it was frequently packed with authors an...
2025-10-19 08:26:34 +0000 UTC View PostFirst post-illness public appearance
G'day all,
I wanted to let you know that I'll be appearing at PAX Australia in two weeks, on a panel with other Aussie litRPG authors. The con is in Melbourne, and our panel is on Sunday, lat...
2025-09-27 09:08:51 +0000 UTC View PostAnother update
G'day all,
On the good news front, I am starting to see some real recovery. It's very slow and very incremental, but after months of unpleasant stasis, things are (very gradually) starting to...
2025-09-21 07:01:51 +0000 UTC View PostAnother health update
G'day all,
TL;DR:
Still sick.
Writing attempts have not gone well (which I'm quite cranky about).
Crowd-filmed video of litRPG Con Q&A: 2025-08-03 23:17:54 +0000 UTC
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Actual Shirtaloon here
TL;DR:
Hiatus will continue through July
Will be attempting to resume writing as of tomorrow (wish me luck)
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2025-06-30 11:24:27 +0000 UTC
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Another Update
Assistaloon here, again.
Another week, and nothing new.
Talk to you all next week.
2025-06-16 03:51:40 +0000 UTC View PostAnother Update
Assistaloon here.
Shirtaloon continues his recovery, all be it with better food.
Updates are not planned to resume until at least July, as stated earlier.
2025-06-08 10:10:42 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate for Shirtaloon
Actual Shirt here.
After almost two months (and coming scary close to death) I was released from hospital yesterday. I still have months of recovery ahead, however. I have good days and bad ...
2025-06-01 09:03:46 +0000 UTC View PostAnother Update
Assistaloon here.
Shirt is continuing on his slow but predicted recovery.
We thank you for the great response to Book 12.
2025-05-25 09:59:27 +0000 UTC View PostAnother Update
Assistaloon again.
Shirtaloon continues the slow road to recovery.
July is still the goal for new chapters, with no set date yet.
We hope you enjoy Book 12 this week.
2025-05-18 01:13:37 +0000 UTC View PostWeekly Update
Assistaloon again.
Shirtaloon continues to make slow but steady improvement, and is still concentrating on his recovery.
Book 12 release remains on schedule.
July is still the goa...
2025-05-11 09:01:39 +0000 UTC View PostAn Update from Shirtaloon
G'day all. I wanted to give everyone an update, and a sense of what has happened thus far. I was on a big holiday with friends and family when I got sick. Very sick, in a couple of ways that both h...
2025-05-03 06:32:14 +0000 UTC View Post