I really didn't want to end up rewriting this story, but I am not that far into it yet, and I need to make a change fairly close to the beginning. Plus, I wanted to try out writing in third person ...
2023-09-19 00:43:01 +0000 UTC
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When writing a new novel, I, as a discovery writer, am taking the time to feel out the characters, world, etc... I already had plenty of lore, history, and general background for the world, but ass...
2023-09-17 16:45:07 +0000 UTC
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This chapter fought me a bit, but hopefully it came out okay.
Attuning to sound had proven relatively simple. Knowledge of both its physical nature, combined with his personal expe...
2023-09-14 18:47:57 +0000 UTC
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A very small collection of the art I had available for the Wandering Woods. (I had about 200 images available as possibilities.)
2023-09-08 06:47:23 +0000 UTC
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This chapter took a lot of work, but I am also very happy with it. It is also a very long chapter for me at ~3700 words.
And you all wanted me to skip through the Wandering Woods, so here we ...
2023-09-08 06:33:33 +0000 UTC
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A little bit longer chapter at ~2700 words.
Lurona’s eyes were only unfocused for a moment, the faint pattern of qi lasting for only a moment.
Aarick doubted he would have noticed at ...
2023-09-06 19:30:44 +0000 UTC
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Getting a bit better look at Tarrae, including his status.
“Such fire was not by water to be drowned,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.”
-Ludovico Ariosto,...
2023-09-01 22:23:56 +0000 UTC
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Was sick at the start of this week, so things were a bit delayed. Sorry about that.
Apparently, Aarick would need to apologize to his previous English teachers. While he had understood the im...
2023-08-26 21:48:13 +0000 UTC
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And we get back to Caden as he waits to reemerge.
“Dr. Turing of Cambridge says that the soul is an illusion and that all that defines us as human beings can be reduced to a seri...
2023-08-18 18:16:12 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy!
There were no signs that Lurona had moved, no sound or breezes of displaced air. No sign other than the sudden lack of her presence.
Reodan doesn’t show signs wh...
2023-08-15 19:28:09 +0000 UTC
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So, the wandering woods are a large area, and I have two options I can choose to do with it. Either I can go as I have been for them, and provide plenty of detail to flesh them out, or I can do my ...
2023-08-11 23:56:40 +0000 UTC
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Went back an was looking at some of my old chapters for this. Looking back at 2.3 when I first introduced Zidaun. Now I really feel like I need to go back and edit everything, cause I feel like the...
2023-08-11 23:52:57 +0000 UTC
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Now getting to our 6th chapter ahead for Outside the Heavens, yay!
Lurona sat in front of him, silently thinking, and he dared not interrupt.
Okay… feeling a littl...
2023-08-09 20:24:53 +0000 UTC
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I really like the design of the tower, so I hope you all enjoy it.
Lurona’s personal tower was, as Aarick had expected, beautiful.
The stairs emerged into an entry ro...
2023-08-08 18:39:47 +0000 UTC
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Please enjoy.
“A good puzzle, it's a fair thing. Nobody is lying. It's very clear, and the problem depends just on you.”
-Erno Rubik
==Zidaun==
This entire area had been...
2023-08-03 21:19:44 +0000 UTC
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You guys are all awesome, and I love you all. Also, I had a few people join my patreon right before the end of the month. You guys would have been charged again when the new month started. If you k...
2023-08-02 18:30:38 +0000 UTC
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I wanted to express my gratitude for all the support I have received. It matters a great deal to me. Thank you so much.
Aarick hadn’t really understood what Lurona meant, calling...
2023-07-21 19:08:11 +0000 UTC
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Thank you all for being amazing. I know I haven't gotten as much done as I wanted to this month so far, but I still had more people signing up and so many patrons sticking with me. It has meant a l...
2023-07-16 18:46:51 +0000 UTC
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Sorry for a bit of delay. Lots of family stuff was happening with the 4th of July. Lit off some fireworks and had barbeque, it was all very nice.
Emerging from the stairway, Aarick...
2023-07-05 23:28:00 +0000 UTC
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Here we go, enjoy!:
“The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to s...
2023-06-28 21:40:32 +0000 UTC
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And another chapter today, hooray!
It turned out that there was a door in the outer wall Aarick had failed to notice.
Normally he would have considered this a failure of perc...
2023-06-22 20:28:59 +0000 UTC
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Blah blah blah, writing. Blah blah blah, story. Blah blah blah appeal to pathos... etc... :P
Having a good day, and hope you are too. And, to make our rhyme, the chapter without further...
2023-06-22 18:22:01 +0000 UTC
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Made a minor formatting change to how I am displaying identified monsters, but that is all.
“One can enjoy a rainbow without necessarily forgetting the forces that made it.”
2023-06-20 19:22:31 +0000 UTC
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An interesting curse of being a writer, is reading.
It gets harder to read some things, the words and phrases mismatched and grating against my mental ear. Screeching like the breaks of a gre...
2023-06-19 21:20:05 +0000 UTC
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Ran out of meds toward the end of last week and didn't get back on them til Tuesday. So my ability to write had issues for a bit. Seems to be back up and running again now though, so continuing alo...
2023-06-15 21:03:55 +0000 UTC
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Hope you enjoy the chapter. I am actually quite enjoying writing Aarick's perspective.
Aarick’s mind stalled again. If a computer had as many BSOD moments as he had over the last...
2023-06-08 20:41:08 +0000 UTC
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This chapter fought me a little bit, but I am still relatively happy with it.
Modern science says: 'The sun is the past, the earth is the present, the moon is the future.' From an ...
2023-06-06 19:26:40 +0000 UTC
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And we are back to Aarick once again. Hope you enjoy his continued learning.
Fortunately, Reodan was not surprised at Aarick’s ignorance.
“Some of the lower ranked nobles...
2023-06-02 23:28:08 +0000 UTC
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I really love storms. Not much more to say than that, haha.
“A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in gl...
2023-06-01 18:28:45 +0000 UTC
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Wanted to get this one out this morning, but got a little busy. Still, glad to get it out.
Aarick’s mind was currently blue screening.
“Oh course, I never fully answered ...
2023-05-31 05:42:58 +0000 UTC
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