Hey everyone,
Here is the completed chapter 173.
I'm sorry that it took so long to finish. The kids passed on a flu bug they caught at school which took me a while to recover.
Please let me know if you spot any typos.
I've added a # symbol to the text, so you can jump st...
2025-03-01 02:55:19 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone,
This is the second placeholder for January. I'll try to keep you up to date with regular updates in February, and make some serious inroads into the backlog.
Most of my health problems have cleared up now (touch wood), so I'm really hoping that I can get back to my previ...
2025-02-01 05:28:24 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
I'm creating a couple of placeholders as you predicted. I'm hoping to be able to finish at least 3 chapters in February, as I've already planned out all the scenes for the upcoming part of the story. If I can maintain that pace throughout the year, I'll have almost cleared the...
2025-02-01 05:24:34 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
I've been working on chapter 173 and it's nearly completed. I've got a few more scenes to finish, which I'll add on to the end of the chapter as soon as they're done.
Please let me know if you spot any typos.
I really hope you enjoy it.
Best wishes,
Tef...
2025-02-01 05:15:34 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
As most of you predicted, here's the second placeholder.
I really wish that I'd never fallen behind on the chapters, but you all know the reason why that happened.
I'll do everything I can to catch up in 2025. I will make sure that you get every chapter you paid ...
2025-01-01 05:20:48 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
I'm sorry to start the New Year on a negative note with a placeholder. I've got a lot to catch up on in 2025, and I hate that I've failed to keep my promises in 2024.
I will do better this year, and I'll try to set the right tone in January.
The next few chapters...
2025-01-01 05:10:53 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
I've finally finished chapter 172, after wrestling with writer's block for the last few weeks.
I'm sorry that it took so long to finish. I had to change my original post-Gahl'kalgor plans to include the attack by Aahn’laetar, which meant planning out another battle rig...
2025-01-01 05:02:45 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
Apologies for the second placeholder. My wife's company went into liquidation at the end of October, so she had to start a new job working much longer hours. That meant I was doing most of the childcare in November, so I wasn't able to write anywhere nears as much as I hoped.<...
2024-12-01 06:23:07 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
Apologies for the placeholder. I've been dealing with some personal issues last month which drastically cut into the amount of available time I could write.
My plan is to finish 172 in the next couple of days, then write the next two chapters, one of which will be a Chr...
2024-12-01 06:13:41 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
I've been working on the second half of chapter 172, but I haven't quite finished the chapter yet. I've uploaded the next part, so if you want to jump straight to the end of the last section, just search for the # symbol.
I'll try to wrap up this battle over the next cou...
2024-12-01 06:03:31 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
Just one placeholder this month to pay the mortgage.
I had some more follow up appointments at the hospital, then another cancelled surgery. I received a letter in the post a couple of days ago scheduling me for a meeting with the surgeon in January, so I'm not holding ...
2024-11-01 06:30:12 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
Here's the first part of chapter 172, which covers the lead up to the next battle. I'll work on the rest next week and hope to finish it soon.
Please let me know if you spot any typos.
Best wishes,
Tefler
2024-11-01 06:25:13 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
Sorry this chapter took a lot longer to finish than I expected. The story took an unexpected turn, so I had to alter all my previous plans for the upcoming story-arcs.
I've added a # at the end of the first half, so if you want to jump straight to the new scenes, then j...
2024-10-30 19:39:36 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
Apologies for the second placeholder. Please see the previous post for the update on my current health situation, and my plans to attempt to catch up on the backlog.
Someone asked what I'll do when Patreon shifts to a monthly billing cycle.
I plan to post multipl...
2024-10-01 03:05:09 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
As you all predicted, I will need to post a placeholder for this month to keep the lights on.
I had been scheduled for surgery on the 25th, so I've been in and out of hospital having tests done for the pre-op assessment. Then I was bumped from the list as they are prior...
2024-10-01 02:54:11 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
Here is the first instalment of chapter 171. I'll continue working on it over the next few days and hopefully have it finished by the end of the week.
Please let me know if you spot any typos.
I hope you enjoy it!
Best wishes,
Tefler
2024-10-01 02:06:16 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
I will just do one placeholder today.
My apologies again, but I hope to make some serious headway into the backlog in September.
Regards,
Tefler.
2024-08-31 08:26:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
I've made some adjustments to the final scene in this chapter, as the crew realised they'd forgotten something important. I hope you enjoy the alterations.
I'm still working on the next chapter at the moment, and to save your F5 button, I'll post an update in about 8 ho...
2024-08-31 08:24:32 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
As I mentioned in the previous post, I'm finally finished with all the battle scenes for the GK invasion. Now that I'm not trying to stick rigidly to timelines, and planning out complex space and land battles, I should be able to write much, much faster.
Thanks for stick...
2024-08-01 03:59:16 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
Now that the invasion with Gahl'kalgor is over, I can finally start wrapping up the loose ends. I was able to write 6k on chapter 170 today, so I'm confident I'll be able to start catching up on the backlog of chapters.
Best wishes,
Tefler
2024-08-01 03:55:17 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone,
I've been working on the next chapter, which starts wrapping up some loose ends from the previous battle.
As Chapter 169 ends rather abruptly, I thought you might enjoy reading the first part of the next chapter. I've written just over 6k so far, and I'll add the rest as...
2024-08-01 03:35:57 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
I've finished all the scenes for this chapter, which brings the battle to its conclusion.
The fight went on for longer than I expected, so the chapter is bigger than the usual 20k words.
I hope you enjoy it.
Please let me know if you spot any typos or contin...
2024-07-30 17:17:07 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
I hate to have to do a second placeholder, but I will catch up and repay you for them... it's just going to take a few months.
I really want to pleasantly surprise everyone with a massive burst of productivity in July, so fingers crossed I can finally deliver on the bac...
2024-07-01 03:50:38 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
I know you guys hate placeholders, and I keep promising to catch up, then failing to deliver.
June was a disaster, with the debilitating health issues I described, which ruined all my plans to catch up on the backlog. The antibiotics seem to have worked though and I fee...
2024-07-01 03:45:41 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone,
As I mentioned in the status update, I'm still working on chapter 169. I've added a big chunk of extra combat scenes, which nearly concludes the battle. I'll try to finish that off for you as soon as possible.
Please let me know if you spot any typos and I'll correct them...
2024-07-01 03:11:05 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
I've been incapacitated with health issues again this month, leading to multiple hospital visits.
Caution for the squeamish, medical details to follow:
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Both legs suddenly swelled up, and developed purple bruising all along first my right shin, then my lef...
2024-07-01 02:48:05 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
Chapter 169 took ages to write because it's all combat. As well as being more challenging to write, the combat scenes need to happen in a very specific sequence, so it all takes me much longer and is a lot more complicated.
When chapter 169 is finally wrapped up, it'll ...
2024-06-01 03:44:41 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
I know there's a lot of well-justified resentment towards placeholders. Unfortunately I need to keep the lights on to be able to continue writing.
I really am sorry for charging in advance. I'll do my best to make a big inroad to the backlog in June. I have already sketc...
2024-06-01 03:30:55 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
Here's the first part of Chapter 169.
As I mentioned in the previous update, I decided to reorganise the battle and change the sequence of scenes so that it flowed better. As this is such an important chapter, I wanted the battle to feel suitably epic.
I'll work t...
2024-06-01 03:05:44 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
As I explained in the previous post, I was out of action for a few weeks last month due to sickness. All the scenes are already sketched out for the next couple of chapters, I just need to be well enough to write them.
I've fully recovered now, so I'm going to blitz thr...
2024-05-01 04:20:43 +0000 UTC
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