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Author Update - Back Writing Soon!

Spent the weekend with Juris (Jageranimus in Wildcards) for his birthday. He's holding the cake, and you can see me scowling in the background. Just wanted to share a bit of what's been going on with me over the last few days. I've still been writing, but wanted to get another idea that was in my...

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Chapter 20: Countdown - Is now live!

Hey Everyone,

Thanks for the patience with this, and also a huge thank you to all the new joiners that have come over from Royal Road. Welcome to the Patreon, I'm delighted to have you with us. :...

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Poll: Wildcards Dread Captain - How are we pacing?

I know that the first book didn't have the in-game stuff until Chapter 18, which was Character Creation. I received a lot of feedback from people saying that they really enjoyed the out of game stuff, so...

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Chapter 19: Downtime - Is now live!

Hey Everyone,

Just wanted to say a huge thank you for both the new and continued support of the story. Here's the next chapter! I'll be posting up a poll later to get your thoughts on the directi...

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Chapter 18 is now live!

Hi Everyone,

Got Covid last week and was very much out of action for a while. Couldn't think straight, so there were no chapters. I'm feeling much better now though, and I'm getting back into the...

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Chapters 14, 15, 16 and 17 are now live!

Hey Everyone!

So, Madrid was incredible. I got to meet some amazing authors that really pulled me out of my writing slump. The guys at Shadow Alley Press created an impromptu writers-room and hel...

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Chapters 12 & 13 - Live!

Afternoon Everyone!

I'll be in Madrid this weekend at a writer event, hoping to learn from other self-published authors about how to get better at the craft. I could have waited until I was back ...

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Chapters 9, 10 & 11 - We're back!

Happy Friday Everyone,

I've recently joined a group of other writers that lifted me out of my slump and got me writing again. I'm up at 6am each morning now, working on Wildcards and my other sec...

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Patreon Charges - Pausing this Month

Hi Everyone,

It's not fair to accept payments for a month that you didn't receive any story updates from me. I didn't know that I could pause the payments, but it's great because I definitely don...

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Chapter 7: Wildcards + Chapter 8: Heroes

Hi Everyone!

Here's the next chapter of Wildcards. It took me a while, and I'm really sorry for the delay. To make it up to you all, I have another chapter ready to go. Chapter 8 is done too which I'm going to be attaching to this post.

Hope you're all having a great weekend! I'm ...

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Writing Update - Chapter Delay

Hi Everyone,

Sincere apologies for the lack of updates from my side. I've caught myself in a bit of a vicious cycle between work, edits on the first book and writing new chapters. I'm going to sit down tonight and draft out everything that needs to happen for the next few chapters and end...

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Slight Delay

Hi Everyone,

Hope you all had a great January. Just wanted to apologise for the current delay of the next chapter. I'm just finalising a few names and details for the next chapter as it will involve some of the Wildcards being introduced. I'm hoping to have it done in the next few days, b...

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Chapter Six: Acknowledgement

Happy Sunday Everyone,

Sorry this one is a few hours late. Ireland officially re-opened after 2 years of lockdown and I was out partying with friends. :)

Hope you all had a great weekend,...

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Chapter Five: Damage Control

Hey Everyone,

Hope you're all having a great weekend! Just wanted to say thank you again to all the new Patrons that have joined me on this journey. Your support is greatly appreciated, and really reminded me of how many people are enjoying the story. To everyone that's stuck around with ...

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Chapter Four: New Threads

Happy Sunday!

Hope everyone has a great week, and thank you all so much for your support. There was a great surge of new Patrons, and I'm delighted to have you aboard. To give you context about w...

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Chapter Three: The Dread Tower

Happy New Year!  

Sincere apologies for the delayed chapters. I got myself into a bit of a rut over the last few months and didn't feel able to write. I'm doing better now and I'm going to try...

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Quick Update! Author Reveal!

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for the delay with everything. You might notice that my name has changed on Patreon and the hyperlink is now different. I've been in talks with a publisher and I'm going to be ...

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Quick Update

Hi Everyone!

Sorry for the silence. Since the last update: 

  • I had a holiday. 
  • I celebrated my birthday. 
  • I went to my friends' wedding
  • I've gone to a charity event with swimming and BBQ. 
  • I've played some games!  View Post

Chapter Two: A New Contract

Hi Everyone,

Big thank you to everyone for the support on the first chapter! You can probably tell that I enjoy writing sponsorship stuff. Nox previously had blue eyes, but I've written her with ...

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Chapter One: Welcome to Nox Holdings

Morning Everyone,

Just wanted to say thank you again for all your help with the Dread Pirate. This is the first chapter of the Dread Captain, which I'm treating as a bit of a breather as we slowl...

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Chapter 51: Epilogue

Hi Everyone,

I cannot explain or express my surprise at finally getting to this point. Book One is complete, well, at least the first draft of it, anyway. I'm going to be going straight over to B...

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Legendary Class Quest Finale (Poll)

Just want to get a sense of what people thought of the last scenes? Was it a gripping finale, a disappointment? I'd love to get a better sense of what you thought. I'll be working on edits soon enough and going back to fix continuity errors in the story, so I'd like to get an idea of what you all...

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Chapter 50: Fangs

Happy 30 minutes later,

Since the previous post.

Probably should have made this all one chapter... but it was a nightmare with editing. There are mistakes, I'm sure, and potential continu...

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Chapter 49: Live Broadcast

Happy Saturday / Sunday!

TLDR: Next chapter tomorrow.

So, I hit Writer's block. Imposter syndrome wormed its way in too, and I felt like I couldn't do the ending of the story justice. Pod...

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Chapter 48: A Real Challenge

Happy Friday Everyone,

I've some edits that I want to make with this, but overall, this is the direction I was building up towards for some time. There are some changes that I'm still deciding on...

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Chapter 47: Remember Me? - Part 3

Happy Sunday Everyone! 

Thank you all for the messages since the last update and the congratulations, I really do appreciate it. Huge thanks too to all the people on Discord that continued to ...

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Wildcards Book 2 - Cover Reveal! Author Update and Chapter Update!

First wanted to apologise for the delay in getting the next Chapter out. There have been a few updates in my life that have been really exciting. I've started a new job where I get to talk to writers about games all day. 

I started interviewing with the company a few weeks ago, and I c...

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Chapter 46: Remember Me? - Part 2

Morning Everyone!

First of all, I just wanted to apologise for the delay with the Chapters. My University work will be over tomorrow, and I'm incredibly excited to be finished with it. I'm going ...

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March Update: Wildcards & More

Morning Everyone!

First of all, I just wanted to apologise for the radio silence over the last few days. I've been wrapping up my Post-Graduate diploma, which will finish in the next two weeks. I...

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Chapter 45: A Night to Remember

Thank you, everyone, for answering in the Poll.

Probably shouldn't be surprised that Greaves won, so here you go! Next chapter will be: Remember Me? - Part 2.

I'll be finished with Univer...

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