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“You need not be making any kind of worry. I will be having these two feeling well rested before you know it.” Ferd, the stablehand, sounded posi...
2025-02-20 16:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Thank you all for your continued support! It means the world to me. I have been wrestling with a monster headache all day, so please excuse any stray typos that escaped my pre-post proofread. My brain ain't working too well today.
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... 2025-02-17 16:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support! It means the world to me. This chapter was a fun one. I always enjoy tinkering with the prose in places to reflect the vibe of scene. Lots of short, sharp sentences tonight. Enjoy!
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Fudge’s ...
2025-02-13 16:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Thank you all for your continued support! It means the world to me! These types of chapters are always a lot of fun to write, and I hope you all enjoy it! Always love to read your feedback and comments!
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Hello Patrons! This is not a chapter for What Will Be, but a blog post, of sorts, for people who might be interested in reading about some of my process and the things I have going on in the background.
I have recently transitioned to writing full time and, now that I am back to my...
2025-02-09 20:52:57 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support, it means the world to me. It has been a delight to see people liking and commenting again. The time away was necessary, but I definitely missed engaging with this wonderful community.
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Cruz sat...
2025-02-06 16:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support, it means the world to me.
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Writing with quill and ink was similar to writing with a ballpoint pen, but years of experience with the latter had led to some poor habits with the former. I...
2025-02-03 16:07:48 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support. it means the world to me. UPDATE 25/02/25: For those in the $3 Tier not in the WWB Discord, I delayed the chapter slightly so I could sleep off a migraine and the potent medications that help me to sle...
2025-02-03 16:06:45 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support. It means the world to me.
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For all that I complained, words failed to grasp the sheer bliss I felt when, freshly bathed, I sunk into the depths of my new bed. A satisfied groan rumbled out of me...
2025-02-03 16:05:42 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support. It means the world to me. What are people's thoughts on 'interlude' as opposed to 'side chapter?' Also, a TW for folks: There are facets to Bella's story that touch upon some darker themes; I do my best to approach them wit...
2025-02-03 16:04:33 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support. It means the world to me.
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When we returned to the main building, I was once again reminded that referring to the place as ‘a fort’ was largely a misrepresentation. The entrance was grand, ...
2025-02-03 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for the continued support! I hope you enjoy the chapter!
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As far as naming conventions went, 'Squad Nine' rang entirely too ordinary when measured against my expectations. There was no… fantasy to it. In tr...
2025-02-03 15:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for the continued support! I hope you enjoy the chapter!
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“Remember when I asked you about epigraphs? I did some research of my own and, evidently, there are no actual rules regarding...
2025-02-03 15:58:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Today marks the launch of Book 2 on Royal Road and the addition of a new Patreon Tier. If you want to further support What Will Be and read further ahead, that is now an option. It is starting off as $10 for 10 chapters, but it is my plan to gradually increase the ...
2025-02-03 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: The final pre-release chapter before we resume the usual posting schedule in a couple of days. I had a lot of fun with this chapter and I hope you all enjoy it. Thank you all for your continued support.
One foot in front of the other. Again, and again,...
2025-02-01 16:11:35 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Another day, another pre-release chapter for all of you wonderful people. If you are in the Discord, I dropped the working-cover I'll be using over on RoyalRoad for those who are interested in such things. It also includes the title drop which I will add here as w...
2025-01-30 15:38:56 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Hello Patrons! Thank you for all of your patience while I had the subscriptions paused to work on Book 2 and handle some other business (It was lovely to visit some scattered family over Christmas). What Will Be now has a publishing deal for the first three books ...
2025-01-28 13:31:26 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Hello Patrons! After much writing and re-writing I ended up settling on wrapping things up in two chunky chapters (by my standards) so all said and done here is about 6500 words to bring the main story of Book 1 to a close. I have a few potential bonus/ 'after cre...
2024-11-19 18:41:24 +0000 UTC View PostHello hello to all of my wonderful readers. Today is not a chapter, but an announcement regarding the future of What Will Be. Over the next few weeks, my schedule is going to be laden with a bit of chaos as I make the transition to writing full-time. There are meetings I must attend, people I mus...
2024-10-29 16:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThank you all for your continued support, it means the world to me.
“Strange how we seldom start at the beginning when referencing texts on a subject. Rather, we sort through them to select only what we need. At least, that is common practice, and I cannot help...
2024-10-22 16:40:40 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Thank you all for your continued support. it means the world to me. For those of you not on my Discord, I have been recently dealing with a bout of tonsillitis that, among other things, caused my uvula to swell up so much that I decided to personify her during one...
2024-10-17 16:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Thank you all for the continued support, it means the world to me. I oh so appreciated the detailed feedback the last chapter received and have reflected on it. I will continue to do so until I make my final edits of the book and come to a final decision on the ma...
2024-10-08 16:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support! It means the world to me. I cut a lot (and I mean a lot) of fat from this chapter, which brought it slightly below my usual word count minimum. Even so, I still believe it is on the cusp of being too wordy...
2024-10-03 15:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support, it means the world to me. As a fun aside, today is my birthday! As for this chapter, it was a rough one to write. It clocks in at ~2000 words but I probably wrote close to 6k for it when you consider how much a I wrote, hat...
2024-10-01 17:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Thank you all for your continued support! It means the world to me! In the coming weeks, I will start sending off emails to publishers as we start bring Perseverance to a close. The snazzier my metrics look, the better my odds. If you can take the ti...
2024-09-26 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Thank you all for your continued support. it means the world to me. This chapter went through a few rewrites, some more partial than others. Writing in the first person has its strengths, but this chapter had me staring down one of its weaknesses. Ultimately, I de...
2024-09-24 17:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Thank you all for your continued support! It means the world to me. With this, we enter the beginning of the end of the first book. I am excited to bring it home!
“The allure of longevity is one of the primary motivating factors for Advancement...
2024-09-19 17:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Thank you all for your continued support, it means the world to me! This chapter is one I almost scrapped given that, at a glance, it edges upon a narrative taboo. That being said, I ultimately concluded it skirts the line in an interesting enough way and decided...
2024-09-17 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Thank you all for your continued support. It means the world to me. Summary chapters are always interesting as, by design, they lean on 'telling' more than showing to account for the passage of narrative time. It's a fun excuse to get playful with the prose as opp...
2024-09-12 17:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Notes: Thank you all for your continued support! It means the world to me. We have a bit of a chonkier chapter today! I hope you like it!
“Can a Skill be altered or removed? The short answer is yes to the former and no to the latter. Skill Evolution is ...
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