Everyone remembers where they were when the Insectification happened.
Tim, my moth friend said it happened during his wedding. Right in the middle of his vows. Dave, some guy I met once, claimed the Insectification saved his life. Said he’d just crushed his leg in a forklift accident and ...
2025-05-20 13:42:20 +0000 UTC View PostHello, dear friends!
Welcome to: "Hal Was Isekaid as a Farming Beetle."
I know—I know. This one’s coming out of the blue.
As a writer, I usually stick to a strict schedule and aim for chapters with a specific word count. But the other day, I was feeling...
2025-05-20 13:41:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Humans, beware! A new player has come to town and made New Lisbon its puppet show. When the waters of Lake Grassum mysteriously turn fresh and flood overnight, Constable Joey's life is turned upside down. Joey's investigation into the bizarre flood uncovers more questions than answers. What seems ...
2025-05-20 08:57:17 +0000 UTC View Post
A Thrilling Sci-Fi Adventure of Fire, Survival, and Chess! In the metal world of Ignis, every day is a fight to survive. Humanity hides in underground Burrows, where food is scarce and life expectancy is short. Eli is no stranger to hardship. Forged by unrelenting hunger, he has become a man of re...
2025-05-20 08:54:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Outthink. Outcraft. Kai and his wife are dying. Their only chance lies inside the Daisy Trials. This year, contestants must capture components, craft cards, and defeat their opponents in a merciless gauntlet where every decision matters. He’s trained for this moment his whole life—studying pa...
2025-05-20 08:48:39 +0000 UTC View PostSummer of 1, Before Daisy
Press conferences reminded Phineas of the ocean. There was always an outburst of chatter and a barrage of questions whenever the governmental spokesman finished a remark, spaced by silence to hear his responses. Reporters sounded like waves breaking and th...
2025-05-19 08:37:47 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
Last week was a whirlwind — and a rewarding one! I’ve got quite a few exciting updates to share with you all.
✅ Hidden Class: Handyman (Vol. 3) — Proofread and done!
This was hands-down one of the most demanding books to prepare for publishing...
Jack looked toward the cemetery gates. The shadows beyond stretched long and uncertain.
Horace and Jack stood side by side before the graveyard.
“Can you see them?” Jack asked.
Horace turned his back on the cemetery. “Eleven o’clock. Three near a tombstone.”
Jack...
2025-05-12 13:59:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe plan was simple: level up [Bone Carving] as much as possible.
If it worked anything like [Rope Weaving], then each level would unlock new recipes. Right now, it was the smartest investment he could make.
The price for the first upgrade was 20,000 XP.
No problem. Jack had bee...
2025-05-12 13:43:38 +0000 UTC View PostHi, everyone!
I hope you are all enjoying a nice weekend.
I want to thank everyone for participating in my last poll. The story that got more votes, by far, was Hidden Class: Dinosaur Whisperer.
It's still going to take months until I start writing it, but I've been musing about...
2025-05-11 09:21:46 +0000 UTC View Post“Next stop, Pearlsgate!” the coach driver called.
Jack stirred as the wheels jostled over cobblestones, the voice pulling him from uneasy sleep. Horace was beside him, stretching and yawning, and ahead of them, the moonlit silhouette of Pearlsgate emerged.
The carriage slowed as t...
2025-05-08 11:18:13 +0000 UTC View PostJack logged back into the game. One by one, the others appeared beside him, their arrivals unnoticed by the nearby NPCs, who paid no mind to players materializing out of thin air.
"Hi again, everyone," Horace said with a wave.
"Jack, were you able to get hold of Rob?" Amari asked.
... 2025-05-08 08:26:48 +0000 UTC View PostIt was morning in the real world, and night was about to fall in the Breach.
The team was deep into the sixth shagrat wave. Even though there were roughly twice as many as in wave 21, things were looking much better than the first time they’d faced them.
Boom! Boom! Boom!<...
2025-05-06 10:56:37 +0000 UTC View PostAfter losing the Terralore match to the mysterious puppetmaster, Deckard rushed to the macaque’s dungeon. He kept glancing over his shoulder
After losing the Terralore match to the mysterious puppetmaster, Deckard rushed to the macaque’s dungeon.
He kept glancing over his shoulder...
2025-05-02 10:34:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe rescue strategy had been laid out. Even though his cousin was still being camped, Jack felt lighter after they’d devised their plan. It almost felt like Rob was already here with them.
Jack tried calling him again, but there was no response. He was probably getting some real sleep ton...
2025-05-01 12:51:47 +0000 UTC View PostIt was one thing to see the scattered corpses of shagrats littering the fortress, stacked beside fallen soldiers and burned barricades, and imagine what it was like to fight a swarm of them.
It was something else entirely to be in the middle of it.
The ground shook with their charge. ...
2025-04-30 16:37:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe Breach was mostly as Jack had left it.
Christoff was by the fire, busy crafting arrows. Esther and Riku were nowhere to be seen, probably running errands for Marie and Horace.
The only real difference was a small pile of pickle jars set aside in the corner, lids opened. Someone ha...
2025-04-29 08:00:31 +0000 UTC View PostHi, everyone!
Thank you so much for your feedback on the first draft of the cover! I asked the artist to tweak a couple of things based on your suggestions, and I'm really happy with the result. What do you think?
2025-04-28 11:07:45 +0000 UTC
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The reveal phase began. Across the field, a new card had appeared on Ratu’s side—but this one remained face-down. From the positioning and e
The reveal phase began.
Across the field, a new card had appeared on Ratu’s side—but this one remained face-down. From the positioning a...
2025-04-28 10:59:08 +0000 UTC View PostJack was furious. It wasn’t bad enough that his cousin was going through hell because of this guild of bullies, but now they wanted to rub his face in it?
It was always part of the plan to draw attention to myself and make them camp here. I’m going to make sure that every time this ...
2025-04-24 15:49:15 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
Hope you’re all having a great week 🌞
I’ve just received the first draft of the cover artwork for Book 2 of Card Slinger — titled Macaques and Macaws 🐒🦜! The artist has wrapped up the initial version, and...
2025-04-24 06:47:13 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the train to the bus, and the bus to home, Jack kept checking his phone. Not obsessively—just enough to notice he was doing it. He had gotten a girl's number. That alone was enough to scramble his thoughts.
He hadn’t fallen head over heels or anything. Holly was just… cute. Easy ...
2025-04-23 14:35:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe landscape kept passing Jack in a blur of black, broken by flashes of light from the posts lining the tracks as the train rolled on. Next to him, Holly was completely absorbed in Amari’s latest video — presumably the one showcasing how Jack had unlocked his hidden class.
The whole th...
2025-04-22 10:08:08 +0000 UTC View PostDeckard crossed the beach of Shell Bay, picking his way between darting crabs and players swinging at them with driftwood clubs and low-tier
Deckard crossed the beach of Shell Bay, picking his way between darting crabs and players swinging at them with driftwood clubs and low-tier blades. T...
2025-04-21 11:47:56 +0000 UTC View PostHi, everyone!
As announced last Friday, Card Crawler: Snap & Craft is now live on Royal Road! You can check it out here. 2025-04-21 09:59:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Whoever was speaking through Ratu, it wasn’t him. Gone was the cheeky attitude. Even the islander accent had vanished. Someone—or something—
Whoever was speaking through Ratu, it wasn’t him. Gone was the cheeky attitude. Even the islander accent had vanished. Someone—or something...
2025-04-21 09:17:59 +0000 UTC View PostAfter watching the professor work, Jack felt like he’d fallen into a trance. The world beyond the workshop seemed distant, as if muffled by water.
The professor’s motions replayed in his mind—each cut, each careful angle. He saw the bone in its raw state, then the transformation, then...
2025-04-17 15:30:09 +0000 UTC View PostHi, everyone!
I hope you're all having a great week.
So! As you may know, I recently launched Hidden Class: Card Slinger, while still actively writing Hidden Class: Handyman—and yes, I’m also working on the full rewrite of Snap Craft. It’s been a busy ...
2025-04-16 10:44:28 +0000 UTC View PostLunch had come and gone—two large pizzas, both piping hot and delivered straight to the professor’s door.
They walked back to the workshop, where the professor rummaged through a bag filled with clinking objects. After a moment of digging, he pulled something out—a bone.
“This...
2025-04-15 15:49:14 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! I’d love your input on something important.
A while back, I asked for your help choosing a title for Handyman Book 3—and after hearing your thoughts, I went with Bone Carving Brewer.
But now that the draft is nearly done... I’ve run into a...
2025-04-14 16:21:57 +0000 UTC View Post