This sneak peek is from near the end of chapter four. A bit late posting today; apologies!
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We weren’t the only ones in the elevator: a few older businessmen in suits, and a young woman with tired eyes who mi...
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Hmm. Well, it's been the worst week for writing in some time. I attribute this to a few things. I was ill for much of the weekend and start of the week. The heatwave also certainly didn't help. An...
2024-08-02 00:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
A slightly more subdued image for today, Cindy dressed for the funeral of David Saunders. This was one of the first pieces of fan art that Fraylim shared with me, capturing the moment below, from the opening of Book 3. Returning to this opening reminds me that I need to revisit and revise it--we'...
2024-08-01 10:51:16 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the nearly-complete draft of Chapter 4-5. It may undergo another revision or two, just to tighten it up a bit, before publishing. If you spot any errors, feel free to let me know, or if anything seems oddly out of characters or inconsistent. Otherwise, enjoy!
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As of 8:43am, 35 people have cast their vote, expressing their views on the use of AI Art:
20% "despise"
26% "tolerate"
9% ambivalent
31% "like"
11% "love"
And one complex opinion expressed; thank you Zebelle for the detailed response!
Poll/quiz design is...
2024-07-30 08:38:17 +0000 UTC View PostThis sneak peek is from near the end of Chapter 4. Julia has taken David out to Icarus. an expensive if somewhat dull hotel bar, and set him up for a one night stand. On his way to the bar, he has serious doubts.
Enjoy!
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2024-07-29 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDigital Art, or rather AI Art, is a divisive medium. Last week I posted a piece of AI-created fan art, and there were some strong responses. Consequently, I'm curious as to peoples' thoughts on the medium and the best way to collect responses seems to be via a poll.
I have very conflicted ...
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Writing count excludes today's writing. I think going forward I'll report the change for Sunday to Thurday, si...
Obviously, I'm a big fan of Fraylim's art. But this one's definitely up there amongst my favourites. This is from the very beginning--or is that the ending?--of the story: Cindy with a gun, out for vengence. I love the Noir styling of the image; she could've stepped out of classic 50s femme fatal...
2024-07-25 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI don't know if I can overstate how difficult this scene was to write. I don't know why, but it was very slow going and a real effort to complete. It's an important scene--there are important plot elements introduced here that will come to fruition later in the story. In any case, Enjoy! I reckon...
2024-07-24 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Constant seems to have caught some readers' imaginations, especially Cindy. Back in December of last year, members of this patreon might remember some experimentation with AI art. Patron 'Bobbi' kindly sent in some images they'd generated of some key scenes from the story, and I had...
2024-07-23 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostIt''s not always easy to pick a sneak peek: there's a lot of content to choose from, but I want to pick something that tempts readers at all tier levels, but I also don't want to spoil the story. But what do people want to read? Salacious moments, or bits of character development, or hints at new...
2024-07-22 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostBy Fakeminsk
2024-07-21 00:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One
One: The Old King’s Death
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Finished Reading: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga Tokarczuk
<... 2024-07-19 13:25:55 +0000 UTC View PostWith 27 votes, it's not necessarily indicative the whole membership's views--but then again, I guess that's democracy! Results as of 19/07 are:
Carry on: 44%
More Art: 33%
Interactive Fiction: 11%
Non-Constant Fiction: 7%
Rambling: 4%
So, I'll be taking this on...
2024-07-19 05:17:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Another wonderful gift by Fraylim, a dress perfect for clubbing at Tartatus, but wholly inapropriate for a bar like Icarus. This is from chapter 4, scenes 5 and 6. As part of Cindy's "training", Julia brings her to the hotel bar for what may prove a life-alterating encounter. Here's an extract: 2024-07-18 00:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
The final (?) draft of chapter 3, scene 3. As always, feel free to leave comments and criticism! This will undergo a final revision before the whole chapter is published.
The second week of living under Julia’s control ended with a visit to
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2024-07-16 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs David slips further under Julia's control, they have increasingly different visions of who Cindy really is. An unpleasant encounter at work highlights this for our feminised protagonist. This exerpt is from chapter 4.
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2024-07-13 08:47:24 +0000 UTC View PostStart of week: 34,648
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The hardest week in a long time. I knew the full flow of a few weeks ago couldn't last, but slamming up against writer's block still sucks. The end of the last week, and the start of this one, m...
2024-07-12 10:21:40 +0000 UTC View PostIs this not why you are here?
It's been two months now that I've been running the Patreon according to the current release schedule: Monday sneak peeks, Wednesday scenes, Thursday art and an update on Friday, with other bits and bobs mixed in--at the moment, archiving previous chapters of C...
2024-07-12 07:25:51 +0000 UTC View Post
A Fraylim double bill today, this second one most definitely unexpected!
Okay, I don't think Cindy's much of a football (read: soccer, depending on which side of the pond you're on) fan, nor David; nor, indeed, your author, who hasn't really supported a team since Hodgson left Fulham.
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Normally, the outfits Cindy wears throughout the story are plucked directly from the imagination--I'm not always convinced they'd work in reality, but they seem to do fine as snippets of descriptve prose existing purely in fantasy. However, sometimes I go digging around online for inspiration or ...
2024-07-11 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe next all-but-complete scene in chapter four
2024-07-10 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA little surprise today: a wondeful update to the banner at the top of the Patreon page by the ever-generous Fraylim. It shows the transition from David, in his full cocky glory, through the many steps leading to the Cindy only briefly glimpsed in the prologue at the very start.
I really th...
2024-07-09 13:52:07 +0000 UTC View PostFor the archives: Constant in All Things 1: Cha
2024-07-09 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostA sneak peek at a scene midway through Chapter 4. After all that fun bridal experience, Julia takes Cindy out for dinner. They eat and drink and talk and leave the restaurant at closing time. It's late and dark out and they're standing alone outside waiting for a taxi....
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