Hi guys!
It's been a while since there was a post, and I wanted to update you all on things.
Overall, progress has been very good for me.
I've lost 35lbs in the last few months. A1C has gone from 11 at the end of April to 5.5 today. My Lipids profile shows the bad cholesterol...
The book is now available on Audible, KDP, Ebook, Softcover, and Hardcover!
KDP / Ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F7Y64FH...
2025-06-12 14:20:33 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys, how is it going.
I'm still alive, but I've been having a rough time of it.
Since the beginning of the year, I've been having trouble with my vision. Just not feeling well, in a fog, etc. I was getting some visual migraines and was just not functioning right at all. I didn't ...
2025-06-07 18:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe weight of the spirit fruit pack settled heavily on Xiulan’s shoulders as she trudged behind Ming back toward Aeris. The rest of the journey was thankfully uneventful. Dust coated their boots by the time the Treasure Pavilion’s familiar architecture came into view.
They went straight...
2025-05-08 07:10:25 +0000 UTC View PostXiulan slipped off her pouch containing her spirit beast egg and put it on top of the spirit fruits. Ming nodded. Turning toward the bandits, Xiulan sized them up.
One wielded a curved metal blade that looked dull in the filtered forest sunlight. The other palmed a shrinking green orb that ...
2025-05-08 02:49:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Guess it's not a 'oneshot', lol.
As noted before, all the illustrations are generated via Gpt4o-image, or Midjourney. Sometimes edited in photoshop or cut together by me. I'm not very good at color grading things yet...
All the framing, ballooning of text, etc is done by me in Clip St...
2025-04-21 06:33:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Some partnerships were never meant to exist. Some things should never have been connected. In the shadowy war on the cyber-net, the line between hero and villain has never been more blurred.
2025-04-18 20:43:34 +0000 UTC
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Morning sunlight slanted through the chamber windows, painting golden stripes across Adrastia’s quarters. Roselle sat in her wheelchair, stomach twisted into knots. The princess stood before a polished mirror, examining her reflection with critical detachment.
“Hand me that blouse,” A...
2025-04-03 13:13:53 +0000 UTC View PostAdrastia guided the wheelchair through palace corridors Roselle had never seen. Each turn revealed more opulence—gilded ceiling frescoes, marble statues in recessed alcoves, doorways inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
The few nobles they passed stopped mid-conversation, bowing deeply to Adrasti...
2025-04-02 18:03:16 +0000 UTC View PostAdrastia paused outside the ornate double doors of her father’s sitting room. Two imperial guards flanked the entrance, their gilded armor gleaming in the morning light streaming through two nearby windows. One guard’s gaze flickered briefly to the fencing sword at her hip—a subtle reaction...
2025-04-02 16:32:10 +0000 UTC View PostAdrastia ran her hand along Midnight’s neck, admiring how sunlight played across his coal-black coat. The enormous warhorse dipped his head, intelligent eyes tracking her movements.
“Magnificent beast,” she murmured, scratching behind his ears. “Worth every gold piece I spent on you...
2025-03-27 06:02:32 +0000 UTC View PostAdrastia and Lady Sephine stared at Roselle with identical expressions of surprise.
“What exactly did you hear?” Adrastia asked, her tone suddenly sharp.
Roselle wiped her palms against her apron. “I got lost yesterday morning—trying to find you and the gold antechamber for cl...
2025-03-27 04:22:39 +0000 UTC View PostXiulan pumped her legs faster, pushing herself to keep pace with Ming. The mountain road winded upward, quickly leaving tree, shrub, and grass behind. A constant pulse of qi ran through her meridians to maintain the exertion, otherwise she would have collapsed hours earlier.
“This is ridi...
2025-03-27 03:12:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 7: Dressing the Princess
“There y
2025-03-26 04:43:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: Haha, yes, of course some new story when
2025-03-26 04:41:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Work pretty much done on RaaWC 1's book cover. I really like it and wanted to share! Artist is https://www.fiverr.com/art_chamaleon
I'm still working on getting the typography right. Suggestions are welcome!
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2025-03-13 01:30:32 +0000 UTC View PostLin Xiulan stuffed the spirit egg into its padded cloth pouch, tucking the bag beneath her robes with a frustrated grunt. The egg pulsed warmly against her side, drawing a trickle of qi from her meridians even when she wasn’t actively feeding it.
“Ju...
2025-03-13 01:26:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay I wanted to do one of these with more video so I tried out some of the new stuff.
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It's still a fever dream, but it's easier to have more fever dream, although it took a bit of time to get the 3 minutes of clips.
With a lot more video editing talent and time I'm sure the...
2025-03-03 07:45:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe smallest actions often reveal the truest character. A moment of impulsive kindness may accomplish what years of careful planning cannot. Watch not what people do when they have time to consider, but what they do when instinct alone guides their hand.
—Master Yan Hui, Teac...
2025-03-02 19:17:18 +0000 UTC View PostUSD: Eight days after mission start
Location: Gliese 1143Ab Low Orbit, Thea’s Hackjob, Alex’s Quarters
Alex slumped in her office chair, staring at the endless loading screen on her desk’s holographic monitor. The display offered no answers to her ethical dilem...
2025-03-02 15:45:00 +0000 UTC View PostShipCore A4 is now out on Amazon!
Progress on A5 hasn't been going, but I'm intending to work on it again as the primary starting in Feb. (Yes, I've been on hiatus, and haven't updated since December, shit, where did the time go?)
Thankfully, I'm not dead!
Just wondering if I ca...
2025-01-29 16:55:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 24 – The Living Ink
Lin Yue’s boots clicked against the stone path leading to Ink House. The bloated moon stretched dark silhouettes across Blackspire’s grounds, twisting ancient trees and walls into grotesque shapes.
“Too many souls give me indigestion.” Shadow droo...
2024-12-23 13:50:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 90: Friends
Xiulan hummed a cheerful tune while completing the final strokes on her talisman practice sheet. The morning sunlight streamed through the pavilion windows, highlighting the fresh ink patterns.
Finished. She gathered the brushes and arranged them neatly beside the ...
2024-12-23 10:38:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 23 – A Fragile Bloom
The perpetual twilight of the demon market greeted Lin Yue as she stepped through the barrier. Familiar nausea rolled through her stomach from the realm shift.
Blue-robed corpses littered the first square, sprawled across blood-stained cobblestones. Lin ...
2024-12-21 12:24:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 89: Spirit Beast
Another barrage of stones ripped through the air, smacking against the ancient tree trunk. Splinters of bark exploded outward. Xiulan shifted her stance to guard her face and readied Severing Light.
“Earth element qi?” Xiulan gripped her weapon tighter. 2024-12-21 08:33:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 88: Cushioned Falls and Flying Stones
Xiulan peered over the cliff’s edge. The sheer drop plummeted hundreds of feet through empty space before disappearing into a thick blanket of mist with tree tops poking out dangerously. Her stomach lurched at the dizzying height. Themis’ wa...
2024-12-20 22:49:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 87: Talismans and Trees
Xiulan hummed while drawing precise strokes across the talisman paper. The kanji flowed from her brush in elegant patterns, each character more beautiful than any English letter she remembered from her past life.
The artistic quality of the symbols brou...
2024-12-20 12:26:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 22 – Coins and Contracts
Lin Yue jogged through the darkened streets, expecting sirens or shouts of alarm. The silence pressed against her ears.
“What kind of anarchy is this place?” She glanced over her shoulder.
Shadow drifted beside her. “We’re still in Blac...
2024-12-20 07:04:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21 – Poisons and Puppets
Lin Yue flipped through the pages scattered across her desk. Wu Lan’s promised assistance wouldn’t materialize for days, which left plenty of time to dive into research.
The pages crinkled under her fingertips as she scanned the text. Making this...
2024-12-19 17:46:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 86: Alchemy & Herbology 101
Every plant, every herb, every blade of grass contains its own story—its own path to power. The master alchemist reads these stories not just with their eyes, but with their spirit, understanding the deeper truths hidden within nature's simplest for...
2024-12-18 18:18:08 +0000 UTC View Post