Hi!
Book 11 went live at midnight. When Shade’s First Rule released 5 ½ years ago I was a nervous wreck. That happened for every book release for quite a while. Now I hardly think about it. That is good and bad.
I spent a lot of time the last two weeks deciding what to focus on for...
2025-02-01 09:02:40 +0000 UTC View PostHey! Here is the preface I mentioned earlier. Obviously, this isn't a comprehensive summary. I tried to hit the items a reader would benefit from remembering to enjoy book eleven. I also have an author's note at the end I plan on including. Please let me know if I missed anything that should be t...
2025-01-26 23:52:29 +0000 UTC View PostHey!
I finished the revision after an epic push to get it completed. Thankfully, I was able to meet the deadline for Travis. This was great since Travis started his performance today.
I wrote a “ the story so far” for people that don’t remember what happened in the previous book...
2025-01-25 08:10:07 +0000 UTC View PostJust found out Travis has started the live narration of book 11. His discord server is here:
Thanks!
2025-01-24 17:19:58 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
I'm still slogging away on the revision. It will be a very long weekend. Thank you so much to everyone who left comments. I'll go through them all but can't respond until next week when I have more time.
I'm really looking forward to next week. I've been pushing myself hard the la...
2025-01-18 07:57:40 +0000 UTC View PostHey!
Root Tier: the last group of chapters is now open.
Thank you so much for all the comments. Some of my anxiety has disappeared since the feedback so far doesn't indicate I destroyed the series. lol. Seriously though, I appreciate all the comments.
One thing is clear though. ...
2025-01-15 22:10:54 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
I advanced the Harvester and Root Tiers.
Thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to leave me comments. I appreciate you so much!!!!
AFK
2025-01-15 00:12:31 +0000 UTC View PostHey!
I finished. I’m way behind schedule. If I edit these chapters before I give them to you it will be far too late to get any feedback. That means these are RAW. I haven’t even reread them. I removed all the notes I have to myself to fix continuity errors and oth...
2025-01-14 07:54:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 78
The Void resisted Ruwen’s tele
2025-01-14 07:53:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 68
“The mark caught my attention,
2025-01-14 07:51:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 58
Ruin nodded to himself. “I won
2025-01-14 07:49:25 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
As always happens, what I thought would be a few chapters to finish book 11 turned out to be more. I’m 3 to 4 chapters from the end though, which will bring the total number of chapters for book 11 to around 80. If you do the math that’s almost 25 chapters past what I released tonig...
2025-01-11 06:39:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 57
“Ruin!” Rami shouted and jumped away from Varthon’s wings. She crashed into Ruin, and he stumbled backward.
Ruin returned the hug as he watched Varthon struggle to remove the color staining his wings. Ruin didn’t know what the Void Wyrm tried but nothing seemed to w...
2025-01-11 06:37:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 56
Overlord created a sword in each hand and stomped the sand to summon a Sandpede. “I’ll demonstrate a few of the basic forms.”
Ruin rose into the air while Overlord jumped ten feet away.
Overlord continued as if he’d given this talk a hundred times before. And ...
2025-01-11 06:36:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 55
Uruziel appeared again in Ruin’s peripheral vision. “I spoke with Deryssa, but she said the process of using one’s core happened naturally like breathing. She doesn’t understand why your core doesn’t just work.”
“That’s not helpful,” Ruin responded as the ...
2025-01-11 06:34:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 54
Uruziel lowered Ruin’s Core Velocity to three thousand and he thankfully let her manage the reactions. Keeping the chaotic packets of Destruction energy in check created a constant tension he didn’t enjoy. He gripped the hilts of his manifested swords as his breathing automat...
2025-01-11 06:33:21 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
Happy New Year! 2024 raced by in a blur. Especially the last portion because I was working very hard to finish book 11. The good news is that I’m almost done. It’s possible I’ll finish this weekend although more likely next week. That gives me time for a proper revision before Tra...
2025-01-04 06:10:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 53
Ruin pushed his Outer Mind into the surroundings as the ground approached. He flared his wings and glided away from the mass of Sandpedes that Vex had gathered. Altering his path, he flew parallel to the desert. He recalled what his Divine Domain had felt like in his human body. ...
2025-01-04 05:58:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 52
With every step, Ruin's enthusiasm to join his friends waned. Sift's description of the needle experiments flashed through Ruin's thoughts, and he decided seeing them could wait.
The Void Wyrm Varthon and Deryssa had made it sound like fixing a spiritual network was no diff...
2025-01-04 05:57:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 51
A group of melee fighters in heavy armor broke through the shadow trees and rushed Ruin, likely trying to stop any attack on their weaponless commander.
The Assessor charged as well, using her shield as a battering ram.
Ruin transitioned into unarmed combat and met th...
2025-01-04 05:56:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 50
Ruin had created this portal so that his friends in the alchemy camp could easily return home. That’s why he placed it just outside the crystal forest surrounding the Shattered Sun dungeon and a thousand feet from Bliz’s bar, Pour Judgement. Calf-high grass bent in the cold w...
2025-01-04 05:55:12 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
We had family here this week celebrating Christmas which was nice. It impacted my productivity a little, but I’d been pushing myself pretty hard so the break was probably for the best. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to those that celebrate.
Probably like you, I’m shocked t...
2024-12-28 06:52:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 49
Ruin tried to shake off the imagery of Hamma’s words. He was just doing what was necessary, nothing more. That brought him back to the reason for this visit.
Leaning down, Ruin spoke to Io. “I was hoping we could talk about the towers.”
“Sure,” Io said. “Y...
2024-12-28 06:51:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 48
Ruin dismissed his armor but remained in the Destruction Realm. He’d finally found Sift in the alchemy camp practicing his Steps. Sift had made it difficult because he’d stored his shadow in one of the artifacts from the Bamboo Viper Step Clan. Ruin weighed the pros and cons ...
2024-12-28 06:49:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 47
“Something’s wrong,” Ruin told Deryssa. He displayed the log entry and then the Specialization he’d been given.
Deryssa frowned and her forehead wrinkled. “I don’t know what any of this means. It’s like the System is broken.”
“Aeonrial somehow modifi...
2024-12-28 06:48:22 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 46
Deryssa’s brow furrowed at the question and Ruin displayed the shapes of three simple tones in the space between them.
“Have you ever seen shapes like this?” Ruin asked.
Deryssa’s confusion disappeared and she stepped forward. “Yes.”
Ruin grew excite...
2024-12-28 06:46:57 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
Thanks to you, I took this week off from work to write, and I’m pleased to report it was very productive. I’m now optimistic I’ll finish with enough time for proper revision.
Travis needs the manuscript by January 20th. Generally, I like to have the whole book out before he ...
2024-12-21 05:41:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 45
Ruin didn’t focus on the memory. Instead, he offered encouragement. Listen to my voice. I’m not leaving. Don’t struggle. I’m waiting for you. Take your time. Over and over, he repeated the same until it became a chant.
Ruin desperately wanted to know what t...
2024-12-21 05:40:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 44
Ruin sat cross-legged on the battlefield and considered his interaction with the Dark Tower as his friends destroyed the last of the creatures. He had been so focused on testing the defenses of his new transition area that he’d failed to get much information on the Dark Tower i...
2024-12-21 05:38:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 43
Ruin appeared near the mountain he’d created as a barrier between his inner and outer mind. Golden bamboo wrapped the base like the gilded bars of a prison. The stalks swayed to an invisible wind under a light with no source. Red and white serpents coiled threateningly around t...
2024-12-21 05:36:54 +0000 UTC View Post