So, it's been a pretty crappy week for writing. Haven't been able to get in the zone. First there was problems with writing Demesne, which needed three versions and two rewrites... and now I have to announce there will be no Nightmærangers tomorrow. I know it doesn't seem to be anyone's favorite...
2021-05-01 13:07:48 +0000 UTC View Post"Any idea what's going to happen to him?" Rian asked.
They stood around the outside of Grem's impromptu prison under the light of the late afternoon sun. It felt… strange… to Lori to not have any work to do at this time of day. Usually she'd be desiccating the contents of the latrines a...
2021-04-29 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe Vyshke woman moved to stand over Grem, glaring down at him. As he finished blinking and came fully conscious, he started returning the favor.
"Grem," she said curtly.
"Vyshke," he said in the same tones.
"Is there any particular reason you tried to kill my husband and my nie...
2021-04-27 17:10:00 +0000 UTC View PostEmdeng awoke, as he usually did, to the sounds of the bells of Open Hand Demesne chiming the time. Despite advancements in timekeeping technology over the centuries, the bells were still rung at sunrise rather than at fourth bell, which according to his clock wasn't for another few chimes yet. 2021-04-27 03:14:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Lori had never seen Rian so nervous. It hasn't a state she associated with her lord. He was confident, charming, kind, oblivious to other's advances, could easily be mistaken for making advances, annoyingly insightful, straightforward, theatrical, helpful, determined, and had a strange fetish for...
2021-04-25 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe Savant
"Healed? Your Binder healed all of them?" Rian said, sounding appropriately amazed at such a convenient occurrence. "Well, that's convenient. They'll be able to travel on their own, then."
Grem, however, looked like he'd been condemned to death. "L...
2021-04-25 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostDue to not being in the zone for long enough yesterday, the Patron exclusive short 'A Mentalist's Day' (tentative title) wasn't completed. Rather than forcing it today, I'll do it later this week in place of a usual Demesne chapter. Today's a Maria Day.
I hope to still be able to post it be...
2021-04-25 03:56:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe House With Pink In Its Walls, Part 2
The graveyard in Marikina– sorry, the 'Memorial Garden'– was, in fact, actually fairly private. While they had a gate, the guards didn't stop anyone or even asked them who they'd be visiting, and the three of them just w...
2021-04-25 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostEventually, as promised, food was sent up to them for lunch, since aside from Grem's actions, they were apparently still considered guests.
River's Fork demesne had bread.
That alone made all this worth the trip.
"I might have to leave your demesne," Rian said, staring down in s...
2021-04-22 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe girl Shanalorre was staring at Lori curiously. "You're a wizard?" she said. "Like Tota and Tyatya?"
"I am," Lori confirmed, ignoring the two militiamen in front of her who were hefting their clubs nervously. She kept her breathing even and circular. "Though I'm not sure how 'like' those...
2021-04-20 17:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostA hearty thanks to everyone who has been supporting me and my stories! I am here to say that before the end of the month (if you happen to be thinking of leaving), I will be releasing a Patron Exclusive Worldbuilding Short Story for Demesne. It will be about Mentalists (since people keep making w...
2021-04-20 05:25:20 +0000 UTC View Post"Healed? Your Binder healed all of them?" Rian said, sounding appropriately amazed at such a convenient occurrence. "Well, that's convenient. They'll be able to travel on their own, then."
Grem, however, looked like he'd been condemned to death. "Lasponin… you didn't…" he said pleadingl...
2021-04-18 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe House With Pink In Its Walls, Part 1
One morning, as Sanny Dalag woke from strange dreams of alien thoughts and sensations, filling his mind with disjointed visions of a world subsumed by tainted flesh, he discovered than in his sleep he had become a twisted, i...
2021-04-18 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThis Place Isn't Civilized
It was very tempting to boldly say 'No', throw him into the water, then turn around to go back to her demesne.
But if what he was saying is true…
"How did no one rob you blind in Covehold?" Rian said.
Lori blinked at h...
2021-04-17 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostIn her room at home, Tammy waits dreaming
Sleepy, yet not asleep.
She lay in bed, dreaming, dozing.
She wanted to stay where she was. To just lie there in place, and not be moved. To breathe in and grow… 2021-04-17 14:20:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Rian was the first out of the boat and over the side, pulling it up onto the shore to beach it properly so it wouldn't drift away. Grem scrambled down to help as Lori and everyone else tried to keep from falling over. Some people in the crowd helped, pulling them up, and one grabbed the anchor an...
2021-04-15 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostShe slept on the barge, anchored securely out in the middle of the river. With all the supplies removed, there was plenty of room for her to stretch out. She had her rain coat to lie down on, her old pillow, her blanket, and her hat to put over her head so bugs wouldn't lay eggs in her ears, not ...
2021-04-14 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, so, had to edit Demesne Chapter 25 because a number was absurdly low, and I was driving myself to conniptions with math before I gave up and admitted I had to (shudder) edit a number so it made more sense. This shouldn't make much of a difference to readers, but I'm letting you know in case...
2021-04-12 12:59:41 +0000 UTC View PostIt was very tempting to boldly say 'No', throw him into the water, then turn around to go back to her demesne.
But if what he was saying is true…
"How did no one rob you blind in Covehold?" Rian said.
Lori blinked at him. "What?"
He gestured vaguely in the general direct...
2021-04-11 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDay Of The Plague Dog, Part 3
"So talk," an incongruously normal, feminine voice said.
To be perfectly honest, Tammy hadn't really thought past this part. She'd sort of assumed that she wouldn't get this far. But she only had to talk. That wasn't hard.
...
2021-04-11 07:42:29 +0000 UTC View PostLori's Boat
With the probationaries telling them that there was, in fact, no rapids between her demesne and their previous, now unclaimed one, as well as the assertion there were wounded left behind, Lori was… all right, still worried this was a trap. But the pos...
2021-04-10 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post"– according to her biography!" Lori ranted. "So, it doesn't work like that!" She panted and reached for the water skin for a drink to soothe her throat.
Landoor– and his name would forever be burned into her head for his utter stupidity– said, "But in the story–" and that ...
2021-04-08 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostThere was much screaming, holding on to the sides of the barge and lying down next to the pile of supplies crying about how they were going too fast.
"You're all being overdramatic," Rian sighed.
That was rich coming from him, but Lori couldn't help but agree in this instance
"S...
2021-04-07 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs some of you may know, SB is currently down. Now, I don't know how many of you followed me from there for sure, but I know it's a number greater than 2. So, until the issue is resolved, and that wrenched hive of scum and villainy is back on it's feet, today's Maria will be posted here. Yo...
2021-04-07 04:49:24 +0000 UTC View PostWith the probationaries telling them that there was, in fact, no rapids between her demesne and their previous, now unclaimed one, as well as the assertion there were wounded left behind, Lori was… all right, still worried this was a trap. But the possibility of an unclaimed demesne was worth t...
2021-04-04 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostDay Of The Plague Dog, Part 2
The area of the street where the yellow newcomer and the plague dog were fighting was clear of people, who'd all drawn back to take out their phones. The plague dog grappled with the newcomer, trying to get them in its jaws. It fought ...
2021-04-03 17:37:37 +0000 UTC View PostWhile trying to write the latest chapter of Nightmærangers, I gave in and tried to give them a short, cut for TV-size OP lyrics. Why? Because apparently there are still some self-delusions I need to shed.
As this is a sentai series, the original lyrics are in a foreign language. Here they...
The Strangers
It was the most awkward lunch Lori had ever attended, and that included the time her mothers and she had attended a family reunion in another demesne and everyone kept asking who her father was.
Rian had had one of the stone cooking pots brought...
2021-04-03 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostHELLOOOOO Patrons and possibly people who for some reason are reading the free chapters here instead of somewhere more convenient, like Royal Road (please leave a rating, it really helps me reach more people!)...
2021-04-02 08:30:47 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn't much of a ceremony. Grem, the assorted probationary subjects he was eating with, Rian to take over when she was done, and anyone else who might be in hearing range, which from the murmur of voices having breakfast in the Dungeon's dining hall wasn't a lot. There was a murmur of exciteme...
2021-04-01 17:01:59 +0000 UTC View Post