I really didn't want to end up rewriting this story, but I am not that far into it yet, and I need to make a change fairly close to the beginning. Plus, I wanted to try out writing in third person limited omniscient. This should let me focus on the perspective of a single character at a time, but...
2023-09-19 00:43:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhen writing a new novel, I, as a discovery writer, am taking the time to feel out the characters, world, etc... I already had plenty of lore, history, and general background for the world, but assembling that into a cohesive framework requires actually writing.
I quite like the world, and ...
2023-09-17 16:45:07 +0000 UTC View PostThis chapter fought me a bit, but hopefully it came out okay.
Attuning to sound had proven relatively simple. Knowledge of both its physical nature, combined with his personal experiences, had been more than sufficient. He could now feel how sound qi now rippled out from practica...
2023-09-14 18:47:57 +0000 UTC View Post
A very small collection of the art I had available for the Wandering Woods. (I had about 200 images available as possibilities.)
2023-09-08 06:47:23 +0000 UTC
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This chapter took a lot of work, but I am also very happy with it. It is also a very long chapter for me at ~3700 words.
And you all wanted me to skip through the Wandering Woods, so here we go:
“It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We ne...
2023-09-08 06:33:33 +0000 UTC View PostA little bit longer chapter at ~2700 words.
Lurona’s eyes were only unfocused for a moment, the faint pattern of qi lasting for only a moment.
Aarick doubted he would have noticed at all, if he hadn’t been looking for it.
She blinked, and she smiled.
“Well! I can hon...
2023-09-06 19:30:44 +0000 UTC View PostGetting a bit better look at Tarrae, including his status.
“Such fire was not by water to be drowned,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.”
-Ludovico Ariosto, from Canto XXVIII, stanza 89 (tr. W. S. Rose)
==Tarrae==
After being let back into the ...
2023-09-01 22:23:56 +0000 UTC View PostWas sick at the start of this week, so things were a bit delayed. Sorry about that.
Apparently, Aarick would need to apologize to his previous English teachers. While he had understood the importance of good grammar before, if only to not embarrass himself, he could now tell them that gramm...
2023-08-26 21:48:13 +0000 UTC View PostAnd we get back to Caden as he waits to reemerge.
“Dr. Turing of Cambridge says that the soul is an illusion and that all that defines us as human beings can be reduced to a series of mechanical operations.”
—Neal Stephenson
==Caden==
Delving into my soul ...
2023-08-18 18:16:12 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
There were no signs that Lurona had moved, no sound or breezes of displaced air. No sign other than the sudden lack of her presence.
Reodan doesn’t show signs when he moves at super-speed, other than the barely visible blur... This is probably more of the same....
2023-08-15 19:28:09 +0000 UTC View PostSo, the wandering woods are a large area, and I have two options I can choose to do with it. Either I can go as I have been for them, and provide plenty of detail to flesh them out, or I can do my best to brush over most of the content and get them over with quickly.
I figured I should ask ...
2023-08-11 23:56:40 +0000 UTC View PostWent back an was looking at some of my old chapters for this. Looking back at 2.3 when I first introduced Zidaun. Now I really feel like I need to go back and edit everything, cause I feel like their viewpoint was so clunky.
However, for now, here is the chapter:
“It was both fascin...
2023-08-11 23:52:57 +0000 UTC View PostNow getting to our 6th chapter ahead for Outside the Heavens, yay!
Lurona sat in front of him, silently thinking, and he dared not interrupt.
Okay… feeling a little nervous now.
Aarick wanted to shout at her that she couldn’t just drop a line lik...
2023-08-09 20:24:53 +0000 UTC View PostI really like the design of the tower, so I hope you all enjoy it.
Lurona’s personal tower was, as Aarick had expected, beautiful.
The stairs emerged into an entry room, and the density of the qi and ziu was so heavy that, even with his newfound capacity, he found i...
2023-08-08 18:39:47 +0000 UTC View PostPlease enjoy.
“A good puzzle, it's a fair thing. Nobody is lying. It's very clear, and the problem depends just on you.”
-Erno Rubik
==Zidaun==
This entire area had been strange.
Sure, the vast gathering of skyrays had been terrifying, but overall there had been ...
2023-08-03 21:19:44 +0000 UTC View PostYou guys are all awesome, and I love you all. Also, I had a few people join my patreon right before the end of the month. You guys would have been charged again when the new month started. If you knew that and wanted to contribute, great. However, if you want a refund for last month, just let me ...
2023-08-02 18:30:38 +0000 UTC View PostI wanted to express my gratitude for all the support I have received. It matters a great deal to me. Thank you so much.
Aarick hadn’t really understood what Lurona meant, calling his previous enlightenments partial.
He did now.
He had absently noted being set on his...
2023-07-21 19:08:11 +0000 UTC View PostThank you all for being amazing. I know I haven't gotten as much done as I wanted to this month so far, but I still had more people signing up and so many patrons sticking with me. It has meant a lot.
I am far more functional now, since my ADHD is now being medicated, but I do still deal wi...
2023-07-16 18:46:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry for a bit of delay. Lots of family stuff was happening with the 4th of July. Lit off some fireworks and had barbeque, it was all very nice.
Emerging from the stairway, Aarick found himself on a wide pathway of the same snowy stone.
Does Lurona really like white? I...
2023-07-05 23:28:00 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go, enjoy!:
“The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.”
-Napoleon Hill...
2023-06-28 21:40:32 +0000 UTC View PostAnd another chapter today, hooray!
It turned out that there was a door in the outer wall Aarick had failed to notice.
Normally he would have considered this a failure of perception, but he would have given himself a break for two reasons. The first was simply due to the she...
2023-06-22 20:28:59 +0000 UTC View PostBlah blah blah, writing. Blah blah blah, story. Blah blah blah appeal to pathos... etc... :P
Having a good day, and hope you are too. And, to make our rhyme, the chapter without further ado:
Regardless of what the experience was, Reodan didn’t seem to notic...
2023-06-22 18:22:01 +0000 UTC View PostMade a minor formatting change to how I am displaying identified monsters, but that is all.
“One can enjoy a rainbow without necessarily forgetting the forces that made it.”
—Mark Twain
==Caden==
As the waves of knowledge washed over me, I found myself in ...
2023-06-20 19:22:31 +0000 UTC View PostAn interesting curse of being a writer, is reading.
It gets harder to read some things, the words and phrases mismatched and grating against my mental ear. Screeching like the breaks of a great train, its track so rudely disturbed.
Another, is to read and have it stir the call in my o...
2023-06-19 21:20:05 +0000 UTC View PostRan out of meds toward the end of last week and didn't get back on them til Tuesday. So my ability to write had issues for a bit. Seems to be back up and running again now though, so continuing along.
Reodan had told Aarick about the demonic corruption, and he thought he had unde...
2023-06-15 21:03:55 +0000 UTC View PostHope you enjoy the chapter. I am actually quite enjoying writing Aarick's perspective.
Aarick’s mind stalled again. If a computer had as many BSOD moments as he had over the last while, it would need some serious work.
Fortunately for him, human minds were usually pretty ...
2023-06-08 20:41:08 +0000 UTC View PostThis chapter fought me a little bit, but I am still relatively happy with it.
Modern science says: 'The sun is the past, the earth is the present, the moon is the future.' From an incandescent mass we have originated, and into a frozen mass we shall turn. Merciless is the law of ...
2023-06-06 19:26:40 +0000 UTC View PostAnd we are back to Aarick once again. Hope you enjoy his continued learning.
Fortunately, Reodan was not surprised at Aarick’s ignorance.
“Some of the lower ranked nobles won’t have bothered teaching you everything. If you proved a worthy investment, then they would h...
2023-06-02 23:28:08 +0000 UTC View PostI really love storms. Not much more to say than that, haha.
“A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs ...
2023-06-01 18:28:45 +0000 UTC View PostWanted to get this one out this morning, but got a little busy. Still, glad to get it out.
Aarick’s mind was currently blue screening.
“Oh course, I never fully answered your question.”
“What?” he said.
“You were asking about demons,” Reodan said. ...
2023-05-31 05:42:58 +0000 UTC View Post