Life and insanity
Things have been a bit nuts, as have I.
Currently going to try to get back into this on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Sorry to have disappeared for a bit.
2022-07-17 02:25:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Foxmoor Fiction activity
SSD 4.22 - The Illusion of Life
And for my next trick... Patreon will utterly murder my formatting...
For me, there is very little difference between magic and art. To me, the ultimate act of magic is to create something from nothing: It's like when the stage magician pulls the rabbit from the hat.
– Al...
2022-06-26 04:58:24 +0000 UTC View PostNew Cover
I have been working on a new cover for a bit. Tell me what you think.
2022-06-25 08:54:58 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.21 - Building the Mists
Sometimes I really feel like I don't deserve all of your amazing support. I know that is probably my own mind highlighting the bad and not the good. However, it makes me stay immensely grateful for all your support.
I have been dealing with my own mental demons, as well as some sinus pressu...
2022-06-25 06:04:30 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.20 - Moving Pondward
Yeah... so... sorry about that. Apparently my medication makes hyperfocus worse. Which explains why I read a ~1.4 million word fic in the last week. It was enjoyable, but I cannot truly say that it was so amazing that it deserved the intensity of my attention.
For anyone who is curiou...
2022-06-16 04:24:28 +0000 UTC View PostLife Stuff
Turns out I have one of the rare side-effects of ADHD, hyperfocus. So ridiculously focused on something right now, probably take another few days if the focus lasts.
Didn't even know hyperfocus was a thing, though I have definately dealt with it before. I think my medication makes it worse,...
2022-06-08 23:52:44 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.19 - Where the Wild Things Are
Things were a little hectic, had to deal with a few computer things, but I managed to get a chapter in.
“To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.”
-Tacitus
==Zidaun==
We ran into the other...
2022-06-02 08:02:59 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.18 - Breakfast Meeting
Here is the chapter. Nothing too interesting to report. Going to be going to pride this coming weekend. I am quite looking forward to it.
Companions, in misery and worse, that is what we all are, and to try to change this substantially avails us nothing.
--Franz Liszt
=...
2022-05-31 06:28:17 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.17 - Interlude Continued - In the Water
The interlude continues. It ended up plenty longer enough, so that was good.
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.
-Loren Eiseley
==Exsan==
Exsan was lost in meditation. The thoughts had come sweeping in, faster and faster. He had found himself adrift...
2022-05-28 21:55:43 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.16 - Interlude - No Pain, No Gain
Sorry this took a few days. There have been innumerable distractions and issues over the last few days. To name a few: incessant pounding as people replaced the roof, a migraine, lack of sleep (due to people starting work on the roof at 7 am), etc...
Depending on the length of the next sect...
2022-05-28 03:24:43 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.15 - A Tempest in a Teapot
Had a review that only gave me 2.5 stars on Royal Road. I have been trying not to let it get to me, but it still bugs me. Anyway, if you guys can do your own reviews, or go vote on the reviews that are already there, that would be appreciated, Upvoting positive reviews is just as important and do...
2022-05-24 06:05:06 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.14 - The Alloyed Truth
Feeling much better today. So here is a little bit longer chapter. Taking me longer to get through the details of runes and emblems, but hopefully it doesn't bore anyone.
Do not consider that to be wealth which is hoarded away, for how is it better than sand gathered from the nea...
2022-05-21 23:01:09 +0000 UTC View PostMigraine
Have a migraine today. I get them occasionally, and they suck. They are family thing, we get tension migraines, and our back just tense up for no good reason.
So no writing from me today.
Tomorrow will be a busy day for me, but I will try to get some writing in.
Talk to yo...
2022-05-21 03:08:01 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.13 - Simply Enchanting
Next chapter still needs to deal with runes and emblems more, but I enjoyed what I was able to do here. Hope you all enjoy it as well. Feel free to critique the system I use for enchantments. I have put a decent amount of thought into it, but it can always use more tweaks.
It was...
2022-05-20 03:36:23 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.12 - Assessing the Gravity of the Situation
A few people guessed some of the things I was going to talk about in this chapter, so good for you guys!
“I like the cover," he said. "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day.”
―Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide ...
SSD 4.11 - A History Writ in Stone and Fire
Here you go guys and gals. Hope you enjoy. Watch out for the cliff.
“The Deccan Traps volcanoes spilled as much as a half million cubic miles of basalt over an area equal to half of present-day India. In places, the basalt lies more than a mile deep.”
―Greg Breining,
Taking a break once a week
Had a few people express some concerns about me burning out. So I decided I am going to schedule in a single day of break a week. So I am going to do that today.
I would expect most of my breaks to be Saturday, Sunday, or Monday.
I will return tomorrow.
2022-05-16 22:23:45 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.10 - Spiraling Down
This chapter is about 3000 words, so it took a little longer to write. Still, here it is.
I would like to metamorphose into a mouse-mountain.
-Walter Benjamin
==Zidaun==
With the conclusion of lunch I disassembled the stone barrier, and we continued deeper down th...
2022-05-16 06:57:05 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.09 - Fish in the Water
These last few chapters have been my first opportunities to write action scenes. Not sure what people think of them, or how they are going. Hopefully you are all enjoying the fights.
“I fish to scratch the surface of those mysteries, for nearness to the beautiful, and to reassu...
2022-05-15 01:05:50 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.08 - Social Grooming
And now we continue in the sewers.
“Sure, 'Les Miserables' can be melodramatic. And seeing the musical instead of reading the novel will save you some time and spare you the long part where Hugo goes on and on about the Parisian sewer system. But I would hate for the novel to l...
2022-05-14 02:10:42 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.07 - Long Green Vines
Just hit 100 patrons, which is both strange and wonderful. Thank you all for supporting my writing.
Had a little too much with the humor of this chapter. Also did some very obvious lamp-shading about the absurdly spacious sewers trope.
Iwata: Wow, I never k...
2022-05-13 02:34:10 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.06 - Money is Power
Took a little pushing to get a chapter done today, but I am going to try and keep it up. Hopefully I can make a new habit out of it.
If money go before, all ways do lie open.”
—Ford, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 2 Scene 2, William Shakespeare
=...
2022-05-12 02:26:26 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.05 - Dimensional Theory
I might be powering my writing by draining the luck from my roommates. Over the last two days, one's car caught fire, and the other had the wooden stairs in the back break while he was one them.
Just a theory.
Or... the new medication that I am on and adjusting dosages with fina...
2022-05-11 05:24:03 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.04 - A Map for the Future
And now we continue our productivity adventure. Also, a shout out to bukvyrm for posting a review. I really do appreciate it.
“Maps are a way of organizing wonder.”
-Peter Steinhart
==...
2022-05-10 19:55:18 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.3 - Day and Night
Made a slight alteration to chapter 4.1, and mentioned the last group fought before the end of the tower, and that they went through another dozen rooms or so.
A big shout out to everyone that has been leaving some awesome comments, they really do help me keep going.
Also, if you were...
2022-05-10 03:37:43 +0000 UTC View PostArt - Arc 3
First, a request.
For anyone who hasn't taken the time to rate me on RoyalRoad, it would be very much appreciated. Also remember that if you rated the old version, I created a new page when I did the revision, so you might not have rated it yet. The novel's page is 2022-05-09 23:33:27 +0000 UTC View Post
SSD 4.2 - Training Like a Boss
Surprise!
I was feeling great tonight, so I cranked out another chapter over the last few hours.
We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.
-Don DeLillo
==POV: Zidaun==
Gurek turned the handle and pulled the do...
2022-05-09 08:44:33 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.1 - Plate-Rodents of Unusual Size
I am glad I get to start showing you all the rest of the dungeon. Hope you enjoy it.
“Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.”
–Mark Twain
“‘Stuff your eyes wit...
2022-05-08 21:08:12 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 4.0 - Arc 4 – Into the Dungeon
This is the entry to Arc 4, hopefully it gives a little more context and worldbuilding that you enjoy.
Don't worry, I am guaranteeing at least one more chapter this month. Hopefully, two.
---
“Humans are possessed, to some degree, with the power of foresight. Yet we so often l...
2022-05-04 08:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostSSD 3.21 - Meetings
Had a little trouble with medication this month, since I am trying out something new. Seemed to really help a week or two after taking it, but then made things worse as the dosage stabilized at a higher level. I felt so disconnected from everything, and it took me a while to even process that fac...
2022-04-30 09:22:55 +0000 UTC View Post