Theo Spencer,
5th Day, Season of Fire,
873rd Year of Balkor’s Betrayal
Well, the privacy of my writings is no longer in question. No living mortal outside the bond can tread in Tero’gal. Well, just to be certain I’m writing this entry in Axpashi. Yeah, it’s ...
2023-07-07 11:01:41 +0000 UTC View PostMy new story "Summon The Great Spirits" is coming either this Friday or next Friday. Gonna follow the 3 chapters per week schedule as closely as I can. It may pause, unlike N&D, but I have half of a book written (30 chapters, 3k each).
Hooray.
I'm going to go back to writing Newt and Demon on the 15th, and try to do a reasonable ...
2023-07-06 16:56:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Theo!” Tresk shouted. She struggled against the vines holding her tight, rolling herself over to protect Alex as she dug for her dagger. Each motion brought a wave of agony.
The Dronon said something in a tongue she didn’t recognize. Likely one of the damned demon tongues, but she could sense th...
2023-06-30 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostI can't express how much easier it is to post early chapters by putting them in 1 post. It is legit just... It's a dream. I'll never go back. Screw that.
Anyway, updates. So, N&D book 3 finishes running on Patreon this week. Guess I should write more for book 4, huh? I've been working on my other project. One that I've had a lot of fun...
2023-06-29 18:20:18 +0000 UTC View PostSunlight filtered through the window in Theo’s room, casting shafts of light through the dusty air. He couldn’t remember the last time he dumped a bottle of [Cleansing Scrub] over his bedroom, but that was the least of his concerns. A barrage of system messages clouded his vision, worse than the part...
2023-06-23 11:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
I've neglected what... 2 weeks of updates? Well, there's a reason.
Firstly, you'll notice I haven't missed a release. Because I don't miss a release, baby!
On the 28th, N&D won't have missed a release for an entire year. That's some dedication right there.
Anyway, I've been working on a different story. I had 2 in mind that...
2023-06-22 13:41:03 +0000 UTC View PostTresk and Theo spent the rest of the day working on potions for Fenian. They didn’t limit themselves to what he’d requested, making anything that fit with his theme of defensive potions. Although the day was fading, they pushed to complete an example of a [Vigor Potion] with the [Refined Elemental Earth] modifier. Any chance to test the effe...
2023-06-16 11:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post“You can’t just send her out like that,” Theo said, locking his eyes on Aarok. The Half-Ogre wouldn’t give, staring right back.
“I’ll remind you what we are. By your own words, we’re a military force,” Aarok said. He didn’t budge, either in demeanor or position. “She’s the only one with an escape option like that. Now...
2023-06-16 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostTheo stopped by the Newt and Demon to set the stills to work. Salire stopped him to discuss their current orders, going over the things he missed from the other day. The interruption would have annoyed him, but she produced 10 gold coins from nowhere. The shopkeeper had a sheepish smile on her face, holding the money out with a nervous hand.
... 2023-06-16 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAn uneventful day was a good one. Theo had finished his work in the lab, finding his way to Xam’s tavern with his friends. Tonight’s meal was a variation of the wolf meat stew, this time infused with Karatan cheese. A single day after arriving in town, the Elves were settling in well. The alchemist could see their eagerness to forget the pas...
2023-06-09 11:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostAn attempted murder wasn’t the best start to the Season of Fire. Theo sat discussing the issue with Aarok, staring out the man’s office window and idly responding. He was lost in his thoughts, pondering the situation. There had been attempts on his life before, but never on other members of Broken Tusk. That fact hit hard, but it came with g...
2023-06-09 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostTheo sat at his regular table with Alise, Tresk, and Alex at the Marsh Wolf Tavern. It was clear they would need more places for townsfolk to eat. Xam was working hard to keep everyone fed with luxury meals, but for the first time she had to turn people away. The backup system of dried and fresh food stored in [Dimensional Storage Crates] would ...
2023-06-09 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostXam’s feast was legendary. With food provided by Rivers and Daub, and the expanding production of Broken Tusk, she wove an array of dishes that brought the two towns together on the table. The Elves ate, despite already getting their fill, and were happy to socialize with their new neighbors. Theo and Tresk took a table outside, giving their u...
2023-06-02 11:02:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe glittering portal remained open for far too long. Theo got more uncomfortable the longer the Bridge remained open, even after Fenian drove his Karatan team out from within. The Elven refugees seemed to march in an endless line, more than the original promised number. Alise and her administrators desperately tried to keep a count of heads, bu...
2023-06-02 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostDespite Theo’s expectations, there wasn’t a massive portal outside the town’s walls. No elves poured through, flooding Broken Tusk in the early hours of the morning. Instead, he had tea and ate a breakfast of sweetened Zee porridge at Xam’s tavern. The citizens of the town didn’t notice the absence of their military and administrative ...
2023-06-02 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostIt's a light week for updates!
First part of writing N&D4 is going well. It's a fairly natural resting point after the events of book 3. Once I have a few chapters of that in the backlog, I'll work on getting the other book out on Royal Road and here.
Might almost be time to talk about it, but I'm still hesitant. Didn't ...
2023-06-01 17:43:21 +0000 UTC View PostIt was hard enough to spend time away from the gosling, no matter how little, but harder still to leave once Theo had returned. The junior administration staff had things for the alchemist to look at, but Tresk promised to stay with Alex. Things had moved quicker than expected. The sudden meeting at Rivers and Daub increased the pace of an alrea...
2023-05-26 11:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostAzrug was a man who took his job seriously. While he was absent from the Newt and Demon, he’d been working on a project. Theo felt pride flash through his chest when he saw the Karatan-drawn carriages, 2 in all. These creatures were unlike those being milked at Miana’s ranch. They were thinner and more muscular. Even their insect-like faces ...
2023-05-26 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere were a few wounds too grave for even Theo’s potions to save. No one died from the siege, but several adventurers were left with missing appendages. But even those who now hobbled through the streets of Broken Tusk were excited for the victory. An oversized crowd formed at Xam’s tavern as she cracked open casks of the nice mead. The alc...
2023-05-26 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWhew Friday. Even though I write these on Thursday.
So, this is something I've experienced in the past. I left the last few chapters of N&D3 for this writing sprint. And switching from book 3 to book 4 on a dime has been difficult. That might be dramatic. I finished writing 3 today, and I'm looking for a starting point for 4.
Gue...
2023-05-25 17:56:20 +0000 UTC View PostGoblins stumbled through the swamp west of Broken Tusk. Theo stood, flanked on either side by [Lesser Copper Golems] with Alex perched on his shoulder. The gosling was excited to see the oncoming attack, but jumped and nearly lost her footing when the bombs went off. Throk was getting more creative with his defensive artifices, but they hardly s...
2023-05-19 11:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post“We can’t call him Cheepy,” Tresk said, frowning at the wiggling chick.
Theo and Tresk woke to the sound of a small chick chirping happily near the alchemist’s bed. It had a dark black bill, similar patterns around its all-black eyes, with a mix of yellow and gray downy plumage. Unlike an Earth chicken chick, which could easily fit...
2023-05-19 11:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostTheo finished his second helping of Xam’s Zee and wolf meat pasta bake. He washed the meal down with some imported mead and let out a satisfied sigh. With the world conspiring to some unknown end, it was nice to get back to enjoying the little things. The Marsh Wolf Tavern was more crowded than ever, and the staff had set tables outside to acc...
2023-05-19 11:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostAlright. That's a wrap for my sprint on the unknown book. Let's look at numbers and see how I did. Note, if you're looking at these numbers and you think I wrote a lot, this was the start of a book. The EASIEST part to write.
Chapter 1 was written on April 21st, and chapter 36 was finished today.
Chapter lengths were basically all 3k...
2023-05-18 17:06:45 +0000 UTC View PostTheo stared at the egg in his satchel. There were no cracks visible on its surface, just the same familiar sheen. He pressed his fingers against its surface and waited, but there was no movement. The egg had become such a fixture. The alchemist didn’t know what he’d do when it hatched. He didn’t even know what was in it, despite Khahar’s...
2023-05-12 11:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostGrand dreams sometimes died in the face of practicality. A system of pipes and tanks wasn’t off the table, but a simple organization of the lab’s storage crates would go a long way. The supply of unrefined essences was dwindling, giving way to only refined essences in Theo’s stock. While it wouldn’t be safe to dispose of those low-tier e...
2023-05-12 11:01:08 +0000 UTC View PostTheo dodged a downpour of questions from Throk, running from the center of town with the Marshling in pursuit. He lost him behind the town hall, circled around, and found his way to the new butcher’s building without incident. The old man would refuse to accept the new building, so it was best to leave him to it. In time, he’d accept the gif...
2023-05-12 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHooray. Another week gone. Where did it go? I have no idea someone help me.
So, the N&D chapters are coming along. Chapter 3.35 on Royal Road is especially impactful to the story. Hard to imagine that's the half-way point for this book. I haven't even written the ending, yet. But the text sits at 65 chapters, 195,000 words. That's with...
2023-05-11 17:20:17 +0000 UTC View PostTheo had an arsenal of responses for Tresk’s assassin attacks now. The [Potion of Limited Foresight] gave him enough wiggle room to enact his plan, while the [Retreat Potion] allowed him to gain distance. Only when the Marshling summoned a literal army, would he die in the Dreamwalk, but still she wasn’t satisfied. There were several flaws w...
2023-05-05 11:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostThrok banged out an overly efficient design for the air conditioner in mere minutes. The man had a mind built for artifices, and Theo couldn’t help but think of the Demonic God Tworgnoth. The way the Marshling slapped together a treated copper frame, installed a fan, and worked the artificing internals within moments was amazing. It was a simp...
2023-05-05 11:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post