The hand-shaped creatures crawling along the walls and ceiling of the long hall-like room occasionally glanced at Darten and Kay as they stood in the safe zone just outside the entrance. The creatures’ bodies were two sections of a hand, sliced from the gap between the thumb up to just before the pinkie, then melded together with a matching ha...
2023-10-01 00:07:24 +0000 UTC View Post“The Many Trial Rooms is considered a non-standard dungeon.” The Adventurers Guild worker told the small gathering of Adventurers, plus Kay, a few Sentinels, and Darten. “Mainly due to two features, the non-continuous nature of the dungeon’s rooms as opposed to the significantly more common floored layout, and that the dungeon actively d...
2023-09-23 23:41:19 +0000 UTC View PostAnd we're off again!
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There wasn’t much of a line to enter the dungeon in the subterranean hall that contained the entrances, where Kay and the first expedition had popped out of after their run through the dungeon to escape the ancients. There was a small gathering of adventurers waiting for their chance who looked over a...
2023-09-17 01:42:59 +0000 UTC View PostThere's going to be no posts next weekend because I'm going to drive down and visit a friend I don't get to see often. I'll be spending the weekend with him avoiding all computers, so no posts. We'll get back to it starting Sept 16th. See you then!
2023-09-03 23:36:41 +0000 UTC View PostAs Avalon expanded out into the wilderness that was “behind” the city of Avalon, a road network began to develop, driven by the Earth Mages and Earth Manipulators who were drawn to any place that needed lots of construction. Combined with programs that incentivized the training of more of those Classes, the expansion of the burgeoning countr...
2023-09-03 23:34:52 +0000 UTC View PostWhoops! Forgot to schedule stuff for yesterday, my bad.
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Sitting in his private office with his feet up on his desk, Kay bust out laughing as he read the “primer” on how to get the Adventurer Class. “This can’t be real.” He held out the single piece of paper and waved it at Eleniah.
She looked up f...
2023-08-28 01:28:51 +0000 UTC View PostA twelve-foot-tall armored giant barreled at Kay with her spear pointed at his chest. Kay braced himself to deal with a trampling charge and was caught off guard when she suddenly slammed her foot down and pivoted, the shaft of her spear elongating as she stabbed at him from the other half of the arena. Polls of blood that covered the field and ...
2023-08-20 00:14:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe arena was a few floors beneath the main spread of the palace complex and was an actual arena compared to the scattered training halls and sparring areas. This was a place designed to show off a battle as opposed to training or growing as a fighter. Glowing stones covered the ceiling and were placed strategically along the walls and in the ra...
2023-08-12 15:28:14 +0000 UTC View PostKay felt there were too many rooms in the palace. It felt like every time he turned around; there was a new set of expansions being tacked on as what originally had been planned as a building was becoming a complex that dug deep into the cliff. Thankfully for his peace of mind, huge sections were being devoted to actual work, and the resources w...
2023-08-06 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostSo! Closed the poll after a couple of days, and now we're working on some planning, starting with the Contractor idea as the first series! So let's do a little exercise. The main character for this series doesn't have a name yet. His name used to be David, but then he got reincarnated so now he has a new name to go with his new family and childh...
2023-08-01 03:17:42 +0000 UTC View PostEnded: Poll Closed Monday July 31st
It won't be for a little while, but with the release of Book One and the coming release of Book Two of Blood Shaper, we're moving closer to me having more free time to work on writing instead of being at the day job. I'm hoping that I'll be able to move full time by the end of the year, although that mig...
2023-07-30 00:08:32 +0000 UTC View PostEdit: Fixed the last paragraph getting cut off. Don't know what happened there.
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At least once a week, Kay held court and allowed petitioners to come to him with various requests. It was an ingrained part of Torotian culture that everyone expected, and sometimes it could actually be useful. There were a few archetypes of peo...
2023-07-29 23:35:39 +0000 UTC View PostShe sank to her knees as she awaited the arrival of her glorious lord, her arms aching to spread in rapturous wonder as she beheld him! The blessed platform from which her lord would give her his holy commands sat before her, and she stared in rapture upon its form. It served to keep her lord safe from the foul taint of the unhallowed ground upo...
2023-07-23 01:04:41 +0000 UTC View Post“This is your office?” Zeia asked, peering around at the richly furnished room, “It’s a little fancy for an office.” She glanced around at the massive table surrounded by chairs, “Kind of big too.”
Kay smiled a small smile and pointed at one of the doors, “Technically, my public office is through there, and this is the atta...
2023-07-18 15:47:02 +0000 UTC View PostBlood Shaper: Book of Outworlder's Blood is live! Audiobook release is coming in the future!
Find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Shaper-Splintered-Five-Outworlders-ebook/dp/B0C9N1G6SY
Anyone who goes and ...
2023-07-18 15:40:32 +0000 UTC View PostI took down the full link for the free copies of book one due to the required timeline, but I still have the link until Monday. Message me here before Tuesday rolls around and I'll shoot it to you, but be warned that the link itself might get deactivated between now and then.
2023-07-16 01:22:59 +0000 UTC View PostLauren walked next to Kay as they headed for the room that'd been set aside for Alice. Kay's normal contingent of guards was slightly reduced as per his mandate that he didn't need a full set of bodyguards while they were in his palace, and the Blood Guard controlled almost every aspect of the security. They were still covered in the normal crim...
2023-07-16 01:20:52 +0000 UTC View Post“A few of the smaller businesses we invested capital in have started seeing higher profits recently,” Cyrus told the table, continuing his report on Avalon’s economy, “So we’re getting higher returns from that sector. Overall, we’re seeing slightly more growth than I expected, but otherwise, it’s been following the trends I predict...
2023-07-09 01:21:41 +0000 UTC View Post
That's right my lovelies, and yes I'm calling you that today, Blood Shaper, Book One of the Outworlder's Blood series, is live for preorder! Release is July 18th!
Here's a link: https://geni.us/BloodShaper
Attached is the new cover art!
This is news to some of ...
2023-07-04 00:35:46 +0000 UTC View PostEarly post because I'm busy tomorrow. Someday I will automate this entirely, but that day has not yet come
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Cindy twirled a pair of pistols around each of her index fingers like an old wild west trick shooter. She slotted them into a bandoleer that crossed her chest, lining them up with two others so that the four...
2023-07-01 02:48:43 +0000 UTC View Post“So, you’re a vampire now?” Cindy asked, leaning in and trying to pull Kay’s top lip up to see his teeth, “How are you outside right now, then?”
He smacked her hand away, “Stop touching my mouth! And by being the not melting in sunlight kind of vampire.”
“I wanna see your fangs, though.” She reached for his face a...
2023-06-25 02:22:13 +0000 UTC View PostThere had already been a meeting with Kay’s closest set of advisers, Eleniah, of course, Meten, Ahthia, and Isla. While the rest of his council of advisers and his Ministers were important parts of the decision making process and he definitely heeded their expertise and advice, but when he needed to make immediate decisions he talked to his te...
2023-06-18 00:41:51 +0000 UTC View PostSince we've got that sweet sweet book release coming up, and for any of you that joined the $10 tier after the initial announcement, Shhh it's a secret but Blood Shaper is getting published, I'm switching up how I title chapters, especially since some titles are getting moved around. Just FYI for y'all.
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2023-06-11 03:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostEdit: Realized I borked the his Status once again, fixed now, no other changes.
A few members of the assembled group stared at Kay after he finished his story, eyes shocked. Others traded glanced back and forth and around the table as they tried to figure out how everyone else felt about what had happened.
Kay’s normal council of M...
2023-06-04 02:16:01 +0000 UTC View PostI messed up somewhere with automatic posting, so last weeks chapter never went live. Eventually I will have a few days to sit down and make everything work smoothly, but until then I'm playing catch up.
Also, trying to get on a more regimented posting schedule, so look for posts Saturday evenings. Eventually I'll get it working on a set ti...
2023-05-28 00:04:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe vampyr rushed at Kay screaming in rage, his words lost in the volume and rage of his voice. He tried to push Kay back by grabbing at his shoulders, but Kay knocked his arms back and kicked him away. In a display of how much stronger he’d become, the vampyr was sent rolling across the floor away from him. After tumbling a few times the vamp...
2023-05-28 00:02:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe corruption pushed deeper into his chest toward his heart. Kay’s voice was hoarse from screaming and no water, but shrieks of pain still erupted from him as the vile vampyr sludge spread throughout him. He could feel it changing him wherever it spent time; his veins were becoming something different, his bones were getting strange, and his ...
2023-05-13 02:10:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis is last weeks chapter! There will still be another chapter for this week. Sadly, last week was a crapshoot all around and nothing got posted, but that just means at least two chapters this week.
His arms were wrenched over his head, and he groaned with pain. Kay opened his eyes to see the vampyr in front of him, ...
2023-05-09 14:55:59 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh, what a terrible fate!” The vampyr threw an arm against his head and mimed fainting, his back bending to the point that his head almost touched the floor of his stage. “Raised in villainy, saved by the light of my lord’s most holy gift, only to fall in battle against the cruel despot!” He threw himself forward, landing next to the ...
2023-04-30 01:45:13 +0000 UTC View PostEdit: Mislabeled the damn title again
The empty village wasn’t as creepy as Kay had expected. The emptiness contrasting with the obvious signs of life and activity that lay abandoned about the area was off-putting, but for some reason, Kay had expected it to be more than that. There was no ominous feeling permeating t...
2023-04-21 00:06:14 +0000 UTC View Post