“So that’s it? After all these years, you’re dropping me as a student?” Kadria asked, fists clenched beneath the café table.
“I just said it’s not like that.” Her PhD supervisor, Stanton, sighed and ran a hand through his thinning gray hair. “The budget cuts this year are immense. Half of the physics faculty just lost thei...
2022-01-17 14:22:42 +0000 UTC View PostIt's 2022. I'm still in shock, as it doesn't really feel like a year passed, but it is what it is.
Heretic Spellblade 4 is out, if you somehow missed it. The response to it and the pre-order have shattered my expectations, although I'm expecting it to be a very spikey release. For Messengers, the commentary is up.
Otherwise, January ...
2022-01-10 01:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHeretic Spellblade 4 is out and the response so far has been phenomenal. It’s a gratifying feeling given how much work it was, particularly over the Christmas/New Year period. This book is, for me, my greatest achievement as a writer given it tied up an arc, had appropriate climaxes, and proved to myself that I can pull off long-term planning ...
2022-01-09 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
As always, enjoy the high resolution cover of the new Spellblade and of Alice. It's a gorgeous image of her and does a great job of riding the line between fanservice and being a great fantasy cover.
I've also included the initial line draft of the cover, which I mentioned months ago (don't worry about the text - the heading was for refere...
2022-01-07 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHeretic Spellblade 4 appears to have gone live now and kicks off 2022 with a bang. The civil war rages, twists and turns take place, answers are given, and Nathan is tested. As you might expect, a few new fun characters appear.
Get it from Amazon here: https://www.ama...
2022-01-06 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s the end of the year and I figured I’d do a special wrap-up of sorts, plus some commentary on a few writing matters. The first few sections will focus on my ongoing series, and I’ll gradually progress into more “author” topics, so you can tune out if you aren’t interested in those types of topics. I've restricted this to Messenge...
2021-12-30 03:26:06 +0000 UTC View Post[this is an alternative to Ch15, although I’m not posting the entire Chapter]
When they awoke in the morning, it was in a sticky mess. Fei’s cabin lacked a bathroom. Indoor plumbing was an extravagance that didn’t exist out here, and beastkin lacked the nudity taboo of humans.
“I’m not bathing in a creek,” Sen said.
Another book. another update to the map. I meant to post this earlier in the day, but got distracted and forgot to schedule it.
This update just breaks down the Anfang Empire into subfactions. From the descriptions in the chapters, I imagine it's difficult to visualize who controls what, so the map should make things clearer. You get a pre...
2021-12-09 04:07:16 +0000 UTC View PostGiven it's December, I figured to just do a combined Patreon and public update. If you want to see the bog-standard public update, you can find it on my website or FB - I guarantee that you know about them if you're here.
The big news is that Heretic Spellblade 4's release date will be the first week of January. Although the book is actual...
2021-12-05 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
When I posted the Spellblade 4 cover, I mentioned that I wanted to do better typography for my future series. Well, I kind of lied, because I decided to update the typo for Demon's Throne, an existing series. (For reference, typography refers to the words on covers, among other things).
The Demon's Throne typography has bothered me for a f...
2021-11-27 02:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThese are the first few chapters of a story I'v
2021-11-25 01:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe latest audiobook for Heretic Spellblade just released on Audible. It’s another 17 hours of Stephanie’s great narration, so be sure to check it out if audio is your thing. As always, reviews are appreciated and I hope you like it enough to share it with others.
And we're off. This batch is posted together be
2021-11-20 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Like with Demon's Throne, there's been a change in artist. In this case, the shift in style is more substantial but the previous covers had an incredibly strong style as it was, so trying to match that was foolish. I like the new cover, and it should enable some different designs with future covers as well. In an ideal world, artists would never...
2021-11-13 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostDemon's Throne 2 is out and it's close to the one-year anniversary of the release of Heretic Spellblade. As mentioned in the DT2 release post, a huge thanks to everyone who's read my books, and especially to everyone supporting me here. The Patreon has been a little rocky and I'm making some changes to make it more sustainable going forward. I e...
2021-11-08 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostDemon’s Throne 2 is out and I hope people are enjoying it or have enjoyed it.
This post will include broad commentary on Demon’s Throne 2. As such, it is loaded with massive spoilers. If you haven’t read the entire book, come back later. This post will be waiting for you. 2021-11-08 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Now that the book is out, enjoy a high resolution version of the cover (and Mina). This is the same resolution that I upload to Amazon. I've also included a zoomed-out version (which still has text on it) so you can see the fluffy tails a little better.
As mentioned in another post, the artist behind the new Demon's Throne covers is CGlas,...
2021-11-04 05:15:07 +0000 UTC View PostRys is finally back in Demon’s Throne 2. There are more foxes, more demons, and a healthy expansion of Rys’s empire.
Get it from Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KY24WXK
As always, please leave a review if you enjoy the book. I appreciate them a...
2021-11-03 11:50:27 +0000 UTC View PostWe're pretty much at the end of the Patreon chapters, and I'm making one last round of edits to try to fix some pacing issues. This book has ended up spiraling away from the "quick and easy" book I wanted to pump out, but let's not go into that.
I won't detail a lot of the minor changes here, such as Graem being more antagonistic toward Ry...
2021-10-25 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI’ll try to keep this short and sweet, so let’s jump right into the news.
I figure I'll try to make a Messenger post each weekend, while posting early chapters on weekdays.
This one is about the general pacing problems I've bumped into with Demon's Throne 2. I don't know if I'll do a full editing notes dump for this book, for various reasons, but I figure to go through this as a bit of a general talk.
I've...
2021-10-16 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a bit of a surprise today, and that's early cover previews for the entire Demon's Throne series. I'll repost these separately as I come to each book over the next year or so (and high-res versions too), but you can see them all now if you're interested. I've also included a single picture with all the covers combined, including the first ...
2021-10-07 01:59:28 +0000 UTC View PostAn oddity about Demon’s Throne is that it has a number of stats and character sheets to track behind the scenes, despite otherwise being a narrative-driven series. These relate to the source material, and I chose to preserve this particular facet when rewriting it.
I have a gap between the sort of content that I read and what I write. I ...
2021-10-04 07:24:59 +0000 UTC View PostI imagine most of you saw the other post, but I'll reiterate it anyway. Given my inactivity, next month is free of charge for existing patrons. More on this later.
The update itself is fairly brief.
This is a bit of a rambly post, but I feel it covers some thoughts about how I approach writing and the books, as well as the current state of things.
One of the constant pressures in self-publishing is the contest between quality and quantity. A lot of advice is given, from many corners, to publish as often as possible. This is, technical...
2021-08-30 07:56:45 +0000 UTC View PostSo, this update comes with good and bad news.
The poll at the bottom lets you vote for which characters you want to see on the next two books of Heretic Spellblade. I originally wanted to put Ciana on Book 4 and Vala on Book 5, but have the chance to revisit this choice.
The reason is that I'm changing artist for Heretic Spellblade. ...
2021-08-27 08:47:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe discussion dragged on for another hour and made little progress on the true details. Lyle focused on gathering data on the birdgirl “not-flock” now that he had their trust, or at least enough for them to speak openly.
“I think I have enough to start working on a design,” Lyle said as he stood. It was well past noon now, and he ...
2021-08-18 14:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the original version of version of Chapter 7, with the explicit egg-laying stuff left in. It's otherwise the same as the normal one. I'd argue it's fairly tame, but I don't think I should be the one saying that.
Yes, you read that right. If that's your thing, or you want to experience the story without edits made to weird people ou...
2021-08-16 02:52:16 +0000 UTC View Post“I want you to tell me what that was all about,” Felife said. “Then we can talk about the flock.”
“Felife,” Itria mumbled, poking the smaller birdgirl in the side.
The two had a rather obvious knight and princess relationship—Felife was the knight, and Itria the princess. Lyle wondered if there was something behind that...
2021-08-16 02:44:56 +0000 UTC View PostA birdgirl stood inside the house. She was dressed far more elegantly than almost any monstergirl that Lyle had ever met or seen. He was unfamiliar with how to describe the sort of outfits worn by nobility, but this certainly came close. She wore a sheer one-piece dress and a decorative jacket. The material of the dress looked like some form of ...
2021-08-16 02:41:37 +0000 UTC View Post