This will be the last one for the weekend. My wife and daughters will be home in a few minutes and I'll be prioritizing family time tomorrow.
Have a great weekend everyone.
I stood before the forge with twelve thousand pounds of iron stacked behind me and felt a quiet sense of rightness settle i...
2026-01-11 03:01:30 +0000 UTC View PostI'm gonna try to do one more chapter today. I'd hoped for 4 chapters today, but just not gonna happen. The creative well has to be refilled and I need to watch some football.
Wife and daughters will be back late tonight, so tomorrow will be a completely off day.
Chapters will resume on Monday.
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2026-01-10 20:19:43 +0000 UTC View PostSorry I didn't get this done last night. It sorta went in an direction I hadn't been expecting but which felt so right.
I managed to sleep for several hours, which was odd given my excitement, but dad has always said the most useful skill he’d learned in the Corps was the ability to sleep anywhe...
2026-01-10 17:44:39 +0000 UTC View PostWell as often happens, this chapter got a bit longer than expected, but I decided not to split it.
Things are heating up and its about time to start shaping some metal.
About 8300 words for the day. I'm still thinking that I'll do another chapter, but gonna take a break for a bit so probably won't be till late.
After writing so much of Tad's crafting style over the past year, I feel like I haven't gotten to write Silas crafting in forever. Not really since he made his armor. There's been some little stuff, but no real process.
That's about to change.
Fara didn’t kneel in front of Tad and no one acted su...
2026-01-09 20:29:22 +0000 UTC View PostThis one grew so I split it. The next chapter is 3/4ths done, but I'm about to hop on a planning call with Aaron Renfroe about Apocalypse Breaker 4. Then I have to pick up my grandkids from school (since the wife is out of town), so I probably won't get Chapter 41 to you for another 3 hours.
Crynane stepp...
2026-01-09 16:49:46 +0000 UTC View PostI forgot about the CFP playoff game tonight which distracted me some, but still just shy of 7k which isn't too bad for a slow production day where I rested my eyes.
If I can keep these habits, 2026 is going to be my most productive year. More stories and more chapters coming your way.
Thanks for understanding when I need to ease ...
Have to say that the creative tank is feeling a bit low today. I wish I had an explanation for days like this.
I'll still get one more chapter done, but I need to step away a bit and write later.
Allana’s breath felt like it left her as she looked down into the bowl of water in front of her. H...
2026-01-08 22:03:17 +0000 UTC View PostSo as I was writing this the loot ended up taking up too much time, so I've decided to move the final dungeon encounter further down the road. Next up will be an interlude.
We hovered there, breathing hard, surrounded by ruin that was already being absorbed back into the dungeon floor. My heart pounded...
2026-01-08 17:34:51 +0000 UTC View Post
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2026-01-08 15:53:38 +0000 UTC View PostSorry this took far too long. I just really got into this fight. I ended up cutting off the final challenge and that will have to be Chapter 38. This one deserved it's own chapter and even then it was almost 2 chapters now.
I meant for the dungeon run to be only 3 chapters, but it'll have to be 4. I'll finish 38 tomorrow and then we'll b...
Sorry for the delay. I had been promising my son that we could watch the greatest Christmas move of all time, but we hadn't managed to do it over the holidays and its hard to watch it when his 10 year old sister is home. So we did watch it tonight and it never disappoints. The details that went into that movie always impress me.
Jake Per...
The spiral staircase led us down in loops past four doors. Each wooden door was marked with a simple number in metal. Although of course appearances could be deceptive in the dungeon. These door could probably withstand most any attack thrown at them, short of a god getting involved.
When we reached th...
2026-01-07 20:31:10 +0000 UTC View PostAs much as I wanted to get moving a bit of discussion was necessary. The first thing that I did though was push out with my senses as far as I could. I didn’t extend my aura because that might be detected but I did see if I could hear, feel the vibrations in the air, or otherwise sense any oncoming threats.
S...
2026-01-07 17:23:20 +0000 UTC View PostI found myself floating in what appeared to be clouds. There was light everywhere, but no source and shadows took up just as much space. I definitely wasn’t Unmoored in Time because I knew what that felt like by now. For a fraction of a moment, I looked around for pearly gates, or flaming pits, but then snor...
2026-01-07 04:46:06 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, I was at the gym and some inspiration for a slight shift in direction hit me. I came home, finished this chapter. Now, I need a shower, cause I reek, but I'll get one more chapter done tonight. I'm feeling energized.
After rejoining Tad and the others, Samvek teleported all us and we reappeared right out...
2026-01-07 01:38:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks Josh.
2026-01-07 00:12:02 +0000 UTC View PostStill planning on 2 more chapters today.
With that the three of us went up to the room that Selena and I shared. The conversation had to start with an explanation about what training Samvek and I had done. I gave her more details than I had with the entire group and she asked insightful questions.
... 2026-01-06 20:26:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Nothing like last minute notice...
UI Con is held in Champaign, IL on Friday Jan 30th and Saturday the 31st at the end of this month.
If anyone is local and wants to stop by, I'd be happy to hang out, sign books or whatever.
If Luciano can fit it in and get it done in time, then I'll have him make a cover using this as the concept art. This is AI- which for the record- I'm neither a huge fan of nor a witch hunter of. I use human artists but believe that AI can be useful for creating concept art like this.
If he can then the current cover for book 10 will bec...
I'm sorry. As the poll indicated, I needed to think through this somewhat. The poll results were fairly conclusive. So I'm going to tell this story as it unfolds, and worry about how I have to make it work for Magic Eater 5 after this.
When we teleported we went straight to Samvek’s room. From there...
2026-01-06 16:46:06 +0000 UTC View PostBooks are living breathing things, at least for me. The plot has some landmarks that it has to hit, and I know where the overall story needs to end up, but how it gets there can take many different shapes.
The problem being that sometimes as a panster, I don't realize that the trajectory has shifted enough that it's not going to end up w...
Chapter 2 of 3 today.
Lightning answered my decision before thought finished forming. I lifted my hand and sent a crackling bolt straight into the clustered Lawkeepers who were trying to reform behind the tents. The strike didn’t arc politely or dissipate on the first body. It tore through them in ...
2026-01-05 21:43:38 +0000 UTC View PostOff to a bit of a slower start this morning. Release days always distract me, although nothing like the anxiety that I used to feel. That and my wife and daughter got back yesterday. They are flying out in about 5 hours for the rest of the week in Colorado.
So I may not get as much as much done today as I'd like, but still can expect a c...
Happy to give free copies for patrons and asking for quick reviews just because of how Amazon is. Thanks.
You should know the drill by now- I just need an email to have Amazon send it to. You have to be able to get your e-book from Amazon.com
Let me know if you want one. ...
I'm sorry all of these pieces are necessary and I think now really is the best place. This interlude ended up being as long as 3 chapters. I'm sitting at 9500 words right now for the day.
I'm definitely going to start the next chapter, and it's still fairly early so hopefully I finish it.
I am however also experimenting and tryin...
This ended up being a longer chapter. But here it is. Sorry, I overslept a bit this morning because on of the doggos got into something and I was up repeatedly with them vomiting or crapping on the floor.
I love my wife and daughter, but dang their dogs are annoying.
I still intend to get 4 chapters or 10k words today which ever ...
Dinner break then I'm going to write more. I don't know if I'll finish chapter 27 today, but if not early tomorrow.
I didn’t respond for a moment and simply stared at him. I trusted Samvek a lot, but in some ways this was the biggest ask he could come up with. “And what if I’m not comfortable with tha...
2026-01-03 00:22:47 +0000 UTC View Post3 chapters so far, still at least 1 more today- although, I'm planning on 2 more. If I can't write lots when the wife and youngest are out of town then I don't know when I'll be able to.
I did spoil myself and my son but going to the better gym. Normally we go to one that's 8 minutes away, this one is 30 minutes away. But man it's 5 time...
Freaking amazing what I can do when I'm not being constantly distracted. Sorry if that sounded arrogant or something- that wasn't how I meant it. I just am marveling at how much easier it is to write 2 chapters in 3 hours than it is when my wife and or kids are constantly moving around me- even if they aren't asking me anything.
Here's h...