Briefs
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No project updates this week. Family is still in town until Tuesday. We’ve done a bit of everything, which has been a lot of fun but makes it very difficult to be productive.
Starting this next Wednesday, I’ll be back to my full-time schedule. I also have some big announcements to make, so expect an email. :)
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My family, which I rarely get to see (once every year or two), is visiting. Yay! But that (and some big audiobook stuff) has derailed my progress on Dungeon Runner 2 (the novel). It’s sitting at 97%. Getting there. :)
Things will return to normal after one more week. And by normal, I mean I’ll be enacting Plan 18. Dun dun dun! My schedule will include Saturdays and Sundays going forward. Lots of stories to write!
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I’ve added a new Update to both Dungeon Runner 2 and Secret Project 1. Things are going smoothly, and with a bit of luck, I’ll finish Dungeon Runner 2 this upcoming week.
In other news. . . .
I’m currently negotiating the audiobook rights to all of my books. I can’t narrate (right now) or be trusted to hire others since I’m too close to the material. Working with a publishing company will help get these books out there for listeners to enjoy.
I’ll have more to share soon. :)
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Dungeon Runner 2 is now 85% done. If you’d like more details on how this week went, you can read my thoughts on its project update page.
All and all, the story is coming together well. I’ve also started working on Dungeon Runner 3. It would only be 1% done at this point, so I’ll wait until next week to add it to my active projects.
My poor secret project has not made any progress for a bit. I still think about it often but haven’t had time to study. By 6:00 p.m., my brain is dead. It wants to play games and socialize. But there’s a lot to learn before I can write this book. So, I’ll start small and see how it goes.
I hope you have a wonderful day!
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Looking for some fun April Fools’ Day posts? I didn’t have time to do anything this year (focusing on writing lots and lots), but the last two years have some fun posts for you to enjoy.
In 2021, I announced that Arachnomancer was going HaremLit! Book 2 would be titled “Babe Squad!?!: Oh Sh*t! My Girlfriends are Spiders!” It has a fun cover. :)
In 2022, after lots of fighting with Amazon, I decided to remove all the swearwords or anything that could be considered offensive in Arachnomancer. As such, I announced Kittymancer!
I hope these posts give you a laugh. Have a wonderful Sunday and April!
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I played The Last Spell late last night, and it was a lot of fun. Now I need to work hard on writing Dungeon Runner so I can play more of it!
It’s a turn-based roguelike where you survive against waves of undead enemies. After every wave, you improve your heroes and town. There’s town building, loot, XP and skills and perks, and lots of fun options to play with.
I don’t normally play turn-based games, but this one has me excited to dive back in. Check it out if you’re looking for a fun game. :)
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Ended the week with just under 16,000 new words written on Dungeon Runner 2. This brings the project to 40% completed. Woot!
These last few weeks have seen many schedule changes to shift priorities around. Because of these changes, I didn’t get to study as much as I would have liked. Next week, I’m bringing back my study time. :)
I feel that 15,000 new words per week is a healthy rate. If I can maintain this, that’s 6-7 novels a year, depending on their lengths. I’m aiming for 90-100k.
Let’s see how it goes!
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That /kind/ of looks like me (click image icon).
Crushed my writing goal for the day with 4,301 words (yes, that 1 is important, thank you very much). My goal is 3,150 words per day. If I can maintain that six days a week, that’s 8 novels a year.
I figured that if I aimed high, I’d land somewhere much better than what I’ve done in the past. :)
Today, I finished up Part 2 of 5 (Dungeon Runner), which is similar to an Eizel story. This shows the perspective of other characters in a new dungeon that’s completely unlike any other. I hope people like how absolutely whacky that dungeon is, haha.
Tomorrow, I start on Part 3, which is back to the main storyline. It will be hard to focus, though, since Diablo 4’s beta starts tomorrow. Got to work hard so I can play hard!
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Another week down! Projects have been updated with what I’ve been doing. But if you don’t care to check the details, here’s the overview.
Dungeon Runner 1’s audiobook has been moved to the Upcoming section. I’ve decided (again) that my focus should be on writing. But the audiobooks are still coming, just not from me.
I added 10,000 new words to Dungeon Runner 2 and threw out my outline. I’m going to play with discovery writing again and see how it goes. This latest dungeon has been a lot of fun!
I’ve officially started on Secret Project 1. My focus is on worldbuilding and lots of studying. This project won’t come out until after I finish my current series.
If you want more details, head over to the Projects section. Otherwise, have a wonderful week!
(The image is because Sundays are for good food and video games!)
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Every day, I give myself 1.5 hours to explore art in relation to my projects. This work is for covers, promotional material, website graphics, and—what I’m most excited about—art from the worlds I create.
Attached is a short video of me cutting out a female Tiek. This is a Naufling (updated from the previous spelling Naughling; if you prefer the original spelling, let me know!), a spirit creature in the world of Eternal Fantasy Online (Dungeon Runner).
Nauflings come in all types. They are meant to be cute creatures with small benefits. A Tiek can help things grow. A Timberwood Spiritfish locates secrets. A Morsitor alerts of nearby undead. A Materan generates fabric gemhearts, which can be combined to create fabric. And so on!
I really like the Nauflings. :)
We’ll see how this art page for the Tiek goes. If it doesn’t take too long, I’d like to make more pages. Feel free to skip to the end of the video to see what it looks like. I’ll be posting the full image later. :)
Click the image icon to see the video.