Tefler

Three Square Meals Ch. 173 (Completed)

Hey everyone,

Here is the completed chapter 173.

I'm sorry that it took so long to finish. The kids passed on a flu bug they caught at school which took me a while to recover.

Please let me know if you spot any typos.

I've added a # symbol to the text, so you can jump straight to the newly added scenes.

Best wishes,

Tefler

Three Square Meals Ch. 188 (Placeholder)

Hi everyone,

This is the second placeholder for January. I'll try to keep you up to date with regular updates in February, and make some serious inroads into the backlog.

Most of my health problems have cleared up now (touch wood), so I'm really hoping that I can get back to my previous levels of productivity.

Best wishes,

Tefler

Three Square Meals Ch. 187 (Placeholder)

Hey everyone,

I'm creating a couple of placeholders as you predicted. I'm hoping to be able to finish at least 3 chapters in February, as I've already planned out all the scenes for the upcoming part of the story. If I can maintain that pace throughout the year, I'll have almost cleared the backlog by December.

Best wishes,

Tefler

Three Square Meals Ch. 173

Hey everyone,

I've been working on chapter 173 and it's nearly completed. I've got a few more scenes to finish, which I'll add on to the end of the chapter as soon as they're done.

Please let me know if you spot any typos.

I really hope you enjoy it.

Best wishes,

Tefler

Three Square Meals Ch. 186 (Placeholder)

Hey everyone,

As most of you predicted, here's the second placeholder.

I really wish that I'd never fallen behind on the chapters, but you all know the reason why that happened.

I'll do everything I can to catch up in 2025. I will make sure that you get every chapter you paid for, and I hope you continue to enjoy the story until we get to the end.

Thank you for sticki...

Three Square Meals Ch. 185 (Placeholder)

Hey everyone,

I'm sorry to start the New Year on a negative note with a placeholder. I've got a lot to catch up on in 2025, and I hate that I've failed to keep my promises in 2024.

I will do better this year, and I'll try to set the right tone in January.

The next few chapters involve a lot of tying up loose ends, which I've been really looking forward to writing. Fortunatel...

Three Square Meals Ch. 172 (Completed)

Hey everyone,

I've finally finished chapter 172, after wrestling with writer's block for the last few weeks.

I'm sorry that it took so long to finish. I had to change my original post-Gahl'kalgor plans to include the attack by Aahn’laetar, which meant planning out another battle right after the long fight on John's Throneworld.

Combat is always more complex to write than an...

Three Square Meals Ch. 184 (Placeholder)

Hey everyone,

Apologies for the second placeholder. My wife's company went into liquidation at the end of October, so she had to start a new job working much longer hours. That meant I was doing most of the childcare in November, so I wasn't able to write anywhere nears as much as I hoped.

She'll be on leave for most of December, and doing all the school runs, so I'll finally be abl...

Three Square Meals Ch. 183 (Placeholder)

Hey everyone,

Apologies for the placeholder. I've been dealing with some personal issues last month which drastically cut into the amount of available time I could write.

My plan is to finish 172 in the next couple of days, then write the next two chapters, one of which will be a Christmas themed chapter before the 25th. Then I'll start work on 175 before the New Year.

I wil...

Three Square Meals Ch. 172 (Part 2)

Hey everyone,

I've been working on the second half of chapter 172, but I haven't quite finished the chapter yet. I've uploaded the next part, so if you want to jump straight to the end of the last section, just search for the # symbol.

I'll try to wrap up this battle over the next couple of days, and then I'll post the completed chapter as soon as it's finished.

For the Americ...

Three Square Meals Ch. 182 (Placeholder)

Hey everyone,

Just one placeholder this month to pay the mortgage.

I had some more follow up appointments at the hospital, then another cancelled surgery. I received a letter in the post a couple of days ago scheduling me for a meeting with the surgeon in January, so I'm not holding out much hope for this being resolved before Christmas.

As I haven't got anything scheduled fo...

Three Square Meals Ch. 172 (Part 1)

Hey everyone,

Here's the first part of chapter 172, which covers the lead up to the next battle. I'll work on the rest next week and hope to finish it soon.

Please let me know if you spot any typos.

Best wishes,

Tefler

Three Square Meals Ch. 171 (Complete)

Hey everyone,

Sorry this chapter took a lot longer to finish than I expected. The story took an unexpected turn, so I had to alter all my previous plans for the upcoming story-arcs.

I've added a # at the end of the first half, so if you want to jump straight to the new scenes, then just search for the hash symbol.

Please let me know if you spot any typos.

I hope you en...

Three Square Meals Ch. 181 (Placeholder)

Hey everyone,

Apologies for the second placeholder. Please see the previous post for the update on my current health situation, and my plans to attempt to catch up on the backlog.

Someone asked what I'll do when Patreon shifts to a monthly billing cycle.

I plan to post multiple chapters per month until I've cleared the backlog, at which point I'll probably shift to a single ...

Three Square Meals Ch. 180 (Placeholder)

Hey everyone,

As you all predicted, I will need to post a placeholder for this month to keep the lights on.

I had been scheduled for surgery on the 25th, so I've been in and out of hospital having tests done for the pre-op assessment. Then I was bumped from the list as they are prioritising cancer patients who need emergency surgery (which is fair enough, but this is the third mont...

Three Square Meals Ch. 171 (First half)

Hey everyone,

Here is the first instalment of chapter 171. I'll continue working on it over the next few days and hopefully have it finished by the end of the week.

Please let me know if you spot any typos.

I hope you enjoy it!

Best wishes,

Tefler

Three Square Meals Ch. 179 (Placeholder)

Hey everyone,

I will just do one placeholder today.

My apologies again, but I hope to make some serious headway into the backlog in September.

Regards,

Tefler.

Three Square Meals Ch. 170 (Completed)

Hey everyone,

I've made some adjustments to the final scene in this chapter, as the crew realised they'd forgotten something important. I hope you enjoy the alterations.

I'm still working on the next chapter at the moment, and to save your F5 button, I'll post an update in about 8 hours from now.

Best wishes,

Tefler

Three Square Meals Ch. 178 (Placeholder)

Hey everyone,

As I mentioned in the previous post, I'm finally finished with all the battle scenes for the GK invasion. Now that I'm not trying to stick rigidly to timelines, and planning out complex space and land battles, I should be able to write much, much faster.

Thanks for sticking with the story. I promise there are lots more interesting twists coming up soon!

Best wish...

Three Square Meals Ch. 177 (Placeholder)

Hey everyone,

Now that the invasion with Gahl'kalgor is over, I can finally start wrapping up the loose ends. I was able to write 6k on chapter 170 today, so I'm confident I'll be able to start catching up on the backlog of chapters.

Best wishes,

Tefler

Three Square Meals Ch. 170 (Part 1)

Hi everyone,

I've been working on the next chapter, which starts wrapping up some loose ends from the previous battle.

As Chapter 169 ends rather abruptly, I thought you might enjoy reading the first part of the next chapter. I've written just over 6k so far, and I'll add the rest as I finish off more scenes.

Please let me know if you spot any typos or continuity errors!

Three Square Meals Ch. 169 (completed)

Hey everyone,

I've finished all the scenes for this chapter, which brings the battle to its conclusion.

The fight went on for longer than I expected, so the chapter is bigger than the usual 20k words.

I hope you enjoy it.

Please let me know if you spot any typos or continuity errors.

Best wishes,

Tefler

Three Square Meals Ch. 176 (Placeholder)

Hey everyone,

I hate to have to do a second placeholder, but I will catch up and repay you for them... it's just going to take a few months.

I really want to pleasantly surprise everyone with a massive burst of productivity in July, so fingers crossed I can finally deliver on the backlog.

Best wishes,

Tefler

Three Square Meals Ch. 175 (Placeholder)

Hey everyone,

I know you guys hate placeholders, and I keep promising to catch up, then failing to deliver.

June was a disaster, with the debilitating health issues I described, which ruined all my plans to catch up on the backlog. The antibiotics seem to have worked though and I feel much better now, so I hope to be able to finally repay you for your support.

Thank you for ...

Three Square Meals Ch. 169 (Updated)

Hi everyone,

As I mentioned in the status update, I'm still working on chapter 169. I've added a big chunk of extra combat scenes, which nearly concludes the battle. I'll try to finish that off for you as soon as possible.

Please let me know if you spot any typos and I'll correct them asap.

Best wishes,

Tefler

Status update

Hey everyone,

I've been incapacitated with health issues again this month, leading to multiple hospital visits.

Caution for the squeamish, medical details to follow:

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Both legs suddenly swelled up, and developed purple bruising all along first my right shin, then my left, which was alarming to say the least. It got so painful that I was barely able to walk.

The ...

Three Square Meals Ch. 174 (Placeholder)

Hey everyone,

Chapter 169 took ages to write because it's all combat. As well as being more challenging to write, the combat scenes need to happen in a very specific sequence, so it all takes me much longer and is a lot more complicated.

When chapter 169 is finally wrapped up, it'll be plain sailing for a while, as we tie up some of the loose ends in the story. This should finally ...

Three Square Meals Ch. 173 (Placeholder)

Hey everyone,

I know there's a lot of well-justified resentment towards placeholders. Unfortunately I need to keep the lights on to be able to continue writing.

I really am sorry for charging in advance. I'll do my best to make a big inroad to the backlog in June. I have already sketched out the scenes for the future chapters, it's just been a case of being well enough to write them...

Three Square Meals Ch. 169

Hey everyone,

Here's the first part of Chapter 169.

As I mentioned in the previous update, I decided to reorganise the battle and change the sequence of scenes so that it flowed better. As this is such an important chapter, I wanted the battle to feel suitably epic.

I'll work through the rest of the scenes, editing them so they all make sense with the new version, then paste ...

Three Square Meals Ch. 172 (Placeholder)

Hey everyone,

As I explained in the previous post, I was out of action for a few weeks last month due to sickness. All the scenes are already sketched out for the next couple of chapters, I just need to be well enough to write them.

I've fully recovered now, so I'm going to blitz through as much as possible. Fingers crossed that I stay healthy for all of May.

Best wishes,