Henlo my dudes. I know you were expecting another chapter of Deathless and I'm really sorry that this is not another chapter of Deathless.
With my life things happening, I got very behind on my word count and I'm so sorry =(
But here's a cool art! So excited! Can't wait to see it with the final title treatment.
What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments =)
2022-02-09 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostRhen and Aki walked through the dim first floor of Illuth tower. The lava flows had decreased to a low ambiance, but even with no risk of creatures or Kavga, it was creepy to Rhen. He didn’t want to make a base somewhere so dark, either, so he was glad that Aki agreed a base on the second level would be in their best interest. They just had to clear the second level of the Kavga and ...
2022-02-07 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe walk back to the guardian tower was not nearly as bad as Rhen thought it would be, but perhaps that was the cushioned boots on his feet that made the journey easier. The sky was still dark when they returned, and Rhen wondered if there was a sun here, or a sky. It was all a bit claustrophobic for him with the purple clouds hanging around over the crater.
The faces of the Guardians the...
2022-02-04 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostHenlo dudes, I'm having some coffee and not enough water right now...
The chapters are happening! I'm having a lot of fun with it and hope yall are too.
Contract signed! Yay! Updates on releases coming soon. Still need the arts.
That's it for updates my dudes. Sorry it's so short.
~J.D. Astra
Rhen readied his crescent blades and pulled in a long breath to calm his nerves. Level bosses were always a pain, even if it was just level one. Rhen crept to the edge of the boss room and peeked one eye around the corner.
The boss was a massive undulatiRhen readied his crescent blades and pulled in a long breath to calm his nerves. Level bosses were always a pain, even if it was just lev...
2022-02-02 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe black teleportation shroud evaporated, leaving Rhen and Aki standing on a rocky overlook at the base of Illuth tower. Rhen turned around a few times, taking in the surroundings. There were several towers clustered together where they stood at the top of a ridge, and a few mile expanse between them and the massive neon city he’d seen from the balcony of the guardian tower that rested below...
2022-01-31 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostRhen and Aki passed a few Deathless Guardians on their way to the outer door where hopefully they’d find some weapons. The guardians hardly spared the recruits a glance, but those who did smiled, not all of them friendly, though. The guardians were adorned in different sets of gear, all glowing with syntials of power. Some even carried weapons that were visibly altered by the power of their m...
2022-01-28 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHenlo dudes! My oh my what a week it's been. I'm like that one gif of a cat slamming on the keys. Unfortunately, not all those key hits are for writing =( most of them aren't actually. ONTO THE UPDATE!
You're two chapters deep now and more chapters coming! I made some okay headway this week, and this weekend I will be typing like in that one scene from Ghost in the Shell...
2022-01-28 01:37:46 +0000 UTC View Post“Recruits, rise!” the voice startled Rhen awake.
He sat up in a room so bright he had to shield his face at first. With slow blinks and squinted eyes, he took in his surroundings. Many beds flanked his own, and people—as well as some things he’d consider monsters—sat among the other cots looking just as confused as he.
The clopping of boots brought Rhen’s attention to th...
2022-01-26 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostRhen had reached the top of the tower. He could sense it in his weary bones. Either that, or the dehydration, sleeplessness, and malnutrition had finally done in his senses. Rhen had been climbing the guardian tower what felt like months, and his rations from the surface had run out long ago. He hadn’t seen fresh water in two levels, and the monsters had grown considerably larger.
Those...
2022-01-24 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostHenlo my dudes. It's time to provide your opinion on things.
In the Deathless Towers series I have the "spirit" being a prime source of power for casting magic (eventually they'll learn to cast spells using other stuff, like rocks, or sacrifices... >_>)
ANYWAY, on to the poll. What should the "body magic power for casting spells" be called?
2022-01-24 04:41:26 +0000 UTC View PostHenlo Dudes! Ahhh I was so hard at work with Deathless Towers I forgot to stop and update you.
Here's my sad sorry of an update.
Chapters coming monday! Things are still rough, and I'm waffling on how I want to kick things off (though the opening chapters are written). I might want to go back and write in another two chapters between 3 and 4... ugh now that ...
2022-01-23 06:32:09 +0000 UTC View PostHenlo my dudes! This week‘s Opinionarium is around what to call the next series.
it’s a tower climber with cultivation elements, base building, gamelit stuff, fantasy and multiple realms, gods… yas. The climbers of towers become deathless guardians and protect the realm from evil mind control monsters with crazy spirit energy. Okay onto the poll!
2022-01-16 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Henlo my dudes. Coming at you is Some “behind the scenes” magic system building for Deathless… GuardianTowers…
9 gods, maybe 10… spirit tattoos… primary, ancillary, and tertiary spell combinations. Mandalas and shit. FUN!
I’m getting cover ideas too :)
Anyway, chapters will be coming soooooooon! Much excite!
2022-01-15 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHenloooo dudes. O.M.G... I just finished the MOST MIND NUMBING DAY JOB DAY. I'm drinking green tea, anything to try to awaken my senses. Yikes. The creativity drain is real. I'm gonna hit up some Hades right after this. (The game is amazing BTW I HIGHLY recommend it).
You've seen the arts! Things are happening! Yay! I should have ARC copies for your lovely eyeballz i...
2022-01-13 23:09:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Henlo dudes, we have an update! Androgenized Dolli has arrived and she's still really super cool looking. We cried a little over the loss of beautiful boobies, but the market demands a de-sexualized female on the cover if it's not a harem book...
Let me know what you guys think!
~J.D. Astra
2022-01-10 17:07:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Henlo dudes. ARTS!
So when I saw this I was like "Oh no, she's way too sexy." But then it started to grow on me... She has a long way to go still, and I think we'll take the sexy down a few notches, but what do y'all think? Too sexy? Just right?
Also, I updated her visuals in the book to look a bit more like this. I realize she was kinda plain... doesn't make for a good book cover.<...
2022-01-09 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHenlooo my dudes, happy thursday! I'm drinking a peach/mango san pellegrino from a wine glass <3
Today I'll be updating on Monster Haven, Project Tower Climber (bum bum bum!! It has a name!), and later, some life.
I GOT ARTS. Which reminds me, I'm starting a new regularish post on Sunday--The Opinionarium. I'll put up some thing (art this weekend) and a pole or...
2022-01-07 00:31:41 +0000 UTC View PostHenlo dudes... yep this is supposed to be a thirsty thursday but for those of you who have been watching the news, there was some crazy fires happening thursday in Colorado. I'll save the rest for life update, sorry this is late nonetheless. I'm dual fisting coffee and water right now.
She's all off to copy edit. MH1 should be coming back from proofread soon and arts...
2022-01-01 23:11:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Henlo my dudes! If you've read some of my other stuff you know I LOVE making the LitRPG screens unique/interesting. I decided to go a little more basic with Monster Haven since it is an audio-first production, but I wanted to share them with you all the same. There's math in there >.< so I hope you all enjoy.
Just a quicky, sorry my dudes. I've got some family out r...
2021-12-27 14:02:37 +0000 UTC View PostHenloooo my dudes! Today I've got coffee... yes, I know it's 3ishPM... -_-
OMG! Things are MOVING! Okay, so edits to novella three are going down. The next step is coming up with cover ideas for all three of them. My first IDK was shot down by le publisher, so I need to generate some other good ideas. Throw them at me if you've got them. I want to use negative space ...
2021-12-23 22:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostHenlo my dudes! This is the 52nd TTT... Wow.
Anyway! Today I've once again got the clear-splish-splash. I'm about to hit some yoga, and then some Halo Infinite! I haven't played Halo in (redacted because I'm old) and so I'm sure this is going to be abysmal.
Things are still moving along. Slow, but moving! MH3 is the only active in progress, need to take out all...
2021-12-17 00:14:55 +0000 UTC View PostFrost-biting wind whistled past Dolli’s ears atop Nubiri’s modified harness. Behind her were the ingredients necessary to make just enough Egg Noggin-Fogger for all twenty-four of them. Beside her rode the twelve elves on their reindeer, hopeful and terrified.
Dolli checked her Vital Line message again.
Bruno: Decreases brewin’ times by thirty percent. More if I’m the on...
2021-12-11 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHenlo my dudes! As you may have noticed, this post is public! Feel free to share it around if you find anything of value in it. Right now I'm having some fizzy water in a wine glass with a little squeeze o'lemon (more about that later). This post will include the customary update on what I'm doing, but to follow will be a life update and just where the heck I've been all these times I've missed...
2021-12-10 01:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Are we,” Greg gasped, “almost there yet?” Greg fanned himself with a broad leaf and took a seat on the damp, stone step. The forest had thinned out the closer they came to a rocky hill only to discover it wasn’t a hill, but an old temple. They’d encountered a fair number of massive creatures along the way, leaving the entire party drained. Dolli didn’t blame Greg for needing a br...
2021-12-08 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostDolli marched out of her cottage with Taffy hot on her heels.
“If I hadn’t been on the last dive, you woulda died,” Taffy countered Dolli with the same point for the third time and she wondered if his Mental Prowess was still low from all the whiskey.
“Yes, and if you’re not here to defend your brew, it will be vulnerable. This dungeon is better suited to larger tanks, Bro...
2021-12-06 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Bruno, run!” Dolli shouted, then cast Gravity Well.
The slowed heroes looked at Dolli with confusion.
“Can’t PvP in towns!” The lead hero said in exaggerated slow words. He pulled his sword from its sheath and fiery embers filled the room in a torrent whirlwind. The spell slapped against Dolli and seared her tender human flesh.
Rufus grabbed Dolli by the back of her...
2021-12-03 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHenlo my dudes. Thirst Thursdays just got a whole lot... less... alcohol-y. I'm having that clear cool splashy at the moment and getting ready to wind down.
Contract emails are still happening so at least there's that. I just uploaded a few more chapters that'll get us to next Friday... so... I have until next Sunday to finish the novella >.< n...
2021-12-03 05:24:36 +0000 UTC View Post“And this lasts for an hour?” Rufus asked, flipping his very human hands back and forth. He ran his fingers through his shaggy black hair and smirked at his reflection. She’d gotten so used to seeing him as a hollow-eyed Stagarth that this form looked strange.
“Give or take a few minutes,” Dolli said. “I had to modify the original potion to accept hero… samples. It made the ...
2021-12-01 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostCharred hero skeletons blanketed the ground outside of Monster Haven where Dolli patrolled. She popped the cork on her second to last Spark potion and sucked it down, then tossed the vial into the field of ash. The power of the gem was beyond reason, but it was near impossible to control.
Smoldering vehicles sat incapacitated at the edge of the dungeon. Dolli had taken them all by surpris...
2021-11-29 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post