Author Note: Preview chapters are rough/first drafts. These chapters have not been edited, expect that there may be errors - however, feel free to point out consistency issues!
Liu Tou He dreamed, a dream of serene peace and warmth. He dreamed of being back in the monastery, huddled together with his brothers, flesh pressed to flesh as children for additio...
2024-07-05 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I know I said I wasn't doing these anymore, at least not consistently. But since the first month is over, figured some people might find this interesting.
I should note, sales below are ONLY ebooks. There are no print versions of this, and I'm not going to bother estimating audiobooks bey...
2024-07-03 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostShe dropped her pickaxe by her side, staring at the deep hole that she had gouged into the cliff face. Bending low, she scooped up the broken ore into her storage ring. Each one that transferred lessend the pounding in her head by a small, almost infinitesimal degree. Standing by the seam, she knew there was no way to make the pressure upon her mental defenses disappear. Not till she left it al...
2024-07-02 13:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostLong Wu Ying walked the halls of the ancient library and felt as though he was once again, a student visiting the sect library for the first time. It was the same sense of awe that had filled him at the time, seeing so many manuals, treatises and scrolls in one place. It was not the sheer volume of literature that astounded him, but the potential that this vast array spoke of.
As he...
2024-06-28 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Who's ready to return to the Tower?
2024-06-28 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Magic Kingdom at War Volume 3 is now available for patrons, both e-book and audiobook are available as a BookFunnel download.
Both versions will be available till July 7th (Release date on Amazon/Kindle Unlimited/Audible) - if you've read any of the previous volumes please consid...
She waited for him to fall asleep, tucked up and warm underneath the numerous blankets that covered his body. His forehead damp, shivering a little as his body reacted to another breach, another moment of friction between immortal soul and body. Wu Ying’s eyes were crinkled a little, the now-ever present signs of pain showing through even more as he rested.
Slipping out of the room, pla...
2024-06-25 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostTime passed and moved on and the trio traversed nations, both large and small. The environment changed, forests turned to scrublands to sandy cliffs and deserts. The seasons turned, as the world burst to life as though in a rush to make up for years of insufficient water. Mounts were changed out, from boats to horses and then carriages back to horses again. Finally, they reached their destinati...
2024-06-21 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostLater that afternoon, as they sat on their horses, Yang Mu was laughing softly as she read over the document entrusted to her by Wu Ying.
“Is this your new career then, Ah Ying? Matchmaker?” she rolled it up and stored it along with the spirit crystal that had an embedded image of the young lady in her storage ring.
“Well, it was either that or an old lech.” Wu Ying sighed. ...
2024-06-18 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Feast your eyes on the cover of Head of the Class, the first book in the System Apocalypse: Liberty series!
Standardized testing is so much worse in the apocalypse.
Caleb Hanson assumed the most exciting part of his field trip scouting in Northern Minnesota would be a rare bird sighting. Instead, he was abd...
2024-06-17 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note: Preview chapters are rough/first drafts. These chapters have not been edited, expect that there may be errors - however, feel free to point out consistency issues!
Tou He caught up with them a kingdom and a half over. By changing their robes and downplaying their auras, the pair managed to escape notice from those above. While it was not impossible to hide the...
2024-06-14 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Magic Kingdom at War Volume 2 is now available for patrons, both e-book and audiobook are available as a BookFunnel download.
Both versions will be available till June 26th (Release date on Amazon/Kindle Unlimited/Audible) - if you've read volume 1 please consider leav...
So, there's not been a business post in a bit. There's a good reason for that - I got sick. A minor complication - pink eye - that threw my writing off for a few days, and that still has lingering effects. I basically have some trouble seeing, and while it mostly (I think) requires a new pair of glasses, I did fall behind for a while because I couldn't see well enough to write much.
On to...
2024-06-11 16:25:04 +0000 UTC View PostAmusingly, though they had spoken as though Wu Ying was to leave immediately, they delayed for a day so that Yang Mu could finish her initial discussions she had begun. Meeting up with other merchant groups, trading what basic mundane materials she had on-hand and learning about other goods that might be purchased took most of the day. Not that it matter in many ways, for Tou He had dragged the...
2024-06-11 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostRain had raised the rivers, brought much needed relief. Like any other boon, it came with its own misfortune. In this case, debris and thrash that had gathered on lowered river banks or on old runways were swept into the water, causing an impromptu dam further down the river. That, by itself, could have been handled by the cultivators.
What the captain, having pulled into their latest sto...
2024-06-07 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt was strange, speaking to a cultivator whose entire existence contradicted the very basis of cultivation that Wu Ying had grew up upon. Not to say that he had not understood it was possible – those who ate immortal peaches, who quaffed the wine of immortality or whose bloodline had grown in prominence that they gained the strength of beasts – they all had similar backgrounds.
...
2024-06-04 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTo go west, they travelled to the north and east. It might have seemed strange, but the choice to take a riverboat across the water via a conveniently placed river and canal set-up meant that even the minor diversion over a few days after they skirted the mountain range would save them weeks of travel time.
Travel by boat was both more convenient, faster and allowed the cultivators ...
2024-05-31 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Magic Kingdom at War Volume 1 is now available for patrons, both e-book and audiobook are available as a BookFunnel download.
Both versions will be available till June 5th (Release date on Amazon/Kindle Unlimited/Audible) - please consider leaving a review on Amazon when the novella releases.
E-book download: h...
2024-05-30 20:33:09 +0000 UTC View Post“You are disturbingly familiar with this,” Tou He complained to Wu Ying, arms crossed.
Wu Ying shrugged as he finished stripping and patting down the corpse, extracting the jewelry and storage rings from fingers, toes and in almost every case, a pouch tied to the small clothes. He raised a hand and sent a small pulse of energy through the body beneath him, grimacing at the twinge of p...
2024-05-28 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostTou He ran. Entirely on purpose, he ran, allowing his attacker to chase him backward and push him away from his friends with his attacks. He extended his aura as he did so, enveloping his attacker - and more importantly - the aura he left behind, the traces of corrupted chi that floated behind his opponent, corrupting the world by its very existence as he expended it. His aura combatted that co...
2024-05-24 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostHad a new writer ask about having issues with the start of their book and infodumps. Now, I'm not a huge fan of writing / offering craft advice, because I still feel very much like a beginner. However, this was something I thought I could contribute to, so rather than a business post, we're getting a craft post. we go:
Here's a few ways to overcome a slow beginning or doing too much expo...
In the end, they declined Fa Yuan's request to use the pool. She had not desired to utilize the formation either, or more specifically, pay for it. As she put it, "Trust in me. I know my path and I am walking it already. This is but a shortcut."
Even so, the entire process of decision and then decline of her did give Tou He the weeks he needed to consolidate his cultivation after his asce...
2024-05-21 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe thing about fire, the thing was, that it could so easily hurt as it could save. Flame in the middle of the coldest winter was survival, life. Flame in the middle of summer, when the world was a tinder box could mean devastation and death for thousands. Perhaps that was the greatest difference - the personal and the multitude. Fire, used for the personal, was mostly beneficial. Barbecued mea...
2024-05-17 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAfter writing the TIAC post and noting I lost money on it (and, as my wife would say - again!), I would like to make a somewhat public admission.
I'm a horrible business person.
I constantly take on projects that are, frankly, not a good sensible business decision. Many of these projects are passion projects, things that are done that don't really add to the bottom line - or, in man...
2024-05-15 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note: Preview chapters are rough/first drafts. These chapters have not been edited, expect that there may be errors - however, feel free to point out consistency issues!
Clouds gathered high above, dark and foreboding. Wu Ying could feel the wind pulling against his robes, playing with his hair, old friends that had grown distant but back for a few m...
2024-05-14 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostTou He turned as he exited, closing the simple slat door behind him. It still let in a little light, but it would aid his friend in resting. He paused, moments before closing it, regarding his friend frankly. Strange, how he looked smaller now, frailer. His normal tan had faded a little, grown paler as he spent less time outside. His aura flickered and roiled even now as he rested, calming a li...
2024-05-10 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostComing in June - there's a new series releasing - Magic Kingdom at War.
Book Blurb:
Dying the first time sucked. Matt's trying to avoid a repeat performance.
For Matt, joining Earth's last line of defense was exactly the purpose he had been seeking. Having to save the world after b...
Well, the inaugural Toronto Indie Author Conference ended last weekend. It was an interesting experience, one that continually caught me by surprise. I had a lot of help setting it up - mostly from the employees in Starlit Publishing - but also from the volunteers and speakers who generously donated their time to the event.
Along the way, I learnt a bunch of things, especially on the busi...
2024-05-08 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe monastery was located in a mountain, high above and far away from the world around it. There was no convenient river that fed to the foothills, forcing the trio to ride their horses for a day before they came to it. Even the trip upwards took time for they had to leave their houses in a stable at the bottom of the passage, among the small village that had formed below to feed and care for t...
2024-05-07 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, both Ng's were still sleeping. A small formation had been set-up in the backroom of the rest stop, the proprietor looking all kinds of upset and afraid over the addition to his building. The fact that Tou He ad assured him that neither cultivator was actually hurt and would wake up after having the best sleep of their lives had done little to appease the man's nervousness. On ...
2024-05-03 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post