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“You need not be making any kind of worry. I will be having these two feeling well rested before you know it.” Ferd, the stablehand, sounded positively delighted as Pix and the woman travelling with her handed their horse’s reins to him. The h...
2025-02-20 16:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Thank you all for your continued support! It means the world to me. I have been wrestling with a monster headache all day, so please excuse any stray typos that escaped my pre-post proofread. My brain ain't working too well today.
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Fudge settled back into his place at the foot of the bed. I stared at a ceiling I couldn’t see....
2025-02-17 16:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support! It means the world to me. This chapter was a fun one. I always enjoy tinkering with the prose in places to reflect the vibe of scene. Lots of short, sharp sentences tonight. Enjoy!
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Fudge’s mana poured into me, crossing the threshold born from the bond between us. It was a journey, a dista...
2025-02-13 16:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Thank you all for your continued support! It means the world to me! These types of chapters are always a lot of fun to write, and I hope you all enjoy it! Always love to read your feedback and comments!
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“Seriously, Cruz, how do you keep getting in here?” It was the dead of night, the second night since Cruz and I ...
2025-02-10 16:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons! This is not a chapter for What Will Be, but a blog post, of sorts, for people who might be interested in reading about some of my process and the things I have going on in the background.
I have recently transitioned to writing full time and, now that I am back to my regular posting/writing schedule, I have decided to start dedicating some of that time to tinkering...
2025-02-09 20:52:57 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support, it means the world to me. It has been a delight to see people liking and commenting again. The time away was necessary, but I definitely missed engaging with this wonderful community.
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Cruz sat opposite me, wearing a frown and the dark greys I suspected constituted the majority of his wardrob...
2025-02-06 16:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support, it means the world to me.
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Writing with quill and ink was similar to writing with a ballpoint pen, but years of experience with the latter had led to some poor habits with the former. I had yet to successfully fill out a page without accidently turning segments of it into a homage to ...
2025-02-03 16:07:48 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support. it means the world to me. UPDATE 25/02/25: For those in the $3 Tier not in the WWB Discord, I delayed the chapter slightly so I could sleep off a migraine and the potent medications that help me to sleep off a migraine. Thank you for your patience.
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“You wanted to see m...
2025-02-03 16:06:45 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support. It means the world to me.
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For all that I complained, words failed to grasp the sheer bliss I felt when, freshly bathed, I sunk into the depths of my new bed. A satisfied groan rumbled out of me, sounding like a falsetto purr compliments of my adolescent vocal cords.
That’s t...
2025-02-03 16:05:42 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support. It means the world to me. What are people's thoughts on 'interlude' as opposed to 'side chapter?' Also, a TW for folks: There are facets to Bella's story that touch upon some darker themes; I do my best to approach them with the care they deserve while still preserving the integrity of the characters involved as people wi...
2025-02-03 16:04:33 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support. It means the world to me.
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When we returned to the main building, I was once again reminded that referring to the place as ‘a fort’ was largely a misrepresentation. The entrance was grand, dominated by a large central staircase and lined with doors leading to all manner of manor rooms fro...
2025-02-03 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for the continued support! I hope you enjoy the chapter!
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As far as naming conventions went, 'Squad Nine' rang entirely too ordinary when measured against my expectations. There was no… fantasy to it. In truth, it was less my expectations that were betrayed as opposed to my hopes; one cannot blame the idl...
2025-02-03 15:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for the continued support! I hope you enjoy the chapter!
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“Remember when I asked you about epigraphs? I did some research of my own and, evidently, there are no actual rules regarding their usage. They can be unnecessary. They can be superfluous, which is just a fancier way to say u...
2025-02-03 15:58:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Today marks the launch of Book 2 on Royal Road and the addition of a new Patreon Tier. If you want to further support What Will Be and read further ahead, that is now an option. It is starting off as $10 for 10 chapters, but it is my plan to gradually increase the number of advanced chapters available to both tiers now that I have more time to write.
<... 2025-02-03 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: The final pre-release chapter before we resume the usual posting schedule in a couple of days. I had a lot of fun with this chapter and I hope you all enjoy it. Thank you all for your continued support.
One foot in front of the other. Again, and again, and again. Travelling by foot may have been good exercise but it was certainly an exercise in tediu...
2025-02-01 16:11:35 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Another day, another pre-release chapter for all of you wonderful people. If you are in the Discord, I dropped the working-cover I'll be using over on RoyalRoad for those who are interested in such things. It also includes the title drop which I will add here as well.
What Will Be
Book 2: The Fifth Stage.
Enjoy the chapter!
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2025-01-30 15:38:56 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Hello Patrons! Thank you for all of your patience while I had the subscriptions paused to work on Book 2 and handle some other business (It was lovely to visit some scattered family over Christmas). What Will Be now has a publishing deal for the first three books in the series (and hopefully the rest as well) so you are going to be seeing a lot more of me! We wi...
2025-01-28 13:31:26 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Hello Patrons! After much writing and re-writing I ended up settling on wrapping things up in two chunky chapters (by my standards) so all said and done here is about 6500 words to bring the main story of Book 1 to a close. I have a few potential bonus/ 'after credits' chapters in mind for Patreon and the eventual KU release, and I will post them once they are w...
2024-11-19 18:41:24 +0000 UTC View PostHello hello to all of my wonderful readers. Today is not a chapter, but an announcement regarding the future of What Will Be. Over the next few weeks, my schedule is going to be laden with a bit of chaos as I make the transition to writing full-time. There are meetings I must attend, people I must talk with, and a host of other preparations that need to be made so that things go as smoothly as ...
2024-10-29 16:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThank you all for your continued support, it means the world to me.
“Strange how we seldom start at the beginning when referencing texts on a subject. Rather, we sort through them to select only what we need. At least, that is common practice, and I cannot help but wonder what is lost in doing so. I often think of Skills the same way.”
~Unknown
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Author's Notes: Thank you all for your continued support. it means the world to me. For those of you not on my Discord, I have been recently dealing with a bout of tonsillitis that, among other things, caused my uvula to swell up so much that I decided to personify her during one of my fever-induced bouts of delirium. Uvu-chan is slowly dying beneath the onslaught of antibiotic...
2024-10-17 16:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Thank you all for the continued support, it means the world to me. I oh so appreciated the detailed feedback the last chapter received and have reflected on it. I will continue to do so until I make my final edits of the book and come to a final decision on the matter. At the very least, Tulos will not be winning that fight. There may be a version where he puts ...
2024-10-08 16:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support! It means the world to me. I cut a lot (and I mean a lot) of fat from this chapter, which brought it slightly below my usual word count minimum. Even so, I still believe it is on the cusp of being too wordy. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. In exchange for the slightly shorter ...
2024-10-03 15:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Thank you all for your continued support, it means the world to me. As a fun aside, today is my birthday! As for this chapter, it was a rough one to write. It clocks in at ~2000 words but I probably wrote close to 6k for it when you consider how much a I wrote, hated, scrapped, then wrote again. Even now, I want to keep hitting it with the edit stick to trim the ...
2024-10-01 17:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Thank you all for your continued support! It means the world to me! In the coming weeks, I will start sending off emails to publishers as we start bring Perseverance to a close. The snazzier my metrics look, the better my odds. If you can take the time to drop a rating on Royal Road or write a review, or even recommend WWB to a friend, every bit he...
2024-09-26 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Thank you all for your continued support. it means the world to me. This chapter went through a few rewrites, some more partial than others. Writing in the first person has its strengths, but this chapter had me staring down one of its weaknesses. Ultimately, I decided to tackle it head on and I am ultimately content with where it ended up, though I suspect I'll...
2024-09-24 17:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Thank you all for your continued support! It means the world to me. With this, we enter the beginning of the end of the first book. I am excited to bring it home!
“The allure of longevity is one of the primary motivating factors for Advancement chasers. Every Tier brings with it an increased lifespan, but so too does it bring increasingly hig...
2024-09-19 17:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Thank you all for your continued support, it means the world to me! This chapter is one I almost scrapped given that, at a glance, it edges upon a narrative taboo. That being said, I ultimately concluded it skirts the line in an interesting enough way and decided to keep it but I would love to hear your thoughts on the matter and any theories regarding Rosita. ...
2024-09-17 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes: Thank you all for your continued support. It means the world to me. Summary chapters are always interesting as, by design, they lean on 'telling' more than showing to account for the passage of narrative time. It's a fun excuse to get playful with the prose as opposed to keeping things flat. It does mean that the prose should be tight, and even after a couple of...
2024-09-12 17:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Notes: Thank you all for your continued support! It means the world to me. We have a bit of a chonkier chapter today! I hope you like it!
“Can a Skill be altered or removed? The short answer is yes to the former and no to the latter. Skill Evolution is a well documented phenomenon, though it is perhaps not entirely what some people have in mind when t...
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