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Journey to the Water Chapter VI
As promised, the latest chapter is now available on Patreon! It will be up here in a few days, but if you just can’t wait, my Patreon is only $3 a month and will have some exclusive new projects on it pretty soon (in a month or so), plus you get Patreon livestreams and the opportunity to say you supported me before I was cool.
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Continue reading “Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea Cover Reveal!”The line edits are done! I’m working on a cover! As my Christmas gift to you, I’ll do a Cover Reveal on Friday the 24th, so stop back then!
Sorry for the exclamation points. I’m very excited.
“I’ve remembered my name,” Khalim said. “Will you help me?”
The moon-faced owl preened the crook of one wing with its beak. “And why should I do that, little one?”
Khalim walked to the base of the arch on which the owl perched, beside the stair that led to the temple he could never open. “Why do you call me that? I’m larger than you.”
“Is that what you see?”
He nodded. He was half as tall as the arch, and though the owl’s wings were broad, he guessed he could hold its body in his arms.
The owl lowered its wing and studied him with one eye. “Interesting. And what do you look like?”
It was a strange question, seeing as the owl was looking him in the face, but Khalim would play along. The last thing he wished to do was offend the only being he had seen in such a long time—perhaps forever. He wasn’t sure. He looked down at his hands.
For a brief flash, he saw what he expected to see—brown skin, calluses, the frayed hem of a sleeve. Then his flesh turned to white marble, with two black veins twining up each of his wrists. His clothing became ridges of stone, exquisitely carved of the same material that formed the walls of the citadel.
Continue reading “Journey to the Water Interlude One: Citadel Gate”Hello, friends! The new draft of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea is done! It clocks in at 89,811 words.
Now it’s time for line edits. Wish me luck!
You cannot return from whence you came, and beyond the borders of this place lie the spirit wilds. You’d be likely to have your face stolen, or worse.
Journey to the Water Interlude One
The latest chapter of Journey to the Water is now available on Patreon! I’m very excited about this one, as you’ll not only be able to check on what’s going on with Khalim, but you’ll also find out a little about the cosmology of this setting.
Thank you to everyone who supports me on Patreon. It’s been really helpful, and I’m so, so grateful.
If you’re not a Patreon subscriber, would you consider becoming one? It’s only $3 a month, and if I get one more subscriber, I can pay for both the meds I have to take to keep me functional (and writing!) all year round. Plus, you get all chapters a week early, Patreon livestreams where you can chat with me about fantasy tropes and whatever else you like, and there will be a new, Patreon-exclusive story starting sometime in the near-ish future.
If not, don’t worry, I still appreciate you and you can read this chapter here on the blog next week!
I was a day out of Banwa town, and I had yet to see another soul on the muddy road beside the river. It likely would not have made a difference—Bran was a steppe horse, an exceedingly rare sight this far south. Any other traveler would have been just as much at a loss as I.
I took him down the riverbank and into the snow-fed water, letting it cool his legs and his belly. He rallied after a few minutes, and we continued on our way, but after an hour he slowed again, panting.
Aysulu would have known what to do. But she was half a world away, and I had not seen her in more than a year, since I had left Phyreios. Bran had been her last gift to me. I considered, briefly, leaving him, or selling him in the hopes that he would find his way into the hands of someone who could better care for him, but as soon as the thought came to me, I pushed it aside. He deserved better, as did Aysulu’s friendship, and I feared he was the only thing keeping me from the madness of solitude as I traveled alone in this strange land.
Continue reading “Journey to the Water Chapter V: The Emerald Sea”Hello, friends. As predicted, the booster shot has hit me like a small-to-medium tractor, and my whole body hurts and my brain is mush.
I am about halfway through Chapter XXIV of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea, with a total of 76,832 words. The draft has grown more than I anticipated! The original version of this book, published on this blog between 2019 and 2020, was 77,707 words. With three and a half chapters left, I’m guessing this new version will be well over the expected 80k.
I expect I’ll be back at it tomorrow–my second Covid shot back in April put me down for about 24 hours–and I hope to have this draft done by the end of the week. Then comes final revisions, researching ebook and print-on-demand platforms, formatting, and uploading!
I will keep you posted!
Also, check back tomorrow for the latest chapter of Journey to the Water.
I appreciate you!
12,000 words (of an estimated 80k) and 3 days to go! If you’re curious, I’m a little ways in to rewriting Interlude Four of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea.
I’ll be on Twitch tonight streaming Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice if you want to come hang out with me.
“I am looking for the seers of these islands. A dragon told me that they could help me.”
Journey to the Water Chapter V
The latest chapter is now available on Patreon! You can unlock it and also get all future chapters early for less than a medium cup of black coffee a month. There are also added benefits, like Patreon livestreams and my undying gratitude.
If not, you’ll see this chapter here on the website next week.
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