I’m sorry I didn’t manage to get it out this week, but I’ll post it as soon as I can. Thanks for your patience!
Tag: blog update
My sincerest apologies
It has been a Week, and seeing as it’s Sunday, I’m not likely to get the next chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door out before the week is over. I should manage it early this coming week.
Thank you for being patient!
Song of the Week
Tori Amos, “Wednesday”
Happy Monday. I am writing this from underneath a snow drift, so that’s how things are going here.
I’ve been having trouble keeping up with The Book of the New Moon Door along with all my other projects and responsibilities. In order to stay on a predictable schedule, I’m going to be posting a chapter every other week. I’ll revisit this when I finish the current draft of my book, either going back to a chapter a week or starting a new project to alternate with it. I am planning on starting the sequel to Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea in the spring, so keep an eye out for that.
So, with that being said, there won’t be a new chapter up this week. The next chapter will be up next week, probably Wednesday.
In the meantime, I’ll be on Twitch tonight playing a game–I haven’t decided which yet. If you haven’t visited the Tea and Sidequests channel, you’re missing out, because we are a delight.
Have an excellent week, and stay safe and warm.
Announcing the Tea and Sidequests channel!
My husband and I have created a joint Twitch channel! You can find it here!
We’re going to be streaming Monday and Saturday evenings, starting next week, from 6 to 8 in the evening (US Central time).
I’m very excited to start sharing some of our favorite games with you. In this time of isolation, I’m also looking forward to chatting with old and new friends. I hope you can stop by sometime!
If you miss a stream, we’re going to be uploading them to YouTube here. I’ve also updated the social icons at the bottom of the blog to these new sites.
Happy New Year!
Year in Review, part the second
I had high hopes for 2020, back at the end of 2019. For me, this year was a lesson in political involvement, compassion, listening to people who know more than me, and determining what I can and cannot change and acting on the things I can. I think next year can be better, but it will only be better than this one if we make it so.
With that being said, here is what I managed this year:
- I got a new day job.
- I finished both The Well Below the Valley and Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea, the projects with which I started this blog last year.
- I also posted the story Love Song in Six Verses and the module Singer Lake.
- I started The Book of the New Moon Door.
- I hosted a game at Midwinter Gaming convention, back in January before the pandemic, and also learned more about game mastering.
- Unfortunately, I didn’t finish the draft of my book. As of right now, I’m 511 pages and 144,881 words in, though.
- I managed to pay down a lot of my debts.
- I marched and donated water and snacks during the protests this summer.
- Thus far, I continue to survive the pandemic.
Here are my plans for next year:
- Finish this draft of my book! Then make one major plot change, and then give copies to beta readers and start editing. Hopefully it will be ready sometime in the next year so I can start looking for a publisher.
- Finish The Book of the New Moon Door.
- Edit Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea and self-publish it for the minimum price. It’s the most successful story on this site, and I’d like it to be accessible to more people.
- Start the sequel to Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea here on the blog. Eske’s journey isn’t over yet.
- Start another tabletop module.
- Reach more people with the blog and social media.
- Finish paying down debts so we can buy a house!
Happy New Year. May we all have a better 2021.
There will be a new chapter this week
…but it might not be until Friday. Or possibly the weekend. Yesterday was a long day, and it looks like it’s going to be a long week.
Hang in there, take care of yourself, and I will be back with more things to read soon!
Minor Delay
Chapter Two of The Book of the New Moon Door will be posted tomorrow, due to my poor time management. See you then!
New project!
Next week, I’ll be starting a new multi-chapter story, The Book of the New Moon Door. As always, it’ll be completely free to read, and released one chapter a week on Wednesdays until further notice.
The world is changing.
The old orders of the world fade away. The church’s power wanes, replaced by secular states. Magic gives way to science.
Berend was once a member of the Sons of Galaser, the most prestigious mercenary company on the continent. Now, the Sons are no more, and only a handful of his former companions remain, one of whom was dismembered last night in what appears to be a demon-summoning ritual out of an old legend.
Isabel is a Sentinel of Ondir, the god of death. Armed with bell, book, and candle, her job is to send restless spirits to the afterlife–and there has been much need of that, of late. Asking the ghost of a murdered ex-mercenary if he saw his killer before he died is a simple task, but she soon finds that things will not be so easy: though everything Isabel knows tells her it’s impossible, it appears his soul has been damaged.
As Berend and Isabel search for a murderer who can dismember a soul, and navigate their places in the changing world, they discover the terrible secrets hidden behind the veil of progress.
Construction complete!
You may notice a change of decoration! Also, all my writing has been updated with new tags. You can find the tag cloud at the bottom of the page.
Construction update
You may notice that there is now a “Stories” and a “Modules” tab above! You will find Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea and Love Song in Six Verses under “Stories,” and The Well Below the Valley under “Modules.” Each chapter’s Table of Contents link will now go to the proper new spot.
All the images on the blog should now have descriptions in the alt-text, and there is an extra picture of my cats on the About Me page.
I’ll be working on tags and the color scheme next!
Space Whales Press 