July 12, 2022

Update Link: Mad World, Book 4 – Chapter 96

Just a reminder that starting next week, chapters will be posted three times a week. Can’t wait for you guys to enjoy the second half of the story — I’m really happy with how it turned out.

Also the issue with the chapter links has been resolved!

July 11, 2022

Updated: Invisible Strings – Part 4

NOTE: I’m aware there’s a bug keeping the previous/next chapters from showing up on the stories. I use a WordPress plugin to power the stories, and there’s a bug in that plugin. There’s a fix supposed to come out today. Hopefully it does. 

Happy Monday! Just a couple of notes as we head into this week –

  • Mad World’s posting schedule gets updated again. We’re keeping Tuesday & Thursday. I’m scheduling a chapter to go live on Saturdays, so we’re moving to 3x a week.
  • Starting on Sunday, I’m going to be posting the revisited flash fiction, Not Knowing When. I didn’t make any massive changes, just cleaned it up and edited it into six parts. It was about 36k and 110 pages. I’ll post one part a day for most of next week.
  • With any luck, this is the last week I have to go to doctor appointments and tests (I’ve had them every week since school ended).
  • I’m hopeful that I can add Tuesday and Thursday to flash fiction, so that I can update both stories twice a week. Those would be optional updates (I’ll do it if time and energy allows), but it would be great to have daily updates.

Patreon Updates

  • Early Access (Love $3 Tier): Mad World, Chapters 96 & 97 | Not Knowing When, full story.
  • Weekly Alpha Draft Update (Stalker $15): Counting Stars, Chapters 6-8
  • Crimson Discovery #20 (Stalker & Obsessed)
  • Crimson Check #24 (All Tiers)

July 8, 2022

Update Link: Signs of Life – Part 39

Happy Friday! Today kicks off a celebration on Twitter for Rebecca Herbst’s 25th anniversary of playing Elizabeth. I began a thread with clips and caps that I’ll embed below, and will hopefully be able to update every day. Feel free to join in or just like and retweet to get her trending. It’s no secret that Elizabeth is the character I keep coming back for, and I definitely plan to celebrate her.

Even more exciting, creating the clips was the first time that I’d used Premiere since upgrading to a new computer, and holy crap, it moved so fast! My old laptop really hated it, so I had to give up even attempting any video projects, but now I can get back to organizing my clips and doing research and watch party livestreams.

See you guys on Monday!

July 6, 2022

Update Link: Mad World, Book 4 – Chapter 95

We’re officially halfway through the final book! Seems crazy that we got to this point, but I’m pretty excited for you guys to read the second half.  To help with anyone who has fallen behind, I have an ebook with Chapters 76-95 ready. Check it out!

Update Link: Watch Me Burn – Part 3

Starting today, you can also download new ebooks for Mad World! Book 3 is available for the first time, and I’ve collected Books 1-3 into an ebook. So if you’ve fallen behind or never got around to reading it, and it feels like too much, this is a great way to caught up. You can also change the fonts and display in an ereader device. Clicking on the links will download zip files with all three available formats. Choose the one best for your device and needs.

Tomorrow, I’ll be releasing a partial ebook for Book 4 with Chapters 76-95 to mark the halfway point in Book 4.

I’ve tested these on my own devices, but if you run into any display issues, please let me know by commenting below!

I have three more books I need to organize into ebooks — Ricochet (Fool Me Twice Book 1), Reflections of You (Broken Girl Book 1), and Bittersweet. I’ll focus on Ricochet first because it’s never been released in ebook.

See you tomorrow!

July 5, 2022

Update Link: Mad World, Book 4 – Chapter 94

After Thursday’s chapter, we’ll be officially halfway through the book. I’ll be posting an ebook version of Chapters 76-95, so if you’ve been holding off on reading, or you’re behind, it might be useful. See you tomorrow for Flash Fiction!

July 4, 2022

Update Link: Invisible Strings – Part 3

Hope everyone is having a good Independence Day!

Round-Up

  • I used to list upcoming projects on their own page, but I didn’t really see the point.
  • A lot of them were duplicated when I relaunched my Alternate History page, so I just added a few of the missing projects.
  • I still need to finish my relaunch of the Alternate Universe page.
  • I also changed the In Progress page to the Series page. This page has my three major series broken down into their individual books.
  • I updated the download links for Mad World’s ebooks. Book 3 will be released on Wednesday.

Patreon

  • Posted for Love Tier, Early Access chapters for Mad World, chapters 94-95.
  • Added Crimson Check #23 for all tiers.
  • Posted a Crimson Discovery survey for Obsessed & Stalker tiers

July 1, 2022

Update Link: Signs of Life – Part 38

This is going to be another short update — basically the second half of the part I planned last week. My TMJ doctor prescribed muscle relaxers, but only at night, and it’s still messing me up. It’s been making me groggy in the morning and making it hard to focus — I’m just generally feeling not so great on it and other than being able to sleep, I’m not feeling enough difference to justify staying on it every day.  I haven’t really been able to focus on anything since I started it, much less writing, so we need a new plan.

The good news is that today, I’m having the first of a series of tests meant to investigate the whooshing in my ear which is one of the biggest reasons my focus has scattered so much these last 18 months. I’m having an ultrasound on my carotid artery and a CT on my temporal bones to make sure all the vessels are in good shape and that there’s no aneurysm creating issues. (Doctor says that’s like the least likely culprit, but me who watches soap operas and has killed off many characters through aneurysm freaks out — we’re good now). Then, I have an MRI for my neck to confirm my diagnosis so that I can start treatment.

I’ll keep you guys in the loop and see you next week!

June 30, 2022

Update Link: Mad World, Book 4 – Chapter 93

Uh, so when I decided to go to two chapters a week, I’m not sure I realized that this chapter would be a Thursday chapter which would leave four days before the next one. Uh, sorry about that. Really.

See you tomorrow for Signs of Life! (a full update this time, fingers crossed)

June 29, 2022

Update Link: Watch Me Burn – Part 2

Having a lot of trouble getting started in the morning. I think it’s because of the medicine I’m taking — I’m supposed to take it around the time I go to bed, but it’s making me really groggy in the morning. I’m gonna try taking it a few hours earlier and see if it helps.

I finished reformatting the ebooks for Mad World, Books 1 – 3. Books 1 & 2 have been reuploaded to the site already because they were already publicly available. I had never created an ebook for Book 3, so that’s exclusive to the Patreon tier for about a week — the $3 and above tiers get early access.

Book 1 | Book 2