Fugitive - Chapter 7
Chapter 7 - Hoping for the Best
Samira
“This is a stupid plan,” I muttered, for perhaps the 80th time. This sort of subterfuge was exactly the sort of thing Sora was good at, not ...
2022-07-22 06:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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Fugitive - Chapter 6
Chapter 6 - Blazing Dragons
Thea
I laughed through the coughing fit as I handed the vaporizer back to La’akea. The dragon was in her human form with dark sun-touched skin, silver ha...
2022-07-20 06:05:59 +0000 UTC View PostFugitive - Chapter 5
Chapter 5 - Preparing for the Worst
Sora
“You don’t have to eat it if you don’t want to,” I said. “We can always ask the captain to cook us something.”
Sami blanched...
2022-07-20 06:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostFugitive - Chapter 4
Chapter 4 - Forced Direction
Bryce
I finished the incantation, and there was a bright flash of blinding light. When I opened my eyes again I saw a small yellow rubber duck with horns ...
2022-07-18 06:05:59 +0000 UTC View PostFugitive - Chapter 3
Chapter 3 - The Devil Went Down to… Somewhere
Thea
“-her… fucking shit, not again.”
I was standing alone in the middle of a pretty fancy looking office. There was a desk...
2022-07-18 06:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon chapter change - repost
Hey all, sorry for the re-announcement, but I wanted to separate this from the book 2 prologue, to make the prologue easier to find for the people who don't care about this sort of housekeeping thi...
2022-07-15 20:33:18 +0000 UTC View PostFugitive - Chapter 2
Chapter 2 - Some Assembly Inquired
Samira
“You seriously couldn’t steal any instructions with this stupid thing?” I asked for probably the 18th time in the last 8 hours. I was i...
2022-07-15 06:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostFugitive - Chapter 1
Chapter 1 - Factory Requisition
Bryce
“Hey, Thea? Would you mind explaining why a quarter of the station just depressurized?” I continued to type at the terminal while I ignored t...
2022-07-15 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostBook 1 update and poll!
Hey all!
So, the first book goes out to the editor tomorrow (!!!!) and I've just heard back from Thea, my cover artist (no relation), about getting the print and audiobook covers finished up ...
2022-07-14 16:33:45 +0000 UTC View PostFugitive - Prologue
Prologue - Divine Exposition
Kai
“This always feels so wrong,” I smiled as I stepped over a couple of humans who were getting to know each other extremely well.
Walking thro...
2022-07-13 06:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 45
Chapter 45 - Parting Ways
Thea
Rajak’s stupid bald head rolled onto the floor, and I let out a sigh of relief. We’d actually done it. He was dead.
Nikko and...
2022-07-13 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 44
Chapter 44 - The Lord’s Chamber
Bryce
The four heavily armored guards near the throne opened fire on our group and Rajak lifted a hand in the air with a palm facing...
2022-07-11 06:20:15 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 43
Chapter 43 - Breaking and Entering
Bryce
Lysc was pissed. Dezra and Mazi were dead, and Thea was crying over the corpse of their murderer. It wasn’t a good look, an...
2022-07-08 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 42
Chapter 42 - Reunion
Thea
I leapt through the air, laughing as I landed on top of a bipedal mech. I punched through the visor to get to the pilot.
But my fist d...
2022-07-06 06:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 41
Chapter 41 - Contact with the Enemy
Bryce
“We’re facing the compound’s main building. The portal room is in Rajak’s office on the third floor,” Sora shouted...
2022-07-04 13:32:21 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 40
Chapter 40 - Infiltration
Bryce
“Is everything okay? You were out there for a while, and where’s Elliot? We’re not picking him up on any of the scanners.” A m...
2022-07-01 06:56:57 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 39
Chapter 39 - Pack Tactics
Rashka
“Holy fucking shit! Boss, how much did you say we’re paying these assholes?” I couldn’t stop laughing.
Boss said these ...
2022-06-29 07:53:33 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 38
We're getting into the final stretch for the first book!
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Chapter 38 - Mild Piracy
Bryce
“Well, what do you think?” Thea held out her arms to...
2022-06-27 11:50:21 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 37
Chapter 37 - Gathering information
Sora
“Is that really him?” I asked the bartender.
“Yep, that’s Accel,” she replied, before setting a colorful drink...
2022-06-24 20:52:19 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 36
Chapter 36 - Investments
Bryce
“Thea, my hair can wait,” I said. “You need to eat or the nanites are going to make you sick.”
We were at the Paragon Bis...
2022-06-22 09:50:59 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 35
Extra couple of chapters today, just to keep patreon 10 chapters ahead of RoyalRoad :D
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Chapter 35 - Upgrades
Thea
“Would you mind grabbing Sa...
2022-06-22 09:49:52 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 34
Chapter 34 - What’s in the box
Bryce
I've sat through countless business meetings, negotiated thousands of contracts, and entertained hundreds of potential clients....
2022-06-22 09:47:47 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 33
I finished my last editing pass on book 1 :D which means that I'm going to be focusing on book 2 almost exclusively in order to limit the downtime between when I get all of the first book's chapter...
2022-06-20 14:16:23 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 32
Lesson 32 - Gods and Immortals
Bryce
Thea bolted upright and gave me a pleading look. I remembered her mentioning back on the research station that she needed me to g...
2022-06-17 06:15:49 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 31
Lesson 31 - On the Subject of Marriage
Thea
“Thea? Are you back here?” Bryce’s voice startled me out of my head.
I fell as I missed a step on the ladder I...
2022-06-15 23:02:18 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 30
I'm going back and doing another edit pass on the entire book. I'm going to update the past chapters on RoyalRoad, but probably not on Patreon. It's just grammar and syntax. I'm not changing any of...
2022-06-15 11:08:50 +0000 UTC View PostNew book plotting!
I've started progress on the 2nd book in the Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen series as well as plotting a new novel that takes place in the Anarchist Union.
It'll probably be a little ...
2022-06-13 07:57:45 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 29
Lesson 29 - Aggressive Negotiations
Bryce
“I think I’d like that.” I said.
The job Lysc was talking about was going to have something to do with the deliv...
2022-06-13 06:35:26 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 28
Lesson 28 - Lyscantra
Sora
Drassun, the planet, was covered in verdant green forests that were only ever broken up by the occasional blue of a winding river. It was b...
2022-06-13 06:34:28 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide to Becoming a Pirate Queen - ch. 27
Lesson 27 - Arrival
Bryce
Sora didn’t stop the teasing, and worse, Thea seemed to be completely immune to it. She just used it as an opportunity to flirt with me, w...
2022-06-10 06:17:30 +0000 UTC View Post