With the shaping tests behind them, Akari and Kalden moved on to the written portion of their admissions. This test differed for each grade level, but any student could walk into the Admissions Off...
2025-01-24 12:57:04 +0000 UTC View PostAkari began her Missile portion on Round Twenty-Five. Clearly, the Artegium had much higher standards for its incoming second-years. Especially when those second-years had reached the Artisan realm...
2025-01-18 19:00:25 +0000 UTC View PostWeb of Secrets is up on Amazon, and I have an official release date of January 19, 2025!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D...
2025-01-17 12:48:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone,
Here's the final version of the WoS cover!
I'm aiming to launch the ebook on Amazon very soon, so I might be busy with launch-related tasks this week, but I should be able ...
2025-01-10 13:44:39 +0000 UTC View PostRelia grabbed a pair of brass handles and pushed open the doors of her father’s study. This wasn’t the Cabinet Room he used for his official meetings. This was a smaller room in the East Wing o...
2025-01-05 19:53:51 +0000 UTC View Post“I understand not wanting to go back,” Akari’s mother said later that night. “You’ve always been independent.”
“Right.” Akari paced around the forest in the dreamscape. “Som...
2024-12-31 19:30:24 +0000 UTC View PostKalden led the team across Cliff Street toward their base of operations. It was an old brick building on the North Side, halfway between the Trenches and Koreldon University. Close enough to the ac...
2024-12-29 15:26:24 +0000 UTC View PostRelia sat in the ballroom a few hours later, watching the festivities go on around her. Sapphire cloth draped the tables, and the fabric shimmered in the light of the crystal chandeliers above. &nb...
2024-12-26 12:23:02 +0000 UTC View PostRelia stood on the front steps of the Palace Prime, watching the black car glide toward the curb. Its smooth black surface caught the sharp lines of the palace, but the windows revealed nothing. 2024-12-22 20:39:31 +0000 UTC View Post
I haven't passed on my feedback to the designer yet, so feel free to let me know what you think!
2024-12-21 01:24:52 +0000 UTC View PostPRESENT DAY
Water splashed beneath Akari’s boots as she charged the massive gloomfang. Standing over ten feet tall, the creature had the body of an ape and the face of a cave bat. Slick bla...
2024-12-18 13:29:12 +0000 UTC View PostFOUR YEARS AGO
Relia passed beneath an old stone archway and followed her master toward the temple. Curtains of green vines hung on either side of their path, and a few seemed to sway in the ...
2024-12-07 15:28:54 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Book 5 is starting now!
FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS AGO
Elend’s feet moved without his permission, carrying his body toward the full-length mirror. A twelve-year-old boy s...
2024-12-03 13:10:26 +0000 UTC View PostHi Everyone! Checking in with another update.
The Book 2 rewrite is 80% done, including all the new scenes I set out to write. Here’s a quick rundown of those (feel free to skip straight to...
2024-11-19 13:15:14 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, just checking in with a quick update on the Mana Arts Saga.
Book 1: Web of Secrets is done with copy-edits, and the proofreader has the manuscript right now...
2024-10-23 18:01:46 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
I originally started QV to take a break from my other series, Web of Secrets. I’d meant to finish a whole book during that time, but it might be better if I pull back ea...
2024-09-22 18:47:25 +0000 UTC View PostZack pulled up the screen from earlier that day, letting it fill his mind’s eye.
New Possible Skills:
Tactical Planning Level 1, Teamwork Level 1
Y...
2024-09-17 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Mind pulling around back?” Zack asked when they reached the Valley View.
“Sure.” Camille had been about to enter the front parking lot, but she kept driving down Pinecrest Stre...
2024-09-12 12:27:20 +0000 UTC View Post“Did you earn any skills?” Zack asked Camille as they drove back into town. The sun was low on the horizon, and its golden beams shone through the trees, casting long shadows over the road.
... 2024-09-07 12:14:03 +0000 UTC View PostZack dropped the chest and pulled his blade from its scabbard. He spun around in the same moment, facing the swarm of mutant blue starwings. He’d only counted seven of the birds before. Now, he f...
2024-09-02 18:08:34 +0000 UTC View PostZack stepped toward the new doorway, stopping when he reached the precipice. The other side looked like an underground canyon, with strange trees sprouting up from the stone floor, and a web of gre...
2024-08-29 12:36:49 +0000 UTC View PostZack crawled down a familiar hole toward the gnomish tunnel. Or the dungeon, as he’d taken to calling it these days. He knew life wasn’t a game, but it certainly felt like one with Gia around.<...
2024-08-21 00:15:25 +0000 UTC View PostCamille stepped into Vance’s Hunting Goods later that evening. Zack had wanted to go straight back to the tunnels, but she’d talked him out of that crazy plan. If she was going to be an adventu...
2024-08-15 19:54:00 +0000 UTC View PostZack whistled to himself as he walked through the doors of Master Kord’s dojo. Camille had taken the third mana core, and they’d made plans to go back to the tunnels that week. A successful day...
2024-08-15 11:40:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 8: The Temple of Knowledge
Camille pushed her cart from the librarian’s desk toward the stacks. The wheels rumbled on the dark flagstones, and her route took her past tall oaken boo...
2024-08-08 11:55:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe screen faded from Zack’s vision, and Daudilus rushed out from the nearby forest. The husky leapt up, putting his two front paws on Zack’s shoulders.
“Hey!” Zack reached out a hand...
2024-08-03 14:23:25 +0000 UTC View PostNo sooner had Zack spoken than another window appeared in his mind’s eye:
New Habit Quest: Tidy Up.
A gnome Commando always controls himself and his surroundin...
2024-07-30 11:37:03 +0000 UTC View Post[Hello,] said a feminine voice. [I am your Gamified Intelligence Assistant. Or GIA, for short.]
“Woah.” Zack glanced around the room, expecting to see the source of the strange voice. He ...
2024-07-26 12:06:48 +0000 UTC View PostCamille pulled her truck into the Valley View the next morning. The eastern sky glowed with pale light as the sun promised to show its face, and the warm hues reflected off the inn’s rustic sign....
2024-07-25 12:01:12 +0000 UTC View PostZack stepped inside the Valley View Inn, and Daudilus trotted in beside him. The common room had high vaulted ceilings with a wooden staircase on one side. A massive glass window dominated the wall...
2024-07-20 11:32:33 +0000 UTC View Post