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“And you want my help?” Natchua perched on the edge of the chair, tense with nervous energy. Nothing in here should have been unnerving to Natchua of all people, but given ...
2023-07-25 00:08:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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After tacking aimlessly back and forth across miles of barren terrain, the monster finally spotted a goal whose existence seemed to drive it into a rage. Far out at the edge of its perception...
2023-07-20 22:39:49 +0000 UTC View PostA New Beginning
All right, I'm fully back and ready to launch into what's next. I have three things to announce:
- Book 17 of The Gods are Bastards begins now. I've been looking forward ...
2023-07-20 21:40:26 +0000 UTC View PostResults and next steps
Well, I wouldn't call that experiment a success. I did not manage to finish the chapter; I made progress, managed to break through the initial block I had and get about half the chapter done,...
2023-07-18 00:36:59 +0000 UTC View PostReturning soon
Hi everyone, it's the middle of July and I am reporting in as promised.
Progress has been very good. I feel...honestly, pretty well recovered. I'm fully recuperated from the exhau...
2023-07-17 02:14:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe Webb Report, 6/30/23
Hi everybody, it's now the end of the month and the end of the break period announced in my last post due to mental illness. I'm here to update everyone on my progress and plans, as promised....
2023-06-30 22:34:58 +0000 UTC View PostUnplanned Major Hiatus
The Avenists, my highest tier and most appreciated backers, did not get their regular Tuesday update because I couldn't get the work done. And this was after I had to extend my usual monthly ...
2023-06-15 23:32:03 +0000 UTC View Post4.47 In Which the Dark Lord Calls Upon the Goddess
I strode directly across the stand in center stage, close enough to the “performers” to see their glum, frightened expressions and address them without having to raise my voice.
“Excuse...
2023-06-11 02:41:38 +0000 UTC View Post4.46 In Which the Dark Lord Sends Other People's Plans Awry
I hadn’t forgotten what I’d said to Aster back then. The last the highborn had seen of the enigmatic Lord Seiji, he was vanishing into the dark of the forest right after confronting Archl...
2023-06-05 23:40:26 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, I have to call it.
I hate this...
Okay, as the Avenists know, their chapter is late because I hit a really bad brain episode two days before it was due and hadn't pulled out of it in time to finish by the Frida...
2023-06-04 17:21:37 +0000 UTC View Post4.45 In Which the Dark Lord's Plans Go Awry
Because nothing could ever go smoothly, we got a last minute warning through Gizmit’s network, who thankfully knew to send important messages straight to North Watch via the tunnels in the spymas...
2023-05-23 01:11:41 +0000 UTC View PostBonus 16: In Which the Hero Picks the Wrong Place to Put His Foot Down
“We can afford drinks and fried wedges! It was a successful quest, we should celebrate!”
“Just because we have enough money to buy something doesn’t mean we can afford ...
2023-05-19 00:30:06 +0000 UTC View Post4.44 In Which the Dark Lord Doesn't Get to Be the Center of Attention
After that, I could at least scratch “spend the night in a haunted house” off my bucket list.
Caer Gwylhaithe didn’t have actual ghosts, but it definitely had that vibe. I was sho...
2023-05-15 20:43:43 +0000 UTC View PostMay '23 AMA
Ani-mam asks:
"I've always loved how lively your characters and dialogue are, are any of your characters based on/inspired by real people you know, or do your character c...
2023-05-14 19:46:32 +0000 UTC View PostIt's always something
Gonna be a small schedule interruption.
For those who haven't been following the unfolding saga on discord, I had to take my cat back to the emergency vet, so that's how I spent all of Tuesda...
2023-05-11 19:34:27 +0000 UTC View Post4.43 In Which the Dark Lord Doesn't Make the Rules
“You summoned me, Dark Lord?”
The great hall was a lot busier now, with my people slowly spreading through the place, taking stock under strict orders not to touch any of Khariss’s pers...
2023-05-08 21:13:07 +0000 UTC View Post4.42 In Which the Dark Lord Courts Death
Khariss insisted on bringing along a single emotional support necrospider, or at least so I assume its function was as the thing immediately scuttled into one corner of the small parlor to which it...
2023-05-04 22:40:23 +0000 UTC View PostMay '23 AMA question post, Izarite edition
One question per person per month, please. A maximum of five from this tier will be chosen and answered in one week.
2023-05-02 00:40:52 +0000 UTC View Post4.41 In Which the Dark Lord Comes Back With a Warrant
I got a nice little glimpse into who among my support team had the best poker face. Very little, as I couldn’t turn around to see which of them were gasping or making strangled noi...
2023-05-01 23:46:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe Missing Months
Content warning for mental illness.
And I cringe at having to say that, yet again, but here we are. I genuinely do hate how much of my communication is talking about that; I hate feelin...
2023-04-30 22:32:58 +0000 UTC View Post4.40 In Which the Dark Lord Returns
“We’re just about set,” Aster reported as soon as I rejoined her on the ground, without waiting to be asked. “The engineers are even more efficient than I anticipated, so the defensiv...
2023-04-29 20:05:20 +0000 UTC View PostApril break week
I usually do this the last week of the month, so tonight's update would've been the last one before break, but I'm taking it one update early this time. This month and the last have been a do...
2023-04-20 20:23:51 +0000 UTC View Post4.39 In Which the Dark Lord Reflects on the Eve of Battle
It was a bit of a hike.
For once, Sneppit’s amazing efficiency had harmed rather than helped; she had very wisely focused reconstruction efforts on the tunnels under the Fflyr territory we ...
2023-04-17 21:27:42 +0000 UTC View Post4.38 In Which the Dark Lord Sets Up His Pieces
“Are you quite sure you comprehend what you are asking?” Lady Elidred inquired of me in deadly calm.
“I was present when the Archlord laid out his idiotic scheme,” I said. “Ye...
2023-04-14 01:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post4.37 In Which the Dark Lord Has Issues with the Women in His Life
It was a start.
There were more arrangements to be made, of course, but having gotten the necessary balls rolling, and since I now had the unbelievable luxury of competent subordinates to who...
2023-04-10 22:33:39 +0000 UTC View Post4.36 In Which the Dark Lord Weaves a Tangled Web
Nothing like a week spent trudging through the snow to make you appreciate an actual transportation system. Barely an hour after my meeting with the squirrels, I was back in North Watch, sitt...
2023-04-07 00:43:05 +0000 UTC View Post4.35 In Which the Dark Lord Barks Up the Right Tree
Noble households were usually swarming with functionaries, guards, and attendants of various kinds, but Aster and I made it the entire way down the corridor, through the big grandiose entry hall Ff...
2023-04-04 00:27:44 +0000 UTC View Postoops
just accidentally published the Avenist chapter for all patrons.
I corrected it but I'm pretty sure the whole thing is in all the notification emails...
Oh, well. Nothing I can do...
2023-03-24 01:06:23 +0000 UTC View Post4.34 In Which the Dark Lord Hurts Some Feelings
Suddenly, Archlord Caludon rose from his chair and crossed the distance before us in two long, decisive strides, bringing himself to stand precariously on the very lip of the stage upon which we sa...
2023-03-24 01:04:44 +0000 UTC View Post4.33 In Which the Dark Lord Keeps Up with the Aelthwyns
“Lhadron, you are remiss,” Caludon stated, arching an eyebrow. “Here stands our guest of honor, deprived of introduction in violation of all rules of civilized hospitality.”
“...
2023-03-21 18:35:13 +0000 UTC View Post