November 15 Update (Patreon)

NEW: Hey, everyone! Normally I don't end notifications for updates to weekly posts, but the design of the first Tale is especially important. Please check out the two new maps: one is a revised Bangville based on your feedback, while the second is a sample interior map for the same location. Thoughts?

Every one of these weeks continues to be jam packed. -_-

Novella: Blades Falling Softly

Let's start off with the thing I have for you: I decided to make the novella available to all patrons at any tier. I don't have as many rewards during my break, so I hope some of you enjoy this:

https://mega.nz/file/K1si0ChL#QOItxd6p9FZkkRXCIUyQfjPqPbdMxljrLIZ4rR-_qvM 

Blades Falling Softly is a novella, a bit different from my other work and much shorter. Though hardly experimental, it has a different focus and goal overall. That could be a good or bad thing, depending on your tastes, but please take a look if you're interested. It takes place in the TBS universe, but it's a prequel that requires no knowledge of the series.

OEA: Bangville Aesthetic

Please look above to see a WIP layout map for Bangville. It is meant to establish some basics about the aesthetic for the Tale, not to be representative of the final map. There will be trees covering the map edges, for example.

My aim was to have a cheesy/garish mixture of pink and purple to make Bangville stand out, as you might have seen with the forest background. What do you think, is that too far? It will be the first Tale that players see in the game, so it can't be eye-bleeding. Anyway, this is the period where we establish the basic look for the whole Tale, so please give feedback.

Writing Thoughts

I've basically done a NaNoWriMo in the past week, but I could have done a lot more and I spent too much time with my head full of unpleasant thoughts. =/ I eagerly await the day when I no longer use RoyalRoad, but at the moment I just don't have a strong enough fanbase not to use it.

Anyway, I'd hoped that I could write tons and tons of things during my break, but I'm trying to ease back before it ever gets unpleasant. That means less productivity, which could potentially cause stress down the road, but I'm trying to set that aside and relax sometimes.

Self-published Fantasy Results

Meanwhile, in positive news, I scraped into the top ten of that poll I mentioned:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/jqx39c/rfantasy_top_self_published_novels_2020_results/

Now, given the low number of votes and how steeply they drop off, this isn't a great accomplishment. Still, I received more votes than I expected and each one of you who took time out of your schedule to contribute made a difference, which I'm grateful for. ^-^ I don't need awards for my ego, but being on this list will potentially attract new eyes to my work.

That's all for now. Back next week.