Ally
“Everything’s going fine,” Ally said, sitting at her desk in the workshop above her store. “I know I sometimes complain, but the store is fine.”
Her phone sat in a neat wooden holder by the edge of her workspace. A small light along its top i...
2023-08-07 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re not going to collapse, right?” Fia asked Vince while wrapping an arm around his shoulders.
He shrugged her off, but she forced herself around him anyway. Pola bit her lip while limping along with them. Once Fia spotted her boss’s movement, she slowed down....
2023-08-03 03:06:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe audiobook for Neural Wraith 3 just went live on Audible, so grab it now or start listening if you pre-ordered it. This release means all of my published books are on audio.
As always, you’ll be listening to Stephanie Savannah’s amazing performance. Every time she does one of my book...
2023-08-01 13:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostA mirror spell, Vince faintly recalled. Salome knew little about it, but Juliet’s repertoire had another meister-tier spell.
Had this been what the vampire had been preparing all along while covering her half of the room in shadow?
“Vince!” Fia screamed, falli...
2023-07-31 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostNote: During final editing of Book 1, I named Alessia's main bodyguard (the one that hits on Vince and shows up in a bunch of scenes) Lucia. She'll be mentioned by name from now on.
Vince burst through the opening into A...
2023-07-30 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Is something wrong?” Luscarne asked, her lion ears twitching as she no doubt eavesdropped on Vince’s call with Ronin. “Do you need to be somewhere—”
Vince’s dragon roared and a flame laser created a new hole in her stomach. Luscarne tried to scream, but blo...
2023-07-29 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe first pack of enforcers rumbled into the alleyway Vince had been left in. His dragon rested in the air above him, tail lashing between the brick walls of the apartment complexes beside him. At the sight of Kaziern’s thugs, Vince popped his barrier.
Despite the sight...
2023-07-28 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe teleport beacon turned out to be a solid silver pyramid, half the width of Vince’s thumb and completely lacking in any details or inscriptions. Almost like a paperweight. He suspected the mundanity of its appearance was intentional. Although it might be easily lost, an enf...
2023-07-25 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“As much as I love being told to blow stuff up, I’d love it more if you had any intel on tonight’s security,” Vince said.
As he talked, he made his way toward the transport depot. Streetlights and the glow from nearby stores and apartment windows lit his way. The d...
2023-07-23 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI initially figured this would be a short update, but it ended up being long. I guess I had more to say than I thought.
First, the standard news reminders:
The rest of Thursday passed uneventfully. Fia even went on a late-night shopping trip with Nina and Nicki.
Vince could continue banging his head against the wall and practice his magic for a few more hours, but he’d been ignoring other priorities. Namely, Juliet.
H...
2023-07-20 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe last time Vince visited Lionetti Tower during the day, he’d sat inside Fia’s car while she went inside. He’d only seen it from the street.
Even so, he’d known it would appear both more and less imposing than in the night.
In the dark, the true form of Aul...
2023-07-18 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment Vince entered his apartment, the heavenly smell of browned butter greeted him. Nina stood by the cooktop, bent over a large pan filled with golden liquid. A bubbling saucepan signaled that some pasta boiled away, if Vince guessed correctly.
“Cooking something ...
2023-07-15 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“If you’re up for something fancy, there are some nice restaurants below us,” Fia suggested.
“Up for a candlelit lunch?” Vince asked, recalling how they’d been mistaken for a couple earlier.
They walked past the suited enforcers as he said that and one sh...
2023-07-13 03:38:57 +0000 UTC View PostA miserable silence descended following the retreat of the branch family wolves. Alessia glowered at the conference room door and finally allowed her tail to move. It lashed the tail fast and hard enough to kick up a small wind that rustled Vince’s pants.
“Why don’t ...
2023-07-11 04:53:28 +0000 UTC View PostThey hopped in her car and Fia began the slow ride into the city.
But not toward Albion. Instead, she took them into the city center, where traffic drastically worsened. Skyscrapers loomed over them as she drove into the central business district, which was somewhere Vince...
2023-07-08 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The cover's done, unless I ask for any last minute tweaks (none planned right now, but let me know if you spot something off). Note that the title is a WIP and might change. I'll stick with Lowlife Enforcer until I actually settle on the final name, as I'll need to rename a bunch of stuff and don...
2023-07-07 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe end of the first book (well, sort of) of my new urban fantasy book is fast approaching, so now is the perfect time for a “planning post.” Ha.
This will be a bit different to past commentary and planning posts, because it comes after I’ve written the first book but be...
2023-07-07 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostIf you're here before Mob Sorcery launches on Amazon, the chapters for Book 1 are under the title "Lowlife Enforcer." Use the UFFantasy tag on Patreon to find them all together. They'll be deleted once the book goes live on Kindle Unlimited due to Amazon's exclusivity requirements. 2023-07-06 03:02:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapters resume tomorrow, but I wanted to keep up the involvement in the story until I cut over to Spellblade toward the end of the month.
So let's do a poll for who goes on the cover of book 2 before I put together the details for my cover artist.
Note that I've excluded Pola and Ale...
2023-07-05 03:31:07 +0000 UTC View PostI’ve been busy writing this month, which means this should be a simple monthly update, but I still have a couple of important-ish announcements to make. Nothing troubling, though. This update mostly just sums up past Patreon news stuff, for those wondering.
The news:
I've been getting an increasing number of questions about when various books will come out, which is my own fault for shifting around release dates after trying and failing to commit to some. 2023 started off rough for me, and that's meant a lot of stuff I planned to have done hasn't happened. Pl...
2023-06-24 03:27:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been sharing my cover art early these days, so why stop now. It matters a lot less given all the AI cover art that abounds, but I'm still a big fan of the stuff my artist whips up.
With the idea to split up Spellblade into smaller, more frequent books, I needed some more cover art. Alt...
2023-06-11 01:54:19 +0000 UTC View PostI gave a bit of thought about what I'd talk about this month. I wanted this to be a largely positive post originally, as I'm focused on writing and largely ignoring everything else, but Amazon has conspired against me.
Anyway, news first:
Thanks to everyone for voting in the poll. It's still open, but the results are pretty decisive right now and have given my a few things to chew on. I also really enjoyed reading the comments, which varied quite a bit and proposed some ideas (some of which are already in the story, or close enoug...
2023-06-06 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostSo I planned this to be a first girl poll, and it kind of is, but I saw a comment expressing concern about a binding vote like this (and it's not the first concern raised) and a few people seem to be supporting it through likes. So instead I'll just do a popularity poll on the female characters i...
2023-06-04 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s tradition now for me to post my monthly update before the start of each month, so why stop now? A short but less grim update. I recommend reading my previous post about my current situation if you haven’t already, as I don’t really want to repeat those messages and constantly be a down...
2023-05-26 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostVince clicked his tongue, then wandered around the sofa and shook her awake. “Nina, get up. You’ll wrinkle your clothes.”
After a few attempts, she slowly stirred. Nina blinked her dark purple eyes at him, before pushing his arm away.
“Still dark. Sleeping. G...
2023-05-18 03:30:41 +0000 UTC View PostEven facing near certain death, Vince’s brain had only one answer to Pola’s threat. “This is a club, right? I’m here to drink, chat, and have a fun time. You know, the sort of thing people do at clubs and bars.”
Pola sneered at him, then she straightened up and g...
2023-05-18 03:29:35 +0000 UTC View PostVince’s finger snapped back and forth along his phone, playing some mindless mobile game while he sat inside a warehouse full of corpses. Dozens of unlabeled crates towered over him on countless pallets. They were unlabeled and unmarked, save for the recent bloodstains and sco...
2023-05-18 03:28:46 +0000 UTC View Post