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Just finished lucky Chapter 13 in my sapphic sci-fi novel "Hopeless!" Check out the chapter, or the whole manuscript after the following link!

https://www.worldanvil.com/community/manuscripts/read/6408228206-bennykill709-hopeless

Also, consider liking the story and following the link within to my Patreon!

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Broken Dulcet Ch 52 is Live!

Check out Chapter 52 here.
  Smoke and shrouds collide.
 

  #darkfantasy #sciencefantasy #sciencefiction
  ****
  Well, I needed a break from sketching khentauree, because my drawings are not what I want. Feeling discouraged, I decided to draw a scene with a city in the background, something that still terrifies me because I don't think I draw buildings all that well.
  Anyway, this is what I did.
 
city_pic1 copy2.jpg

  ****
  It's going to be a busy year going forward. Abyss of Dreams comes out this autumn. Looks like both Broken Dulcet and Greenglimmer will be wrapping up, and the new books for both starting towards the end of the year.
  Plus all the artwork I need to get done. And did I mention Broken Dulcet has hit 100K views?
  And Summer Camp is on the horizon...
  ****
  Now that I've reminded myself how much creative work I have to do, I think I'm going to go walk off my stress. Take care, all
  Kwyn
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Devour is a dark Science Fiction novel about a group of interstellar travelers that get lost in an unknown part of the universe, but find a pocket of human civilization nonetheless. As they investigate this culture and try and find a way back home, they realize that what is a Utopia on the surface is a nightmarish hellscape controlled by forces beyond their wildest dreams.

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Broken Dulcet Ch 43 is Live! and other Updates

Tis the weekend! Read Ch 43 here.
  Lapis and Patch greet Vali's unwanted guests.
 

  #darkfantasy #sciencefantasy #sciencefiction
  ****
  I'll be publishing Greenglimmer next week as usual (Jan 24), then I'm flying to the far reaches of Star Valley, Wyoming, USA to visit my dad, who's in ill health. Internet access will be iffy, and I'm not sure if I'll be able to publish Broken Dulcet while I'm there; my family prefers the middle of nowhere. I grew up in the Narrows, an unincorporated area, and in Bedford (which had ~250 people back then, most belonging to 3 families).
  I'll be flying into Salt Lake, then driving 3 1/2 hours to reach my brother's place. I'm out of practice driving on crappy roads, so not looking forward to that. It'll be strange to visit; I haven't been back since my early twenties. I found it soul-killing. While the landscape is beautiful (it's south of Jackson Hole and Yellowstone National Park, so has the same kind of alpine mountain scape), the people are not. I'll be happy to sit and keep Dad company, then flee back to a better place.
  ****
  Take care, all
  Kwyn
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Broken Dulcet Chapters 40 & 41 are Live! and Other Updates

It's the weekend! Check out Ch 40 here and
  Ch 41 here.
  Lapis exchanges info with the Rams, and confronts a part of her past.
 

  #darkfantasy #sciencefantasy #sciencefiction
  ****
  Holiday posting: Greenglimmer will go live on the 13, Broken Dulcet on the 20, then break. Greenglimmer will be back on Jan 10, Broken Dulcet on Jan 17. Man, I always get nervous about taking breaks, but of course, I'll be working on WorldEmber, so it won't be as much of one as you might think.
  ****
  I've written three articles for WorldEmber, but they're not quite done yet, so I'll share them later. They're about the e ada sindo from the Wellspring Dragons, a martial order of women in Rakan whose purpose is to bring justice to those who don't get it from official sources. Their failure to follow this tradition is an important part of the fourth book WIP, and will lead to unexpected consequences in book five.
  Starting December 12, Wellspring Dragons Books 1-3 will be available for free through the Smashwords store. Check them out before Book 4 drops Summer 2025!
  ****
  I'm at 996K total views for my World Anvil Account. Will I make 1M before the new year? We shall see!
  Ambercaast is also at 198K views! Will it make 200K before the new year? We shall see!
  It will be a nice New Year if both happen :)
  ****
  Have a wonderful start to the holiday season, all!
  Kwyn
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Broken Dulcent Chs 38 & 39 are Live! and WE update

Check out Broken Dulcet Chapter 38 here.
  Check out Chapter 39 here.
  Lapis gives more gifts before completing a courier mission for Faelan.
 

  #darkfantasy #sciencefantasy #sciencefiction
  ****
  Well, I spent a lot of this week on my Evenacht primer (and the rest editing my WIP), so most of Week 3's homework for WorldEmber isn't done yet. Here's a link to what I have finished so far.
  I'm hoping to have it all done by the end of the weekend. I always promise I won't get behind, and as I'm falling further and further back, I wonder why my good intentions never seem to work. I always rush at the end.
  ****
  My honey thinks I need to take more frequent breaks, so I'll be taking one at the end of December around Christmas. Looking forward, I want to put in two-week breaks four times a year, and a month between the end of a book and the beginning of the next one. Creative juices get ground down, and I think a healthier break schedule might help in this.
  ****
  That's it for this week. Take care, all!
  Kwyn
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Broken Dulcet Ch 37 is Live!

Check out Chapter 37 here.
  After avoiding the janks and their allies, Lapis arrives at the House carrying gifts.
 

  #DarkFantasy #ScienceFantasy #ScienceFiction
  ****
  I don't have extras. I'm not in the a good headspace right now. It was hard to write a chapter meant to be soft and wonderful when seething rage and helplessness roared through me.
  My honey and I grew up in rural America (Wyoming and Nebraska) and we know what's in store when Trump gets sworn in and they implement Project 2025. We know the hate that's been unleashed, and the numbers of people getting hurt and dying needlessly will increase. I'm donating to orgs like RAICES and the Trevor Project and the ACLU and hope we can keep the damage and death to a minimum, though right now, it feels pretty hopeless. I know how unsafe I feel as a woman. It's worse for LGBTQ+, minorities, non-Christians.
  And no, I'm not overreacting. We know the kind of person who voted for Trump because we're related to them. My honey and I moved to California and cut all ties to toxic, abusive family. There isn't anywhere else to move to escape the hate that infuses them (my father told me during the pandemic he didn't care if I lived or died, all the same to him. And now people like him, who lack empathy, sympathy and basic human decency, will be back in power).
  Y'all, take care. I'm going to have to, before I burst.
  Kwyn
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Broken Dulcet Ch 35 is Live!

Check out Chapter 35 here.
  Lapis questions Jhor about Tuft, and his answers shock her.
 

  #darkfantasy #sciencefantasy #sciencefiction
  ****
  Well, I was all set to publish my Falling Light short story along with this week's LoN chapter, and I realized I didn't have a cover. Oops. Too used to publishing chapters, I guess. So that will go up as soon as I make a cover.
  Thanks to all who read my stuff! I have over 900K page views for my account! What am I going to do when I reach 1M? Not sure, but something. World Anvil's been a wonderful place to house my creative endeavors, and I want to celebrate that.
  ****
  My week's been mostly working on ads for my three series. Here's the new one for Wellspring Dragons (Book 4 is surging ahead, finally! Maybe maybe I'll have it ready for release at the beginning of summer).
 

  ****
  Take care, all, and if you're working on Spooktober, good luck! I'm planning to make a map of the Final Light Gauntlet for it.
  Kwyn
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Broken Dulcet Chs 33 & 34 are Live, and Ghost Pirate University Update

Hey all! It's time for another dose of Lapis and company!
  Read Chapter 33 here and
  read Chapter 34 here.
  Wrethe brings news, and Tuft shows his softer side.
 

  #DarkFantasy #ScienceFantasy #ScienceFiction
  ****
  To save my sanity, I deleted my Ghost Pirate University CSS and BBCode because something was wrong and I couldn't figure out what. I rewrote it and it's live and submitted to Institutions of Learning Challenge!
  Pirate Captain Drowned Dough and lawful Lieutenant Trevel realize that tourists need training to have fun during sea battle re-enactments--so create Ghost Pirate University to teach them how to pirate.
 
Ghost Pirate University
Organization | Sep 28, 2024

  #InstitutionsofLearning
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  My week was mostly spent on my challenge entry, and crying because something was wrong with the article and I couldn't figure out what. I saved the writing to a test article, deleted everything, and went from there.
  I've officially started the 2nd edition edits of Ambercaast, which will basically consist of spellchecking again and breaking chapters into smaller chunks (my opinion on long chapters for serials has changed since I first started Ambercaast). Not certain when I'll get it done, since I also need to finish Abyss of Dreams, my Wellspring WIP that really, really needs to get finished.
  ****
  Well, that's it for this week. Take care all
  Kwyn
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Broken Dulcet Chapters 29 & 30 are Live

Check out Chapter 29 here.
  Check out Chapter 30 here
  More bad news comes as Lapis struggles to deal with the death she wrought.
 

  #fantasy #sciencefantasy #sciencefiction
  ****
  I am now on vacation for two weeks (except for reading the SC articles for the prompt I sponsored. I'm still doing that!). Greenglimmer will return on Sept 6, and Broken Dulcet will return on Sept 13. Maybe I should have waited and wrote about the spooky theater then. Ah well.
  I haven't taken a break since Nov-Dec of 2023, when I took a month off before Greenglimmer and Broken Dulcet began. But after writing 50K during Summer Camp (counting articles and serial chapters but not CSS code) I am in need of a breather. So breathe I shall.
  I will not be taking bets on how many days I can stay idle before I pick up a pen and make some digital art, or type a bit on my Wellspring WIP. I have too much of a guilty conscience. I'll probably put up my revamp of my Lapis of Nicodem homepage, but I won't do that until after SC judging because I'm terrified I'll accidentally update articles.
  Who knows. Maybe I'll just kick back and play some more Tears of the Kingdom (my honey got me the 9 disc, full soundtrack to the game in Japan. Very excited to listen to it all). Or maybe I'll play around with Medieval sampler from Teenage Engineering. It's my early birthday present, and since it has samples of medieval instruments (and a dragon!) it's right up my alley.
  ****
  Take care, all
  Kwyn
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Broken Dulcet Chapter 28 is Live and Summer Camp Updates

Read Chapter 28 here,
  Lapis breaks.
 

  #darkfantasy #sciencefantasy #sciencefiction
  ****
  So I've got 27/32 prompts done. My goal was gold, so I have that! I'm going to focus and get the last five done before tomorrow. It will happen: two are written and need art, and if I keep the last three under 1000K, I should be good. I've never hit diamond before, so this will be a first!
  I'm proud of my articles. They've risen naturally from the prompts and my world settings. Some are things I should have written about before, so this has been a great opportunity to get them down.
 
 
Summer Camp 2024: Prompts
Generic article | Aug 3, 2024

  #summercamp #summercamp2024
  ****
  I've hit 806K page views on my World Anvil account! Yes, I'm excited. It means people are reading my stuff! Speaking of which, Ambercaast is coming up on 175K views! I'm so happy to have the World Anvil readership. It keeps my creativity going because I know I'm not writing to the void.
  ****
  After summer camp, I'm planning to focus on
1) getting all my worlds updated with their new themes. Yes, I still haven't settled for one for Lapis of Nicodem, but hey, we'll see what I come up with
2) get the fourth book of Wellsprings Dragons finished
3) judge my entries! There are 212 so far, but I'm not certain how many of them have Challenge turned on. Regardless, I will have a lot of reading this month
4) I really should take a break this month. I need one. Will it happen? ...maybe
  ****
  That's all for this week! Have a great end to summer camp, y'all!
  Kwyn
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Broken Dulcet Chapters 26-27 are Live! and Summer Camp Updates

Read Ch 26 here and
Read Ch 27 here  
  #fantasy #sciencefantasy #sciencefiction   ****   I've written 11 prompts so far for summer camp. Plan to do several more this weekend. I'm partial to my Merdia pirates :)  
Summer Camp 2024: Prompts
Generic article | Aug 3, 2024
  #summercamp   ****   Yesterday I found out a friend passed away. No one seems to know what happened, just that she's gone. Why is it, the sweet and wonderful die so young?   RIP, my friend.   ****   And with that cheerful note, take care and hug those you love   Kwyn
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Broken Dulcet Ch 24 & Ch 25 are Live! and Summer Camp Update

Sit back this weekend and enjoy Ch 24 here and
Ch 25 here
  Something sickening this way comes concerning the rescued khentauree parts and the undermarket.
 
 

  #darkfantasy #sciencefantasy #sciencefiction
  ****
  Summer Camp is here! And I completed a prompt the first week too (and within the first few days. That's never happened before. I'm usually rushing at the end)! I finished four others, but they need artwork and headers, so they aren't ready for the public yet.
  Take a peek at the Astri Pact! It's the document that made the Evenacht what it is today, upending the existences of the living and the dead alike.
 
The Astri Pact
Document | Mar 22, 2025

  ****
  I've finished an artwork for the Knavish Canto achievement, and I like it enough, it'll be part of my new homepage (which I'm working diligently on. I really want to include parallax that doesn't span the entire page, but I also don't want the images getting bigger depending on screen size. How do I do that???).
  Patch, by Shade Melodique (me!) in my ever-changing style.
 

  ****
  Hope your summer camp is going well! The prompt I'm sponsoring is going live next week, and I'm excited to see what it is!
  Take care, write well, have fun,
  Kwyn
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Broken Dulcet Ch 19 is Live! and Other Updates

Take a break this weekend and read Chapter 19 here.
  Baldur rears his head, and the Eaves has a surprise visitor.
 

  #darkfantasy #sciencefantasy #sciencefiction
  ****
  I think I should write a scene where pollen attacks the main characters, because it sure can knock you flat and leave your head feeling three sizes too big for days. Is there a B-rate horror movie called Attack of the Pollen? There should be.
  That's basically been my week.
  I was going to start recording again (hahaha stuffy narrator is a no-go), influenced by fellow Anvilite MJ Keeler reading her book Blackbird Raven Crow and putting the chapters up on YouTube. I've been looking for a not-as-exploitative place to plunk my own recordings (not Audible or Spotify), and YouTube is as good as any (will probably try Bandcamp as well). I will aim to post something once a week, if I can get my energy back. I'm feeling swamped, like I have too much to do right now.
  I hate planning things, then having life get in the way and crushing said plans into pulp. Fingers crossed I can get the artwork for Knavish Canto up soon.
  ****
  I should have the rewrite of my Wellspring WIP done soon (I'm planning by the end of the month). Once I gave up on including all things from the previous version, the writing's gone smoother. Those scenes that didn't make it into the Abyss of Dreams will be in the next book (where, after the changes in book 3, they work better). There are times, this stuff is just hard.
  And I found out that I have potential readers that are waiting for paperbacks of my series because they prefer that format to ebooks. Considering the cost of physical books right now, that surprised me. Maybe they won't be as enthusiastic when they realize how much I'll have to charge for those, just to get a dollar or two in profit.
  ****
  Take care, all, in this season of sneezes and runny noses,
  Kwyn
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Broken Dulcet Ch 16 & 17 is Live!

Read Chapter 16 here.   Read Chapter 17 here.   Based on info from Danaea's decoded notes, Lapis embarks on a rebel chase.  
  #darkfantasy #sciencefantasy #sciencefiction   ****   What have I been doing this week? Re-linking my World Anvil images to my CSS code so they don't break upon server transfer. Yeah, this has taken a lot of time. Have I missed some? I bet I have. Fun times ahead, but since I'm revamping the book sites anyway, it's fine. I'll just say 'under construction' and call it good.   I also got a shiny new desktop that should speed up art/video/3D creation *fingers crossed*. I spent two days grumbling about how much I hate installing all my apps on a new machine. Some companies make this difficult because they want you to buy another license, rather than keep the current one (DaVinci Resolve, ClipStudioPaint). Frustration is not what I want to feel upon getting a shiny new desktop.   ****   What am I stoked for this week? The new Endless Ocean game. I loved the first two because I got to take pics of sealife and plants and coral. And I'll be happy when A Thousand Year Door revamp makes it to the Switch.   I was also reminded this week about how US marines duped an AI meant to track human movement by hiding under a cardboard box Solid Snake style and creeping up on it. It's not just in video games, y'all!   ****   Have a great week!   Kwyn
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Knavish Canto Chapters 42: Punchline and 43: Blue Beams and Rise are Live!

Read Chapter 42 here.   Read Chapter 43 here.   *Yep, two chapters. I meant for it to be one, but think they work better as two :)   Lapis and company are intent on saving Rin and the khentauree, but an enemy ship interferes.  
  #darkfantasy #sciencefantasy #sciencefiction   ****   So, the penultimate x 2 chapter for Knavish Canto just went live. Nov 24 will be the last chapter, I'll take a month-long break, and Broken Dulcet will start on Dec 22.   In Broken Dulcet, fears become reality; aquatheerdaal runs out. The tech the Dentherion Empire has relied on to remain in power stops working, and so does its hold on puppet states. It's a time of flux, one numerous rebellions have waited for, but who has the capability of taking advantage? Desperate times usher in dangers, and Lapis must rely on her skills developed while chasing to keep those she knows and cares for safe.   Plenty of adventure and surprises coming your way, in Broken Dulcet!   ****   Am I sad Knavish Canto is coming to an end? Yes. But I'm also eager for Broken Dulcet to start.   The month break will help with WorldEmber prep/participation. And recharging is not a bad thing. Check out my homework here. I will be changing the page design a little: I love the green box. I don't like the purple-pink one. But it may be, the green is too bright. I am fickle, what can I say.   Maybe that's why I'm going to change the Greenglimmer cover a bit. I think it needs to be darker, more mysterious.   ****   If you don't remember the publishing schedule for Kavish Canto/Broken Dulcet or Snake's Den/Greenglimmer, I'll have it at the book sites, and include it at the end of the current volumes, as well as attach it to the blurb when I put both new ones up at Manuscripts.   With that, take care!   Kwyn
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