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I’ve been working very hard. I have several stories in the works, some of which are complete. I’ve finished Outlander, which stands at a whopping 20 chapters and is currently being edited. As with The New World, once ten chapters are ready, I’ll start posting them on a regular schedule. This story is a lot smaller than The New World, but it’s complete. Another is The Dungeon, which is ten chapters long and next in line for editing. I’m working on a rip-off of a series called The Son, where a young man gets captured by the Comanche. So many possibilities there, and who wouldn’t want to fuck a Native woman? The last one is called James Gets Isekai’d. I’ve written ten chapters and am working on Part Two, which will be another ten chapters. Once the first two stories are edited and posted, this one will follow. I’m really pleased with them and look forward to sharing them.
The final part of The New World is almost complete and, as always, will be posted weekly. We’re coming to the end of James’ story and starting to tie up the loose ends. I could easily go another two parts, but I feel it’s gone on long enough. Without tons of gratuitous sex, it’ll just get repetitive. Steven’s done great work on this, and I think you’ll like the ending.
I’m shocked Conspiracy Theory is still getting comments. For a non-sex story I wrote over 15 years ago, that blows my mind. My thought behind that one was always simple: what would happen if someone knew the whole story, was dying, and simply didn’t give a shit anymore?
The next set of chapters will be the last and will bring the storyline to its conclusion. As always, there will be a few surprises and twists thrown into the plot as we start tying up the loose ends.
We come to the end of the road. It's been a long old slog, but we got there. It's a huge story, with a great score and a massive number of downloads. It's been fun.
Typically, the story was never really meant to be a slice-of-life storyline, but there's only so much sex you can put into a story this big. How many times can he fuck his mum before that, too, gets boring?
I think, and this is something that has been pointed out by both my editor and readers, that it's the same issue GRRM is having. When you have a story this big, with too many characters, it starts becoming a problem. The focus has always been on James. He is the main character; the rest are just NPCs, chosen by Death or not.
Either way, it's been a fucking ride, and thanks to my editor's massive input, we've ended up with a polished gem, complete with a beginning, middle and end.
When this is finished, I'll be reposting my story, *The Outlander*. I've rewritten and expanded it, making it both historically accurate and far more detailed. It's now a massive 20 chapters long and, more importantly, complete. Once Steven has looked it over, I'll be posting it.
I actually had a lot of fun working on this one. As it's one of my older stories, I had to go back, take another look at what I'd written and really decide how I wanted to plot it out. That meant revisiting the original ideas, expanding on what worked and rethinking the parts that didn't, while making sure the story flowed properly from beginning to end.
As always, all your kind comments and criticism is always welcome. I appreciate everyone who took the time to say something, even the negative comments.
Peace and love to you all.
I love AI. I was an early adopter when ChatGPT first hit the scene all those years ago. But, my guy, if you’re going to use AI, you’ve got to know how to use it correctly.
For example, I use it for grammar, flow, and spelling. I use it to bounce ideas around, for research, finding links, and sometimes just chatting shit. If I’ve had problems at work or ideas rattling around in my head, I can bounce them off ChatGPT and find out whether they actually hold up or just sounded good in my head.
It’s also really useful for calculations and planning. For stories, for example, I use it to work out dates for family trees, keep ages and generations consistent, plan chapters, build timelines, and make sure events actually line up properly.
It’s great for other things too. I use it to help create logos and pictures for my stories, and some of the results are getting ridiculously photorealistic, which is fucking crazy. And yet, on here, I see so many good ideas executed poorly that it makes me cry. If you’re going to use AI in your work, do it right.
For example, if I see poor spelling in a description, in this day and age, with spellcheck, GPT, grammar tools, and fucking editors, dude, come on.
And I’m fully aware that I’m not perfect even with AI, but that’s exactly why I have an editor and don’t just rely on these tools. Having the human touch is more relevant now than ever. And yeah, I ain’t perfect either. I make mistakes too.
So we're doing well download count, and I'm pleased everyone's enjoyed this season. But I cannot fathom why the score is dropping? We've gone from 7.76 to 7.72? As no one is telling me anything, I presume all is well? Is it a problem with spelling, grammar, flow, characters or pacing? Or the lack of sex? Dunno.
People are nitpicking, which I fucking love! It means people are invested in the story. Keep it up; it only makes the story better. We start the next season with a bang, and the numbers, despite the score, keep climbing. I’m unsure as to why the score keeps dropping, but, c’est la vie, friends!
Solo Leveling is performing nicely, despite being unedited, and My Isekai Life is pulling in good numbers as well. I’m having fun writing all of this. Steven, as always, is hot on my ass about grammar and shit. I’m doing my absolute best, but sometimes shit falls through the cracks. Still, I’m walking here.
To be honest, I never thought I’d get this far with The New World, but here we are—200 thousand downloads and fucking counting. As always, I raise my goblet in salute to my editor, without whom this would be a massive, steaming pile of dino shit.
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