《The Ancient Crystal》Announcement
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Hey everybody, sorry for the short haitus, I've been too busy over the past month to find time to work on the story, which has now caught up with all of the content that I had written back when I'd first created the series. I'm definitely committed to continuing the series, but I really enjoy this story and think that it has a lot of potential, and I don't want to squander that forcing myself to type up content for a weekly post. This is the type of story that I like to take my time on, refining the style, editing and revising the content and plot progression etc.
Some of you might have noticed that I've published the first book of the series on Amazon and enrolled it in the KDP program, which is why I've only left about ten percent of book one on RR. If you enjoy the story and want to show some support as I work on the second book, then I would really appreciate it if you picked up a copy in the kindle store! Such support really helps to encourage me to keep working on the coming content, and helps me open up time to write. Thank you all for your interest and support thus far, I'm really happy that I was able to share the beginning of this series that I was so obsessed with for such a memorable period of my life.
That brings me to the second book. To give you a general idea of the direction that the story will take, 1/3 of this book will cover Alistar as a 9-year-old / 10-year-old (a little bit ahead of where the last post left off), 1/3 will cover his preteen years, and the rest will centre on 14-year-old / 15-year-old Alistar, as he grows up in Mayhaven with his new family. One of the main antagonists of the series will also be introduced partway through this book, the title of which will be: The Timeless Curse. I'm a full-time student at the local university here and I've currently got two books to edit, format and publish, and two that I need to finish writing, then edit, format, publish (including Book Two of the Slave's Son Saga, this series). That being said, this is the one series that I am most eager to write, and I expect to have the second book finished by late summer / early fall. It should be around 100,000 words in length, or about 65-70 posts at once!
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I hope that you keep this story followed, because I'll be announcing the publication of the second book with an update on this site. If you enjoy my writing style, try my other series on this site, The Archaic Ring. While the style is very different, it's still my unique take on a cultivation/xianxia story, and my own style nonetheless. I also want to point out that I got a good deal of downvotes and displeased readers once I started publishing my other books from RR, but I hope that anybody that might be a bit disgruntled can understand that I don't get paid to post here, and I've invested thousands upon thousands of hours into the works that I share on this platform. It's my decision, of course, but it kind of blew my mind how nasty some people were when I put some of my other stories on Amazon, over a few bucks smh.
Lastly, to everybody that's commented, rated, favourited, encouraged, offered edits/suggestions, offered thanks in the comment sections, and otherwise tried to help increase the story's exposure, thank you from the bottom of my heart. It wasn't just a few times that my bad mood was lifted after seeing a compliment or positive comment, and most of the time these simple gestures threw me right into the mood to write, so that I could return the thanks in my own way. Thank you all, and be safe in this acid trip of a reality that we live in.
Until the summer/fall, my friends!
Reed Stevens
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Beautiful Wife And Genius Son
Interview (YGZ – Father, ZZ – Mother, ZW – Son)1. What is something you carry everywhere with you? YGZ: A gun. ZZ: I prefer being indoors, specifically inside a lab. ZW: Anything that has access to the internet.2. What is your favorite hobby? YGZ: Shooting. ZZ: Experimenting. ZW: Hacking.3. What is your worst fear? YGZ: My wife’s cooking. ZZ: My lab burning. ZW: No access to the internet.4. What is your spirit animal and why? YGZ: A Bigfoot – has hands to hold a gun. ZZ: An eagle – has good vision, useful for observing. ZW: A Spider – can spin a web.5. What is your biggest regret? YGZ: Letting my wife escape after our first night. ZZ: My son being a genius. I chose YGZ to be the father of my child because I thought he was a himbo. ZW: Not reuniting my parents sooner.
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A naive thief who avenged her father from the Crimson Guards is now a fugitive in the city of Yeverii. Set in the time of noblemen to peasants, Griem's only goal is to see the city built on blood, crumble to pieces. Overtime she attracts the attention of the local Thieves Guild all while being held in the grasp of a more experience female thief, Aylie. Can Griem run from the clutches that start to close their distance to her neck? The story of two female thiefs, young versus experienced. [Updates every 2-3 days!]
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Laura Kemp is an ambitious seventeen year old attending Greenstern, a school for young witches. Laura is just trying to keep up with her studies when she unexpectedly overhears a mysterious conversation late at night in the library. Someone is plotting something, the whole school could be in danger. Along with her best friend Violet, they set out to save the school from dark and evil magic. Little do they realise the danger they are putting themselves in goes far beyond what they could have ever expected.
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The world's first VRMMO [ Fantasy Online] have just begun. All the people couldn't help but felt excited beyond belief, dreaming new adventures and becoming heroes that fight monsters. However, when the game goes live, the elation of these people quickly turns to horror as they discover that it was impossible to log-out. Though an eccentric, self-proclaimed hedonist, Hero Stein, became one of these players. Gave his all to survive and protect the people he wanted to protect but it seems the women of fate have something in store for him. Involved in the fight between gods! Can he create a new myth that transcends all other existing myths? Is the world they thought really was nothing but a bunch of data? A fictional world? Just what and who is the real Hero Stein...?!
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