Heya. Sorry for the rapidfire posts.
So life has been kicking me in the ass recently and slowed my writing pace to a crawl. The biggest one being trying to get a house and move. That obstacle is now nearly out of the way, so I can get back to writing. That being said, independent creators like me live and die on momentum, and the last 3 or so months has seen the patreon take a hit. Obviously, no one is obligated to sub or stay subbed to me, especially when I've been so slow, but it does leave me a little worried, especially now that I'll soon have a house to take care off.
To try and help that out, I wanted to let you know that we'll be using the old patron system (one or two days of early access before going live. No withheld chapters) for the next one-two chapters of BoC. A few quick(er) releases should hopefully boost the patron count some, then we go back to withholding for patrons. I want to finish off Act 2 then put BoC on a short break as I work on other things for a month or two, then I'll be fresh and ready for Act 3.
I also wanted to let you know that I'll be revamping how things are marked and categorized in Patreon so everyone can more easily find stuff. Going forward, things withheld for patrons with be tagged "withheld", and when they go live, the tag will be changed to "released". I know it hasn't always been clear what was actually early access and what wasn't before, so this should fix that.
As my way of saying sorry about all the delays and stuff, here is a small bit from the (nearly done!) new chapter.
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“Ready for your first solo flight, kiddo?” A grinning Zinnia asks Brendan as she helps him saddle-up Latias.
“I’ve been flying, I took my flying license test on Corviknight a week ago,” Brendan grumbles, already looking a bit green around the gills.
“Flying on a bird is a way different from flying on a Dragon!” Zinnia exclaims, gesturing to Latias, who watches the goings-on’s with nervous yellow eyes. “A big metal bird may as well be an airplane!”
Off to the side, Lee sits on Corvi’s back, already mounted up and ready to go. The giant crow clicks his tongue as he listens to Zinnia.
“Don’t listen to the adrenaline junkie, Corvi,” Lee pats his mount’s wing, watching as Brendan unsurely climbs onto Latias’ back, making the hovering dragon dip a few inches. “She has no idea what she’s talking about.”
Despite knowing that the saddle on Latias was hand-made by a tribe of dragon tamers and should theoretically stand up to just about anything, Lee can't help but be a little anxious on Brendan’s behalf.
Latias is fast.
Brendan’s newest pokemon is a proper and powerful legendary, and that was made extremely apparent to everyone once they did some inter-team sparring. Latias eclipses damn near every other pokemon when it comes to raw power, and the only thing holding her back is her lack of combat experience. Of Lee’s pokemon, only Ninetales and Sylveon are able to properly stand up to Latias.
‘Latias has to be propelling herself with a positively ridiculous amount of Psychic TE, possibly with Flying TE mixed in. I really hope Brendan doesn’t get sick or get blown off of Latias’ back. The second one will be really hard to explain to Nigel…’
‘If Latias has any sense, she’s holding onto Brendan with telekinesis,’ Ninetales chimes in, watching through Lee’s eyes.
‘We can only hope.’
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Thankee much, everyone.Fuggmann.