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9/5/23 Update
Hey everyone!So, to keep you guys up to date on the progress of the revisions, I'm about a little under halfway through. 45% at the very least. Unfortunately, this doesn't include the Patron Exclusive segments that I have to space around as interludes, and some chapters where I have to rewri...
(Draft v1) Demesne Chapter 15(incomplete)
Well, this is embarrassing. Apparently the first time I had Lori doing laundry she had no trouble drying her clothes using Whispering. I honestly forgot that. This reread/edit is really making me cringe at my own forgetfulness. This is what i get for thinking i'd remember every detail of my own ...
(Draft v1.1) Demesne Chapter 1, Shelter Building Scene
So, I've rewritten the scene where Lori builds the shelters again to emphasize that the speed came about at the expense of quality. This will hopefully make future building scenes where she takes her time but gets neater results less confusing. Hopefully this works better now.As to the shelter, ...
30/4/23 Update
Well everyone, billing is currently paused as I work on getting this book actually published, and getting illustrations, and editing, and making new scenes to explain things better, and new scenes that are Amazon exclusive...We resume in June, hopefully, though there might be some trouble getting ba...
Weekly Digest 96 - (#303 - #305)
Making The Third PrototypeThe following day, Lori found herself sitting alone at her table, staring at an empty bench opposite her. A part of her had expected this happening, and that part was nodding in satisfaction at being right. The rest wondered if she'd have to get her own food, which… u...
Demesne 305 - Needing More
"We'll need to work closer with the smiths," Rian said as they ate lunch. "Unless we learn more that says otherwise, after its alloyed working it will probably be more normal metalwork than anything else."Lori frowned, but nodded as she had a spoonful of stew. She chewed and swal...
4/27/23 Update
So, a reminder that the last update of Volume 2 will drop this Friday, and that I will be pausing billing on Sunday as I get to work editing Volume 1 for publication to Amazon... and get new cover art... and get internal illustrations.I know I'll have character half-bodies of Lori, Rian, Karina ...
Demesne 304 - A New Line Of Inquiry
Lori wanted to stare at the results of their experiment, to sit down and start seriously considering the implications of what had just happened. However, they had molten metal in a container, and more molten metal that was cooling in a mold. Both were significant safety hazards and needed to be deal...
(Draft v1.0) Demesne Chapter 1
Hey everyone! Here's the first draft of the first chapter of the Amazon edition. I'm not going to put up EVERY chapter, but I figure I'd put up a few of the early ones. Some typos and errors that have been untouched for YEARS have finally been found, terminology has been updated to match...
Demesne Patron EX SS 25 – We Need To Talk
"We need to talk," Rian said as soon as they were all back in the house."About what, Rian?" Mikon said as she started to undo her blouse.Rian—he wasn't her man, their man, yet, not realy—made a gesture that encompassed everyone in the room. "About us. This. The four of us...
Demesne 303 - Making The Third Prototype
The following day, Lori found herself sitting alone at her table, staring at an empty bench opposite her. A part of her had expected this happening, and that part was nodding in satisfaction at being right. The rest wondered if she'd have to get her own food, which… uh, actually, where would s...
Weekly Digest 95 - (#300 - #302)
The Production Mold And The Second PrototypeOf course, despite the previous failures, Lori tried all the molds again, just to be sure. She even made a little level table using ice to give the curved molds the best chance of working. Some of them actually did work then, but unfortunately they still d...
Demesne 302 - Speaking of Tax Evasion
Over lunch, Lori and Rian discussed matters. River's Fork was progressing and remaining relatively stable, and people were all regularly eating in the dining hall now, even if they did so far earlier because of the lack of resources for lights. As she had ordered, he brought back a large amount ...
Demesne 301 - Rian's Considered Advice
After breakfast the next day, the trip to the edge of the demesne was quick, and this time they didn't bring any people to gather ropeweed with them. When they arrived at the edge, Lori was glad to see the shed still standing, its surface unmarred. She'd been worried a beast would grow curio...
17/4/23 Status
So... on consideration, even though I'll turn off the billing, I think I'll post some of the status updates and samples of edited chapters for the publishing edition here. For example, for the published version, i figure I'll combine the first four chapters, the opening story chapters wh...
Demesne 300 - The Production Mold And The Second Prototype
Of course, despite the previous failures, Lori tried all the molds again, just to be sure. She even made a little level table using ice to give the curved molds the best chance of working. Some of them actually did work then, but unfortunately they still didn't make it all the way to the end. Th...
Weekly Digest 94 - (#297 - #299)
It's Not The Same, AgainLori finished with the mold prototypes that afternoon. There was one made from pressing a bead down on softened bone, one made by a ring of bone, and various other arrangements of shapes, each with the copper ingot as a contact point on the bottom. The bindings would be i...
April 2023 Patron Exclusive Chapter Poll
Now... usually I give you guys more time to answer when I put up these kinds of polls, but this time I kinda know what I want to write. Right now, it's more of a question of whether you want to read it.Just to be clear, I strongly want to write another segment about Mikon's harem (featuring ...
15/4/23 Status
Yo! So, I've considered the progress of the story and have decided that I've reached a good stopping point for Volume 2, which will be the last story update of the month.At that point, I intend to take a break from writing for a while as I finally get around to getting a proper cover for vol...
Demesne 299 - The Shed On The Edge
The rain began to fall about halfway to the edge. Lori had to adjust her grip on her hat and tried to divert the falling rain with a binding of airwisps. It was inconsistent cover, since while the direction the rain fell from was mostly consistent, occasional crosswinds blew water around her binding...
13/4/23 Sta— Random
So, I’m literally in the middle of watching Kaguya-Sama: First Kiss and can’t help but think ‘Wow, I kinda made Rian into Movie Miyuki, didn’t I?’.Umu would be Iino or Maki, and Riz would be Kashiwagi. Mikon would, of course, be Horny Kaguya.Yoshka would be Super Rare Kaguya-Chan, while Sh...
Demesne 298 - Ignorance of Something
The next morning, Lori realized she was down to her last set of clean clothes. That… probably explained the smell in her room. She'd have to do laundry soon, and also air things out. Hmm, the latter she could probably do while she was out today, she just had to seal off the corridor to her roo...
Demesne 297 - It's Not The Same, Again
Lori finished with the mold prototypes that afternoon. There was one made from pressing a bead down on softened bone, one made by a ring of bone, and various other arrangements of shapes, each with the copper ingot as a contact point on the bottom. The bindings would be imbued as long as they were i...
Demesne Special - Ryan Is An Isekai Turbo! - April Fools 2023!
Whenever Ryan visited RF nowadays, he had to ignore the memory of a confident, feminine voice cheerfully suggesting he just kill the people causing him problems, and get on with his day. Some days, when they were very frustrating, the voice of memory would gleefully suggest killing and eating them t...
Weekly Digest 93 - (#294 - #296)
Unpaid Gainful EmploymentAfter they got Rian a new bone tablet, they spent the afternoon conducting several permutations of the initial successful binding. Lori experimented with replacing the firewisps anchored to the sample of white Iridescence with airwisps, with darkwisps, and with airwisps and ...
Demesne 296 - Prototyping for Mass Production
Half the morning was spend packing the Coldhold with meat from the cold rooms, frozen solid and hard as rock. People had to handle the food carefully so the cold meat wouldn't stick to anyone's skin. Lori filled one of the cargo boxes in the Coldhold with blocks of solidified water, carefull...
Demesne 295 - Congratulations
It was a perfectly ordinary morning in Lolilyuri's demesne. The sun was shining, the bugs were singing, breakfast was cooking, people were getting ready to clean the Um for the week after breakfast, the storm and red moons hung in the sky to give it some variety, and Lori was already thinking of...
Demesne Patron EX SS 24 – To Make It A Euphemism
After the blunt and very Binder Lori-like discussion during dinner the night before , Mikon had expected to become the subject of mockery. Well, more than she was already. What had originally been scorn at what people had thought of her attentions and sly comments that she should carry a bell had tu...
Demesne 294 - Unpaid Gainful Employment
After they got Rian a new bone tablet, they spent the afternoon conducting several permutations of the initial successful binding. Lori experimented with replacing the firewisps anchored to the sample of white Iridescence with airwisps, with darkwisps, and with airwisps and darkwisps. While the othe...
Weekly Digest 92 - (#291 - #293)
PrototypingThe smithy was… probably warm, but Lori couldn't tell. It had lightwisps in the ceiling to brightly illuminate the workshop, with sliding covers should the smith need relative darkness to be able to properly judge the color of the metal they were working on. Bindings of airwisps cir...
