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🕑 Added 2025-10-09 06:16:07 +0000 UTCHey everyone,
I want to be upfront with you about where things stand and where I’m heading next.
Veil of Chaos has grown steadily, and I’m proud of what it’s become — thirty chapters, nearly 140k words, and still holding its place on Rising Stars. That’s no small thing. But the truth is, it’s not growing fast enough to reach the level I need to keep everything sustainable long-term.
That doesn’t mean I’m abandoning it. VoC will still continue once a week.
But after studying the market and listening to reader feedback, I’ve realized I also need to test something new — something simpler, sharper, and faster to get into.
So I’m starting a pilot project:
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Winter’s Rebirth: Echoes of the North
Some of you might remember the early version, but I’m rebuilding it to hit harder — faster pacing, clearer stakes, and immediate grit.
Premise:
Every year, the Empire sends one noble child north with a hundred citizens to build a settlement in the frozen frontier.
Survive the winter, northern monsters, and rival nobles — and the land is yours.
Fail… and the frost takes everything.
Nobles use rare stones that increase the chance of birthing reincarnates for “strong souls” and powerful heirs.
MC: A World War II captain reborn into this world.
Expect: Kingdom-building • Military strategy • Magic stone power system • War • Dragons • Ogres • Ice goblins • Non-LitRPG high fantasy
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It’s a frontier-survival fantasy about building a town, defending it from monsters, and enduring a war between ambition and nature.
There’s no connection to Veil of Chaos — this is a completely new world with its own magic, tone, and heart.
Starting this week, I’ll be writing and releasing the first chapters on Patreon as I build up a backlog.
Once I have around six chapters ready, Royal Road releases will begin (aiming for this weekend or next). This story should be faster to write than VoC, since it’s cleaner and more focused on external stakes and survival.
My goal isn’t to restart everything; it’s to find what connects strongest and can grow sustainably so I can eventually return to TO, UE, ATM, and Pokesync from a place of stability.
When Winter’s Rebirth launches, your early support — follows, ratings, comments — will help push it onto Rising Stars and give me the data I need to plan long-term.
I’ll also post a quick poll after launch to hear your thoughts on it.
Thank you for sticking with me through every experiment, success, and setback.
You’re the reason I can keep building worlds at all.
—Scott
What do you think?
Comments
Aschente
Sounds really fun, be careful to not be burned out tho
SME
I’m sort of slowing down. It’s more like trying to find a niche I can enjoy writing that people will also enjoy reading as a whole. I’m taking time where this needed.
Nsixtyfour
I wondered whatever happened to that story, I thought it started off interesting. I thought you were supposed to be slowing down though, don't go overworking yourself to death.
