Hi everyone! I thought I'd just let you know how long you'd have to wait until I started posting Rose's adventures. I've been making good progress, and I enjoy writing from Rose's POV quite a bit. Rose is the nicest mean girl you'll ever meet. I estimate I'll put the last chapters of Magpie Wizard Book 3 public the same week as I you start seeing Storm Wizard. So, either the 2nd or 3rd week of August.
See you then!
2021-07-31 07:38:28 +0000 UTC
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Update: The embedded link doesn't seem to work, so here it is: (105) Daniel Parker - YouTube
Hey everyone! As you may know, I do a weekly podcast/stream with my buddy Daniel Parker called Tuesdays with Story. We talk about writing and shoot the breeze as we talk tips and techniques that work for us. Next week, in honor of Book 3 being completely written, we're going to hold an Ask Me ...
2021-07-21 02:47:47 +0000 UTC
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1) Admire this wonderful book cover by our old pal Yoghurt Stripper!
2) Book 3: Dissolution's Patreon draft is now completed! I'm so excited that for the next two updates, I'll be launching it on Monday instead of the usual Thursday or Friday. So, stay tuned! If you're an Occult Osprey tier or higher, you'll be able to read the whole thing before the month is out.
Are you hyped? I sure am! Thanks for joining me on this crazy Magpie journey, and helping me fund advertisements and c...
2021-07-19 22:56:56 +0000 UTC
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Art of Maggie by the amazing Rianne! 🦉rianne | COMMISSIONS OPEN (@RianneComms) / Twitter
Chapter 99
For once, I was able to fight my instincts. My desire to hurl a stream of curses at Maggie would only deplete my air, and I was already running low on that.
I strained against my glass prison, finding it didn’t budge an inch. Glass is rather fragile, but deceptively strong under the r...
2021-07-15 20:13:22 +0000 UTC
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Art of Rei by the amazing Rianne! 🦉rianne | COMMISSIONS OPEN (@RianneComms) / Twitter
Chapter 96
I was hesitant to leave the elevator as the doors slid open. A quick scan with Mimic Sight was fruitless, as expected. Ditto for my Mimic Scent, since my nose was so full of Rose’s lavender that I nearly sneezed. I’d have to find Maggie and Rei the old-fashioned way. I decided to go right fo...
2021-07-09 00:55:04 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone! It feels like June just flew by, or maybe that's just me. I've been writing away at full tilt, and it dawned on me that I'm in spitting distance of finishing this first draft of Book 3. So I decided I would be transparent about how I see the rest of the year going.
This has been a long process, and a lot of exciting things have happened since then. Second Contact was written, Patchwork Earth was started and abandoned (do you want to see a conclusion? let me know), and Infil...
2021-07-02 01:01:53 +0000 UTC
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Art by the wonderful 🍉Yoghurtstripper🍉 (@yoghurtstripper) • Instagram photos and videos
Chapter 93
If you have never been run through before, I can’t say I recommend the experience. There is a shocking pressure, followed by an intense burning as every nerve in the path of the blade lights up at once. I stumbled back, my legs threatening to give out. I kept my footing, thou...
2021-07-01 03:57:44 +0000 UTC
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Art of Maggie by 🦉rianne | COMMISSIONS OPEN (@RianneComms) / Twitter
I'm going to put a bit of a warning here: it's always darkest before the dawn. Things are about to get rough for a while.
Chapter 90
In the back of my mind, I wondered why I had bothered to make plans in the first place. I had gone to so much trouble to take Hiro off the playing board so as to avoid this exact ...
2021-06-24 05:46:42 +0000 UTC
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At some point this summer, Rose is getting a spinoff serial!
I'll keep everybody informed when the time comes, but I just got this today and was too excited not to show it off.
Art provided by the talented 🍉Yoghurtstripper🍉 (@yoghurtstripper) • Instagram photos and videos
2021-06-21 20:26:49 +0000 UTC
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Art by Guilherme Dias Leite (@ilustreguilherme) is on Instagram
Chapter 87
“Took you long enough, Mocks,” said Paul, lounging in a seat at the front of the creperie.
“You know how slippery this one can be,” I replied. “Ah, Sister Shrike, how lovely to see you! I’m glad you could make it.” I had to force the cheer into my voice; it’s damn awkward meeting somebo...
2021-06-18 00:08:18 +0000 UTC
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Art of Kiyo by Rianne. 🦉rianne | COMMISSIONS OPEN (@RianneComms) / Twitter
Chapter 84
I took a moment to admire myself in the uniform shop’s mirror. The new uniform was a touch short in the sleeves, but otherwise perfect.
Too perfect, in fact. “You’re much too clean for a hostage.” I cut a few gashes on my sleeves and pant legs with my emergency knife, accidentally nicking mys...
2021-06-10 20:40:18 +0000 UTC
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🍉Yoghurtstripper🍉's (@yoghurtstripper) Instagram profile • 247 photos and videos provides art of Mariko at her most disappointed.
Chapter 81
“In and out, Malthus,” I said to myself. “Nobody’s looking for you. They have absolutely no reason to suspect you. In and out. Easy as pie.” I could practically taste the doom in the air, but sometimes the com...
2021-06-03 20:19:08 +0000 UTC
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Art by the fantastic (1) MRK50 - Comms Closed!! (@MRK_50) / Twitter
Chapter 78
One never gets used to staring down the barrel of a gun. Once I was back in the main hall of Tower’s ground floor, I was jumped by a pair of men in Japanese Self Defense Force fatigues. I hoped these were Brother Ratte’s “mundanes,” as Maggie had called them, or else we were in real trouble.
“Halt! Hands ...
2021-05-27 20:01:44 +0000 UTC
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I'm going to be on a livestream tonight at 6 PM Pacific tonight!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h9k2GF4htQ
It's just me messing around with a buddy, talking writing or whatever else seems fun. Come and join us; the more the merrier!
2021-05-25 20:09:11 +0000 UTC
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Art of Maggie and Soren in their Holy Brotherhood uniforms by the wonderful and talented Guilherme Dias Leite (@ilustreguilherme) • Instagram photos and videos
Chapter 75
I had missed the first elevator; Maggie Edwards wasn’t a patient woman at the best of times. When I arrived in her classroom, she was already halfway through doffing her teaching clothes.
“My dear, do ...
2021-05-21 02:06:21 +0000 UTC
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Posting early this week since tomorrow night I'll be getting my vaccination. Wish me luck!
Art of Mariko by (1) 🦉rianne | COMMISSIONS OPEN (@RianneComms) / Twitter
Chapter 73
I slipped back to my room to get fully changed for the day’s festivities. I put on the skintight, camo-patterned fabricata suit that the school used to measure hits on the Peace Bond. I made another li...
2021-05-13 20:16:55 +0000 UTC
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Art of Rei by Rianne 🦉rianne | COMMISSIONS OPEN (@RianneComms) / Twitter
Chapter 70
I’ll spare you the other details of our plans for the War Games. I don’t remember them well, besides that they showed Hiro’s love for flanking attacks. He’d have been a fine cavalryman in the age when soldiers rode on horseback.
I slipped off after class. I had nailed down most of the details o...
2021-05-07 23:45:11 +0000 UTC
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Art by Yoghurt Stripper. Who is Nanora? I've been working on a side story off and on since March (Magpie Wizard getting the main focus, since that's what you're all here for).
Nanora is a prideful witch from a parallel dimension, and one of the major characters of the series I'm calling Plaid Knight for the time being.
Who's the other major character? Stay tuned!
2021-05-01 06:03:08 +0000 UTC
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Art of Kiyo by frequent collaborate 🦉rianne | COMMISSIONS OPEN (@RianneComms) / Twitter
Chapter 67
Nagoya, Japan
Friday, August 26th, 2050
I stumbled out of class on Friday afternoon, barely having the presence of mind to return Mr. Maki’s congratulations.
The Divine Blade’s fingers dug into my shoulder. A friendly gesture, ...
2021-04-30 23:58:26 +0000 UTC
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Art of Paul by Dashboard | Kindle Direct Publishing (instagram.com)
Chapter 64
Whatever else one could say about him, Paul Wilson was solidly built. I must have been going to a good clip to knock him to the ground.
I cursed internally. It seemed like an eternity since I had spoken to him directly, but he had certainly been talking behind my back! He was on Maggie’s radar fo...
2021-04-23 04:17:54 +0000 UTC
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Art by Yoghurt
Say hi to Nanora ag Sintala, the Ivory Witch! Who is she?
Well, you'll find out later this year. For now, the focus is on Magpie Wizard, and I'm glad to report that that is going swimmingly too. You'll probably start seeing chapters of this
2021-04-19 00:31:42 +0000 UTC
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Art by the great 🍉Yoghurtstripper🍉 (@yoghurtstripper) • Instagram photos and videos
Chapter 62
Once class let out for the day, I considered making a beeline to Maggie’s classroom. I wanted to get the lesson in the dark arts wrapped up, after all. However, something seemed subtly off. I could not put my finger on it, until just the faintest whiff of vanilla hit m...
2021-04-15 22:50:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 60
“Huh. I was expecting something sleazier,” said Kiyo as we entered the love hotel. “Are you sure you didn’t accidentally book us a night at a normal hotel?”
“This should be the place,” I said, checking the address on my phone. I could not make out the neon sign projecting from the side of the unassuming building, but I doubted the heart was a proper hiragana character.
“I guess that’s better,” she said, grabbing my arm...
2021-04-09 04:05:05 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone! It's good to see you all again. It's been an interesting month while I have been recharging. I posted the first update a few days early, as a thank you for sticking around.
I have built up a healthy backlog on Magpie Wizard, and also on a little bit of a side project, codenamed Plaid Knight. Expect to hear more about that in the coming months!
I appreciate your continued support. My day job is going to continue to be difficult for the foreseeable future, but I'v...
2021-04-01 23:51:59 +0000 UTC
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Art of Yukiko by Yoghurt Stripper
Chapter 58
The moment is frozen in my mind. The delicious scents of the restaurant. The three different printings of The Great Wave off Kanagawa, one for each of the non-moving walls in case the tourists couldn’t see it from their seat. There are moments that your mind realizes are pivotal and it records everything it can. Hell, I c...
2021-04-01 23:48:41 +0000 UTC
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Art by Boo: https://twitter.com/_boohaveit?s=20
Hi everyone! I have a few minor things to mention before I go on hiatus in March.
1) The first new Magpie Wizard update will be April 3rd (or earlier in the week, if I'm too excited)
2) I have gone back and made all of the Book 3 chapters that aren't currently tied to a reward tier open to the public. If you have a friend or loved...
2021-02-27 18:11:37 +0000 UTC
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Art of Fera by Yoghurt Stripper. 🍉Yoghurtstripper🍉 (@yoghurtstripper) • Instagram photos and videos
Chapter 56
“Thanks for letting me drive, Magpie,” said Kiyo as she finished parallel parking. “I haven’t had a chance to do that in forever.”
“N-no problem, my dear,” I said, my knuckles white from my death grip on my arm rest. “Are you perhaps a bit rust...
2021-02-26 21:46:58 +0000 UTC
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Last poll for the day! Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
How much do you care about seeing stories that are not the main Magpie Wizard story? This would include unrelated stories, like Second Contact, as well as future spinoff novella ideas I have been kicking around.
2021-02-22 00:11:40 +0000 UTC
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How do you feel about having signed copies of my novels available?
2021-02-22 00:06:55 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone! I will be doing a set of polls today, which will close on March 1st. I wanted to get your opinions on a few of the perks I offer here. Since I will be pausing the Patreon for March, this seems like a good time to see what you all think.
The First Question: How much would you value having your name or username in a special backers page in print and Kindle editions of my books? It is currently available to $10 and up Patrons.
2021-02-21 23:47:11 +0000 UTC
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