Chapter 7
Thaden didn’t necessarily believe in providence by some higher power, but he did believe in his own Fortuity. To that affect, he wasn’t too surprised that 30,000 in the stat—with his solo-based gear now reequipped—made itself known when the two closest NESTs near the massive gap in the barrier protecting Region #1 from the Wildlands ended up being two different types of Undead. If there was one monster type that he was uniquely suited against, it was one th...
2025-06-18 22:05:35 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 6
Despite the distance from where he’d landed to where The Citadel used to be being quite a trek, only about 100 monsters met their end while Thaden ran back to The Citadel. He supposed that made sense because he hadn’t gone out of his way to hunt them down; the ones that died simply happened to cross his path as he shot across the landscape of the Wildlands. That being said, he saw tens of thousands of monsters along the way, most of them in the distanc...
2025-06-17 19:02:32 +0000 UTC
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(Little late today on the chapter; I forgot that I needed to finish beta-reader edits and revisions for The Lone Keeper this morning, so I got that done first. It's now all done, so there shouldn't be too many other obstacles in the way of writing the rest of the week!)
Chapter 5
Corinna stood at the edge of the craterous hole in the mountain range, joined by a dozen other Guild Leaders as they stared at the evidence of sheer destruction in silent awe. The sc...
2025-06-16 22:39:17 +0000 UTC
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Healer Book 6 has begun! I only got a little bit finished this week due to planning for it and the release of Divine Fusionist on audiobook, but next week should have quite a bit more :)
Tomorrow (Saturday), I'll be at Global Fest in Aurora, CO from 11am-6pm, so if you're in the area, come see me and pick up a signed paperback book!
Sunday is Father's Day, so I won't be working -- as we'll be having a small party -- but I'll be back to work on Monday.
Plans for next ...
2025-06-13 21:16:39 +0000 UTC
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(A long one today, as it's nearly twice the length of a normal chapter. I didn't want to break it up, however, which was why I didn't have a longer Chapter 3 -- sorry for the cliffhanger yesterday!)
Chapter 4
NEST #3823 subjugation complete!
Congratulations on fully subjugating a NEST! From hereon out, you must defend the transformed Defensive Fortification from the rest of the Wildlands’ monsters, who will stop at nothing to...
2025-06-13 21:10:14 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 3
The tunnel leading further underground reminded Thaden of the many dungeons that he’d delved throughout the Region, if only at its most basic level. The winding passageway led to multiple larger caves, each of which contained Gorillum of higher Levels than the ones he’d fought outside and at the bottom of the pit. The caves themselves weren’t simply empty, either, but had wide, dark grey stone pillars with connecting branch-like extensions, as if the pillars ...
2025-06-12 19:11:34 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 2
Missing his destroyed Wyvern’s Flight Cloak, which would’ve made the trip a whole lot easier, Thaden leapt over the small hillock in front of him as he tore across the landscape of the Wildlands. When he landed a few seconds later, he could see the ruins of a town in the distance, which seemed to have a giant hole in the middle of it. Climbing out of that hole were dozens of 12-foot tall, Gorilla-looking monsters with dark grey scales covering their bodies rath...
2025-06-11 20:29:14 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 1
“What an absolute disaster.”
Fer’la’vina could only nod in agreement with Che’ga’lera as her feet touched down on the edge of the Stronghold, set high above the Wildlands in an unassailable position. Turning around and using every bit of her now-restored Level 900 eyes, she looked toward the southern portion of Tarth where Region #1 was located – and the hole that had been blasted in the mountain range where The Citadel Dungeon used to be. It wa...
2025-06-10 19:34:15 +0000 UTC
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(It's a little delayed because of the Divine Fusionist audiobook release, but here's the beginning of Healer Book 6! I have Chapter 1 posting right after the recap)
Recap
Thaden was ripped away from Earth by the Assimilation System, but on his way to some sort of “Training Program”, something went wrong. His bodily disposal went horrifically wrong, and he was burned, torn apart, and even eaten by monsters before his head ended up in a dungeon. In t...
2025-06-10 19:33:23 +0000 UTC
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The 8th and final book in the Magical Fusion series, Divine Fusionist, is now on audiobook! Miles Meili delivers another awesome performance in over 15 hours of LitRPG and crafting goodness!
Audible US: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0FBMMP81J
Audible UK: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FBN3RM12
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2025-06-09 17:33:23 +0000 UTC
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The first book in a new series, The Lone Keeper, is now on pre-order for a June 25th release!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBR43P4D
The Retrogression System made a mistake when they forced Humans to join them…
At first, when Bax suddenly found himself transported from Earth to an organization of powerful, universe-spanning races, he was thoroughly confused. A...
2025-06-06 21:16:36 +0000 UTC
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Well, I finished all of the follow-up stuff for The Lone Keeper, and it is in the hands of the beta-readers now! I had a few days off, which has been awesome, and I'm ready to get started on Healer book 6 on Sunday (with the first chapter probably on Monday).
I also approved Divine Fusionist on audiobook, which I'm hoping will be available at some point next week. I'll be spending some time promoting that when it does come out, but I'm still hoping to get 5 Healer chapters done next...
2025-06-06 21:12:49 +0000 UTC
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Well, I finished The Lone Keeper! At least as far as the story goes, though I'll be working on editing, revisions, beta-readers, blurb, pre-order, and everything else that goes along with finishing the book :)
Starting next week, I'll start releasing the chapters for my $2 and $5 Patrons, and it will all be available before it comes out on Amazon -- which I'm guessing will be toward the end of June.
I'll also be taking a few days off next week before I start on Healer Book 6, whi...
2025-05-30 22:04:41 +0000 UTC
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I finally have the cover for my new story! I ended up naming it The Lone Keeper, as it seemed like it encapsulated what Bax is in the book. I haven't decided whether or not to change the name of subsequent books or simply add a "2" and "3" to them, but I can decide that later.
My hope is to have it out on Amazon/Kindle by the end of June!
2025-05-27 17:09:33 +0000 UTC
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Unfortunately, I didn't get a second chapter done today -- though it's about 2/3 done; I'll finish it on Sunday! This week wasn't as productive as usual, as I ended up taking some time off to go on a date with my wife before my daughter's last day of school (which was on Thursday), and we also had a few end-of-the-school-year events that I had the opportunity to attend. That's all done now, though, and I have nothing that should take me away from writing next week!
If everything goes ...
2025-05-23 22:20:41 +0000 UTC
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I thought that I would give everyone a heads-up for the in-person events that I have coming up this year! I did very few last year, but this year I felt like getting out there and having some fun with some conventions and the like :) They are all local, however, but I'm hoping to branch out to out-of-state events next year.
If you're going to be in Colorado sometime this summer/fall, then perhaps I'll see you there! I'll be selling and signing paperbacks to add to your collection
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2025-05-18 21:45:47 +0000 UTC
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I just passed 100,000 words on my new Tower story! I estimate that it will be another 40-45k words before it's finished, so my goal of having it done before the end of the month is looking good.
On Sunday, I'll be working on figuring out a title and cover details, so I may not have too much time to write. If anyone has any ideas for a title, you can comment down below! I have a few ideas already, but I'm always willing to entertain more :)
On either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday I...
2025-05-16 22:56:40 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 22
“And you saw nothing?” Cherino, the Guildmaster of Lodgepoint’s local Adventurer’s Guild, asked. He couldn’t keep the disbelief from his voice as he looked around at the gathered assortment of Adventurers surrounding him.
“Nothing, sir. It’s almost as if whatever monsters were here hit a wall and suddenly died.”
He waved around at the area just inside the forest near the edge of the fields. “I can see that; what I...
2025-05-13 22:16:19 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 21
Everyone ignored him as the Adventurers rushed to either the walls surrounding the city or took off outside of the gates before they closed. Bax followed the latter for a moment and no one remarked on his presence as he passed through gates that he had a feeling would be closing any second. He looked off into the distance, past all of the fields that he’d worked in the day before, seeing nearby field workers sprinting back to the city from where they had been wo...
2025-05-13 17:03:18 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 20
When Bax woke up early the next morning, it was still dark out. Despite desperately needing sleep the night before, his body still didn’t need a long time to feel completely refreshed, which meant that he ended up getting up before the rest of those inside The Lazy Shipman Inn. He actually considered it a blessing in disguise, as it gave him an opportunity to finally think about his situation and firm up a few plans for the immediate future – as well as some l...
2025-05-12 21:52:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 19
The gate guards gave Bax a look as he passed through, but again, they didn’t stop him. He halfway expected to be picked up again by more town guards when he entered, but thankfully there was no one waiting for him just past the walls, so he was free to explore in peace. Or in as much peace as he could get, as his state of undress was still an attraction as he walked through a wide street that he could see also led toward the Adventurer’s Guild buildin...
2025-05-12 16:27:01 +0000 UTC
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Still going strong with my new tower story -- I guess I should start thinking of a title soon, seeing that I'm about halfway through it :)
Most of next week, I should be writing; I have a few appointments that will cut into my writing time, but hopefully not too much! I may get some work done on Sunday, but with it being Mother's Day, I'm not sure how much that will be.
Plans for next week:
Sunday-Monday: Writing!
Have a great weekend a...
2025-05-09 21:11:26 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 18
Quickly running around the immediate area inside the forest, streaking through the trees in a blur, Bax looked for any other monsters that might be near. After nearly a minute of running at full speed, out of sight of any Adventurers or the field workers, the only monster he saw was a toothy bird-like creature trying to camouflage itself in the branches of a tree, but he left it alone as it was only Level 3. He could’ve jumped up and killed it, but he didn’t w...
2025-05-09 20:00:28 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 17
“There it is! Stop it before it gets to the—” Ladrexia shouted, but the Soiled Pantherin was already gone. She chased after it along with the rest of her Party, frantically searching her mind for the current patrol routes and which other Parties might be nearby to help take this thing down. Because if they didn’t have help, it was unlikely that they would survive a real confrontation with the monster, given that it was twice their Level.
“Bar...
2025-05-08 21:46:54 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 16
No one accosted Bax as he left the same way he’d come into the building, though he did get some strange looks from the few other guards that were still in the “station”, as the Elf had called it. He had a feeling that they had gotten what they wanted out of him, so there was no other reason to detain him; to ensure that they didn’t have any other reasons past the one that he’d just been released from, he worked to get his punishment out of the way.
Emerg...
2025-05-08 17:05:17 +0000 UTC
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(Just as a reminder, this is the final chapter for my $2 Patrons; the rest of the chapters will be gradually released as soon as the entire book is complete, leading up to its publication on Kindle)
Chapter 15
Bax instinctively used Identification on the Dwarf, and he was somewhat surprised at how high of a Level they were.
Unknown Dwarf
Level: 21
Highest Stat: Unknown
Weakn...
2025-05-07 22:30:03 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 14
It was almost painful to have to match his speed to the Party that had “rescued” him, as it seemed so slow to Bax, but it also gave him a chance to practice adjusting to those who couldn’t move as fast as he could. The last thing he wanted to do was arrive in town while pretending to be the Level 2 that the System displayed himself as and then do something that would give away the lie that it was. As much as he didn’t necessarily want to deceive everyone, ...
2025-05-06 21:40:28 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 13
The first thing that Bax noticed was that he was on top of a large hill that held the large tree that he’d fallen through, while the rest of the area was filled with a short grass that reminded him of the first Floor of the Keepers’ Tower, except that this was a healthy green color. In the distance to his right, he could see a small copse of trees similar in shape to the one he was unfortunately very familiar with, though much smaller, and they were clustered togeth...
2025-05-06 16:45:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 12
418 years, 7 months, and 25 days later
Bax jerked instantly awake, a slight headache quickly fading as he sat up. Springing to his feet off his bed, he looked around to see if the System was about to try to send him into this Stasis thing again, but apparently after failing the first time, it wasn’t going to try again. From what he’d experienced, he figured he had been sent into unconsciousness for a few seconds before being released by ...
2025-05-05 21:48:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 11
4,442 years, 10 months, and 18 days later
“Hold the line!” Ariadelle shouted, standing along the ramparts of the wall surrounding the enormous portal only a half mile in the distance. Putting action to her own words, she pulled back the golden string of her Energetic Siege Bow, using her Mana to form a glowing projectile, which she aimed at one of the recently arrived Level 541 Gargantuan Behemoth that was heading toward her section o...
2025-05-05 16:12:31 +0000 UTC
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