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Transcripts: Dreams (Formatting for Print)
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2024-02-27 04:30:17 +0000 UTC
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Transcripts: The story so far….
Hello everyone! While preparing to post online again I rememebered that a lot of people were very appreciated of a refresher for the story, so I went back to find the old 'the story so far' and update it with the new book blurbs to go with it... and there was SO MUCH. It's still in draft but let me know if I've forgotten )any important plot notes.
see ya tommorrow!
~Squiggles...
Update 30/01/24: New Schedule
Hello everyone!
Quick update, school starts again tomorrow, so my family will be coming out of holiday mode, and a new schedule will begin. I want to start treating writing as a part-time job instead of a hobby, so after talking with my husband, we decided to give me the time and spce to spend Mon-Thurs focusing on my writing. Heres how I'm choosing to spend it!
Monday/Edi...
NameGiver Saga: Space Pirates (Notes)
Prologue:
a young Aralukia is studying with her zenthi teacher, she is learning about politics and the relationship between the empire and the council. The lesson is interrupted by her father returning from his latest crusade, he gives her gifts and lets her climb up on his shoulder, they look up at the inhabited moons visible at night, and he proclaims that she will one day rule over t...
2024-01-18 14:20:56 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate 07/01/2024: Completing Transcripts and the Year 2024
Hello Everyone,
First of all, I want to thank you all once again for your patience and generosity, it's all thanks to you that I can do this…
And I did it! :)
The rough draft of Transcripts is done! All major story beats have been written down and now just needs the editing and polishing up. It took me a fair few days to decompress after cramming ...
2024-01-07 14:42:37 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5 chapter 24 - the end for now (draft)
10 minutes before new years! lets gooooo!!!! update tomorrow, right now imma get my ass to bed!
The halls outside the bridge were bustling with activity, the pirates quickly fell into their on-ship duties, carrying cargo and cleaning up the organic debris that littered the floor. Bodies of monsters and servants piled up in the flesh-covered walls to be melted down with acid spray...
2023-12-31 15:53:31 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5 Chapter 23 - draft
The holographic display stuttered.
Nako stood over it, watching as Branch’s segment ships slowly moved into position around the Rajavan vessel.
The Knight Commander was as beaten and bruised as the office around him, Kotorn’s past anger still casting its shadow on the walls around him. His lieutenants and captains stood watching, waiting for his orders.
“Knigh...
2023-12-30 16:36:50 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5 Chapter 22 - Near Escape (draft)
(I'm sorry it has taken this long, hope to have the series finished before the end of the year, happy holidays everyone!~squiggles )
It was too damn loud.
Itsuki stood with his back against the wall, watching the chaos unfold around him.
The pirates and rangers fought against the soulless amalgamation fueled by their collective rage and anger, emotions they stored awa...
2023-12-23 15:34:35 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate: november sucked, chapter is coming
Hey everyone.
Short update because I hate excuses, but November was stressful and filled with unexpected turns.
Family dog passed, grampa's got dementia and 6-18 months, just.. a lot of other things too.
I've got 6 pages written on paper because my brain won't let me type.
I am DETERMINED to finish this story before New Years.
It's an Itsuki/Beau/Aralukia c...
Breakdown: chapter 21.5
Hello everyone! I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter as much as I did writing it! Since this chapter was all emotional pay-off and the rule of cool it was a joy to put to paper!
Darkness.
Violent and silent darkness.
(A lot of this chapter was pay-off and throw-backs to previous mom...
2023-11-13 14:38:05 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5 Chapter 21.5: Eternal Ocean
(Hello everyone, this would have been up a day earlier but even I couldn't have predicted a national service outage! Working hard to bring you more chapters/rewards this month, happy 'not quite almost christmas' time everybody! ~Squiggles)
Darkness.
Violent and silent darkness.
He was caught between minds, one friendly and familiar, the other f...
2023-11-08 14:25:30 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5 Chapter 21.5 (Draft)
(Hello everyone, cutting it close I know but I'm scraping it in by the skin of my teeth, the ploshed chapter should be up in a couple of days, thank you all for your patience through these difficult times ~ Squiggles)
Darkness.
Violent and silent darkness.
He was caught between minds, one friendly and familiar, the other fragmented and o...
2023-10-31 14:47:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21.5 breakdown
(Hello everyone, This is coming to you far later then it should, executive dysfunction got the better of me procrastinator settling in with our newset family member, but with the deadline approaching like all good procrastinators the guilt about not being able to get anything done previously in the month due to exhaustion is fueling me through the last couple of days of October- also this n...
2023-10-28 16:11:22 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5 Chapter 21.5 Draft
Darkness.
Violent and silent darkness.
As far as xant knows there is no way to forcibly join two minds, it takes a gigantic amount of skill to join in the first place. They must be united, calm and accepting of each other, a task he knew impossible.
They needed to be joined, if it could not be through peaceful means then he would unite them through the rage. H...
Book 5 chapter 21: Frying pans and Fires
(A few more grammatical errors to work out but otherwise, enjoy the final chapter! ~Squiggles)
Jasmine's body was thrown to the ground, taking several servants to pin her down while the error message continued to blare around them, repeating itself in over a dozen different languages. It was hectic, the servants scrambled to hold her, crushing her face into the floor, she c...
2023-09-29 16:51:42 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5 chapter 21 draft
Hello everyone, getting back into the swing of it with the new baby here, the writers block hurdled over and sprinting towards the end. will get this chapter done by the end of the month and get back into the swing of it soon. school holdyas will be ending on the 10/10 and Lil squigs will be in kindy,hopefully my life will settle down and I can continue on.
hope you enjoy this chapter an...
Notes Chapter 21: Dream-escape
Jasmine's body is held to the ground as the error message blares around them in several human language fonts.
The lady’s voice talks about the error code and that jasmine needs to be contained before she infects the other candidates.
The amalgamations jump on itsuki, who fires the gun in vain. It takes another four amalgations to hold him ...
2023-09-14 14:47:50 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate 14/09/23: new notes, old draft
hello everyone!
I'm not dead! just exhausted haha, things have finally settled down and I don't want to commit to a schedule yet in case life decides to throw me another curve ball... *no jinxing this time!*
So instead, I've re-written the notes for chapter 21, and will be posting the old draft as well, hoping to write the new draft and have the chapter up before the end of the mont...
2023-09-14 14:46:47 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate 30/08/23: Baby Squigs is Home.
Hello everyone!
After an impromptu week and a half in hospital, Baby Squigs surprised everyone and decided he wanted out 3 weeks ahead of schedule.
Born 2.51kg, he is tiny and the chillest baby in the nursery.
We had to extend our visit to ensure both he and I were healthy enough to go home together. Lil Squigs is excited to be a big sister and the entire family has been ...
Update 19/08/23: Been in hospital, Baby to follow.
TLDR: health took a nose dive, caught the flu, blood pressure went through the roof, kidney problems, diagonised pre-eclampsia and baby is four weeks early.
Hello everyone.
I have about 4 different drafts of this update, but everytime I go to post it something else happens. For those of you who are new here, I don't usually go this long without an...
2023-08-19 03:56:59 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate 26/07/23: Good News Everyone!
TLDR: lil Squigs has started school so I'm getting between 12- 18 hours a week to write again, hoping this leads to more regular posting and getting to the backlog of site maintenance even after the new baby arrives.
Hello and yes, you read that correctly, I have some actually good news to report!
For those of you who are new, welcome, and I'm sorry you subbed...
2023-07-26 15:41:05 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5 Chapter 21 - Battle of Wills (notes)
The lady starts rambling about Jasmine needing to stay in containment and more servants try to restrain her. Itsuki raises his gun and tries to threaten the lady but he is captured by the amalgamations and is scanned too.
Itsuki is planned to be a military commander type unit, using his hallucinations as a weapon on the battlefield. Xant does his best to fight off the servants ...
2023-07-26 15:19:20 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5 chapter 20.5: Incoherence (Final)
The black-coated men stood and waited at the doors as the four approached. They turned their heads as the group stood before them.
“The Lady is expecting us,” Jasmine stated firmly. The pair nodded their heads slowly in acknowledgement, wrenching the doors open for them to pass through. The grand door slid open for them silently, the room beyond concealed in pitch darkness,...
2023-07-23 06:31:54 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5 Chapter 20 - Inside the Arc (Final)
The corrosive miasma dissipated at their feet as the Namegiver's army crossed the threshold.
Jasmine held her breath as Rynard stepped over from the station into the mouth way, an apt description as they made their way deeper in. The walls were slimy, the air humid, stale and it stank of decay… The sickly sweet scent of tartar.
“Lights!” Jasmine ordered and instantl...
2023-07-14 18:02:30 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5 Chapter 20 - The Lady of the Arc (Draft)
(End has been added to this draft, and I will be soldiering on with the rest of the uploads, thank you for reading! ~squiggles)
The corrosive miasma dissipated at their feet as the Namegivers army crossed the threshold.
Jasmine held her breath as Rynard stepped over from the station into the mouthway, an apt description as they made their way deeper in. The walls were slimy...
2023-06-30 14:55:07 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate 29/06/2023: In The Hospital Again...
Hey everyone,
I guess the universe heard me say I will try harder and decided to put my ass in the hospital again...
I'm home now and I'll be smashing through what I can in the next two days to catch up, hopefully, that means finishing off draft/final 20, the breakdown and starting on...
2023-06-29 11:26:21 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5 Chapter 20 - The Lady of the Arc (Notes)
(This might be a repost but I'm just getting my ducks in order for the 'workflow'. Prepare for a spam of posts because I wasn't able to get them uploaded during the week. the housing crisis hit a very good friend of mine and needed help moving so I've been waiting until after the move to post everything. stay safe everyone ~Squiggles)
Jasmine stands atop Rynards back s...
2023-06-25 14:04:07 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5 Chapter 19 - Through Fire and Flames (Final)
hello everyone- just quickly posting the rest of last weeks stuff tomorrow, wanted to get this out first though cause damn, its over 5k words, my longest chapter not split in two parts... hope it was worth the wait!
Rynard had found himself in plenty of dire situations over his lifespan.
Belaying orders between foolhardy commanders and unwitting rangers, keeping himse...
2023-06-17 18:57:22 +0000 UTC View PostMonday Notes/ Schedule Update
Hello everyone!
in an effort to get myself back on schedule and in the 'work' mindset, I've got a small update so the $1 tier doesn't miss out until the final next week. Wednesday Draft and Friday edit video have already been scheduled for the week. yay! victories! I will be mostly working over the weekends and scheduling in the week to come, it worked out very well in the t...
Update: 02/06/2023 : Admitting I’m burnt out…
Hello everyone.
The TLDR is in the title mostly. For those of you who have been with me for a while, the drop in content both quality and quantity has been noticeable and after a talk with my husband, I can finally admit to both to you guys and myself that I am burnt out.
I had started this update so many times and each time I felt like I was just complai...
2023-06-02 16:13:34 +0000 UTC View Post