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New l̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ serial novel: Her Majesty The Prince - Act I

Hey hi folks! The first major arc of my ongoing serial novel, Her Majesty The Prince - Act I is out! You can go get it right here from itch.io! 

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January 7th to January 20th

Hey hi folks, another brief update as I'm still moving into our new place (and have been busy wrapping up the "moving out of my old place" part). That said, I do have some news:

Her Majesty The Prince - Act I should be coming out very soon in PDF and EPUB form! If you've...

Her Majesty The Prince cover art!

I'm so excited to share this!! In anticipation of the digital release of Act I of Her Majesty The Prince digitally on itch, I commissioned this amazing illustration of Lou and the Prince from Skadi Kaos, who absolutely knocked it o...

December 24th to January 6th

Hey hi folks! A brief, belated update because the last innumerable weeks have been spent preparing for and undertaking the moving of my entire life to a new apartment with my wife. It has been an ordeal and it's still not quite over, but at least we've gotten to a point where we can catch our bre...

Out on the town

Addy, Jenny and Lou take a detour through some shops before heading to the castle...

I was so excited to get the final version of this commission! Art by the wonderful polvoronii (https://linktr.ee/polvoronii<...

December 10th to December 23rd

Happy holidays, folks. <3

This year has had its share of ups and downs, to say the least. Plenty of things that I thought would be simple turned out to be long and laborious, all the while dealing with a plethora of life events—some joyful, others not—that left me just barely making ...

November 26th to December 9th

Hey hi folks! A brief one today because the past two weeks have been eventful, to say the least. But Cat Wishes Stories should be shipped out in the next week or so, and the two main Big Life Things that have taken up most of my time lately are either resolved or being taken care of, which means ...

November 12th to November 25th

Hey hi folks! Another quick update because I'm still at it. The good news is that I've gotten all the Cat Wishes Stories copies both printed and split up among Jen and I for our respective fulfillment zones, and we should be working on getting those books shipped out in early December... which is...

October 29th to November 11th

Hey hi folks! Quick update because I completely forgot to do one last week. x_x Whoops!

Things are progressing along, Cat Wishes Stories is printed (yay!) and I wrapped up the latest chapter of Her Majesty The Prince! I've got a fun thing coming up on that front soon and I'm excited to shar...

Her Majesty The Prince XXVI

"...And then we worked everything out. When Lady Katerinannora comes back next month you'll be able to pick up right where you left off. I'll take care of the rest."

The Prince listened silently. He'd been slowly making his way forward, from his bed to his desk, the entire time Lou had been...

H M T P.I.

Raindrops trickled down the window in crisscross streaks that joined together and split apart on a whim like so many bad decisions. She absent-mindedly stirred the coffee in her cup, the sugar having lon...

October 15th to October 28th

Hey hi folks! Another quick update, but I'm happy to report that I'm slowly getting back on track with *waves hand* everything. For someone who keeps talking about pacing herself I sure do burn myself out a lot, huh?

I've heard back from the print shop that the Cat Wishes Stories proof shou...

Formatting Bug on Patreon Readers

Hey hi! It seems that Patreon's website rework has broken something when it comes to displaying text formatting; it's fairly hard to pin down right now, but some ways to view Patreon content are stripping away italics and bold. For me, it's happening on Chrome iOS, but I've seen reports of folks ...

Her Majesty The Prince XXV

"Was he able to find her name on the list?"

"He's still looking. I'm sure it's just further down."

"They really ought to find a better way to organize these things."

"I know! I'm sure His Majesty is excited for the rest of the guests behind us to join the party...

October 1st to October 14th

Hey hi folks! Quick, belated update because I ended up having to take a forced break due to exhaustion. Whoops. That said, some big milestones:

Chapter XXIII of Her Majesty The Prince is in final revision and is a whopping 10k words, just a few hundred shorter than Feline Therapy. Knock on ...

September 17th to September 30th

Hey hi folks! Another update from beneath this mountain of paperwork. I'm still plugging away at my giant to-do list, all the while still figuring out the right pace for Her Majesty The Prince chapters. Not holding myself to a weekly schedule has been beneficial for my stress levels though; so fa...

Her Majesty The Prince XXIV

Hearty shouts alongside the rhythmic sounds of battle drills filtered up from below through the windows, heralding the start of the day still better than any rooster could in these parts.

Lou opened her eyes. She'd been awake for a little while; the clouds blunted the edge of the morning li...

September 3rd to September 16th

Hey hi folks! Quick update again because I burned myself out really hard over the last couple weeks. I'm going to be adjusting my writing schedule slightly as a result: Her Majesty The Prince will go from an update ever week to an update every 1-2 weeks, depending on the chapter....

Her Majesty The Prince XXIII

Hearty shouts alongside the rhythmic sounds of battle drills filtered down from above through the windows, heralding the start of the day better than any rooster could in these parts.

Lou slowly opened her eyes in the muted morning light, nestled in her cocoon of warmth, rocked by the stead...

August 20th to September 2nd

Hey hi folks! Quick update today (several days late) because I keep getting surprised by both my own time blindness and the sheer amount of paperwork needed when it comes to making a Big Move to a New City (wife edition). But we're making progress!

Consequently, I'll be taking one (1) week ...

Her Majesty The Prince XXII

The sound of voices outside drew Lou out of a pleasant dream she instantly forgot. She opened her eyes, gently adjusting to the morning light draped over the fabric of her temporary home; slowly easing her sluggish limbs into a stretch. She yawned. Outside, footsteps approached, bringing with the...

Her Majesty The Prince XXI

The first rays of sunlight only had a few moments to gently sweep across the ceiling of the wagon before the fog and the clouds drew closed like a curtain. The day promised to be a grey one. Though that was not without its own beauty; there was poetry in fog rolling over the hills as the wagons o...

August 6th to August 19th

Hey hi folks! Quick update this time. I'm continuing to work on Her Majesty The Prince and have written back up to my usual 1-week buffer, which means there shouldn't be delays of updates in the near future (fingers crossed). This is already my biggest book yet and I'm nowhere near done. I'm very...

Her Majesty The Prince XX

The lead actors bowed once, twice, three times; Lou lost count. The raucous applause and cheering of the crowd never abated, not even for a second. But eventually, the final moments of the last show had to come to an end, and the golden curtains of the royal theater finally closed on the stage. 2023-08-18 21:24:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Her Majesty The Prince XIX

Lou took a deep breath, then walked through the door.

At least, that had been her intention; however, she veered away at the very last second, instead taking refuge by the open shelves of the changing room. Her forehead resting against the wood, she stared down at the clothes that she'd tak...

July 23rd to August 5th

Hey hi folks! I can finally share that I've spent a chunk of the last two weeks doing something that had been in the works for quite some time: helping my wife move in with me! The mouse house is now a mothmouse homehouse! We'll be settling in and doing a lot of paperwork stuff for the foreseeabl...

Her Majesty The Prince Collar Code

Hey hi folks! The next chapter of Her Majesty The Prince will be delayed by a week on account of life stuff that basically saw me get very little sleep for the past week up until the moment things resolved positively. Apologies for the delay! In the meantime though, have a sketch of how the 'coll...

Patreon Malfunction (and/or hi, welcome!)

As is distressingly common now, Patreon flipped some sort of switch that rejected a ton of payments, so it might be a good idea to check and see if any of your pledges may have been wiped out by this error! There should be an option to update or retry in your billing history.

That ...

Her Majesty The Prince XVIII

"We need to talk," she told him.

Lou leaned on the armored knight's halberd like it was a handrail, her eyes focused on the Prince; the rest of her body focused on catching her breath. Her lungs struggled against the constricting fabric of the princess's coronation dress, faithfully recreat...

July 9th to July 22nd

Hey hi folks! Quick update this time around because I'm still hard at work at my pile of ongoing projects. Her Majesty The Prince has settled into a weekly update schedule that is working quite well for me, sustainability-wise; I'm hoping to upload new chapters every Friday at the end of the day ...