Foxmoor Fiction

SSD 4.67 - A Time to Remember

I still need to write an interlude / epilogue, or two, but this brings us to the end of book one. Holy Shit. I mean, it's only what... a thousand pages or so?

Going to be writing the rest over this week, and also getting started on the editing. Also, I wonder if anyone but me remembers what...

SSD 4.66 - My Weary Soul

I think we will get through the last of the notifications next chapter, but I'm not completely sure. Still have the largest and most significant remaining. That will be posted on Monday or Tuesday.

Would love ideas for different soul skills. I know some that I want to use already, but it wo...

SSD 4.65 - Pacts, Languages, and Books

This chapter took a bit longer, as I had to go back an do a bunch of research. I had already made a list of the things that needed notifications, but I needed to make sure I caught everything.

Next chapter will be tomorrow or Monday. Writing notifications is difficult, AKA time consuming, n...

SSD 4.64 - A More Perfect Trap

I have been very happy with the characterization of Exsan over the course of the novel. He was a unique challenge to write for much of the book, and we only really saw him a few times. Partially due to the challenge, but also because his perspective was so limited, and I felt that over doing it w...

SSD 4.63 - Changing My Mind

Well into writing the next chapter, and it will come out tomorrow. It is from Exsan's perspective.

Honestly, I am very happy with how all the writing is coming. It has been a relief.

Now, we get a full chapter of Caden, as he reflects and sets up for all next few things he will need t...

Community Space

Chapter posting immediately after this.

So, it looks like I can make some kind of community space, potentially open up areas for discussion, etc...

Would you actually use it and talk to others if I set it up?

SSD 4.62 - Perspective

Yep, things are continuing right along. We hit the climax for book one and are in the descent now, but hopefully everything was built up enough that these interactions are satisfying.

“All the power in the world means nothing to your mother.”

-Emperor Yaidfe

==Tarrae=...

SSD 4.61 - Exsan's Return

Still coming along. Next chapter is about a quarter done, so it might come out tomorrow or Friday.

Hope you are enjoying the push toward the end of book one.

A good family makes your life; a bad one can ruin it. If you are making one for yourself, choose wisely. When dealing wi...

SSD 4.60 - Judgment From On High

Once more into the breach. Smaller cliff at the end. About halfway through the next chapter. Assuming it is written by tomorrow, I will post it here then.

Things left untended have a tendency to go wrong. Whether that is a problem growing, a solution dying, or simply a huge mess of m...

SSD 4.59 - The Lai of Tarrae

I'm sorry, did I say Friday? Yeah, Patreon is getting this one today. I'm halfway through the next chapter as well. If I get it done in time you will get it tomorrow. Mind the cliff.

Also, for anyone interested, a lai (lay) is an octadic couplet form of poetry. I think I did a reasonably go...

SSD 4.58 - Heritage + Announcement

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Okay, so I'm not always functioning the best, but I have been able to get some limited access to my medication. So, I am going to supplement that with a bit of social pressure from all of you. I'm getting really close to the end of book one, and I am going to be putting out a ...

OtH 1.10 - Words

Here is a chapter for Outside the Heavens, enjoy.

Whatever Aarick might have wanted, he still needed to finish out his etiquette lesson. That dragged on less than he would have normally expected, but having the lesson accompanied by magical holograms would do that.

He would...

SSD 4.57 - Rage and Sorrow

Been struggling to get a chapter out this entire month (and a bit), and it is finally fucking done. Same issues with medication, etc..., plus I finally had to put my cat Loki down last week, and everything leading up to that was hard. 

I think this chapter was also hard because I am re...

SSD 4.56 - Costs of Living

Taken a while to get this chapter up, but I hope you all enjoy it.

“Life isn’t worth shit. A flick of a blade and its over. Still, its worth more than anything else.”

-Iotopa, Head Assassin of Piataba

==Zidaun==

“We… know how we got into this situation...

OtH 1.09 - Etiquette

Sorry this has been delayed. Still dealing with the medication shortage. Apparently it is a continuing issue.

Interestingly, it has its roots in the Covid Pandemic. With many more people at home, many more people did remote visits with doctors and the home conditions were conducive to many ...

SSD 4.55 - Seeing Behind the Veil

This chapter was difficult to write, but it is finally done.

Patreon doesn't show the formatting of my tables properly, which contains a lot of speech, so things may be hard to read and parse.

“The world is full of once in a lifetime opportunities. Most of them lead to yo...

OtH 1.08 - Gaining Perspective

This chapter is mostly the same as before, though various edits have been added for flow, and mentions of Aarick's future tutors has been added as well.

Reodan opened the door and Aarick entered.

The room was wide, but not particularly deep, and it was filled with a collect...

SSD 4.54 - Managing Patience

Really sorry this took so long. The medication issue took forever, but their was other stuff as well. Not going to go into it in any great detail, but suffice it to say that I had my first kidney stone (1/10, do not recommend), was incredibly ill with a cold, and had another health complication t...

Possible Delays

Hey all. Been unable to refill my primary medication for ADHD. It is a controlled substance and there are shortages. Honestly, the way the government regulates it seems weird and counterproductive, but there is nothing I can do about that.

Been off my meds for a little bit now. Hoping I can...

SSD 4.53 - A Surprisingly Pleasant Meeting

Back to the Soul Dungeon.

"Eccentrics are the brushstrokes of originality on the canvas of conformity."

— Professor Archibald Peculiaris, Curator of Oddities at the Museum of Quirk and Whimsy

==Zidaun==

I really wasn’t meant to be an administrator.

It ...

OtH 1.07 - Breakfast and a Tour

Decent mix of old and new content in this chapter, but hopefully presented into a more compact format that manages to avoid any issues with too much exposition.

Please feel free to let me know how I did.

Dreams came intermittently but rhythmically, following the ancient pat...

OtH 1.06 - Off To Sleep

Changes made for clarity and then a proper plot divergence at the end, which will cascade into everything else.

Aarick still had far too many questions. However, he was also falling asleep.

Shoving a whole new language in my head makes me tired. Who knew?

Fol...

OtH 1.05 - Questions - Part 2 V2

Obviously, there are the usual edits for clarity, etc...

Some notable changes here as well:

• how and why telling the truth is part of noble culture, as well as why it persists
• changed details on enlightenments
• Lurona tells Aarick to come see her if he fully attu...
  2023-10-12 17:08:14 +0000 UTC View Post

OtH 1.04 - Questions - Part 1 V2

Mostly the same with some changes for clarity. Added in a mention of how tired everything has made Aarick at the beginning.

Also, please ignore and conjoined words you see here on Patreon. For some reason Patreon conjoins something like 20 random words whenever I copy and paste something in...

OtH 1.03 - Lurona Talks V2

Mostly the same, but there are edits and clarifications.

Plus, a few plot relevant changes:

Spoiler

Lurona now says that enlightenments are common, instead of rare, because how they fit into the cultivation system has been changed.

She originally also said...

OtH 1.02 - Rosetta Stone is for Wimps V2

Apparently, more changes are creeping in earlier. This chapter was originally slightly less than 2000 words and has grown to more than 3300.

Most of those changes are describing sections of the building he now went through, though others are more detailed thoughts and reactions now that his...

Imperial Seat - 2nd Level

Been working on this for the last three hours. Started to edit chapter two and then decided I wanted to flush out and have a more concrete layout so I could accurately describe the path Aarick takes to get around.

OtH 1.01 - Painful Revelations V2

Now edited for both clarity and to switch to 3rd limited omniscient. Very little changed from a story point of view.

For those wondering where to expect major divergence, that will happen after he talks with Lurona. There are going to be some changes while he talks with her, as well, but th...

SSD 4.52 - Breakfast is Civilization

Sorry this took a little longer to come out than I had planned.

I recently suffered a groin injury and the pain has been very distracting. Medical advice said it would take about a week to start healing, but I think I have been healing slightly faster than that. (I hope.)

Regardless o...

SSD 4.51 - Unwise Meddling

I have not forgotten Saga of the Soul Dungeon, even if I needed to make a brief diversion to satisfy the insanity that lies at my heart.

In fact, I have been working on this chapter for that last week or so, and it has been fighting me. Writing about the soul realm is hard because it is con...