Failure to Communicate on sale for Pride!
For this month only, Failure to Communicate my #ownvoices sci fi starring a bisexual, autistic protagonist, is on sale. Pick it up for only $2.99 while you can!
That autistic feeling when you’re not sure if you’re a human being or a metronome.
Happy Release Day!
As one of the only remaining autistics in the universe, Xandri Corelel has faced a lot of hardship, and she's earned her place as the head of Xeno-Liaisons aboard the first contact ship Carpathia. But her skill at negotiating with alien species is about to be put to the ultimate test.
The Anmerilli, a notoriously reticent and xenophobic people, have invented a powerful weapon that will irrevocably change the face of space combat. Now the Starsystems Alliance has called in Xandri and the crew of the Carpathia to mediate. The Alliance won't risk the weapon falling into enemy hands, and if Xandri can't bring the Anmerilli into the fold, the consequences will be dire.
Amidst sabotage, assassination attempts, and rampant cronyism, Xandri struggles to convince the doubtful and ornery Anmerilli. Worse, she's beginning to suspect that not everyone on her side is really working to make the alliance a success. As tensions rise and tempers threaten to boil over, Xandri must focus all her energy into understanding the one species that has always been beyond her: her own.
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That’s right! The day has come! Failure to Communicate is now available. If you’ve read Testing Pandora, prepare to follow Xandri on her continuing adventures. If you’re new to the series, welcome! Looking for books for diversity reading or #ownvoices? Xandri is a bisexual autistic surrounded by a large, diverse cast of characters. Fan of Star Trek-style space opera? Give Failure to Communicate a try!
(Review copies are also available upon request, and you can contact me at [email protected] if you’re interested. Just keep in mind that you must write a review. It doesn’t have to be positive. All I ask is that you refrain from requesting a review copy if you’re not sure you’ll feel comfortable leaving a review.)
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Failure to Communicate now available for pre-order!
As one of the only remaining autistics in the universe, Xandri Corelel has faced a lot of hardship, and she’s earned her place as the head of Xeno-Liaisons aboard the first contact ship Carpathia. But her skill at negotiating with alien species is about to be put to the ultimate test.
The Anmerilli, a notoriously reticent and xenophobic people, have invented a powerful weapon that will irrevocably change the face of space combat. Now the Starsystems Alliance has called in Xandri and the crew of the Carpathia to mediate. The Alliance won’t risk the weapon falling into enemy hands, and if Xandri can’t bring the Anmerilli into the fold, the consequences will be dire.
Amidst sabotage, assassination attempts, and rampant cronyism, Xandri struggles to convince the doubtful and ornery Anmerilli. Worse, she’s beginning to suspect that not everyone on her side is really working to make the alliance a success. As tensions rise and tempers threaten to boil over, Xandri must focus all her energy into understanding the one species that has always been beyond her: her own.
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On Tuesday, February 14th, Failure to Communicate, the first full length novel about Xandri Corelel (protagonist of Testing Pandora) will release. In the meantime, you can pre-order it! (Currently Failure to Communicate is only available digitally. Hard-copy release may come later if there’s interest.)
Looking for a good read? A gift for your favorite autistic? Some solid space opera? Look no further! Failure to Communicate is also a good pick for diversity or #OwnVoices reading lists.
(Please consider signal boosting for others who might be interested.)
Tomorrow is release day!
Failure to Communicate now available for pre-order!
As one of the only remaining autistics in the universe, Xandri Corelel has faced a lot of hardship, and she's earned her place as the head of Xeno-Liaisons aboard the first contact ship Carpathia. But her skill at negotiating with alien species is about to be put to the ultimate test.
The Anmerilli, a notoriously reticent and xenophobic people, have invented a powerful weapon that will irrevocably change the face of space combat. Now the Starsystems Alliance has called in Xandri and the crew of the Carpathia to mediate. The Alliance won't risk the weapon falling into enemy hands, and if Xandri can't bring the Anmerilli into the fold, the consequences will be dire.
Amidst sabotage, assassination attempts, and rampant cronyism, Xandri struggles to convince the doubtful and ornery Anmerilli. Worse, she's beginning to suspect that not everyone on her side is really working to make the alliance a success. As tensions rise and tempers threaten to boil over, Xandri must focus all her energy into understanding the one species that has always been beyond her: her own.
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On Tuesday, February 14th, Failure to Communicate, the first full length novel about Xandri Corelel (protagonist of Testing Pandora) will release. In the meantime, you can pre-order it! (Currently Failure to Communicate is only available digitally. Hard-copy release may come later if there’s interest.)
Looking for a good read? A gift for your favorite autistic? Some solid space opera? Look no further! Failure to Communicate is also a good pick for diversity or #OwnVoices reading lists.
(Please consider signal boosting for others who might be interested.)
Does anyone have the most recent, up-to-date list of autistics killed by family members/caretakers?
I’m so fucking done with stereotypical autistic characters
So recently my husband and I have been watching a playthrough of Watch_Dogs 2. While Ubisoft seems to have somewhat recognized just how painfully tone-deaf the first one was, and made some improvements, they’ve also perpetuated one of those really hideously stereotyped autistic characters that we all know and really fucking hate.
Josh. Josh is a white boy, of course, because you know, women and POC don’t get autism. No really. I don’t actually exist. This post doesn’t exist. Because I’m a woman.
Anyway. Josh is quickly described as “high-functioning”. He’s a genius with computers, because well of course he is, what else would he be? And he--see if you can guess these before you read them--has literally no affect at all, no facial expressions, no body language, and completely flat voice, and all jokes go completely over his head. Sound familiar?
It’s infuriating. He’s so flat, so dead, that in any other character it would be considered lousy animation and even worse voice acting. And of course, this leads to people watching the videos call him “slow” and a bunch of other things I won’t repeat here.
Because that’s all we are to people. Slow, expressionless, emotionless, humorless. Finally, a canonically autistic character in a big triple A title and he’s such a mess of horrific stereotypes that I’d punch whoever wrote him in the face, given a chance. It makes me want to scream. We deserve better than this. We deserve more than this.
I look at Testing Pandora and Failure to Communicate, and the entire series as a whole, and I feel this boiling mix of desperate hope and utter frustration. As happy as I am to write something that will make other autistics happy, I also want so badly to make this book a success. To get it into the hands of as many people as possible, to show them a glimpse of the truth. And I don’t know how.
I’m just so sick of the knife to the heart. Either a perfectly autistic character is denied to be canonically autistic, or a canonically autistic character is written like shit; either way, we get the shit end of the stick.
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Want to read an ENTIRE SERIES of science fiction novels with an autistic protagonist? UPDATE
So, my novella Testing Pandora has come to an end. But Xandri’s adventures are far from over. I’ve written three novels so far in a series all about her and her crewmates from the Carpathia, and the first one is right around ready for querying.
But I’ve been indecisive about whether I want to query it. So here’s my question: If I published it independently, would you be willing to buy it?
If I move to just publish it myself, that means you’ll get your hands on it far sooner than otherwise and for a more reasonable price, too. So let me know what you think. You can like or reblog this post, send me a message here or on Wattpad, reply to this post, or leave a comment on Tumblr’s direct chat to let me know.
Update (16/08/2016):
Yes, this is still happening! I’ve been in the midst of the search for a cover artist, and have one now. As of right now, Failure to Communicate, the first full-length novel about Xandri, will be released sometime around October or November of this year. So keep your eyes open!
Update (05/11/2016):
The cover for Failure to Communicate is currently undergoing finishing touches, and with luck, the book will be released at the end of the month. In the meantime, you can now find Testing Pandora on Amazon. While the novella is still available for free on Wattpad, for a mere 99 cents you can pick up a conveniently formatted version for any device that uses Kindle (or just to support the series and myself).
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Reblog if you're autistic and like to read fiction.
I will prove that we can and enjoy reading fiction and books.
I am in fact writing an entire science fiction series from the POV of an autistic character. So yeah, totally love fiction.
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Want to read an ENTIRE SERIES of science fiction novels with an autistic protagonist? UPDATE
So, my novella Testing Pandora has come to an end. But Xandri’s adventures are far from over. I’ve written three novels so far in a series all about her and her crewmates from the Carpathia, and the first one is right around ready for querying.
But I’ve been indecisive about whether I want to query it. So here’s my question: If I published it independently, would you be willing to buy it?
If I move to just publish it myself, that means you’ll get your hands on it far sooner than otherwise and for a more reasonable price, too. So let me know what you think. You can like or reblog this post, send me a message here or on Wattpad, reply to this post, or leave a comment on Tumblr’s direct chat to let me know.
Update (16/08/2016):
Yes, this is still happening! I’ve been in the midst of the search for a cover artist, and have one now. As of right now, Failure to Communicate, the first full-length novel about Xandri, will be released sometime around October or November of this year. So keep your eyes open!
Update (05/11/2016):
The cover for Failure to Communicate is currently undergoing finishing touches, and with luck, the book will be released at the end of the month. In the meantime, you can now find Testing Pandora on Amazon. While the novella is still available for free on Wattpad, for a mere 99 cents you can pick up a conveniently formatted version for any device that uses Kindle (or just to support the series and myself).
I’m not sure how to feel about this. While not all the language is terrible, and there is acknowledgement of autism as a spectrum...person-first language keeps coming up, and the game’s logo includes a goddamn blue puzzle piece.
There’s also, for me, something just really damn uncomfortable about an allistic parent making a game that’s supposed to represent his autistic child, no matter the claims that they worked together. I dunno, does anyone know anything more detailed about this?
My current WIP: On Sensiles
For my current WIP, the darkish fantasy I’ve mentioned in a couple other posts, I decided I wanted to come up with an in-world term for autistic people. I wanted the views on autism and it’s nature to be different in this world, and I felt like the word “autism” with its history and connotations would not be a good fit. It would lack verisimilitude. Too much of our “understanding” of autism seems to be wrapped up in psychiatric definitions of empathy (do not get me started on those) and those just don’t exist in this world of mine.
At first I was looking at the introverted nature of autistics. But when I looked up synonyms for introvert on thesaurus.com...well, just don’t do it, okay? Seriously, don’t. It was upsetting, and it got me thinking. Many of us are not natural introverts, or at the very least not naturally entirely introverted. I was a very gregarious child, and I know others among us were too. Many of us have actually had any extroversion driven out by society (or therapy, though in many cases the difference is negligible). I decided I did not want my world to view autism from this angle.
Instead, I started thinking on our sensitivity to stimuli, how we react and cope with that. It’s an aspect of autism that isn’t nearly well enough understood, in part because there are still a lot of allistics who are in denial that it exists at all. But those of us who are autistic know it all too well. Sudden noises, strong flavors, strange textures, weird smells. Not that there aren’t pleasant aspects of it as well. I’m pretty sure most allistics can’t appreciate the feeling of a nice, cool satin ribbon the way I can.
But it’s such a strong part of us, important to who and how we are, and an angle that isn’t examined enough. And thus came about Sensiles, the term in my world for autistics. This world came to understand our nature through our reaction to stimuli and though a level of introversion is acknowledge, it’s not how we’re defined. Though attitudes differ across the world, and there are people who don’t understand, there are many more who see our differences as a reaction to overstimulation.
A side effect is that Sensiles are in many cultures believed to have natural psychic abilities, to be mediums or prophets. Some even refer to them as preternatural. This ended up being really fitting. While I’m leery of making connections between disability and special powers, magic is a real force in my world. It can be measured just as much as any force in this world can, and as such, Sensiles, who are sensitive to stimuli, are more likely than the average individual to sense it. Because of the nature of magic in my world (which I may explain more at a later date) it isn’t uncommon for Sensiles to be able to sense things about people or places, or to have an easier time using magic than is common.
This is not without it’s downsides. I wanted to make it something that would make sense for autistics in a fantasy world of this nature, not something that negates being autistic, and it doesn’t.
I am so, so, so tired of awful Hodor-like representations of developmental disabilities in fantasy. I wanted to do something really different. In the end I actually made a world that is in many ways more accepting of autistics than ours is, but I like that. And I wanted to really make them part of the world, give autism its own history within the world.
To be one-hundred percent clear: Being a Sensile is not something different from being autistic. It is not “high-functioning”, it is not some fantasy Asperger’s Syndrome, it’s ASD, plain and simple, just defined from a different viewpoint in a different world.
Looking for suggestions from my fellow autistics
My current WIP has an autistic character. However, the work is fantasy, and I’m not sure using the word autistic makes much internal sense. Especially not considering its history in our world.
Therefore, I’m trying to think up a term that I could use in world to describe the state of being autistic, and was wondering if any of y’all had any thoughts. Autistics in my world are not as associated with the idea of being self-absorbed. In some parts of the world they’re believed to be natural mystics or shamans, mediums, etc. The one trait that is associated with them more than any is a tendency to be introverted.
Any thoughts?
Want to read an ENTIRE SERIES of science fiction novels with an autistic protagonist? UPDATE
So, my novella Testing Pandora has come to an end. But Xandri’s adventures are far from over. I’ve written three novels so far in a series all about her and her crewmates from the Carpathia, and the first one is right around ready for querying.
But I’ve been indecisive about whether I want to query it. So here’s my question: If I published it independently, would you be willing to buy it?
If I move to just publish it myself, that means you’ll get your hands on it far sooner than otherwise and for a more reasonable price, too. So let me know what you think. You can like or reblog this post, send me a message here or on Wattpad, reply to this post, or leave a comment on Tumblr’s direct chat to let me know.
Update (16/08/2016):
Yes, this is still happening! I’ve been in the midst of the search for a cover artist, and have one now. As of right now, Failure to Communicate, the first full-length novel about Xandri, will be released sometime around October or November of this year. So keep your eyes open!
neuroatypically-speaking reblogged
Want to read a sci-fi novella with an autistic protagonist?
Starting today, I’m serializing my novella Testing Pandora, a prequel to a sci fi series starring said autistic character, over on Wattpad.
In the far future, genetic engineering is used to strip all sapient species of disability. But when humans have a brief fad of natural birth, disabled children start reappearing. They’re quickly termed “Pandoras,” the value of their very lives brought into question, and laws are put into place to prevent their births from happening ever again.
Xandri Corelel is one of these Pandoras, a young autistic woman scorned by her family and fighting to eke out a living on the streets of Wraith. Then she meets Chui Shan Fung, captain of the first contact and refugee ship Carpathia. Captain Chui has been watching her, and knows about the talent for understanding alien species that Xandri has cultivated. She wants Xandri as part of her crew–but first, Xandri must pass a test to see if she’ll even fit in.
Wary but hopeful, Xandri joins the Carpathia at Psittaca, a newly-discovered planet peopled by parrot-like sapients. Learning to understand this new species is the easy part compared to trusting her new crew mates. As Xandri continues her diplomatic efforts with the Psittacans, it becomes apparent that the Carpathia’s crew aren’t the only ones to have discovered the planet, but these other visitors don’t have good intentions. In order to protect this beautiful new world, Xandri must find it in herself to overcome years of abuse and neglect, and trust in her new crew.
Chapter one and chapter two are already available, and further chapters will be posted the following Tuesday. (Wattpad does ask you to sign up to read, but it’s free to do so. I will take other sites under consideration if anyone has any suggestions, but I can’t promise I’ll post it there too. It will be available for free on Smashwords upon completion, however.)
I try to write my science fiction to be as accessible as possible, so even if you find science fiction off-putting, you might find it worthwhile to give Pandora a try.
As promised, here’s today’s update: Chapter three and chapter four. Tune in again next Tuesday for more.
P.S. Votes and/or feedback are always welcome!
Unfortunately, as I am sick, there will be no updates today. Depending on how I feel, updates will come either later in the week, or next Tuesday. I apologize, but I’m in no shape to focus today.
I’m still sick, but have a clear enough head to manage to tidy up a bit more Pandora for those who are waiting. You can now check out the first interlude and chapter five.
Now here’s hoping that when it comes time for the next update, I won’t be hacking my lungs out.
A little later in the day than usual, but here is chapter six and chapter seven.
I am finally mostly not sick anymore, at least, in terms of the cold. Next week there will hopefully be another two parts up, and then after that it’s likely to go down to one, as I’m through most of what was already written when I began serializing it. Normally I’d probably still have two parts a week, but I’ve got another WIP to juggle at the moment. But there absolutely will be at least one chapter of Pandora a week even once I’m past the pre-written stuff.
Sorry it’s late this week, but with having to put Atla to sleep yesterday, I was just in no shape to get this done.
So here, a day like, is chapter eight and the second interlude.
As always, comments, votes, feedback of all kinds are always welcome, and next week I should be updating on Tuesday as usual.
Apologies again for the missed week. I was still having a hard time with my grief. But chapter nine is now up.
If things go really well, I may post a second chapter this week. If not, look for it next week.
Here is chapter ten!
From now on my updating schedule will be looser, instead of being every Tuesday. I will, however, continue to try to update at least once a week. Some things are a bit stressful right now, so I don’t want to make too many promises.
This week’s update, chapter eleven, is now live.
Chapter twelve is now up. Hopefully at some point I’ll be able to manage more than one chapter a week, but I hope for now you’ll all bear with me. :)
Here is the third interlude. I know it’s not very much, and that it’s been a while, for which I apologize. The combination of stress and fibromyalgia is causing massive tension knots in my neck and shoulders, and a lot of pain. Because of that, I haven’t been sleeping well, and getting work done has been difficult.
I am slowly recovering, but it’s a few steps forward, at least one back, at this point. However, I will strive to get back to once a week updates. Thank you for your patience.
I’m very pleased to announce that I’m feeling a lot better this week, and as such, both chapter thirteen and fourteen.
I really, really appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding. I know I’ve been a bit quiet and uncommunicative lately, but I truly am doing better. Hopefully now that my husband has a job again, it’ll stay that way.
Finally, chapter fifteen is here!
I really am sorry about the delays. My evaluations have me very stressed, which is disrupting my sleep and my ability to work. But I’m not giving up, so even if it takes me a while, you will get the next chapter.
Despite all obstacles, chapter sixteen has arrived. And stay tuned, because my next update will be the final two chapters!
The final interlude and the final chapter are now up! But stay tuned, because Xandri’s adventures aren’t done yet.
neuroatypically-speaking reblogged
Want to read a sci-fi novella with an autistic protagonist?
Starting today, I’m serializing my novella Testing Pandora, a prequel to a sci fi series starring said autistic character, over on Wattpad.
In the far future, genetic engineering is used to strip all sapient species of disability. But when humans have a brief fad of natural birth, disabled children start reappearing. They’re quickly termed “Pandoras,” the value of their very lives brought into question, and laws are put into place to prevent their births from happening ever again.
Xandri Corelel is one of these Pandoras, a young autistic woman scorned by her family and fighting to eke out a living on the streets of Wraith. Then she meets Chui Shan Fung, captain of the first contact and refugee ship Carpathia. Captain Chui has been watching her, and knows about the talent for understanding alien species that Xandri has cultivated. She wants Xandri as part of her crew–but first, Xandri must pass a test to see if she’ll even fit in.
Wary but hopeful, Xandri joins the Carpathia at Psittaca, a newly-discovered planet peopled by parrot-like sapients. Learning to understand this new species is the easy part compared to trusting her new crew mates. As Xandri continues her diplomatic efforts with the Psittacans, it becomes apparent that the Carpathia’s crew aren’t the only ones to have discovered the planet, but these other visitors don’t have good intentions. In order to protect this beautiful new world, Xandri must find it in herself to overcome years of abuse and neglect, and trust in her new crew.
Chapter one and chapter two are already available, and further chapters will be posted the following Tuesday. (Wattpad does ask you to sign up to read, but it’s free to do so. I will take other sites under consideration if anyone has any suggestions, but I can’t promise I’ll post it there too. It will be available for free on Smashwords upon completion, however.)
I try to write my science fiction to be as accessible as possible, so even if you find science fiction off-putting, you might find it worthwhile to give Pandora a try.
As promised, here’s today’s update: Chapter three and chapter four. Tune in again next Tuesday for more.
P.S. Votes and/or feedback are always welcome!
Unfortunately, as I am sick, there will be no updates today. Depending on how I feel, updates will come either later in the week, or next Tuesday. I apologize, but I’m in no shape to focus today.
I’m still sick, but have a clear enough head to manage to tidy up a bit more Pandora for those who are waiting. You can now check out the first interlude and chapter five.
Now here’s hoping that when it comes time for the next update, I won’t be hacking my lungs out.
A little later in the day than usual, but here is chapter six and chapter seven.
I am finally mostly not sick anymore, at least, in terms of the cold. Next week there will hopefully be another two parts up, and then after that it’s likely to go down to one, as I’m through most of what was already written when I began serializing it. Normally I’d probably still have two parts a week, but I’ve got another WIP to juggle at the moment. But there absolutely will be at least one chapter of Pandora a week even once I’m past the pre-written stuff.
Sorry it’s late this week, but with having to put Atla to sleep yesterday, I was just in no shape to get this done.
So here, a day like, is chapter eight and the second interlude.
As always, comments, votes, feedback of all kinds are always welcome, and next week I should be updating on Tuesday as usual.
Apologies again for the missed week. I was still having a hard time with my grief. But chapter nine is now up.
If things go really well, I may post a second chapter this week. If not, look for it next week.
Here is chapter ten!
From now on my updating schedule will be looser, instead of being every Tuesday. I will, however, continue to try to update at least once a week. Some things are a bit stressful right now, so I don’t want to make too many promises.
This week’s update, chapter eleven, is now live.
Chapter twelve is now up. Hopefully at some point I’ll be able to manage more than one chapter a week, but I hope for now you’ll all bear with me. :)
Here is the third interlude. I know it’s not very much, and that it’s been a while, for which I apologize. The combination of stress and fibromyalgia is causing massive tension knots in my neck and shoulders, and a lot of pain. Because of that, I haven’t been sleeping well, and getting work done has been difficult.
I am slowly recovering, but it’s a few steps forward, at least one back, at this point. However, I will strive to get back to once a week updates. Thank you for your patience.
I’m very pleased to announce that I’m feeling a lot better this week, and as such, both chapter thirteen and fourteen.
I really, really appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding. I know I’ve been a bit quiet and uncommunicative lately, but I truly am doing better. Hopefully now that my husband has a job again, it’ll stay that way.
Finally, chapter fifteen is here!
I really am sorry about the delays. My evaluations have me very stressed, which is disrupting my sleep and my ability to work. But I’m not giving up, so even if it takes me a while, you will get the next chapter.
Despite all obstacles, chapter sixteen has arrived. And stay tuned, because my next update will be the final two chapters!
neuroatypically-speaking reblogged
Want to read a sci-fi novella with an autistic protagonist?
Starting today, I’m serializing my novella Testing Pandora, a prequel to a sci fi series starring said autistic character, over on Wattpad.
In the far future, genetic engineering is used to strip all sapient species of disability. But when humans have a brief fad of natural birth, disabled children start reappearing. They’re quickly termed “Pandoras,” the value of their very lives brought into question, and laws are put into place to prevent their births from happening ever again.
Xandri Corelel is one of these Pandoras, a young autistic woman scorned by her family and fighting to eke out a living on the streets of Wraith. Then she meets Chui Shan Fung, captain of the first contact and refugee ship Carpathia. Captain Chui has been watching her, and knows about the talent for understanding alien species that Xandri has cultivated. She wants Xandri as part of her crew–but first, Xandri must pass a test to see if she’ll even fit in.
Wary but hopeful, Xandri joins the Carpathia at Psittaca, a newly-discovered planet peopled by parrot-like sapients. Learning to understand this new species is the easy part compared to trusting her new crew mates. As Xandri continues her diplomatic efforts with the Psittacans, it becomes apparent that the Carpathia’s crew aren’t the only ones to have discovered the planet, but these other visitors don’t have good intentions. In order to protect this beautiful new world, Xandri must find it in herself to overcome years of abuse and neglect, and trust in her new crew.
Chapter one and chapter two are already available, and further chapters will be posted the following Tuesday. (Wattpad does ask you to sign up to read, but it’s free to do so. I will take other sites under consideration if anyone has any suggestions, but I can’t promise I’ll post it there too. It will be available for free on Smashwords upon completion, however.)
I try to write my science fiction to be as accessible as possible, so even if you find science fiction off-putting, you might find it worthwhile to give Pandora a try.
As promised, here’s today’s update: Chapter three and chapter four. Tune in again next Tuesday for more.
P.S. Votes and/or feedback are always welcome!
Unfortunately, as I am sick, there will be no updates today. Depending on how I feel, updates will come either later in the week, or next Tuesday. I apologize, but I’m in no shape to focus today.
I’m still sick, but have a clear enough head to manage to tidy up a bit more Pandora for those who are waiting. You can now check out the first interlude and chapter five.
Now here’s hoping that when it comes time for the next update, I won’t be hacking my lungs out.
A little later in the day than usual, but here is chapter six and chapter seven.
I am finally mostly not sick anymore, at least, in terms of the cold. Next week there will hopefully be another two parts up, and then after that it’s likely to go down to one, as I’m through most of what was already written when I began serializing it. Normally I’d probably still have two parts a week, but I’ve got another WIP to juggle at the moment. But there absolutely will be at least one chapter of Pandora a week even once I’m past the pre-written stuff.
Sorry it’s late this week, but with having to put Atla to sleep yesterday, I was just in no shape to get this done.
So here, a day like, is chapter eight and the second interlude.
As always, comments, votes, feedback of all kinds are always welcome, and next week I should be updating on Tuesday as usual.
Apologies again for the missed week. I was still having a hard time with my grief. But chapter nine is now up.
If things go really well, I may post a second chapter this week. If not, look for it next week.
Here is chapter ten!
From now on my updating schedule will be looser, instead of being every Tuesday. I will, however, continue to try to update at least once a week. Some things are a bit stressful right now, so I don’t want to make too many promises.
This week’s update, chapter eleven, is now live.
Chapter twelve is now up. Hopefully at some point I’ll be able to manage more than one chapter a week, but I hope for now you’ll all bear with me. :)
Here is the third interlude. I know it’s not very much, and that it’s been a while, for which I apologize. The combination of stress and fibromyalgia is causing massive tension knots in my neck and shoulders, and a lot of pain. Because of that, I haven’t been sleeping well, and getting work done has been difficult.
I am slowly recovering, but it’s a few steps forward, at least one back, at this point. However, I will strive to get back to once a week updates. Thank you for your patience.
I’m very pleased to announce that I’m feeling a lot better this week, and as such, both chapter thirteen and fourteen.
I really, really appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding. I know I’ve been a bit quiet and uncommunicative lately, but I truly am doing better. Hopefully now that my husband has a job again, it’ll stay that way.
Finally, chapter fifteen is here!
I really am sorry about the delays. My evaluations have me very stressed, which is disrupting my sleep and my ability to work. But I’m not giving up, so even if it takes me a while, you will get the next chapter.