Category Archives: Darkniciad

New Series — The Arts Ardane

Ah well, one bomb trolls murdered all my scores.  Hope the troll sweep picks up mine and slaps them down at some point, otherwise, I’ll just have to try to attract attention to my stories with the new ones and bring them back up from the crapper.  It felt good to sit up there near the top for a while though.

Had a *major* flash of inspiration today.  I had a story just pop into my head and build while I was working, and I’m getting the outline together now.  So now I have three projects running simultaneously.

I have Cerebus, which is now likely to be titled Blackhawk Hall because of the broader range of characters and potential multi-part storyline, having just hit the first major plot point after introductions and character building.

I have the next part of Danica to edit, which I better jump on *tonight*.

Last, but not least, I have “Arts Ardane” now in the works.  This is a retro tale taking place even earlier than Thakkor and Blackhawk, focusing on Devan and Danica, the Ardane sisters.  Odds are, this will be a series of unconnected, self-contained stories focusing on the two sisters, but centered on Devan most likely.  For now, it’s simply one tale that I think is *really* going to go over well, and perfectly outlines a bit of important Devan history.

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Duke Cerebus Update

I’ll edit part seven tonight, so that it’s ready to go when six is approved in a couple of days.

Just added the beginning of a new map for the nation of Agreseus, where Danica is sent on a task in part six to the city of Gottside.

Had another surge of votes, and unfortunately that tenth 5 vote put Part 5 in troll territory.  A single 1 vote dropped it down completely off the radar, and a subsequent 5 has done little to recover it.  Such is the way of things when you’ve got people hanging around with nothing better to do than try and kill story ratings.  At least it made it’s “H”, and I suppose it genuinely could have been someone who just didn’t like the story, it just doesn’t seem all that likely under the circumstances =P  I’ve got two parts yet missing H’s, and they both have straight fives as well.  Odds are they’ll both end up in the same boat unless they pick up a four or something along the way.  Making the top 10 is a guranteed troll slap it seems.  I guess it is always possible a Lit Troll sweep could wipe out those 1’s and recover my real rating, so I guess I can hope for that.

Duke Cerebus is transforming even as I write it.  A character I slapped in there more or less for the sole purpose of introducing the main characters and the setting has jumped her reins and taken on a life of her own.  This is now starting to feel more like a small series than a short story.  I guess you’ll not only get introduced to Mindblind and Christi in this tale, but  get to know Arilee as well.  I’ll be learning about her at the same time you do, because frankly I think she’s writing this one at times.

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Danica 05 Coming Soon

Part five is available, and part six is submitted.  I’ve made a lot more effort to apply feedback from Lit in the editing of part six, and I hope those who are reading the story will notice the improvement as each part is released.

I’ve also made a few changes to the Danica Prelude on my short stories page, adding some more vivid descriptions of characters to help flesh them out.  I decided to also submit this one to Lit, and it should go live shortly after part six.

I’m pleased to see my ratings continue to rise, and hope to see those which are missing H’s acquire them soon.  I’m curious as to how high Thakkorias can rise in the rankings as well.  A couple more fives could put it near the top five of Sci-Fi/Fantasy and near the top ten overall.

I’ll probably be releasing a new map soon on the maps page, because part six of the story has a scene taking place in a new area which is not yet depicted in map form.

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Part 05 Coming

Part five should be coming up live on Lit any time now, and six will be submitted as soon as five is approved.  Thakkor has continued to rise and is now ranked #13 in Sci-Fi/Fantasy and #27 overall on Lit.  I started working on Duke Cerebus also.

To the troll who tried to zero rate Thakkorias and drive it down, sorry about your luck.  Looks like Lit’s troll sweep found you and eliminated your troll bomb vote, HA!

Edited a few pages to make them look better in higher resolution.  Some of them were *really* ugly in anything over 800×600.  Everything should at least be decent looking in most any resolution now.  Feel free to point out if there’s anything ugly in your resolution/browser.

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Thakkor Flying High

Wow.

I had no idea the effect Thakkor was going to have on my stories when I submitted it to Lit.  It was just a lark, feeling a little different one weekend and writing something outside the immediate story of Danica.

Wow.

Over the last few hours, I’ve watched King Thakkorias hit the “H” catagory, and climb rapidly.  The first time I looked, it was ranked 52.  Now, only a few hours later, I just hit 20.  Hitting the link again to reach the forum and get proper spelling for the names in the next paragraph, I just picked up another 5 vote in the last minute or so.

I’ve really got to thank Penelope Street and sensorotika for their feedback on Danica Pt. 01, because it’s their feedback more than anything else which resulted in changes to my writing in Thakkor.

Thakkor’s leap seems to be taking Danica with it for the ride.  My votes are increasing even on Part 01, which has jumped from low vote oblivion up into the point where it’s close to breaking the top 400.  It’s pulled Part 03 up to “H” and Part 02 is hovering near the border now as well, with 8 straight 5’s.

I’ve got another story idea with another character who actually makes a brief appearance in about Part 09 of Danica.  I think he’s really interesting and he happens to have a sexy wife who’s even naughtier than Alicia.  I’m probably going to write “Duke Cerebus” at some point, utilizing a few more things I’ve learned, and see where my old pal Mindblind might take me next.
Thanks to everyone who has voted for my stories, and big thanks to Laz and KewlBlueTiger for taking the time to comment with their vote.  I really appreciate it!

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