Midivar Mailing

All through September. This month’s Patreon mailing is an Open Offer, which means that it’s available to all my patrons, no matter their tier. If you join at the Glimmer or Twinkle level, be sure to request yours! (All tiers above that get automatic inclusion in mailings like this.)

Midivar | art by Ren

Postcard: glossy, 4″x6″
Last Day to Request: September 30, 2022

Amaranthine and More. I’ve been gradually migrating toward story-related mailings for my patrons, and I’ve made the commitment for 2023 to print cards that tie in with my books EVERY MONTH. That means cover art, character art, book excerpts, and original outtakes & snippets related to the Saga & Songs, Bard & Barbarian, and 4thy’s new trilogy, which will see its first book release in 2023. If you like mail & you want to collect story extras, consider joining! forthright on Patreon >>

Thank you for supporting my stories, wherever they’re found.

LMM 486: Extracurricular

Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially the one who’s lost track of the lesson plan.

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Extracurricular

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Bard & Barbarian

Narrated Edition. Bard and Barbarian has been posting slow and steady over on my Patreon account. Reading along is great, but supporters on some tiers can now listen along. The story is being narrated by Travis Baldree. Ch38, “Trellis” just went live for those in qualifying tiers. AND Ch34, “Earning Epithets” has unlocked for the Twinkle and Sparkle tiers.

New narrated chapters will arrive every other Wednesday, which means … there’s always something more to look forward to! Learn more about my Patreon here >>

Lord Mettlebright’s Man

#Inktober2022. If you’re the sort of reader to pay attention to author notes, then you may have already realized that Inktober is kind of a big deal for Jacques. Back in 2018, when I saw the prompt list, I thought to myself, “what a good excuse to start a story!” So I concocted LMM, bringing to the fore one of the lesser-known and little-liked characters from Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox. Not because I had any great fondness (or plans) for Jacques (then), but because he was an outsider to all things Amaranthine. I thought it would be enlightening to get a human (non-reaver) perspective on all the goings-on at Stately House.

Next month will be our fifth go-around with the Inktober prompts. That means daily updates for LMM.

LMM 481: Sifting and Shifting

Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially the one with a case of the fidgets.

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Sifting and Shifting

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Galleries of Stone

News Flash! Because of a last-minute shuffle in his schedule, Travis Baldree’s narration of the third book in the Galleries of Stone trilogy by C.J. Milbrandt has been pulled to … TOMORROW! I’m always recommending this cozy fantasy series (it’s even linked on this blog’s sticky post: Want MOAR? Try this highly recommended series >>), in part because (dun, dun, dunnnn) I wrote it. (CJ is one of my other pen names.) Naturally, I always recommend starting a trilogy at the beginning, but if you want a free sample & to meet Tupper, Freydolf, and the rest … drop by in the morning for LIVE narration! ::twinkle::

How do you listen? You’ll need to join Travis’s Discord server, Cryptid Audio: https://discord.gg/duzCS2D Most days, he starts his sessions between 8am-9am. I’ll be there early. Hope you can drop in, too!