’Protector: a person in charge of the kingdom during the sovereign’s minority, incapacity, or absence.’ - English history.

FROM THE BLOG DIARY OF EMILY HUNTER
Entry #5: July 30, 2013
Not sure what to say. Not really feeling it. It’s been a rough week. Work sucks. These meds make me feel like shit. I don’t have anyone. Fucking bored. My mom is once again all over my case. Fucking done. There’s your entry.
E
Entry #6: August 4, 2013
Alone.
Alone.
Alone.
No one gets me.
No one wants to.
No one should.
Alone.
This mind in my skull hates me.
Poisoned.
My own worst enemy.
My own best friend.
All alone.
Leave me alone.
Entry #7: August 5, 2013
Fuck this.
I am so fucked up. So stupid.
Why a I even writing this? WHo fucking cares?
I’m so numb to it all now. Its all the same, over and ovr. I should just jump in front of a bus. Maybe it will work this time.
Ok, I’m not going to kill myself. Don’t read that Dr. Harper. I would have delettd it if you’d fucking let me.
But seriouly what’s the point? Do you want me to write his just so you can write a paper on it or some shit? This isn’t helping. I can fel it coming again. I know how this works. They’re telling me something. You won’t listen. You never listen. They want to tell me soemtihng. It sounds like theyre screamiung. Now. They’re screamimg. ITs too loud. I hate this i hat.
its all wroing. its on the tup of my tonge and i cant hear it. these meds are Stopping me teyre killing em . you aren;t helping. you never help./ ARE OYU LISTENING NOW? I TELL YOU THIS EERYTIME AND THEY WONTS TOP. THEY WONT STOP THEY WONT STOP THEY WONT STOP. SHE NEEDS TO SHOW ME sOMETHNG
is ee her now..
Hello drag enthusiasts
It is Friday and time to announce a new queen joining the cast of Bad Medicine: Slay it Queen!
But first! I want to share with you my interview with WNPR. I was featured as part of a new series of immigrant stories, where I talked about coming to the U.S. my struggles as an immigrant and the story behind my first novel The Catcher’s Trap. If you want to learn more about yours truly, click the link below.
And now what you’ve been waiting for, the winner of this week is… Ivy Drip (aka Miss Julie Freddino).
Ivy Drip is a queen with a mysterious past who is trying to re-invent herself as a Bette Midler impersonator. Miss Drip will bring lots of fun and shady business to this story.
That is it for this week. If you have not ordered yet, please consider supporting this crazy and fabulous idea. I can assure you that Bad Medicine will be a fun and terrifying ride; you won’t regret supporting it.
If you already pre-ordered your copy, thank you very much and please feel free to spread the word.
The world of horror needs more glitter and needs more high heels
Have a fierce weekend!
Hail Bards, Ovydds, and Druids!
I am checking in to inform you of some changes to the page!
First of all, given a considerable amount of feedback, I have chosen to modify the title of the book. I have stripped the Man’s Damnation clause and left the Series name as the title for the first book. I think it flows just fine.
Secondly, I have updated the Book Cover design, obvious, isn’t it? New name, need a new cover. Tell me what you think!
Next order of business, given the poor reception of the last introduction video that I produced, I went back to the drawing board and came up with a new concept for the video. I have placed in on the Pre-Order Page and I will link it here.
NEW TRAILER FOR THE LORE OF THE AOS SÍ
Lastly, I want to reach out to all of you following. All 137 of you! You are following this project for a reason, either because I harassed you enough, or you find it intriguing. I know there are a lot of projects here on Inkshares, many of which are yours. I need your help!
1. Talk to me! Your feedback is INVALUABLE. I am writing this thing for many reasons, but the primary reason is because people have expressed interest. I need to know what you like, and what you don’t like if I am going to succeed.
2. Some of you have clicked that magical little button called Pre-Order. In fact 42 of 137. Not too bad really, in fact its AWESOME. Tell me what is holding the additional 95 back? Do I need to do something incredibly drastic? I’ll make a video of me singing the backstreet boys if it’ll sell copies! (Seriously, you have no idea the measures to which I will go. Dignity left me a long, long time ago)
Well? What do I have to do to get you to click Pre-Order this weekend? Tell me, and I swear to you I will do it....
Oh no...what have I done....
Cheers!
Christopher Lee
Hello, fine readers and followers. How are all of you on this dreary, gray, New York day? I hope you’re somewhere sunnier than I.

Hello Knightmares!
My campaign ends in 24 hours! If you still want to grab a book before all the perks end, do so today! They’ll be gone tomorrow!
Updates to come as I enter into the next phase of publishing The Knightmares.
In the meantime, check out my other project, VEXED!
Thanks again to everyone who helped me reach my goal. I can’t thank you enough!

Okay, ladies and gentle men, time for an update on all things Ghost-y.
You may have noticed last time I said a thing about having the book done and submitted by the end of July. Well, that didn’t happen, but there are reasons, some good, some less so. Let’s begin.
I was talking to Inkshares around the time of the last update and mentioned my intention to submit at the end of July. Inkshares have a lot on their plate at the moment with a bunch of books in production and some behind the scenes changes, and they felt it would be in the best interests for my book if I took a bit more time to work on things, and not rush it so that when it came time to submit they could give it the appropriate attention.
So what this essentially means is the book is about 95% certain to not be coming out in 2016 which, while disappointing, is best for the books future. Rest assured though, it will be coming as soon as humanly possible in 2017.
One side effect of this "take your time" directive was that my brain went into "oh you can put this off for a while" mode (among many other unhelpful modes)...and here we are: three months later and no finished draft.
This is a problem. For me. For you. For Inkshares.
It is not, however, a problem without a solution and that solutions name is accountability. It’s all well and good to give myself deadlines, but if I’m the only one I’m beholden to, then I tend to fall between the cracks. So I figure having near on 400 people on my case should be a good motivator.
So, starting next Friday I’ll be sending out weekly updates that will include the daily word totals for the previous week. They’ll continue until the first draft is done (which is close mind you) and then I’ll reassess the schedule as things head into beta reading and revisions and such.
Current Stats
Word Count: 94,203
Chapters Finished: 27 of 32
What’s Left: 23, 26 & 30 need to be finished and I have yet to start on 31 & 32 (though they are fully outlined)
Estimated Final Word Count: somewhere around 110,000
I’ll see you all next week.
Hello readers,
So...sorry for accidentally maintaining a radio silence for three months. I had meant to post an update on how the Remains is going and keep the good folks here up to date on these things. But I guess being bad at keeping up with self-made promises is one of the reasons I’m slightly overweight and are writing a novel instead being a blogger. Well...I’m not gonna make any promises here that I think I will accidentally break, so let’s move on.
The Remains is chugging along at a steady pace...and I shall now unveil The Remains of Civilization V2.0!
Here’s a slightly more typo-free, 200% more humorous, and punchier chapters of the book! I promise this time the revision I made to the chapter will make rereading them be like adding sprinkles on a vanilla-flavored ice-cream on a hot, sunny day instead of a reptitive task. I would be interested in hearing your feedback on the story so far and your opinions on it. The reader’s voice is essentially the lifeblood of writers, we REALLY can’t live without ’em.
Other than that, I can now also officially announce that I will finish this draft before or during NaNoWriMo and also had finished planning and writing down the ending for the story. Funny how the ending was almost completely different from how I had finished the first draft, but that was never meant to be the real ending anyway, the ending to the first draft served as a placeholder for when I thought of a better ending and a reminder that if you don’t plan...eh things can really become a mess really quickly. At the end, the current draft is more a rewrite than an edit, really.
Well, that’s unfortunately all. I’ll probably post another update next month. Until then.
-Yicheng Liu