The Pale-One comes. A preview of artwork from The Children of the Forest - art booklet. 

Apologies for the lengthy period of silence. I’ve been quite busy with work, purchasing a new house, and quite a bit more. Work on the book continues at a healthy pace, with the end for revisions and edits nearing. I’ve gone ahead and posted updated samples of the first 7 chapters, so go take a look if it’s been some time - the updates have made quite a substantial difference in the overall quality of the novel. 

As I ease back into the social media spotlight, I’m hoping I’ll be able to post a bit more regularly, offering additional previews and what-not as everything falls into place for CotF. I also wanted to offer everyone my wish for a happy New Year, and my thanks for sticking with the project throughout this crazy year. ~

Hello there dear readers! 

First of all, Merry christmas! I know I haven’t updated in a while, but I’ve been spending my holiday break tweaking and adjusting the Remains and it probably wouldn’t be long before I post it on an online store for purchase. 

Of course, I’ve also finally decided on and written an ending that fits for the story. While I could spend the rest of this post talking about all the things I’ve written so far without actually talking about something meaningful like publication dates or goals that I’ve set, I decided to instead finally open up my computer and upload chapter 3 of the Remains because...why not?

CHAPTER 3

I hope you all have a wonderful Holiday!

-Yicheng Liu

Greetings hexers and machina pilots,

I just closed the book on the revision of my second draft of Deus Hex Machina. The feedback from the beta readers was positive, so I felt pretty confident in pushing forward with a general language pass on the draft.

In the end, I have about 73,000 words, which comes out to just under 300 pages spread over sixteen chapters. I am very happy with the end result of my personal edits, so no matter what results come of The List contest, I will be submitting my draft to Inkshares on the 31st (that if I can keep my overexcited self from just sending the thing over today) From then the book heads into a production process that takes anywhere from 12 to 18 months. 

Thank you for supporting this book for the year it took to fund and then write it. Hopefully next year I’ll be talking to you about a book that’s already published. Wouldn’t that be a great way to end 2017? 

One last request: For anyone interested in preordering DHM, there are 10 more days in The List contest, so now’s the perfect time. While you get a copy of the book, you also will help give it a chance to get a full publication contract, which means a spiffy pro cover, even more delicious edits to hone the story, and distribution onto bookstores nationwide. 

Have a great Tuesday friends and as always

May the code replicate eternal.