Everyone, it is with great pleasure and pride that I announce that the draft for House Brandwyck book 2: Crow of the Ardent Dawn is now complete.

This massive undertaking has taken me almost three years on just the draft, never mind all the time I spent outlining before that. I did take almost an entire year off in '24, which has delayed the production of the book, but I am happy to say that the draft is now complete from beginning to end.

The current word count is 199,165 words of main chapter content and 3599 words of Appendix and back matter content.

This number will of course change slightly as I move into the editing and revision stage of the project. This will take some time, as this is a large book. However, this means that the next major announcement will be about the book's release.

I want to extend a hearty thanks to everyone who has read the first book, Owl of the Pale Moon. It's hard enough to write a book, but promoting it and getting people to actually read the damn thing is another challenge entirely. To everyone who has recommended the book by word of mouth, I am more grateful to you than I can describe. It's really the only way that independent authors like myself can gain traction shy of selling my soul and shilling the book along to TikTok dances, or whatever it is young people do these days.

If you haven't read the first book, there's no better time to start than now! The ebook is free, or you can pick up a gorgeous trade-sized paperback copy from me or wherever fine books are sold online.

I will also be needing beta readers! If you want to help me out and get a free paperback copy of the book for your effort, please let me know on discord, by email, or however else you normally get in contact with me.

That's all for now, everyone. I hope you're looking forward to more fantastical adventures of Cassie, Gwynne, and friends in Crow of the Ardent Dawn

In the conclusion of Season 1, our heroes come face-to-face with K'zaard the Drover, the merciless leader of the Cleft Head Hold and bite off a bit more than they can chew.

In Part 1 of the finale of Season 1, M'akiwa signs a deal with the devil, Sayuri has a close encounter of the mold kind, Trizhalyn thinks with portals, and Durak receives a circumcision bonus.

Got inspired today and whipped up a trailer for our Blood & Shadows show. Hope you enjoy!

Check out Episode 1 here.

Hello everyone! As 2025 is drawing to a close, today even, I want to take a moment to focus on what I've been able to accomplish this year (and not so much about what I've not accomplished). This has been a crazy year for the world in general, but I'm really happy with what I've been able to achieve. Here are some of the highlights.

• I bought a house!
• I created a brand new website from scratch! (You're looking at it now!)
• We wrapped up production on Season 1 of Spirits of Lightning, as well as launching two new shows, Path of Legends and Blood & Shadows! Blood & Shadows will continue recording into the new year, and I hope to finish editing recorded episodes of these shows soon! By the way, I'm looking for some help with video editing, so if you'd like to help out, let me know!
• A bunch of art pieces! I finally got around to drawing some OCs of mine that I've had for years, and I'm really happy about that. I'm pleased with how they turned out, and I hope to do some more art next year!
• Progress on Crow of the Ardent Dawn. I didn't quite finish my draft of it this year like I had hoped, but it's coming along slowly but surely. I'm nearly in the home stretch. I promise I will keep everyone updated as soon as I can.
• We adopted a kitten!
• And most importantly: We survived the year.

It may not seem like much when listed out like this, but I'm really happy with everything I've accomplished this year. As always, if you want the choicest cuts of all the goodies, you can check out the Patreon or if you wanna chat with me and the community, visit the Discord. Here's to a better 2026, everyone!

"A demon and a tsuchinoko walk into an arcade..."

My sona on an arcade date with Arida the Tsuchinoko. Taking a few liberties with scale here (Arida is canonically 8ft tall), but wanted to try out this idea (:

Arida belongs to Naycelium.

Introducing the fourth and final (for now) member of the UCF polycule: Zhou Lei the snow leopard. Lei is a math major and spends most of her time studying and reading. She and Haru met during a computer science class at community college in Omaha and ended up transferring to UCF together. While she is normally a very serious and literal person, she has a dorky sense of humor once you really get to know her and legitimately thinks math jokes are really really funny. Though her sexuality is undecided (to her, not to me!), she is learning to break out of her shell and experiment a bit. Her partners are Haru and Tansy.

High-res & text-free on Patreon!

Finally got around to doing art of Tansy! She's Haru's girlfriend and is always full of energy. Hard to believe I designed these characters years ago and am only just now getting around to drawing them. 😬

Hoping to do some more with her soon! Let me know what y'all think! (:

High-res and text-free alts on Patreon!