Chapters 48 to 50 of The Changeling Game have been added to the archive, both to the Read Online section and to the eBook downloads. A few further continuity edits have been made to earlier chapters in the process, so this is a good time to replace your old Identity Theft eBook if you hadn’t already done so… and a good time to replace your replacement.

Meanwhile, all of the archive pages have been cleaned up of the mess that ACF created. I found a rather fun and tidy way to fix it. That said, the fix was complex enough, and requires enough knowledge of back-end programming, that I can no longer recommend ACF for anyone trying to build an archive without delving into how to write scripts in the process. That plugin is no longer a beginner-friendly option. Still, it means that once these muses stop running me ragged and give me time to work on the other sites’ relaunches, it’s still within the realm of the possible. I’d been afraid that it wouldn’t be, so whew.

Now that all of that crazy coding drama is behind me, I hope to get “caught up” on my writing. For a while, I was writing four chapters ahead of what was actually going up, and at the moment I’m down to only being two chapters ahead. Hopefully I can build up my front-log so that I can keep ticking away at two chapters a week. We’re coming up on the 20-year anniversary of when I posted chapter 1, after all (September 5) and I’m tempted to see if I can post the finale by then… if my muses cooperate and don’t stretch the tale out by too many more chapters, that is! Fingers crossed!

So the good news is I have new cover art, and a new name, for the story that has been practically writing itself for the last few months. What used to be a 16-chapter story that hadn’t been updated in years is now a 47-chapter (and growing!) opus that has seen its heroines explore some pretty crazy parts of my take on the Riddickverse. Check it out!

The not-so-good news is that, when I came back to the archive to run my latest update and add the new eBooks and revise everything, I discovered that Advanced Custom Fields had changed fundamental aspects of how its coding works, and had broken virtually every archive page in the process of doing so. I’m going to be cleaning their mess up for a few weeks, so pardon the dust around here. Everything’s good with The Changeling Game, though, so that’ll give you something to play with while I get everything else tidied back up. The really crappy part of that news is that the relaunch of AoVD relied on those custom fields even more than my site does, so until we figure a workaround, the relaunch of that site (which is already way behind schedule) is on indefinite hold. I used to sing ACF’s praises, but that recommendation is gone now. Their code is pure garbage and I will never use it, or anything else they make, again.

But look at the pretty cover I now have! Ignore the dust… I love this cover a ridiculous amount. ❤️

Heads-up, anyone who has previously downloaded Falling Angels from the archive: a new chapter has been added to the eBook! Chapter 6, “The Cipher’s Warning,” has been added to all eBook formats and the Read Online pages. Chapter 7, “Soul Survivors,” which is currently subject to further edits, is available to read in my Works In Progress section, as well. The addition of Chapter 6 also moves Falling Angels out of the Novelette category and into Novella territory! More will probably be forthcoming soon, because this muse has become quite talkative again.

Edit: Also, check out the new chapter art at the bottom of Chapter 1! More will probably follow!

Hi everybody! Today all of the eBooks in the archive got some small updates applied to them, so if you want to make sure you’re current, this is a good time to re-download the eBooks of your choice.

While the updates were fairly minor, you will probably notice at least one of them. Every cover got a little bit of a glow-up. Also, some subtle debugging occurred to keep up with the evolving HTML coding standards. While nothing massive happened, it was enough to justify an archive-wide push of new editions. If you look on the title page of your ebook, the newest versions say Rev. 2022.10.09, so if you have an older date there, you might want to download the new version of your book.

Also, a reminder: if you’re reading these books in your Amazon Kindle, you need to download the .mobi file, not the .epub file. Yes, Kindle can open .epub files, but it interacts badly with them and claims that bugs exist where none are actually present (and sometimes on lines of code that don’t actually exist). You’re better off just going with .mobi, which Kindle natively understands and doesn’t screw up. If you’re using Apple Books, however, you definitely want the .epub version

More soon, hopefully!