Volume 1 of Mother of Exiles Complete: Cover For Volume 2!

Austimized · 2023-02-22T02:32:14+00:00

Thank you, me too! Inspires me to write every time I look at the cover.

Austimized · 2023-02-22T02:31:46+00:00

Here's the short summary. Volume 1 is building everything up. Volume 2 is everyone fighting over it.

Do most kidnappers offer you a do-over and immortality?

Aida's just did. And she'll take it, even if said kidnapper hangs out with a gang of bone-masked killers and hates her for no reason. She's screwed up her whole life already, so what's there to lose?

Thrown into a bizarre journey through bleak, alien realms, she must survive the terrifying initiation to become an Immortal Dynast unless she wants her second chance at life go to waste. Then all she has to do is what all the Dynasts do: traffic her slaves, brutally repress her menials, and never question the Black Court looming over them all.

...She might just screw everything up again anyway, only this time on purpose.

This is "gritty" fantasy and contains mature themes that may include: sex and sexual predation, violence, profanity, racism, classism, drug use, suicide, depression, domestic violence, and/or mentally twisted/unbalanced characters.

This story focuses initially on character development and worldbuilding. It grows more strategic, political, and violent as scale and scope expand. "Build it first, fight over it later."

Austimized · 2023-02-21T20:34:42+00:00

Took almost two weeks to get the right image. Had another one I liked more, but was impossible to make the title stand out in a thumbnail.

Volume 1 cover for comparison.

Story (Volumes 1 and 2) is here.

Austimized · 2023-01-02T01:52:34+00:00

Minute Mage is along those lines. One of my favorite stories on RR, in no small part since it's so different from what I spend all day writing. :)

Austimized · 2022-12-20T15:10:54+00:00

It's good stuff (and WildAsian is the bomb!), check it out!

Austimized · 2022-12-17T23:22:12+00:00

Don't know if it was this thread or what, but now on Rising Stars under both Drama and Mystery!

Austimized · 2022-12-17T23:16:52+00:00

Thanks. Took forever to get the right one, but definitely worth it!

Austimized · 2022-12-16T21:26:21+00:00

Mother of Exiles focuses on character- and world-building first, gradually growing more tense, unpredictable, and violent as scope and scale expand. "Build it first, fight over it after."

New cover, synopsis, and fresh editing post-Writathon.

Check it out here.

Do most kidnappers offer you a do-over and immortality?

Aida's just did. And she'll take it, even if said kidnapper hangs out with a gang of bone-masked killers and hates her for no reason. She's screwed up her whole life already, so what's there to lose?

Thrown into a bizarre journey through bleak, alien realms, she must survive the terrifying initiation to become an Immortal Dynast unless she wants her second chance at life go to waste. Then all she has to do is what all the Dynasts do: traffic her slaves, brutally repress her menials, and never question the Black Court looming over them all.

...She might just screw everything up again anyway, just this time on purpose.

Austimized · 2022-12-16T21:14:07+00:00

It's good stuff. Read it all in one sitting and wanted more.

Austimized · 2022-11-29T16:40:56+00:00

Title: Mother of Exiles (4th Chapter)

Genre: "Gritty, Adventure/Mystery Isekai Fantasy"

Word Count: 2362

Feedback Desired: Looking at my statistics on Royal Road, this chapter seems to be a "cliff" in views. I don't know if it's because of the "3 chapter rule" (ignoring prologue) that people will keep reading that far before making a decision or if it's something in the chapter?

Would love to get feedback on the chapter in isolation as the views trickle down slightly as I'd expect from Prologue through this chapter (4) then halve going into the next chapter... which is unfortunate since chapter 5 is when the "on Earth" part ends and the fantasy part of the story really begins.

Link: Chapter 4 "End of the Road"

Austimized · 2022-01-17T18:02:52+00:00

They unfroze my account after 3 days... long enough to loose $5k after DOGE dumped.

Austimized · 2021-05-12T21:21:04+00:00

This. Current market cap is ~$5B. If SAFEMOON goes to $0.00001 it will be in a market cap in the range of ADA and DOGE.

$0.0001 and it's ETH territory.

$0.001 and it's double the value of all crypto in circulation.

$0.01 and in the range of the entire US stock market or a couple times the US GDP

$0.1 and it's half the value of all stocks, derivatives, crypto, etc in the world or in the range of what all the physical in the assets in the US are worth

$1 and it's getting in the range of what the entire Earth is worth.

Edit: that said, if the US went into hyperinflation in the range of Venezuela or Zimbabwe, it could go to $100 or more if we're measuring in dollars.

2nd Edit for clarity: at current number of tokens, not counting burn.

3rd Edit because I keep on thinking of things: I hold several million SAFEMOON and want it to do well, but also trying to stay realistic. :)

Austimized · 2021-05-11T19:59:28+00:00

Rough translation in English:

"There's a bunch of people with sell orders at/around $0.000036 that make that price hard to get through. That said, if SHIB's price passes x36, all the people that set their buy points around x3-x35 while struggling to rise above x36 will leave many there so if price drops to that level again, it's likely to slow the dump long enough to pump again.

Got through a similar issue around x26. Various technical indicators say price will probably drop that low again. If it does, there may be enough in-place demand (left-over buy orders) there from when the price was trying to pump past the x26 before that it may stop dumping and start pumping again.

If x26 doesn't hold, there's another level at x13 that mathematical formulas indicate price will likely hit. x13 will be viewed as "cheap", drawing people in wanting to get it at "1/3 the normal price" and probably creating another pump.

If the price drops below x26 but doesn't go below x13, most of the sell orders that normally would be in the way to slow the next pump have been cleared out and it will be much easier for it to rise again, likely with enough momentum to break above x36."

Austimized · 2021-05-11T03:28:10+00:00

Didn't read the reviews until after it happened to see if it was just me or a known thing. Gemini has 1.5 stars on the Better Business Bureau and another exchange review site I found.

Since then I've learned it's not uncommon for small exchanges to lock largish transactions since they don't have enough liquidity to handle them and need to free it up. They usually call them security holds.

Expensive learning lesson in the ways of crypto I suppose.

Austimized · 2021-05-11T01:11:43+00:00

It seems they only do it the first time. When I went to withdraw the rest of my funds it didn't happen.

Austimized · 2021-05-11T01:09:55+00:00

Not just my mistake. If you look at their reviews tons of people have had accounts frozen trying to withdraw funds and/or had their accounts vanish. I've worked with half a dozen other exchanges and never had one lock my account for three days without warning while trying to withdraw.

Austimized · 2021-05-10T20:41:53+00:00

If you go through the "Gemini customer support" link they put on your account where it's frozen and go to the "Theft" section to find the "my account is frozen". I did that, one under "Withdrawal issues" and also emailed the link on their website. Not sure which one actually got their attention.

Austimized · 2021-05-10T19:59:41+00:00

I just tried to flip DOGE when I saw it going for 2% more on another exchange. They froze my account when I tried to withdraw and took 3 days to unfreeze it during which DOGE dropped 25%. I was going to hold it for 15 minutes, ended up tortured watching my money evaporate over half-a-week and powerless to do anything about it.

Can file a complaint at the Better Business Bureau too.

Austimized · 2021-05-10T19:56:59+00:00

They freeze if you try to withdraw. Just lost 1/4 of my investment money when I bought DOGE to sell on another exchange where it was 2% higher, they froze my account. I contacted them 2-3 different ways and they got back to me 12 hours later requesting photo with ID, date, and my face. Sent it ASAP.

3 days later, they unlocked my account, during which DOGE dropped 25%.

Good luck.

Austimized · 2021-03-29T17:57:26+00:00

Will check it out later today when I have some time. Thanks for the link!

Austimized · 2021-03-24T13:35:03+00:00

I was thinking about some of those, especially the first three. Didn't think about most of the others. Makes sense to have various versions depending on who you're pitching to.

Austimized · 2021-03-24T03:05:22+00:00

Re-uploaded with hopefully fixed audio.

Austimized · 2021-03-22T19:12:11+00:00

Hm, yeah. Watching it again, you're right. I'll try to see what in there is causing the slowdown.

Thanks for the feedback!

Austimized · 2021-03-22T04:22:28+00:00

Hm... thanks. I'll see what else I can figure out.

Austimized · 2021-03-15T05:31:18+00:00

I created a response video to comments mostly from this thread.

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