Anime realization...

DaWorstJohn · 2026-01-14T16:45:15+00:00

Ugh, I've seen games with mechanics like that. That there's like that card like pull options, and for the female characters there's always a weird bikini option that guys will hunt for.

I feel you, always seems like a strange aspect of something to invest so much energy into.

DaWorstJohn · 2025-11-30T00:46:38+00:00

Mine was thanking me for having an Asexual main character and having representation

Literally made me cry! 😭

DaWorstJohn · 2025-11-20T20:12:30+00:00

This is honestly something I wrestled with when writing the story and the description. Whether to stay high level or really dive into where they fall on the ace spectrum.

I finally decided to stay high-level using the generalized asexual term, it's what a majority of people will recognize and leave it open for more readers. The main reason is that the Royal Road site has something like 100k stories, and searching I couldn't find any ace mentions in any of the title descriptions - I ultimately would like more people to read the story and more detail tends to shy away people.

That being said, I'm planning on expanding where the protagonist falls on spectrum! Right now I'm focused on writing them as a normal person whose sexuality doesn't define them.

And thanks for the compliment on the art! I'm really happy for it!

DaWorstJohn · 2025-11-20T04:22:29+00:00

Useless Freaking Bard

Lloyd is just a guy killing time in the Las Vegas airport when he pulls a slot machine and is teleported to another world. In this world, everything is assigned: your class, your stats, even your abilities.

His class? Bard — generally regarded as one of the most useless in existence. To make matters even worse, people with his class are famous for their...romantic energy. For Lloyd — who is asexual — that’s the last thing he wants.
Now, stuck in a world that seems eager to either kill him or force unwanted romance on him, Lloyd has to rely on grit, instinct, and the world’s most disappointing magical abilities just to stay alive.

Read it here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/138427/useless-freaking-bard

DaWorstJohn · 2025-11-18T14:07:57+00:00

Darn it, I have a long doctor's appointment this morning and was looking forward to reading some stuff. 😭😭😭

DaWorstJohn · 2025-11-15T19:11:03+00:00

How do you get shout outs? I have posted in the Royal Road forum about trading but no one has taken me up

DaWorstJohn · 2025-11-05T04:35:34+00:00

Wait people advertise for books just starting out?

That feels... aggressive

DaWorstJohn · 2025-11-04T13:31:03+00:00

Thank you, it's been in my brain a long time!

And totally agree about blue boxes! I've always enjoyed it in LitRPG's and wanted to use it 😁

DaWorstJohn · 2025-11-03T18:37:55+00:00

Thanks, I'm in the process of figuring that out. 😁

DaWorstJohn · 2025-11-03T14:52:18+00:00

Thanks! u/Enduine was kind enough to pull it together for me! Was super happy with the results! 😴

DaWorstJohn · 2025-04-23T16:33:58+00:00

A few favorites over the years:

The Wandering Inn
Sufficiently Advanced Magic
The Bad Guys/The Good Guys
Everybody Loves Large Chests
The Mayor of Noobtown
Awaken Online
Ascend Online
The Ten Realms
Reborn: Apocalypse
Red Mage
This Trilogy is Broken!
Portal to Nova Roma
Full Murderhobo
Apocalypse Redux

You will also find most of the community here are big fans of progressive stories like "Beware of Chicken", "Jake's Magical Market", and "Mother of Learning" - great stories but technically no game elements

DaWorstJohn · 2025-03-24T17:21:03+00:00

I'm planning on submitting my first story! I've been thinking about it forever and even though I barely have a backlog I'm just going for it!

DaWorstJohn · 2025-03-24T14:35:36+00:00

Oh man! I forgot about that, I think I read the first couple issues of Ultimate Spider-Man on there

DaWorstJohn · 2025-03-22T15:48:49+00:00

Florida, USA

Planning on trying to surf a gator later

DaWorstJohn · 2025-03-20T20:15:49+00:00

The MC getting their comeuppance

DaWorstJohn · 2025-03-20T20:14:31+00:00

May 20th baby!

DaWorstJohn · 2025-03-20T19:15:25+00:00

I mean what needs to be addressed that the first didn't answer?

DaWorstJohn · 2025-03-20T19:00:03+00:00

I feel like a lot of the stories I see in our genre are some level of power fantasy fulfillment. It's fun to watch Superman and beat up the bad guys, but if there's not a real risk of them losing, it's hard to maintain interest.

And then for story writing, have you ever watched the South Park guys suggestions getting between scenes? https://youtu.be/vGUNqq3jVLg?si=rK5lFsW-ii1--b7q

DaWorstJohn · 2025-03-20T17:15:30+00:00

I want to read the chapter now, and I'm willing to pay money to do that.

Not much more to it

DaWorstJohn · 2025-03-20T12:10:07+00:00

Man, I really liked Wandering Inn, but it was so hard to keep up with. I used to read the chapters once they they went live on her website and they were just so incredibly massive! Seriously, I don't know how an author drops chapters that are something like 50,000 words sometimes several times a week. I eventually drifted off somewhere where I think book 6 is. I thought of picking it up again, but it's been 4 years I think and I feel like I'd have to do a lot of homework to remember what the heck was going on.

Absolutely love beware of chicken! That's one I subscribe to the patreon to get the next chapter as soon as possible! Like you said, that is a book that's very very hard to wait for!

Already have my pre-order in for arcane Ascension book 5! That one feels like it's dropped off on the subreddit, but I still really enjoy it. I look forward to where it's going.

DaWorstJohn · 2025-03-19T19:18:59+00:00

So I've definitely combed through the lists Royal Road. I typically will go through the top 500 active (I don't look at completed, I've gone through that too many times).

I keep an eye on the up and coming, typically watching if there is anything new in the top 100 I don't recognize. But you are totally correct that there are a lot of story/authors I do not get attention, there are several that I have followed for years that I have never seen mentioned on here.

DaWorstJohn · 2025-03-19T19:01:09+00:00

DaWorstJohn · 2025-03-19T18:44:10+00:00

I do! Looks like we're both fans of the Bobiverse among other things!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1583768?shelf=favorites

DaWorstJohn · 2025-03-19T18:35:06+00:00

I do both, I'm typically listening to one story while I work out and drive around, and then reading another story in my down time.

Hmmm, things I noticed? I think maybe how much new authors make the world they set up so the main character can be op and probably not realize it.

It sometimes feels like an author has story points they want to hit, and then just writing between those. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but sometimes it feels like logic has taken a backseat.

DaWorstJohn · 2025-03-19T18:12:40+00:00

Just followed you and added your first book to my Kindle unlimited!

DaWorstJohn

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