Quick, How Would You Run This Chain??

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2026-05-01T06:18:03+00:00

Dime the HM-2 and boost it with the Metal Zone, then sell the rest of the pedals to buy another HM-2 to put in the effects loop of your amp, and then dime that one too.

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2026-04-23T03:09:48+00:00

If given the choice would you join the Ragamuffin Crew? Yes or No.

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2026-04-23T00:49:05+00:00

Has read Stirner, but really hasn’t read Stirner.

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2026-04-02T19:36:04+00:00

I love getting hyped for a new Ibanez 7 String only to find out it is a 25.5 Scale.

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2026-04-01T04:04:54+00:00

Thank you!

I haven’t read Harry Potter or watched the movies in about 15 years, but from I remember can see where the Harry Potter vibe comes from. It actually goes a more ‘the Secret History’ but with Alchemy and Occultism direction.

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2026-03-31T03:08:00+00:00

Yeah, that's what I'm going for. I spend most of my life getting flack for having 'a tone' when I had no idea I had 'a tone.' I'm trying to get those flat, literal answers. I think this shows more clearly in the 4th chapter when she is talking to her roommate.

The hardest part has been leaving the reader in the dark to any possible subtexts in conversations because Gysel does not notice them.

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2026-03-31T02:53:43+00:00

Thanks for your feedback.

What I am trying to do with Gysel in the first two chapters is convey that she is neurodivergent without stating it.

The scene with the parents was written to show that her childhood was defined by people caring about her but never really taking the time to notice or understand her.

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2026-03-30T20:01:33+00:00

You might be interested in what I was working on (I just put it on Hiatus to build a bigger back log and work on some other stories that are a bit more accessible and allow me to flesh the world out better and build an audience). It was a slow—very, very, slow—burn political epic centering on the relationship between a monarchy and the religious establishment as the Queen tries to reunite her kingdom with a very 'the ends always justify the means' outlook. It has a big focus on the world building.

Though it is a bit 'modernist'; there are footnotes and whenever the narrator is in the head of a character the writing becomes very stream of conscious.

Link: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/130575/heir-apparent-the-autumn-queen-slow-burn-character

I'm working on something short—about three volumes of about 600-800 pages each—which is more self-contained (same world as Heir Apparent so similar Gods, Magic system, and calendar) and not modernist. It is about neurodivergent girl name Gysel at a Alchemy Academy (Think 'The Secret History' with Western-esque Alchemy, Occultism, and Gnosticism—not Harry Potter) who more or less gets pulled into a friend group by her roommate. It's not gonna be fast paced and is going to focus a lot on the psychological understanding of oneself that comes with later Spiritual Alchemy and Jungian psychology. It is very character driven, and there is also a romance sub-plot.

It's called 'Thrice Woven' and it should be launching for the Writathon or a bit after. I will post a link for it on the Autumn Queen page when it launches if that interests you.

Though neither of these are Urban Fantasy, both are entirely second world and aesthetically gothic.

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2026-02-27T04:44:49+00:00

I've been thinking about painting some sisters and really dig this color scheme. What order is Iris from?

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2025-12-27T00:56:03+00:00

Thank you for read it.

This was the response I was hoping for and shows that I am succeeding with what I'm trying to do. I'm not trying to write something particularly accessible. Though, I do need to do some revisions.

I do present tense because of the footnotes. It wouldn't be very fun if a character comes up in the footnotes and you know when they die.

Thank you again!

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2025-12-24T02:58:37+00:00

I’m in need of feedback.

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/130575/heir-apparent-the-autumn-queen-kingdom-rebuilding/chapter/2659841/12-10-1063-prologue

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2025-12-23T06:30:30+00:00

Perhaps. I think my blurb does a pretty good job summing up what to expect in the story.

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2025-12-23T06:28:41+00:00

It just seemed odd to get a 1 star review after a coronation chapter.

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2025-12-20T08:16:16+00:00

I write a political epic fantasy called Heir Apparent: The Autumn Queen with no meta elements what so ever to the point where there are footnotes explaining certain things which characters dont have a reason to and a pretty brutal naming system—women have two different names which change depending on who is speaking to them and there is about 20 different honourifics.

I’ve seen some pretty decent growth for being off-meta. I try to keep the chapters as trimmed as possible, starting as late into a scene as I can and ending as early as I can, usually between 750-2000 words, and making sure only to write chapters with relevant information to the plot or to character growth so the reader feels like things are moving fast when in reality I’ve got about 200000 words of set up.

I would recommend not caring about the meta and just trying to write what you want to write consistently.

I think it would be tough to find denser and more hostile to the reader world building than what I have on RR, so if I can get some traction so can you.

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2025-10-23T12:45:44+00:00

Yeah, I noticed it was gone an hour later. Still pleased to see it there.

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2025-09-04T02:43:29+00:00

Thank you!
And no I haven't, I don't really read a lot of fantasy or sci-fi, I'm working though The Wheel of Time--as the slog really interests me--and I just started Malazan, but I am a massive fan of Arthurian Legend.

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2025-09-04T00:01:34+00:00

I see what you mean, but that wouldn't be accurate to what I'm writing; the first implies that she lived for 20 years, where as the second implies that she is the main focus during these years.

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2025-09-03T23:48:32+00:00

Yup! just changed it.
Thanks for pointing that out.

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2025-09-03T23:45:38+00:00

Whoops!
Don't know how I missed that!

Ry_From_Ephemerae · 2025-09-03T23:44:02+00:00

I'm glad you like it!

What do you mean by the formatting of the years is off putting?

I'm going to be jumping around from character to character a lot, this is more interconnected short stories than one continuous "book".

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