Tefler

Current Status Update (chapter 96)

Hey everyone!

Just to bring you up to speed on eBook 2:

I spent the first few days of December finishing off the second eBook, so the text for that is ready to go. It's nearly 50% bigger than eBook 1 and covers chapters 11-20. I fixed all the grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors, then rewrote some of the dialogue to make the characters sound more "like themselves". (Thanks very much t...

Patreon changing processing fees

Hey everyone,

It seems Patreon has decided to change the way it charges processing fees... (Starting from 18th December).

Currently, the way they do it is they charge 5% for their own fees, then the credit card companies charge processing fees that vary around 6.5%-9%. There's also a flat charge from paypal for transferring funds from Patreon to Paypal.  For simplicities sake, I just ...

Three Square Meals Ch 95 - complete!

*** FINAL version! (9th Dec) ***

Hi everyone,

Here it is, Chapter 95 hot off the keyboard!

I've done a first editing pass of part 1 and I'll go through the rest of the edits over the next couple of days. 

The next order of business is a final pass of Chapter 94, then I'll post that on literotica/storiesonline before they start rioting. :-)

I hope you enjoy the latest...

Current status update - (chapter 95)

Hey everyone!

I've handed over part 1 of chapter 95 to my editors and I've written about 3k of part 2 so far. All being well, I should be able to finish it by the evening of the 30th. 

I commissioned an artist to work on the eBook cover for the second book, so I'll finish off editing as soon as chapter 95 is complete. All being well, eBook2 should be available on amazon near the end o...

Maliri Rendezvous location - horizontal

The blue X shows where the Delta Aries system is located. The dashed X on the left is the original meeting point, but the Maliri fleet moved closer towards the Kirrix border to speed up the journey time for the Invictus travelling from the Trankaran Republic.

The best way to imagine it is to think of the Terran Federation as a US football, with a bit taken out of the side for the Ashanath Collec...

Maliri rendezvous location - vertical map

Hey everyone,

Just thought I'd mark on the map where the Delta Aries system is (the blue cross) and the proposed route of the Maliri fleet through Brimorian space to reach the Trankaran Republic.

Tefler

Three Square Meals Ch 94 - complete!

*** EDITED - 1st Dec (15:19). FINAL version! *** 

Hey everyone!

Here's chapter 94! Sorry for the delay, catching the flu wrecked my productivity.

I've edited part 1 and I'll go over part 2 in the next few days, then let you know when it's been fully edited. 

I hope you enjoy it! :-)

Tefler

Status Update (Chapter 94)

Hey guys,

It's been a slow week, as I've been recovering from a flu bug. I've handed over part 1 of chapter 94 to my editors and I'm making a start on part 2. 

I've spoken to a new artist about working on a picture of Alyssa in the Fool's Gold. What I think I might do is update eBook1 with that as the front cover, then switch the current cover to eBook2. The mix of girls and spaceship...

Guest Writer story

Hey everyone,

Sean Garrison contacted me about his own version of the story that he's been working on. Here's his summary of the rewrite:

Hello, TSM fans. I have been so inspired by Tefler's work, I've started writing a fanfiction of John and the girls. It differs from the original (genius) premise in two ways. 

1. John confronted his Guide before he met Alyssa, so he...

Three Square Meals Ch 93 - complete!

*** EDITED 13th Nov (13:04) - FINAL. ***

Hey everyone!

I've just finished chapter 93, so here it is fresh from the keyboard!

I've only edited the first half so far. I'll make a note here when I've gone through the second.

I hope you enjoy it!

Tefler

Status update (Chapter 93)

Hey everyone,

I've just handed over part 1 of Chapter 93 to my editors and I'll be getting stuck into part 2 over the next few days. I'm still aiming to release the finished chapter here for the 10th November, then I'll edit it over the next few days as usual. :-)

My editors have been doing a great job going through chapters 11-20 for the second eBook and I'm about half way through the edi...

Black Invictus vs a Drakkar Cruiser v2

Hey everyone,

I went through a bunch of iterations on the alien ship with the artist. This is the previous 'final' variant, but I wasn't happy with the purple ribbing.

Tefler

Black Invictus vs a Drakkar Cruiser

Hey everyone!

I've been working with the same artist as before (Hideyoshi) for the cover art on the third eBook. This scene is taken from Chapter 27. Their trusty assault cruiser has been upgraded to Invictium armour and Calara is shooting out the Drakkar's retro-thrusters with the topdeck Laser Cannons.

Tefler

Three Square Meals Ch 92 - Complete!

*** UPDATED - FINAL VERSION (1st Nov) ***

Hey everyone!

I finished chapter 92 last night, but wanted to proofread the last 5000 words and go through editor feedback on part 1 before I posted it.

The first half has been edited and I'll be going through the second half over the next few days.

I hope you enjoy it!

Tefler

Chapter 92 status

Hey everyone,

Just to keep you all in the loop, I thought I'd start a status post to let you know what I've been up to.

Chapter 91 is now finished. I've done all the edits, posted the completed version to Patreon and submitted it to literotica.

I've just finished editing chapters 11-20, which will be the contents of the second eBook. I have pretty much rewritten them all to "sound" l...

Second Invictus commission

Hey guys,

I'm thinking about getting the same artist to do a second picture of the Invictus, but this time when it had black armour. It's probably sensible to get him to work on all three pictures back-to-back, while I look for another artist to work on pictures of the crew.

So I was thinking - what would be a good scene for him to paint?

I'd like to show the ship in side profile, so...

Invictus profile view

Because of the sharp angle on the main picture, it was hard to see the proper dimensions of the Invictus. This was the model the artist put together. He made the hangar and cargo bay a bit longer on the picture rather than update the model, so they're a bit narrower here than they should be. I'll get him to update that for the next one!

Tefler

Three Square Meals Ch 91 - Complete!

*** UPDATED - FINAL version (21st Oct) ***

Hey everyone!

Sorry it's been such a long wait for the next chapter! As I'm sure you're well aware, it's been a busy few weeks preparing the eBook etc.

Anyway, here's chapter 91 fresh off the keyboard. I hope you enjoy it!

A couple of my editors are away at the moment, so edits might take a while to come through. As I've done before, I...

Chapter 91 status

Hey everyone!

I'm calling it a night as it's getting quite late (1am). 

Despite being distracted by the eBook, I've managed to write 25k words of chapter 91 so far. :-)

All being well, it should be available by the 11th October.

Cheers

Tefler

My first eBook is now available on amazon!

Hey everyone,

I published my first eBook yesterday and it went live on the various international amazon sites this morning! :-) (US link below)

https://www.amazon.com/John-Blake-Chronicles-Squa...

Renaming the story...

Hey everyone!

With the upcoming eBook release, I was thinking about renaming the story. It's been pointed out to me by numerous people that the story title sucks and initially made them think it was some kind of eating fetish story... (which it sort of is, with the girls on a high-protein diet!)

I agree that the title of the story does need to change, which then leads to the obvious questi...

Zoomed in image of Olympus shipyard

Same as the Invictus image. The artist added a lot of detail, but it's harder to see on the main picture unless you view it full screen.

Zoomed in view of the Invictus

I've cropped this from the main image, just to make it easier to see.

The Invictus!

Hey everyone!

Hideyoshi has finished the artwork I commissioned with him and I think he's done an awesome job!

I'll summarise everything in the picture, to preemptively answer some questions that will probably come up.

1) This scene is from chapter 7, just after John buys the Invictus.

2) The visible guns are the two Beam Laser arrays, the twenty-four Laser Cannons, and the muz...

General status update

Hey everyone!

As you might be aware if you've been reading the recent comments, I've been working on the eBook for the last week or so. I've already done a couple of passes of the first ten chapters, the first to sort out the punctuation, the second to incorporate some initial edits. 

At the moment I'm going through and working through more editor suggestions and adding more content. ...

Artist's initial render of the Invictus

Hey guys!

The artist working on the Invictus commission has just finished a simple render. He'll add lots more detail once I've signed off the basic design.

It's actually pretty close to how I imagined it. (This is the initial version in Chapter 7).

What do you guys think? 

Tefler

Commissioned art - Invictus

Hey guys!

I've been speaking to a different artist about doing a new piece on the Invictus. It's much more expensive than the previous artworks, but I intend to use it as banner artwork for this site and as the cover for my first ebook.

This is the artist's page on deviantart:

https://hideyoshi.deviantart.c...

Three Square Meals Ch 90 - Complete!

*** FINAL version (26th Sept) *** 

Hey everyone!

I've just finished chapter 90 and done a quick edit of the first half. As before, I'll update this post with notes on how much editing I've done so far. Look out for the *** FINAL *** note if you want to wait until all the editing is finished. :-)

This chapter is 35k words, which is considerably bigger than my normal 25k-30k targe...

Chapter 90 status

Hey guys!

I've just finished the first half of the chapter and handed it over to my editors. 

I really enjoyed writing part 1 and have left my editing team teetering on the edge of no less that four simultaneous cliffhangers! ;-D

I hope they enjoy it too and while they get stuck into the edits, I'll crack on with part 2. I'll aim for the 20th, but the 21st might be more realisti...

Three Square Meals Ch 89 - Complete!

*** UPDATED - 16th Sept (00:04) - FINAL version! ***

Hey everyone!

I finished the latest chapter just a few moments ago, so here it is!

I've done a first editing pass of part 1 (the first half).

I've only just given part 2 to my editors, so expect typos!

I'll update the post as I go through editing passes, making a note at the top as I usually do with each new update. For...