Douglas Miller

MiP Bonus: The Power of Heart Chapter 1

Editing of book 1 and planning of book 3 are still in progress. For this week's intermission bonus, here's The Power of Heart's first chapter, which I wrote months ago.

Incidentally, the plans I've made so far for this story include first person narration, but for the viewpoint of the merger of the therapist and the cultivator, which would start in chapter 3.

Chapter 1: A Frustrate...

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MiP In Review

I really should have gotten this done on Tuesday. Sorry about that.

I'll go over my thoughts on book 1 further down, but first:

Reviewing last week's poll results:

The highest vote result was from people who are just here for Magic is Programming, at 36%. Honestly, that's not at all surprising to me. I haven't written multiple series to demonstrate consistency and versatilit...

MiP Ideas for the Future (with poll)

I planned Magic is Programming as a trilogy, and at this point that is still the plan. With my writing progress having reached the threshold of the likely-final book, I have put some thought into looking ahead, beyond book 3, to what I should write after the series is done. I have multiple ideas I'm considering, and if you care about which one I choose, here's your chance to let me know!

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MiP Upcoming Schedule

Now that book 2 is completed for Platinum tier, I am going to focus for a while on a) editing book 1 so that it can finally be published as an actual book, and b) making plans for book 3 so that I'll have a framework to use when I start the actual chapters.

While I am doing that, in lieu of chapters I will post bonus content that will involve less creative effort. These will include my th...

MiP B2 Chapter 62: Division

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Carlos's mind raced, his perception of time running many times faster than normal, and several of his contingent s...

MiP B2 Chapter 61: Royal Appreciation

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Carlos quickly grabbed all of Nyra...

MiP I'm sick

It's just a cold, and the symptoms are relatively mild so far, but it's still making it hard to write. Next chapter will be later this week.

MiP B2 Chapter 60: Combat Hacking

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Amber stared at the impossible sig...

MiP B2 Chapter 59: High-Speed Chess

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Princess Lornera Kalor watched, fe...

MiP Next chapter tomorrow

I'm very close to finishing it, just not quite close enough to finish tonight.

MiP B2 Chapter 58: Multithreading Combat

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Carlos double-checked his precauti...

MiP B2 Chapter 57: Reinforcements

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King Elston Kalor flew straight up...

MiP B2 Chapter 56: Strings End

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Princess Lornera Kalor, third scion of the Crown, s...

MiP B2 Chapter 55: Marionettes

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His Majesty King Elston Kalor, the Crown himself, f...

MiP No chapter this week

I have identified a major issue that contributed to the recent delays, and I am addressing it. Unfortunately, that's not soon enough to finish a chapter today.

I'm sorry for the delays, and I expect to be more reliable going forward.

MiP B2 Chapter 54: Settling In

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Carlos woke up slowly at first. Then he noticed the...

MiP B2 Chapter 53: Homestead

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"Finally!" Trinlen shouted as he almost literally <...

MiP No chapter this week

This past week was extraordinarily hectic for me, unfortunately. I'll be back with chapter 53 next week!

MiP B2 Chapter 52: Mysteries

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For one heartstopping moment, Carlos feared that th...

MiP B2 Chapter 51: Strength of a Guardian

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Carlos froze in utter shock. Did– did that dr...