GeneralZarax

Still alive, still writing.
          	
          	But even then, a month is unnecessary; even for me. But I deliver yet another chapter. As the climax of the story nears, I'm going to try and reel back on the lengths of these chapters. In fact the next one that I'm going to put up is nearly 9000. A bit aggressive to the 2-3 thousand ones at the start.
          	
          	On a bright note, I convinced a friend I know to proofread my story. Someone without the dragon bias that most of you may have. So I'm happy to say I'm getting good criticism moving forward. Perhaps I'll get an actual beta reader when I begin work on the second book. But I'm getting far ahead.
          	
          	Well hope you all have a good one, I'll be seeing you around!
          	Till next time!

GeneralZarax

Still alive, still writing.
          
          But even then, a month is unnecessary; even for me. But I deliver yet another chapter. As the climax of the story nears, I'm going to try and reel back on the lengths of these chapters. In fact the next one that I'm going to put up is nearly 9000. A bit aggressive to the 2-3 thousand ones at the start.
          
          On a bright note, I convinced a friend I know to proofread my story. Someone without the dragon bias that most of you may have. So I'm happy to say I'm getting good criticism moving forward. Perhaps I'll get an actual beta reader when I begin work on the second book. But I'm getting far ahead.
          
          Well hope you all have a good one, I'll be seeing you around!
          Till next time!

GeneralZarax

Here I am updating my story on a random Saturday night. A month after my last post.
          
          I truly am sorry that updates have taken so long. But the recent chapters have proven to be the longest in this story and also the hardest to structure. But still I write. And I keep writing, however long it may take.
          
          Anyways how's life treating you all? Doing fine over here. Weather is that time of season that the temperature fluctuates from cold to warm with a bunch of storms to punctuate the in betweens. Very fun.
          
          I do hope everything is going great for all of you out there.
          Till next time!

GeneralZarax

@DragonsDwelling  Don't sweat it. Life is life. Nothings wrong with that.
            
            I am glad to say that my first TDR installment is far better than its first draft. And much, much longer. I'm still going! And I'm at the point where I'm getting eager to finish so I can finalize everything and print myself a physical copy. But alas, I still have much in the way of that hardcover finish....
            
            Weathers been fluctuating rather absurdly. First we get 70 degrees(F) then a supercell beast of a storm, and just today it snowed. I love America!
            
            Hope the build up to the birthday is good!
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DragonsDwelling

@GeneralZarax Hi! Sorry for the late response, been kinda busy.
            
            I'm looking forward to rereading The Dragon Ring at some point. It looks WAY bigger than when I read it last. 
            
            Hope the weather settles for you soon, preferably with a favorable outcome XD
            It's been lovely and sunny here for the past few days. Work's been interesting since we reopened a couple of weeks back too.
            
            I can't wait for summer now, and my birthday in a couple of months!
            
            Hope you're having a great time too :)
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GeneralZarax

Merry late Christmas everyone!
          
          Been out of town enjoying life. So I haven't been able to do much here or otherwise. Certainly hope you all had a good Christmas. The year's end is just around the corner. I must say this has been quite a fast one if you ask me.
          
          I will try and get an art post tomorrow. Along with that I'll drop the next overdue chapter.
          
          Anyways I'm incredibly tired. So bye

DragonsDwelling

@GeneralZarax Merry Christmas! Hope you had a great day!
            
            Our Christmas was pretty quiet, but nice. 2025 has definitely passed in a blur, can't believe there's only three days left!
            
            Looking forward to seeing what you post in your art book too! I got some fancy watercolour felt-tip pens for Christmas this year. Figured I'd try drawing Willow with them - it wasn't pretty! Still, I'm sure I'll have time to practice next year.
            
            I'll be wishing you a great new year too ;)
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GeneralZarax

Hello, hello!
          
          Alright so after waaaaay too long the next chapter is finally out. Too short for the wait behind it. So I plan to drop the next one sometime soon. Writing for me has unfortunately slowed down a bit.
          
          Finals approach and I've been caught with way too much stuff to do. The stress is annoying and it plagues my work. That and other things have kept my mental state a little frayed. Nothing I can't deal with but nothing I can ignore.
          
          Other than my wavy life patterns, I've been for the most part fine. Frustrated, but still sailing. If I can some up the last week or two in a word 'meh'
          
          But I'm happy to say that the chapter I just dropped should bring my story to it's 100 thousand word mark. What a milestone! For reference the first draft of this story totaled at 77 grand. I'm still not near done! 
          
          I really never expected to get this far when I first started typing this story out. So I'm glad to all of you who stood by as long as you have. It truly means a lot to me.
          
          Anyways, enough chit chat, it's late and I am tired. So good whatever time of day it is. I shall speak to you all again! Till then!

DragonsDwelling

@GeneralZarax Looking forward to it! 
            
            Glad to hear you got through your finals too. I'm sure you'll do great :)
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GeneralZarax

@DragonsDwelling Thank you, I got many milestones on the way. Really excited for that 10K reads one.
            
            Finals ended today. And I'm completely fried from it. I haven't had my head throbbing like this since I whacked it on my desk! At least I did good on them. So the stress was worth it.
            
            I'm certainly looking forward to enhancing the writing behind these stories. As much as I pride myself in my first novel, it has its flaws. I love it regardless!
            
            I'll read your own story sometime tomorrow. Really wanted to today but I have been busy. Well, have a great one and talk to you sometime soon!
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DragonsDwelling

@GeneralZarax Congratulations on reaching 100k words! You've almost reached 10k views too!
            
            Good luck with your finals, hope it all goes well and you get a chance to enjoy the festive season. 
            
            I'm definitely looking forward to where The Dragon Ring series goes from here ;)
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GeneralZarax

I'm not dead guys!
          
          Though I am busy. Life happens and some weeks are longer than others. Also I procrastinate a lot. A bad habit I am actively trying to break. 
          
          Anyways the next chapter finally dropped. It's a short one so I plan to drop another relatively smaller chapter in only a week. I have a few chapters of backlog. Though not much so don't expect me to start getting generous; as much as I would like to.
          
          On another note I'm messing around with coding again! Albeit on that scratch site so it's not full credit (I'm NOT getting into that stuff). Writing books is enough, I don't need to write scripts. No clue if I'll go 100% with this little game thing. But if I do I suppose I will update you all on that.
          
          Not much else to say. Hope you all are having fun out there.
          Till next time!

DragonsDwelling

@GeneralZarax Good to hear from you :)
            
            Good luck with your coding too, I'd love to try out whatever game you make! I think Littlebigplanet is about as close as I'm ever going to get to making my own game 
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GeneralZarax

It's out at last. Chapter 32. The first glimpse into dragon society.
          
          It took way to long to get this out. But know that I now have some resemblance of backlog and I'm writing just a bit more now. Cranking in about 500-800 words a day. Sometimes a bit more.  The train is going once again!
          
          On another note my internet has been driving me insane. It's been going on and off and on and off. That's why I release this so late (Where I am at least)
          
          Not much more to say than that. Enjoy the chapter, the good stuff is coming! 
          
          Other than that, great days to you all!

DragonsDwelling

@GeneralZarax Glad to hear you're good. Looking forward to revisiting Ardentis too.
            Hope your Internet settles down a bit XD
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GeneralZarax

Chapter 31 is up and ready for reading. Nothing much too interesting. The good stuff is coming up real soon though.
          
          However I make this announcement to say that I'm out of backlog. Which means chapters come out whenever I feel they are finished. And my schedule has less time to write than last year, so it will be a bit slow. I'm sorry to anyone who liked my weekly schedule. I quite liked it.
          
          But alas. This is a very annoying year for writing. Know I still work on this book. Every day. Even if it's just a few hundred or so words.
          
          On another note I'm gonna start updating the art book again. Figured out how to get some photos imported and very recently I went on a big drawing spree. So expect to see some of those.
          
          Thank you all for your patience! You're truly the best
          Have a great day!
          
          Till next time!

DragonsDwelling

@GeneralZarax Keep at it, you're doing great ;)
            
            Things are slowing down for me too since coming back from my holiday. I definitely don't think I'll manage more than one chapter this month...
            
            Looking forward to seeing some more of your art book though. And I hope you're having a great day too!
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