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Shiloh Walker
19 days ago
A maudlin tale of ice, snow, injury, illness and woe
H’lo, my friends and apologies for how long it has been since last we spoke. Narrator: You’re not speaking now. I’ve long wanted to regale you with my latest adventures but o...
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Shiloh Walker
about 1 month ago
Update - Patience...
Patience is a virtue. Sadly, it's not one of mine. I need to practice it more and be kind to myself, which I kind of suck at. However, I'm in the middle of an ongoing family ...
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Shiloh Walker
3 months ago
Quick update...
Just an update on where we stand with the book. It's still in progress.  I'd hope to be done writing by the end of January but it might take through February.  Hopefully it...
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Shiloh Walker
4 months ago
The map is done!
The artist I commissioned has done a number of maps although I think I'm the first author they worked for who requested one for a contemporary paranormal romance world. Metr...
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Shiloh Walker
5 months ago
Map Update!!!
I got my first look at the map and wanted to share! It's not done yet but it's looking so cool! The territories, where people of note, the towns, etc will ...
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Shiloh Walker
5 months ago
Final chance to update/change your pledges and pre-order the hardback!
I'm closing the survey tomorrow, y'all. :) If you want to add vellum or the map or add on a book box so you can get all the pretty art, now is the time.  It ...
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PROJECT UPDATE
Shiloh Walker
CREATOR
7 months ago

Project Update: Choose your team! We are going to play a game...and all of you can win a prize!

And it's a game where nobody loses...unless you just don't play.

There will be a series of questions and as long as you participate in 80% of the questions, you'll get a prize, a little symbol of Ivy's heritage, to be mailed out with your rewards when it's time.

The questions will be posted in the polls...but be warned. As the poll progressed, people might figure out Ivy's secret.

If you don't want to have the secret spoiled...well, I guess you shouldn't play. However, there are layers to her secrets. Like ogres and onions. Cakes and parfaits. Yes, that's a Shrek reference. And some of that secret, you will never guess without reading the story.

Now...pick your team!

FYI, team names don't indicate *anything* at this point other than that's just the name you like, although, you will see this list again.
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PROJECT UPDATE
Shiloh Walker
CREATOR
19 days ago

Project Update: A maudlin tale of ice, snow, injury, illness and woe

H’lo, my friends and apologies for how long it has been since last we spoke.
Narrator: You’re not speaking now.
I’ve long wanted to regale you with my latest adventures but one calamity after another has befallen me and time passes quickly on.
Narrator: You’re babbling. Just get on with it.
In the harvest season, I had hoped my adventures with the swordsman would be over by Solstice and that I could devote all of my attention on hunting the Bear.
Narrator: She’s really going through with this. Okay, she’s talking about wrapping up all of the Kickstarter for Blade Song and writing I Choose the Bear, her backerkit project.
My quest was moving along nicely when events that couldn’t predicted beforehand threw my fellow adventurer, Kitasa Colbanari and I off our track.
Storms of snow and ice waylaid us, trapping us in whatever tavern or inn might spare space for us before the fire.
Narrator: Get real. Shiloh doesn’t go outside in icy weather. It’s not the cold she minds. It’s the ice. Because she’s a klutz. 
For weeks and weeks, the storms raged and one point, I feared we’d be buried until spring.
Narrator: Okay. Maybe not weeks and weeks. I’ll give her this one.
Finally, the snow and ice storms seemed to abate. It was still cold, still deadly, but the small inn where we had taken shelter was running low on provisions and I agreed to go hunting.
The weather had warmed for several days and I thought perhaps my task wouldn’t be so onerous.
The ice was melting. Game beckoned.
Narrator: The roads were drivable and she had to go to a farm to bulk-buy some beef for the freezer. (We highly recommend. So much better than anything you can get from a store)
It was a long (narrator: 2 hours there, 2 hours back), dangerous (narrator: the roads were mostly fine—except at the farm. Those were rough) and cold journey. (Narrator: she drove her car which has heating).
But I returned victorious! (Narrator: damn right. Those steaks are amazing.)
And there, upon my very threshold came the danger I’d feared over the past weeks and months. While battling with an old war wound (Narrator: remember the vertigo we mentioned? Yeah. That), as I went to collect messages from the local messenger’s guildbox (Narrator: she means the mailbox), a deadly foe attacked. (Narrator: she slipped onto some frozen snow. Most of it had melted because the weather warmed up. She found the one slick spot left and it was late enough that the snow had frozen after again and she fell on her damn ass)
Weary, worn and nearly injured, but satisfied that the game hadn’t been stolen by thieves or brigands, (Narrator: her neighbors wouldn’t do that) I made my way back into the inn where I had taken sanctuary.
This new wound threatened to end me.
Narrator: she ended up sick again on top of sore since she’d hurt her back. Again.
I will not tell you of my agony over the coming weeks. I sank into the dark, dark places.
Narrator: Now she’s dealing with depression. And it’s bad. I’m going to leave it at that.
For weeks, I struggled, the injury, alone in the dark, dark places, and the damnable plague still trying to kill me.
But I survived.
Word came from home that a beloved family member had also fallen into those dark, dark places. There are monsters there that haunt us, some more than others. Knowing my kin needed me, I hauled myself from the depths of despair and went to offer aid.
Narrator: someone close to me has been going through struggles similar to those that took my brother a few years ago. Yeah. That. We’ll let this go at that because it’s not our story.
Walking through the Depths of Despair doesn’t make one an expert, but having battled that place before, I knew I’d have to render aid. For weeks, we walked those shadowy places but perhaps there is light ahead.
Narrator: there better be. And don’t make the joke about trains.
In my stumbling one day to gather my gear so we could organize and finish our journey, Kit and I, I fell again. This time, my reflexes were swift and my catlike grace saved me.
Narrator: she might have a fractured wrist. She keeps putting off going to the doctor. She thought it was just a sprain but it’s not getting better.
Having gone almost as low as I could go myself, I began to emerge from the Path of Despair. My soul is weary and my body battered. I am easily distracted and when a new fiend struck, I was defenseless.
Narrator: Guess who caught COVID again?
There are days when it is only sheer stubbornness that allows me to push on but push on, I shall.
I consoled myself those long miserable days only with thoughts that I had people awaiting me…and tales from the bard Patricia Briggs.
Today, I feel strong and the healers tell me I am on the road to recovery.
Narrator: she’s not exactly lying but her wrist is still a problem. 
The horrible winter of snow and ice seems to giving way to spring.
But my journey with the swordwoman Kitasa has gone awry and we must travel fast if our patrons are to be rewarded for their kindness and patience.
Narrator: She’s finally not sick. 
That journey is almost an end, with only the Speakers and the Lovers of Tea are appeased. My hammer has broken, though…my trust war hammer, it blazed so brightly in my hand!
Narrator: We’re at the tier for Speakers and You, Me, and Tea and her damn heat press broke. She’s got another on order. But we need it for the bags.  One or two other KS patrons aside from the Speakers and the Tea lovers still wait for their goodies, but that should be it. Hopefully, we’ll get Speakers and Tea wrapped up in soon.
My injuries have been many. The shadows on my soul are heavy.
I battled plague, snow, ice and my own body to bring you this news.
Soon, I hope to have a story about the Bear to share with you.
Yes…it is spring and I will be going to hunt a Bear.
Narrator: She’s more than halfway done and inspiration struck in the middle a COVID-induced fever.
I hope this tale finds you well, my dearest friends.
Narrator: In short, we’re dealing repeat injuries, illness, having a mental crisis and then being called in to help as somebody we love struggles with their own mental health. We’re behind. We’re sorry. But we’re persisting. I hope this little bit of foolery was an enjoyable explanation for what the holy hell is going on.

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PROJECT UPDATE
Shiloh Walker
CREATOR
about 1 month ago

Project Update: Update - Patience...

Patience is a virtue. Sadly, it's not one of mine. I need to practice it more and be kind to myself, which I kind of suck at. However, I'm in the middle of an ongoing family crisis. I can't go into details and even if I could, I wouldn't. The issues, though, are exacerbating my own mental health issues and that's affecting my work output.

I've struggled with depression for years and typically, I just kick it in the face and go on about my day but right now, I'm having more trouble than usual. I will get through it, however, it's going to take more time than usual. It's affecting my work output which means the story isn't moving as quickly as I'd hoped.

It is moving and when I can find the motivation to write, I find a great deal of solace in the developing relationship between Ivy and Jonas. However, I am anticipating a couple of months delay in finishing the story.

I know this isn't what anything wants to hear, but I have to be realistic. I could push myself to finish and get done by the end of March, but that would result in a book of poor quality and I don't think anybody wants that. I definitely don't.

Thank you in advance for your understanding.

There's a snippet for my backers as an apology!
Includes Backer-Exclusive Content
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PROJECT UPDATE
Shiloh Walker
CREATOR
3 months ago

Project Update: Quick update...

Just an update on where we stand with the book. It's still in progress. 

I'd hope to be done writing by the end of January but it might take through February. 

Hopefully it won't be any longer, but I lost about three weeks or so of writing time in December due to health issues. I started having the absolute worst vertigo ever and it still hasn't completely subsided, although I started PT a couple of weeks ago and that's helped a lot.

I'm back in a more routine writing schedule, but I am behind. I apologize for the delay but hopefully it will all be worth it when you get the book. I'll post an excerpt soon!
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