Tao Wong

Now that the big edit for Celestial Cataclysms is done, I'm back to writing. Dungeon Brawler 2 is in need of more words. Ended at 144k yesterday, let's see how much I can add in the next few hours. Expecting around 170-180k for this book.

First words then edits! #authorlife

Yup! Then they can work while I chill. :)

Very annoying when events line up such that you can't make two different things you really want to do. Especially when one is a professional requirement (a panel) and another is fun (going sparring!). Ah well....

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Just because I can, a screenshot of my top earning books last month. Not too surprising Climbing the Ranks 3 is at top spot, though it didn't manage to pull the rest of the series up to take over the usual A Thousand Li and System Apocalypse books. ATL is still riding high from the last book's release in the series, dragging everything else up.

Just because I can, a screenshot of my top earning books last month. Not too surprising Climbing the Ranks 3 is at top spot, though it didn't manage to pull the rest of the series up to take over the usual A Thousand Li and System Apocalypse books.

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Off to #WotS2025 to set up and do another day of sales. We've got a bunch of System Apocalypse graphic novels and A Thousand Li Collector Editions to sell.

Read this. The prose sings, and tugs on heart strings and just soars in ways that I wish I could duplicate. If I could achieve 10% of Ms. Bujold's gift I would consider myself blessed.

Memory is my favorite of the series, but Civil Campaign is incredibly close behind.

Setup for Word on the Street. We will be back on tomorrow

We will be at Toronto's Word on the Street today and tomorrow. Come by and say hi, we're at booth B30 on the western block of booths in David Pecaut Square.

#MeetMeAtWOTS #WOTS2025 #LitRPG #xianxia

Yup, it's put away waiting to be drained and recycled

My Android Pixel 6a was dying on me, ever faster. Found out there's a problem with the battery, so I asked for a refund. Still waiting for the money for it; but had to buy a phone over the weekend.

Good thing too, because the 6a battery is bulging out of the case.

There's been a signing mishap and now I have a super rare, super special physical copy of Forbidden Zone to give to one lucky person (extra points if your name is Austin 😅)

Head over to discord to learn more!

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Nice! Breaks are important. I'm probably only doing a little bit of work today too.

Finished! I'm done with Celestial Cataclysms 1 draft edit. It's now off to the copy editor, but I'm DONE. 295k words. *flops* Way too much.

Time to start on new work, including the next book in the series.

Alright, didn't get much work done yesterday, starting at 668/694. Hopefully I can finish up today, if not it'll be tomorrow. Time to focus!

It's been an interesting 2 weeks, with various live music events that are, well... just a little all over the place.
- Saw Morgan James a week and a half ago (jazz/soul) music.
- Then Apocalypitca/Lindsey Stirling/Halestorm (metal instrumental/pop violin/metal)
- then the Carmina Burana with the TSO

Busy day. Have a panel with the Fantasy Gather in the evening, a presentation with FOLD in an hour at noon and trying to get a few more pages edited. Started at 658/694.

Had an amazing evening - Apocalyptica, Lindsay Stirling and Halestorm in concert was an amazing trio.

The final new cover for the System Apocalypse: Kismet is here! We hope you love the new covers as much as we do.
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Let me know what you think and which one is your favorite!

643/692 for Celestial Cataclysms 1. That puts me at near done, if I can do at least 20 pages today. A little slow this week, comparatively but I did finish Sorcerous Plates which was the main goal.

Hoping I can finish this week but I have 2 events tomorrow, so probably not.

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This Saturday at noon, September 20, author entrepreneur Tao Wong will be showing us how to turn a writing career into an author business.

✅ Register now at thefoldcanada.org/academy!

#FoldAcademy #WritingWorkshop #PublishingWorkshop #AuthorEntreprenuer #AuthorBusiness

And that's it. Not perfect, but Hidden Dishes 4 - Sorcerous Plates first draft is done. I'll need to get it edited, but I'll do that next week.

Still got all the edits for Celestial Cataclysms.

Yeah, I started on edits, now back to writing. I bounce a bit.

Reminder that Climbing the Ranks 3 is actually available on all wide retailers. Audiobook should be coming out next month, but ebook is already available - books2read.com/climbingther...

Now at 635/692. Debating if I should focus on Sorcerous Plates first though, what with the need to get it written. I'm nearly done but my brain isn't feeling like braining...

The second new cover for System Apocalypse: Kismet has just landed.

Take a peek at the new covers and let me know what you think. Book 3's new cover is up next.

Nice! And yeah, just adding descriptions or clarifying portions or a few new chapters to flesh things out. It's going pretty good, overall. And nearly done.

Nearly done... 623/689 pages completed on the CC1 edit.

And 27.5k of Hidden Dishes done. I have one or two more chapters to write, and then I'm done on the first draft, after which a quick edit is necessary and off it goes to the editor.

Reading is important too!

Yeah, we cancelled US shipping. Not worth the hassle until they figure it out.