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Break from the hiatus, new snapshot

Einar — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:14:43 +0000

After a long hiatus, mainly due to personal commitments, I have updated Broken Destiny again. Hopefully with the holidays approaching in approximately a month, I should have more time to write and update more frequently. Also, Bokuman is creating artwork at a fast rate, so watch this space for future updates.

Changes in this version (2010-06-27):

Additions to chapter 4
Adjustments of some sentences that looked off
Alteration of Lia’s description to match the new artwork by Bokuman

You can retrieve it on the novel page.

Further Broken Destiny progress

Einar — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:52:03 +0000

Hello everyone!

I have uploaded yet one more update to Broken Destiny today. This one further extends the storyline of chapter 3, and starts the interplay among the new characters introduced with past updates. I’m surprised that compared to The S.T.E.A.L. Saga this is getting much longer than anticipated: 20 pages for chapter 3 and I’m just halfway through it… Up to you to find out if it’s good or not!

As usual, grab the files from the novel page, and let us know your comments.

Broken Destiny progress

Einar — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:17:13 +0000

Some more time, and more progress on Broken Destiny. While this update doesn’t bring much on the department of writing, it includes brand-new artwork by Bokuman (more details in a forthcoming, separate post). Despite the little advancement, a lot of work went into this release, so if you ever have any comment, let me know.

Grab the release from the usual place.

Broken Destiny (belated) update

Einar — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:08:09 +0000

Hello! Today I’d like to present a new Broken Destiny update. The "belated" in the title is because I’ve been working for a while on the novel, but I always forgot to publish here… Right now I have completed chapter 2 and I’m already into the third chapter: what I noticed is that the chapters are getting way much longer than with The S.T.E.A.L. Saga. This doesn’t excuse me from not publishing new material when I have it, of course…

Speaking of new material, this update brings new artwork in the PDF, namely a picture from our new artist, Bokuman. Take a look: it’s nothing short of amazing.

To view that and the updated PDF, please turn to the novel page.

New art and Broken Destiniy update

Einar — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:11:39 +0000

Hello people!

In the past weeks, I’ve been working away on Broken Destiny. But before talking about the changes in this version, let me show you a sample of the new artwork by Bokuman, which you will be seeing in the future:

I’m not going to say where or what is going on right now in this image… I’ll let you find out as the story progresses. And speaking of progress, I have uploaded a new version of the book, this time going almost up to the end of chapter 2. I have to say the work is more difficult in this case, because chapters and events tend to be longer than when I was writing The S.T.E.A.L. Saga. In any case, if you want to know how the adventures of Jennifer and her newly found companion Brendan progress, have a look at this version, which can be found at the usual download location.

New Broken Destiny revision!

Einar — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:40:35 +0000

Hello people, it’s been quite a while since the last update. Mostly it has been due to holidays first, then work. It’s not like I didn’t have to time to write: I just didn’t have time to push things here. In fact, today I present a new revision of Broken Destiny, going almost 3/4ths into chapter 2 (with some more artwork). It’s been a little rough when writing, because the characters always felt flat, never as good as I wanted them to be. I also tried to change the style a bit to avoid repetitions of narrative forms.

To see how Jennifer’s story unfolds, hop on to the the novel page and let us know what you think.

Broken Destiny regular update

Einar — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:26:41 +0000

With some commitments out of the way, we’ll be trying to have regular Broken Destiny updates. Today is no excepltion, and the update brings an updated part of Chapter 2: there is not much in the sense of proper story progression, but a large part from when Jennifer wakes up onward has been rewritten to make it fit more with the original design of the story, and to make additional insights into the world she is in.

If you’re interested to know the details, turn to the the novel page and drop a comment here, if you have any suggestion or criticsm.

New Broken Destiny update

Einar — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:19:03 +0000

Aside the Artwork Day, work has also resumed on the actual writing of Broken Destiny, and I’m happy to announce that I have pushed a new version online, which includes the first part of the second chapter (renamed to Prejudices from the previous version). This part features finally some character interaction (poor Jennifer is no longer alone!) and some answers to the questions that have been floating from the prologue to now.

The novel page hosts the update. Grab it and let us know what you think!

New update to Broken Destiny

Einar — Sun, 03 May 2009 13:25:13 +0000

After a pause (due mostly to other commitments), I’m pleased to release a new snapshot of Broken Destiny. This version brings Chapter 1 to 90% or so, with only a few things left to finish. I tried to quickly pass from static to dynamic scenes, but I’m not sure if I made them properly, so I’ll be revising them in the next few days, also to add further details to the scenes (I’m not very satisfied with some). Also, there is new artwork in the PDF.

Grab the updated snapshot from the novel page.

New update

Einar — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:39:42 +0000

I realized I had an updated version of Broken Destiny but that I forgot to upload it. This version introduces even more characters, and even new art from Too. To find out more, turn to the novel page.