October 2021: A time for Ghosts, Ghouls, Death, Updates and…

Sorry, 2021 has been on track to be one year for the books for me. In many ways.

 

I have had little time for writing. While in most years I have had time to get writing in on most days, even enough to squeeze an hour or two on most days, I have been having enough trouble even getting mind in a state for fifteen minutes of medidtation most days which is a problem when i try to find time to write on a given day. I have to set a calendar reminder to tell myself to write otherwise I am going to forget to write in a week and that is bad for my state of mind.

The good thing about my writing slowing down means that my backlog of books has not grown as my books going out to published has gone down has gone out the door as well. However, I would have wished I could have gotten my books out to you at the expense of being able to write instead of lowing down both books coming out of my head as well as books coming out of my backlog. I would rather have nothing in the backlog and that to blame for nothing new hitting amazon than it because of my personal life…

Speaking of that.

The end of September hits and That seemed to be the perfect time for My family to start spilling the beans about my past. I won’t go into details about my past but suffice it to say, A lot of things that had been told to me throughout my troubled life have been wrong. Not about what happened to me or about my ancestors per se. But about circumstances surrounding my birth and a couple of details around that. Close people to me know more about that.

Suffice it to say. In one week, I went from being an only child to being the only surviving child of my father. my background went from being normal to being stranger than one of my characters I created. My life started to turn into a conspiracy and the adult members of my family were in on it. the surviving adult members of my family decided that now was the time to tell me. The children of my family, now my age, didnt really know about it.

It is a rare thing to have your entire world crashing down around you. We all have our own world narrative and that personal narrative seems iron clad. everything else seems flexible to an open mind as long as we have some firm ground to stand on. That firm ground being our own identity. Usually that identity, if we don’t have some strong sense of family to stand on, is our own experience and where we came from. before September I thought I knew who I was and where I came from. As of this post, I can’t be sure of that anymore. The only thing I can be sure of now is everything I have made for myself since I became of age and became independent.

They originally told me I was born Kenneth brooks, an only child, then they said most of this was a lie.

I am Kendra Brooks, A druid, A writer, A system Engineer, A Chimera. A strong and independent little sister. 

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True Story: Everyday Heroes.

Just a recent update.

As some of you well know. I am going through a separation. That makes things pretty interesting, especially when you are trying to keep good friendships with you exes alive and stay in your children’s lives.

it makes things interesting when you have a seizure disorder and a host of other health issues that has also made you disabled. Stress can affect all of the above and do interesting things to you which in turn will have an affect on your body. Some for the bad.

 

The reason why my site has been acting strange recently is due to my neglect. I had been pretty remote from my server for the past several weeks, dealing with the death of my father on top of the divorce. I went out to see my Mother and Stepmother to help grieve. While I was there, I met Lauryn online and quickly fell in love. She took me home and we have been together ever since.

This last Saturday we were getting ready to go. I was talking to her friend Jesse while she was getting ready in the garage. I turned to head up the steps to go inside. (This is an abridged version of events) I got up to the top stair and Lauryn opened the door. She was surprised to see me just like I was to see her. she said “Oh hey there!” and the next thing I basically remember (aside from interesting dream sequences and her and Jesse calling out my name, talking to each other) is waking up on a car, my head hurt, my neck hurt, and my back hurt. Lauryn was looking at me and and asking if I was okay. she told me i passed out and fell against the car. She told me I was out for 10 minutes.

I jumped up (probably a bad idea after what happened) and apologized. I walked inside on my own. I told her I loved her. i apologized for the seizure and as the pain got worse i laid down. she called 911 and the EMTs checked me out. I went to the hospital after the EMT’s cleared me as Lauryn wanted me to and surprisingly i only escaped with bruised muscles and a mild concussion.

What had happened when Lauryn and I saw each other at the door way was I had a seizure and fell. I fell off the top step, backward and onto a car. Surprising I did not dent the car. Once I hit the car, Lauryn caught me and called out to Jesse to hold us to keep me from sliding onto the floor and fridge. They kept me stable for the 10 minutes it took for them to call out and revive me. Since I don’t remember anything about the fall and being caught or held by Jesse and Lauryn,

Lauryn is my Hero and the love of my life. Jesse is also my hero. I don’t know where I would be without them.

 

Do you have any everyday heroes that you want to give a shoutout to? leave a name or story in the comments below.

GPFriday: Spiritis Semester Wrapup and the infamous “.5” Chapters

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Spiritis’s Semester has ended and yes it ended on a cliff hanger. I have another Turn-C plot coming out soon.

First, I wanted to Give a little more info on the timeline so you can have some clarifacation, I think I explained what Turn-C is but there is an entire Multiverse structure so everything can fall within several paths.

First off, all the “Turns” belong in “Tangent-1” which is where the human descendant societies were created. Tangent-2 is where the Human Descendant Societies were never created. Turn duplicates also reside there but we are not concerned with those.

Within Tangent-1, we have Turn-A where the main Templar universe resides. Templar: Order and Chaos Prologue showed Turn-A-Alpha where Lone Wolfe jumped back to Turn-A-Prime that the series resides in.

In short: Turn-A is where Ashara and Lone Wolfe’s mother died and Lone Wolfe has lived. Lone Wolfe is the Leader Templar and Jena is the Commander Templar.

Turn-B: Lone Wolfe and his mother has died, Jena is the Leader Templar and Ashara is the Commander Templar. Lone Wolfe had jumped into this Timeline in Templar: Spirit Killer.

Turn-C: Gavin was born and never aborted. This caused a change in the timeline where Serena was born in Jena’s body and Deleous was born in a female body. “Spiritis” saved her mother and Ashara in the variant of Turn-C I am focusing on which causes further divergences in the timeline. This is also the timeline that Lone Wolfe had jumped into during Templar: Spirit Killer.

Since Spiritis from Turn-C does break into Turn-A-Alpha in Templar: Era Walker, Her storyline does deserve some attention. I feel like I have neglected her. Hence the GPFriday novels focusing on her now. With The inclusion of her in Era Walker, she was a sibling in Templar: Forgotten, Concluding her Spiritual Storyline in Turn-A.

 

Now: The Infamous “.5” Chapters.

Since Second Semester, there have been “.5″ Chapters written in Second Semester, Anika’s Vengeance, and this novel. These are scenes that have been left out on purpose since the website is open access for everyone on the web. I would normally include them if they were in an ebook or novel format since those can be behind a paywall. I want to know in comments or email if I should make a modified ebook on amazon that includes these .5 chapters behind a paywall and if anyone will read them. I will make them as cheap as possible but I prefer to keep them where little eyes cannot get a hold of the .chapters. Not all the .5 chapters are steamy chapters, but none of them are of themes where good characters do good things.

Finally, I will include a form as to whether Turn-C should be a GPFriday only series or if it should eventually go to a format similar to most of the Templar series. it may not be out this post but it will be out eventually. In the meantime. Let me know your thoughts on the subject as well. I didn’t get a lot of responses at the beginning of the web series so any feedback is appreciated.

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GPFriday: Spiritis’s Semester Chapter #28

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Chapter #28: The Eye of the Tempest

 

It felt like she was falling. Spiritis opened her eyes. It felt like no dream she ever had. She was sure it was no dream. Below her she saw a seal in red. She recognized it as her seal only more complex. It had a pentagram with more intricate markings and another circle around the entire thing. As she fell, she saw at the exact center was a fountain. As she got closer, she saw the bottom of the fountain was not a true fountain, it was deeper, it was like a well.

She hit the bottom, right next to the well. She thought she would wake up at that moment, but there was nothing that would disturb her from her sleep. She was in no dream. At least no normal dream. She glanced up and saw at the top of the well there was an oval mark with a rune on it. There were four more circling underneath it.

“Where am I?” Spiritis questioned. She pinched herself hoping to wake up. She felt the pain, but she failed to wake up.

She glanced over her shoulder and saw four pale blue gossamer like wings. They were attached to her back. She freaked out and they twitched with her. She squealed when they twitched, and they moved again. She screamed at the top of her lungs. She didn’t know what was happening. The dream was quickly turning into a nightmare.

That was when she saw a figure in gold armor. He had four armored wings as well. “Well, what do we have here?” The man said.

“Please!” Spiritis squealed and backed up to the rim of the fountain-well, “Don’t hurt me.”

“I am not going to hurt you,” The man stated as he walked up to her an knelt down, “You came here on your own. I am Trevor. Like you, I am a Templar. Welcome to the Eye of the Tempest. We call this place sync for short since we come here to sync with the Balance.”

“I didn’t come here on my own!” Spiritis shook her head, “I just ended up here!”

“That’s how it ends up the first time,” Trevor replied then cocked his head in confusion, “Hang on. You are a bit early. You shouldn’t be here for another two or three years. It is still the mission time for me and my generation. Let me get a look at you.” He reached out with his armored hand and grabbed her chin. He tilted her head to the left and right, “No armor… weak Five-Points-Focus. Your sight is just coming into focus. You are an early bloomer. Ah! A center of the Alignment! You are going to be a Greater Templar. That explains it!”

“What are you talking about?” Spiritis replied.

“Well, you awakened and connected with the Balance early,” Trevor mentioned, “It looks like because your mission is going to be an important one. You are going to be leading your generation. Keepers of Secrets commonly lead their generations, but you are special. You are going to be a stronger Templar than most.”

“That’s what we are?” Spiritis questioned in response, “Templars?”

Trevor nodded, “Yes. You were chosen before you were born for a mission. I am on a mission now. I was pulled in for some reason. Looks like the balance wanted me to address you. Luckily, I am a Keeper of Secrets so I can help you.”

“So, how do I get home?” Spiritis questioned in response.

“You think about it,” Trevor replied.

“That doesn’t sound so hard,” Spiritis mentioned.

“Before you go,” Trevor mentioned, “Be careful with your powers. You are a Dark Templar right now. After your mission, you will be a Dark Templar again. But when you hit your mission time, you will be a Keeper of the Balance. That is when the Balance is going to have you perform your mission. I am performing my mission right now. It is best that we steer clear of each other. It is for your safety; We keepers tend to attract unwanted attention. Until we fade into the darkness like you are now, I can be a danger to you.”

“So, I will be in danger at some point?” Spiritis questioned, “I didn’t sign up for this!”

“None of us did,” Trevor nodded, “But it is how it is. Time to go, child.”

 

Greeley Colorado

November 1st, 2027-CE

 

Spiritis awakened in a cold sweat. Unlike before she went to bed, her vision had changed. She could now see seals for everything if she concentrated. It felt weird to see it. It was unlike anything she experienced. It almost made her dizzy to do it. Like crossing her eyes, producing a double vision except it wasn’t double vision. It was an augmented reality, providing her information.

The seal sight was in a strange glyph like language. It went beyond simple seals, the more she investigated it, the more the glyphs popped out. Intrinsically, she could understand the glyphs and what they described. She could almost understand what to aspect now. With this information, she knew what she could do with her Aspect energy, almost all of it, the full breadth of it.

She shook her head, “What’s going on? What do I do now?” She asked herself.