Author Archives: Chris
A truth about life
We have a lot of people talk about “truth” over the last few years. Most mean something that “feels core” or “is as factual as emotion can be for me”, but those aren’t what I’m talking about today.
I’m wanting to reveal something deeper than an emotion. Something stronger than the bonds of our feelings for one another (both good and ill). Something sweeter than sugar, and more bitter than death.
You see, that is what truth is. It’s foundational, it’s impersonal, it doesn’t care about your desires. It doesn’t make you feel good, and it doesn’t make you feel bad. Truth makes you think, not feel, it’s not emotional but rational. Every other “truth” falls short of the meaning of the word, fundamentally falls short.
The only amount of money that will prevent you from worrying about money is 0. Like actual 0 not $17.27, but nothing, without any coming in ever. Then you will worry about food, shelter, warmth, and where you will get those from.
You see money can buy you those things, but it buys a lot of other things too, so when you worry about money you’re not really worried about your needs, but your wants.
I’m not saying seek poverty, but quit seeking more in order to “not worry about it anymore”, because such an amount doesn’t exist.
That is the truth of the matter.
Short update
Hey everyone,
First I want to thank everyone in the recent weeks who has picked up or looked into my books. The support has been much appreciated!
I’ve not been making the progress I’ve wanted to on the next book this summer so far, although it’s not the same as no progress. I’ve been doing some minor tweaks on the site here, but more needs done, and I’ve been workshopping settings and story beats for the current series still although, without much real writing taking place.
On a more personal note, my oldest son just finished his fair 4h project last week, he did well especially for his first year, and I’m very happy with the effort he put into it. He is on the path of becoming a reliable young man, it’s my job to help guide him but to walk it is his responsibility.
Anyway, that’s all I have today. May God bless you and keep you.
The Countdown Kindle Deal Begins!
Hey Everyone,
Quick note here, to remind everyone that you can pick up The Candecent Vessel and The Sorcerer’s Gamble at a discount starting today (July 1st)!
Also until tomorrow (July 2nd) you can get The Crystal Seal for FREE as well, so please don’t miss out!
The Sage of Hytrae sale!
Hey everyone!
In celebration of both the new artwork, and summer reading season. I’ll be running some sales on the titles in The Sage of Hytrae! (Hytrae Chronicles Vol. 1)
Starting today (June 28th) and running through July 2nd (5 days) you can get the kindle version of The Crystal Seal for FREE!
In addition, The Candecent Vessel and The Sorcerer’s Gamble will be on a countdown sale starting July 1st at just $0.99! Then slowly coming back up in price over that week. With those two returning to their normal $4.99 on July 8th.
I hope this helps everyone to have a chance to read these books this summer, while I continue working on getting my next book written in the Hytrae Chronicles to kick off Vol. 2.
Project update!
Hey everyone!
We are actually getting to a point of monthly project updates! That in and of itself is worth the announcement haha.
So if you’ve been following along, the New cover arts and rebranding have gone live! Update to pricing to keep things fair and all that, has happened. I’m going with Hytrae Chronicles instead of Hytrae Collection (what I previously called it) with the larger grouping, mostly because I feel it sounds better.
“Book 4” (The Vaults of Belin is coming along, I’ve been more focused on getting all the Sage of Hytrae things that I’ve not gotten much written over the past month. But, progress is still being made, even if it’s not as much as I’d like. Still shooting to have this one written before years end, edited and published by then is the stretch goal, but we’ll see.
A website refresh is still on my radar, with a minimum of a new banner and updated info pages, and a complete redesign potentially as a goal as well but not as high of a priority.
And that’s the update! Thanks for taking time out of your busy day to read about my busy days haha.
As always, may God Bless you and keep you.
The Sage of Hytrae Refresh is Live!
Hey Everyone!
The Sage of Hytrae “rebranding” is up and public! You can now buy all three books with updated cover arts, and Hytrae Chronicles Volume 1 wording on the title page.
Related news, it might be noticed that the book prices have been elevated from their previous pricing. This is because while I wasn’t watching the costs of all the back end things increased. That resulted in some of my prices being so low that I received pennies compared to about a dollar or two per book sale (and one region I would get nothing per sale).
These new prices are back to the approximate one to two dollar range (USD) per sale that actually goes to me. I feel it’s only fair to be transparent with this as books that were $10 for years are now $12, which seems to be fairly widespread in the industry, but it didn’t feel right to not give an explanation for it.
They can be found on Amazon.com and hopefully other book seller sites again (getting listed there could take longer).
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D6PFP91M?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk
Thank you all for following along for the ride! I’ve got more to do but that is all I’ve got to announce for today!
The Sorcerer’s Gamble cover art preview
Hey everyone!
Quick note, the new artworks will be going live soon (within the next few days) with minor revision to the manuscripts and all that (collection/chronicle branding and all that). I’m afraid this sneak peek is short lived, but still wanted to share it with you all!
New cover art preview for The Candecent Vessel
Hey everyone!
The review process is going well, got another round of proofs just in. They are pretty good so only minor edits before I hit publish. I’ll get another post rounded up quicker (likely this weekend) to preview the third book’s cover art before release!
Here is that first look at the new artwork for The Candecent Vessel (kindle)!
Cover Art Preview!
Hey Everyone!
Exciting News! I’ve gotten some preliminary Cover art finally made up, and you all get a sneak peak at the “Kindle” version for The Crystal Seal!
I have ordered some proofs so this artwork isn’t final, but should be pretty representative of what the final artwork will look like. So long as all that works out, I’ll have the new artwork published and made live for everyone!
Anyway, I’ve talked long enough, Enjoy the Preview!
Christopher J Hillger 