It only took 100k views and a spot on Rising Stars to convince me people here might be interested in what I'm putting down. Getting y'all to wait more than a chapter for the System though? That's still daunting.
It's been 57 days since I sat down and decided that I was finally going to write something after years of letting my self-doubt stop me. My expectations were subterranean. Somehow, with the help of too many kind souls on Discord to name, I made it happen. I'm now at 51 chapters, 100k+ words, and two weeks into a run on Rising Stars.
I've made a slew of new friends who are pushing me to be more creative than ever, and more people than I could have dreamed of as a child have read (at least some of) my writing. It's been a wild journey.
Now I think I'm brave enough to share my work here, where I've spent so long lurking on my main.
Burning Starlight
Out of Retirement. Out of Options. Out of Fucks to Give.
Retirement was supposed to be simple: a quiet apartment near the Saginaw River, maybe a hobby or two. Blake Connover survived decades of military and mercenary work to earn that peace. Too bad it only lasted two weeks.
When a mysterious wormhole tears open above the river and drags Blake into the unknown, retirement becomes the least of his worries. Stranded on an alien world and fused with advanced biotech suit he barely understands, Blake has to adapt fast. The suit's real owners want it back, the locals aren't exactly friendly, and the universe is a lot bigger—and stranger—than he ever imagined.
From starfighter dogfights to cosmic cultivation, Blake's retirement plan is officially out the window. It's a good thing he never really liked sitting still anyway.
I hope to see at least some of you make your way over and into the comments. Thank you for all the memes when I was a reader, and thanks for reading this far.
You may now proceed to tear me to shreds. :D