I am so tempted to donate money because of these stories and everything else you've written but I know if I did I would read all of the remaining chapters! This would definitely be a bad situation as this series is one of the only quality stories I have found in a long time, and it is regularly continued..... decisions, decisions......

The benefits of donating, amyrruh, are totally worth it.  We are 6 months ahead of you in the PRM and thee stuff that has happened is amazing.  Besides, think of it this way, you truly enjoy Eric's amazing work, doesn't he deserve at least some compensation?  If he could publish mainstream, he would likely be selling books for $20-50 per.  $24 gets you 2 years of PRM access and Eric is just a little bit more smiley and he says "thank you" and everything!

Eric,
It kills me that I do not have the finances to help you out here, especially after reading chapters like this one. Keep up the marvelous work.

(posted from Chapter 9: February)

veon:

Please excuse the lateness of my reply.  Somehow, I never saw your post.

The question is, "Why doesn't David do more than he's doing?"  Well, let's see what David's currently doing (as of Chapter 8 of Book 5):

1. Elemandy Directed Study
2. Divination Directed Study
3. Conjuring Apprenticeship
4. Conjuring class instruction
5. Sword and Staff class
6. Continued potions work for the vampires
7. DIRT

Now, we can assume that DIRT is taking up his entire evening, most evenings.  Sure, he takes days off, but most of the time, he is involved in some DIRT activity.  So, that pretty much takes away anything that might happen after, say, 7pm, to around 11pm.

Preparation for instructing his Conjuring class is probably the least task he does, but even that would take at least as many hours outside of class as inside.  (If you don't think so, you've never tried to teach a class.)

He is the top of his class in Sword and Staff.  He didn't get there by NOT practicing, or by practicing just a little.  You may assume he attends to these skills on the order of a couple hours a day.

His apprenticeship in Conjuring would take a significant daily practice, as well.  Though David is naturally talented in Conjuring, his speed of advance in training is due in large part to the amount of effort he's put into it.  This has been true from day one, thanks to Prof. Quayde.

This leaves his two Directed Study courses, each of which he is required to make "satisfactory progress" with.  I think it's safe to assume, given his diligence, that he tackles these a couple hours a day, each, as well.

What I've detailed here is 14 hours (approximately) of daily effort.  Add in the 4 hours of sleep he needs, and we're up to 18, leaving him just 6 hours a day for miscellaneous tasks like socializing, hygiene, "administrative" necessities, doing the potions work he's agreed to... and let's allow him a little time each day to relax, shall we?

Just exactly how hard do you want him to work????

Eric Storm

Although veon responded via email (using the "report" mechanism... why didn't you just click the E-mail link on the left beneath my name???), his comment was such that I felt it needed to be responded to publicly.

His comment basically was that it certainly doesn't feel as though as much time is consumed by David in his studies in book 5.

The answer to this is simple:  His studies aren't the focus of the book, so they don't get talked about much.  The book is mostly about the DIRT, and The Clan, and David's having to deal with them.  His studies aren't very important to the storyline as a whole... and, frankly, reading about it would be dull as all hell.  Thus, I focused more on the things that were important and/or interesting to read about.  While I used to be able to write about David's interactions with his professors, he's doing that far less frequently now, and is studying mostly on his own.  There's just not a lot to say about a guy sitting at a desk reading a book that's going to hold anyone's attention.

Eric Storm

So what I understand from your description of his daily time consumption is, David works ALMOST as much as you do Eric?    We all know the internet, haters gonna hate.  Sometimes I get aggravated with people as well. Keep doing what you do, and the rest of us who appreciate your work will always remain.

(posted from the Item Information Page)

Pffft.  I wish I had the energy to do HALF of what David does in a day.

Eric Storm

I love this series I have read it multiple times. And I am on here look on the first of every month waiting for the next chapter. Can't wait to see what the new chapter has in store

(posted from the Item Information Page)

Look Eric a troll of appreciation.

My guess would be impatience over troll. Hmmm my comment wont load, let me keep hitting this  button.

Eric Storm wrote:

..."administrative" necessities...

I just laughed for just shy of a full minute.


Mr wordsmith, even your forum posts are full of gems.

I would like to comment on one particular situation.
In year 5 february 4/5 of chapter there David helps girl with her dream using dreamcatcher and tells the view to his professor about it, who tells that he cant talk about it before royal court have discussed it with David.
I haven`t seen/read a scene about it in this book or year 6 1-5 chapters.
I dont`t know if you left on purpose, but wanted to know.

(posted from Chapter 9: February)

Obviously I omitted it on purpose.

If I was going to tell you what was going on, I wouldn't have been so roundabout in their conversation in the first place.

Eric Storm

Some where in one of your earlier books a character stated that each year after the first you would receive license. Magic use for the second year ( at least at WAY ), third travel, fourth citizenship, and the fifth would be business. So my problem is why for your fifth year would you get a business license if its direct study after year four? Did David have to go to a class or get a book like he did for his travel exam?

Yes, he would have received a book like he did for his travel endorsement.  There isn't a specific class for business because the topic is far too broad, and the rules you really need to know can be contained in a short book.

Everything else, you can simply ask the appropriate government office about.  Unlike Earth agencies, Callamandian agencies are helpful.  (Think I'm kidding?  If you ask the IRS for help with your taxes, and they give you incorrect advice, it is still YOUR FAULT, legally.)

And licensure happens after the second year at every academy.  It's just that students at other academies have lower first-attempt success rates.

Eric Storm

Congrats on winning second place in the Best Erotic Fantasy Story 2016 in the Clitorides Awards with this story:

https://clitoridesawards.org/archives/2016

M8 beat me too it gratz Eric

Absolutely love this series. The format has been fixed and the loading into a different screen to read is smooth. Thank you for one of my favorite novels.
I think this is my fifth read through.
I hope you and the muses see another series in this world with David. A few thousand years gives you so much potential.
Thank you

(posted from Chapter 2: July)

Glad you like the stories.  Two questions:

Only a "few thousand" years for David?  He's immortal.  Shouldn't that be a "few billion" years?

When you say the "format has been fixed", what are you referring to?

Eric Storm

PS:  Seriously, a new series featuring David specifically is highly unlikely.

I’m over all excited to see an adventure with the dragon. It may not be a full 10 chapter story but I am sure you could scrawl 3-4 months into a 4-5 chapter story.

And what, exactly, do you expect would happen over a 3-4 month period in the life of a dragon living with a family that lives in a castle, at a school, in peacetime?

I'm sorry, I don't write sitcoms, and that is pretty much the perfect setup for one...

Eric Storm

That is fair. However, couldn’t it be possible he has some sort of “divine† quest to save someone, group of someone’s. Or it could be that the dragons need the touch or a human, or close enough being a Demi. It’s possible, I would write something if I was any good. I could do a rough draft and show you and you could completely change… I mean fix it to flow smooth.

Eric Storm wrote:

And what, exactly, do you expect would happen over a 3-4 month period in the life of a dragon living with a family that lives in a castle, at a school, in peacetime?

I'm sorry, I don't write sitcoms, and that is pretty much the perfect setup for one...

Eric Storm

Elessar wrote:

That is fair. However, couldn’t it be possible he has some sort of “divine�  quest to save someone, group of someone’s. Or it could be that the dragons need the touch or a human, or close enough being a Demi. It’s possible, I would write something if I was any good. I could do a rough draft and show you and you could completely change… I mean fix it to flow smooth

Yeah, you can't even write a coherent forum post, let alone an entire story.  (This may sound snarky, but realize I had to read your post like three times before I had any confidence in my understanding of what you were trying to say.  Slow down, take the time to write clearly, and PROOFREAD.)

"he has some sort of 'divine' quest..." -  That would be something involving David, not the dragon.  Dragons do not do "quests".  They feel themselves above such nonsense.  And David wouldn't be doing any kind of "quest", either, unless it was a request from the king, and then he almost certainly wouldn't be bringing along a juvenile dragon.

And if your "he" was referring to the dragon... pay closer attention: the dragon will be a girl.

" Or it could be that the dragons need the touch or a human, or close enough being a Demi."  And even after my now fifth read-through, I haven't the vaguest fucking clue what you're trying to say here.

"you could completely change… I mean fix it to flow smooth" - First I'd have to translate it into English.

Eric Storm

You are right. My apology for even attempting to give any sort of crazy idea that could give you ANYTHING to write. I didn't realize there was no male dragons that David knew, I guess I must have missed that part.

Elessar wrote:

You are right. My apology for even attempting to give any sort of crazy idea that could give you ANYTHING to write. I didn't realize there was no male dragons that David knew, I guess I must have missed that part.

Elessar previously wrote:

I’m over all excited to see an adventure with the dragon.

(Emphasis added)

Now, given the circumstances under which this previous comment was made, "the" dragon could only reasonably apply to Tiamat's daughter, a female dragon.  My responses were made on that basis.  At no point did you indicate - in any way that was comprehensible - that you were referring to some other dragon, or to any random dragon that David might know.  As such, I gave you the situation as it pertains to Tiamat's daughter.  And, given that your expressed interest was in a story about Tiamat's daughter (or, at least, that is the impression you gave), then a story featuring some other dragon wouldn't even satisfy the interest you were expressing.

Now, I'm sorry that you're upset that I misinterpreted what you were saying.  Perhaps if you had said it in English, instead of Gibberish, I would have had a clearer understanding of the ideas you were trying to convey.

Eric Storm