'A Proper Villain' is now available

'A Proper Villain'- Book 1 of Grandpa Sweet Fist is now available on Amazon. I am excited to get the book out and interested to see what the sales figures would be like with Kindle Unlimited. Please take a look for some laugh-out loud supervillain fun.

A Proper Villain - Kindle edition by Lim, Roy. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Chris Rock is a Pro

They are calling it ‘the slap that was heard around the world.”

Earlier today, actor Will Smith won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in the movie “King Richard”. However, in one of the greatest acts of self-sabotage in the history of Hollywood, no one is talking about his win. Everyone is talking about what Will Smith did about an hour before he picked up his Oscar.

About halfway through the show, comedian Chris Rock went on stage to present an Oscar and made an off-colour joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Rock joked that Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia, should star in a “G.I. Jane” sequel due to her bald head. The audience laughed. Will Smith laughed. Pinkett Smith did not and rolled her eyes. Then, Will Smith storm onto the stage and slapped Chris Rock.

Rock was visibly stunned while Smith went back to his seat and yelled at Rock to Pinkett Smith’s name out of his mouth. Rock tried to defend himself by saying it was a ‘G.I. Jane’ joke. Smith then repeated himself, which Rock replied by telling the audience “That was the greatest night in the history of television.” He smiled to the camera, handed over the best documentary prize, which was the reason he was on stage, and moved off the stage.

Now, stand-up comedians are usually adept at handling hecklers, but I don’t think anyone expected Will Smith to react the way he did. In fact, I didn’t think the joke was all that offensive. It wasn’t funny, it was off-colour but there were far more offensive jokes said at the award show. If you don’t believe me, just look up Amy Schumer’s joke on Leonardo DiCaprio and his girlfriends. That was far worse.

So, I must say this. Chris Rock is a pro. He handled the matter like a total professional and kept the award show going. A different person would have handled the matter differently and caused the whole show to come crashing down. Chris Rock did not. Rock came out of the whole thing looking like the most mature person in the whole affair. Chris Rock!

Now, that is history-making.  

Please get vaccinated

 

It has been some time since I updated this blog and today, I have some good news, and some bad news.

Bad news is that I had COVID.  

Good news is that I am fully vaccinated and already had my booster, so my symptoms were mild. It’s nothing more than a mild cold for me. If I wasn’t vaccinated and did not have the booster shot, things could be a lot worse.

So, for everyone out there. Please get vaccinated. COVID is nothing to be afraid of if you get the vaccine.   

'The Immortal Conspiracy' is now available!

Took a little longer than I expected, but it's out! 'The Immortal Conspiracy' is now available on Amazon. Book 2 of the 'Ages of Technology', it continues the story of Tobias Wong and tell you why you should always be wary about things that are free. Especially if it is from your supervillain father!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B099PFVJDY/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i4

The Immortal Conspiracy

 

So, it has been over a year! 

In my last post, I said I wanted to post on this blog more regularly. Man, did I failed or what! 

Good news is that I'm still writing, and anyone who wish to support me may do so on my Patreon. If you don't like Patreon, then you may buy my next book!

Yes, the next book in the "Ages of Technology' series is completed. Titled 'The Immortal Conspiracy", it continues the tale of Tobias Wong, who had survived the firefight in Thailand thanks to the system. The gift from his father had changed Tobias' life, but nothing is for free, and it's now time for him to pay the bill.  

If everything works out, it should be on sale on Amazon next month. So, please watch out for it. Thanks!   

Not Dead

Man, I have been lazy!
I had been updating my stories regularly on my Patreon, Royal Road Legends and Webnovel. Yet I haven't updated this blog in over FIVE months! Sorry about that, but there's really not much for me to update. I had been crunching out both 'The Suit-Maker' and 'Grandpa Sweet Fist' on time, and outside a small health scare, everything has been going well.
On a smaller note, I had been releasing my rough draft of 'The Dungeon Hive Trilogy' on Webnovel and the response has been good. It was on the 'Feature Original Stories' tab a few weeks ago, and will be recommended on the ORIGINAL block of 'Promising Originals' next week. So anyone who read stories on Webnovel may look out for it.
Thank you for reading, and I hope you won't have to wait another five months for the next update. Until next time! 

Patreon

Rather belatedly, I am here to inform the few fans I have that I have a patreon account. I had it for a few weeks already, so if anyone has some extra cash on hand, you can make a small donation to read upcoming parts of my ongoing stories.

Now if you are asking why I am on patreon, the answer is simple; I am a jealous man.

I have been writing for the past few years, and when I see so many of my fellow writers on patreon, I can’t help but want a small piece of the pie. Is this the most persuasive request for donations you would ever read? No, but this is the truth. I am a small-minded jealous man who want YOUR MONEY!

With the begging out of the way, I am also here to tell everyone I am writing a new story. It’s called ‘Grandpa Sweet Fist’ and it is my take on the mentor figure troupe. In most adventure/fantasy stories, there is always an older mentor figure who stood by the hero’s side through thick and thin, only to be off before the end of the story.

This is that story but told through the eyes of the mentor. I shall be adding in several other troupe like Badass Grandpa, Eccentric Mentor, Old Superhero/Villain, Absent Parent and anything else I can throw in. Why am I writing this story now when I am still writing the sequel of ‘The Suit-Maker’? Simply put; the sales of the ‘The Suit-Maker’ sucks. Sales figures are poor, and I seriously doubt it will get any better in the future. So hopefully, GSF will do better.

Thanks for reading!   

The Suit-Maker' is available on Amazon!

It's finally out! The Suit-Maker is now available on Amazon and Smashwords. A hardcore sci-fi novel with cyberpunk and steampunk elements, I think the book is a bit of a risk but hopefully, I'll sell enough copies to break even. Please take a look.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B082MFNS89/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1674234074/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i4

The Suit-Maker

It's coming...

Spread of the Dungeons: III of the Dungeon Hive Trilogy

It's finally here! The last and final book of The Dungeon Hive Trilogy is now live. 'Spread of the Dungeons: III of the Dungeon Hive Trilogy' is available on Amazon. The grammar has been fixed (if it's not, blame my editors), and the cover looks great. 

I wish to thank everyone for staying with me through the series and although I have no plans to do so right now, I did leave myself room to continue the series if I ever decide to go back to the world of the Dungeon Hive. Thanks everyone and please enjoy!

Spread of the Dungeons: III of the Dungeon Hive Trilogy

Spread of the Dungeons

Wow, it has been some time since I updated the blog! Sorry about that but here I am now giving you loyal readers a badly needed updated on final book of 'The Dungeon Hive Trilogy".
It is done. I have finished the book and it is currently with the editors. I was hoping for a June release but add in the time needed for formatting and I shall probably miss it. No one's fault but my own. Personally, I find this book to be the hardest to write because it's the end and I got a specific ending in mind. I had the ending in my mind since I began writing 'Fantasy Begins' and I think it sort of affected my writing process.
Still, it is done and I am pretty happy with it. Sorry for the long wait between updates but once the editing and formatting are finished, I shall be announcing the release of the book here. Please look forward to it!   

A Small Thank You

Sometimes things have a life of it's own. That’s what happening with my ‘little’ side-project titled 'The Suit-Maker'. I started the story because I was looking to have a little fun and I did not expect much from it.

I mean the story is about a middle-age guy who is trying to be a designer of battlesuits. He’s basically a low grade Tony Stark and the story is almost totally about the designing puzzles he need to overcome. There’s literally no fighting (though I am thinking of changing that) and totally no romance. Yet somehow it started to gain fans. Right now it has over 100 followers on Royal Road Legends and I’ll be honest; I did not expect this.

I’m still not sure why the story is gaining fans but I’m not complaining. In fact I wish to thank everyone following the story on Royal Road Legends and Webnovels. Hope everyone is enjoying the ride and thanks for the support.

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/20487/the-suit-maker

Gwent: The Witcher Card Game

Like most people, I discovered Gwent when I played The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. A delightfully addictive card game, Gwent took a life of it’s own and many players, including me, put aside the main quest in The Witcher 3 to run around the map to collect the cards. Seeing the unexpected phenomenon, developer CD Projekt released an open beta version of Gwent as a free-to-play digital collectible card game in May 2017.

I didn’t know about the game till much later but once I knew of it, I joined the beta and did all the things you were supposed to do. Climb the leaderboard; get the cards; join a Facebook group; play the game and have fun. Then six months ago, CD Projekt announced a revamp of the game before the official release in Oct 2018. Like most players in the beta, I was less than pleased with the announcement but I understood the reasoning behind it.

The game was in beta and CD Projekt do have the right to make changes to the game before the release. Hell, nowadays there are companies who change their games even after the official release! So I was willing to give them a chance and after a few days of playing it daily, the results are in.

First off, forget about Gwent before the revamp. It is now a totally different game and some players have begun to call it (old) Gwent and (new) Gwent. They are not entirely wrong. Gwent is now a more tactical game which requires you to have more interaction during the round. (Old) Gwent was more strategic and you don’t really do a lot of interaction with your cards after putting them down on the board.

That is good and I like this new change. Having ways to interact with the cards on the board gives players options and that’s never a bad thing. Having a more tactical aspect to the game is good especially since the strategic component of the game wasn’t completely lost. The decks are more varied now (though this may change as time goes on) and there’s more ways to counter decks even when you’re faced with a bad matchup. Push hard when facing a Scoia'tael deck with Eithne to get a short Round 3? Kill everything on the board when facing a Foltest Specters deck? It is possible. I find the different factions in the game to be more balanced after the revamp.

Also with the lowering of power in the game, there’s less point slamming and decks are now more effect-based. I generally find this a welcome change. I also welcome the design of the new board. I had my doubts when I first saw it but after playing for a few days, it kind of grew on me. It gives more favour to the game and makes you feel like you are a general in charge of an army.

However the game is also much slower now. (Old) Gwent was very fast paced and full of card chains. The new game is not. In the old game, I could easily reached the second tier of the daily rewards but now it would take about two hours to reach it. I think a shorter timer could be the answer but no matter what, CD Projekt need to do something to make the game shorter.

I also find some of the rules on the cards to be kind of arbitrary. For example; why does Foltest’s Pride has reach 3 when it needs to be in the melee row for it’s order to work? That doesn’t make much sense right?

Still, I do enjoy the game and is still playing it. I won’t say Gwent is now a great game after the revamp but I don’t think it is worse after the change. It is I believed just slightly better. So the results of the revamp is…mixed!

Update

Hi everyone,

It's been some time since I posted so sorry about that. Currently I am working on a couple of things. On the Dungeon Hive Trilogy, I just finished the first part of Book 3 and everything is going according to schedule. I intend to title it 'Hive's End' and take things slow on this book
In addition to that, I’m working on a side-project titled 'The Suit-Maker'. A book with the combination of Sci-fi, System, Cultivation, and a little bit of Magic all mixed together. I'm looking at it as a little fun experiment. I'm putting it up on Royal Road Legends and Webnovels. Please check it out.
Thanks

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/20487/the-suit-maker
https://www.webnovel.com/book/11668046805474205/The-Suit-Maker

Winner: France

It is over and the French are the winners of the 2018 World Cup. Arguably the greatest World Cup ever, definitely the best of the modern, France defeated Croatia 4-2 in the final and made manager Didier Deschamps only the third person to have won the trophy both as a player and a manager. However, were the French deserved winners?

Now I know there are some out there who would argue that Croatia had more of the ball yesterday but anyone who watched the game could see that the French were the more dangerous side. Between Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann, they had two players in attack that could outpace any defender in the Croatian team and with N’Golo Kante and Paul Pogba, they had a defensive block in midfield that made going down the center of the park almost impossible for Croatia. On many occasions yesterday, Croatian captain Luka Modric (who was the Golden Ball winner for being best player at the tournament) had to drop deep to pick up the ball. The Croatian tried hard but despite French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris’ best efforts to give them a lift, it just wasn’t enough and I thought France deserved to win the game yesterday.

Some people would argue that they weren’t the best team in the World Cup and I won’t argue with that. For me, Belgium was the best and most exciting team in Russia but the French had a good defense, a strong midfield, and a deadly attack. So were the French deserved winners? In a word, Yes!

Dungeon Flames: #2 of The Dungeon Hive Trilogy

https://www.amazon.com

It's here! Took a little longer than I hope but at least I got it out before the start of the World Cup.
Dungeon Flames: #2 of The Dungeon Hive Trilogy is now available on Amazon. Please follow the link at the top and check it out!

Cover and Small Update

Hi everyone,

It’s been awhile so I thought I give a little update on the book. As everyone could see, I got the cover page and decided on the title of ‘Fantasy Expands’. I know the cover is very different from the cover of ‘Fantasy Begins’ and while that made me hesitate, I finally decided to pull the trigger and bought the cover on selfpubbookcover.com. At the same time, I finished the rewrite of the book and it’s currently with a freelance editor from scribendi.com. It probably be two weeks before it’s done so in the meantime I would advise anyone still reading the series on RRL to finish up quickly.

Yes, I’m going to take the book off RRL. Once the editing is done, I’m going to delete the pages, put up the first two chapters of the book and moved the book to the ‘Completed’ section of RRL. The reason are mainly twofold. First; most authors on RRL who publish does it (for obvious reasons) so why not me? Secondly; the last third of the book has been changed and I do not want to have two versions of the page out there. When doing the rewrite, I discovered I basically wrote the same battle twice via two different POV. In the rewrite, I try to correct this issue and also add in some other differences. There is a new Boss in the book and a (hopefully enjoyable) battle no one had read before.

Thanks

Update- Book 2 of The Dungeon Hive Trilogy

Hi everyone, Happy Chinese New Year!

It’s been awhile since I updated his blog and I just wish to take this time to inform you on Book 2 of The Dungeon Hive Trilogy. Basically, I’ve finished the first draft of Book 2. This should not come as a surprise to anyone following my work on RRL (Royal Road Legends), but I have to inform everyone that the finished work would be different from what’s on RRL now. I’m pleased to say that I had finished rewriting the prologue of Book 2 and am now slowly going through the rest of the book. I intend to rewrite the ending, specifically the final fight, as well add some fluff and more jokes to the book. Good news is that I know what I want to do. Bad news is that I haven’t done it. With Fantasy Begins, I had found that editing (and finding typos) is not my strong suit so I intend to take my time with the rewrite this time before sending it to a professional editor. I believe there should be no problem with publishing Book 2 before the end of the year but I do not want to lock myself to a time frame beyond that. Till then, please continue to enjoy ‘Fantasy Begins: Book 1 of the Dungeon Hive Trilogy’.

Thanks!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0757MK31Z/ref=x_gr_w_bb?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0757MK31Z&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2

'Fantasy Begins'- 50% off on Smashwords!

Just want everyone to know that Smashwords is having a year-end sale and 'Fantasy Begins' is 50% till 1 Jan. Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Year!

https://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=Fantasy+Begins%3A+Book+1+of+the+Dungeon+Hive+Trilogy

Going Wide

Hi everyone! 

'Fantasy Begins'- Book 1 of The Dungeon Hive Trilogy is now available on iBooks, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo. Unfortunately I’m unable to put the book on Goggle Playstore yet as they are not accepting any new submission currently (not sure why). I’m not really sure how much sales I could get on these sites but I figured the more the merrier right. Please take a look if you wish. Thanks!