Hi, I'm Jacob.

Why I'm building this

I spent years reading LitRPG. Then I decided to write my own — and immediately ran into the problem every aspiring author hits.

You need one tool for outlining, another for timelines, another for character notes, another for world-building. You need to figure out how to make money. You need somewhere to get real feedback. And you need to compete with a flood of AI-generated stories that show up faster than any human can write.

Every one of those problems has a platform promising a solution. But not one platform that solves all of them, in one place, for one subscription.

So I decided to build my own. At the end of the day, I'm just a guy trying to make writing awesome stories easier.

What I'm writing

Right now I'm working on Rise of the Goblin — an adventure / action / evolution story that follows a goblin as it evolves. I'm on the first arc, and I go deep on the magic systems: there's one for humans and a separate one for monsters, and the difference matters.

I'm writing it on IlorisNovel. The platform is what keeps my timelines, tribes, places, characters, and magic systems straight — and it's the reason I trust the tools I'm building. If I won't use a feature on my own series, it doesn't ship.

For context on the kind of stories I love: my recent recommendations are Shadow Slave and 1% Lifesteal. If those land for you, we probably have similar taste.

How AI should actually help you write

The way AI is being shoved into writing right now is depressing. AI slop chapters flooding every platform. AI that writes for you, replaces your voice, and hands you a draft you didn't think of yourself.

That's not what we're doing here.

The way AI should help you write is by reading what you write — keeping your characters straight, noticing when your timeline drifts, organizing your world as your story grows. And when you need to research something cool, like what different colors of fire actually mean, it should fetch it for you so you can stay in flow.

You write. AI organizes and researches. That's the deal.

For writers and readers

IlorisNovel is for any writer tired of giving up most of their earnings and tired of paying for a dozen disconnected tools. We're writer-first, and we're building the best tools for writers — drafting, world-building, timeline tracking, getting paid — in one place, for one subscription.

For readers, we want the cleanest, ad-free experience anywhere. No trackers. No popups. No "continue reading" paywall flashing forty times a chapter. A platform you can actually trust, with the authors you love.