Category: Earth Arc

Feb 21 2022

WIP Update – 14-20 Feb 22

I don’t quite have the chapter structure for EM3 set in stone yet, but I finished five chapters. Several of those were already in progress, so it’s not quite as much headway as it might sound at first, but it’s still pretty respectable if I say so myself.

For a change of pace, I wrote Chapters 1 and 2 of Whose Dog Are You? (which I’m going to be referring to as “DonaInu” from now on, from the Japanese translation of the title: “Anata wa Donata no Inu Desu ka?“).

Also, I’ve been doing a lot of work in the peripheral materials of Welcome to the World. One of the gimmicks is that I’m really trying to make the World operate according to a clearly defined game system. I may need to go back and streamline the mechanics more as I think I’m suffering a bit from complexity addiction. We’ll see how things go.

I mentioned plans to plug some holes in NagaTen and TWH last week. I haven’t gotten to it yet, but I need to get on it. Stay tuned.

May 28 2017

WIP Update – 28 May 17

Very minimal progress on Caradoc’s Chapter 10 of TSoA1. Most of the time I spent writing was nothing more than transcribing what I’d handwritten for Chapters 9 and 10. Were it not for what I wrote on CeleKing2, I’d be a fair bit under quota for the week. It’s a little frustrating to see progress grind like this, but hopefully things will look better once I switch over to TBP. Stay tuned.

May 27 2017

WIP Update – 26 May 17

I continue to inch along in Caradoc’s Chapter 10 of TSoA1. Not much else to say about it. Kinda looking forward to moving on to TBP. We’ll see how far I can get before then, though. Stay tuned.

May 25 2017

WIP Update – 25 May 17

I made a little more progress on Caradoc’s Chapter 10 of TSoA1. Under quota, but I’m sure the final tally will work out. Stay tuned.

May 24 2017

WIP Update – 24 May 17

I made a little more progress on Caradoc’s Chapter 1 of TSoA1 and managed to complete Chapter 1 of CeleKing1 at long last. I figure I’ll let the latter sit until next cycle to go back through it and clean it up a bit. More to come. Stay tuned.

May 23 2017

WIP Update – 23 May 17

I may not have to put TSoA1 on the back burner after all. I was able to make some progress on what is currently Chapter 10 of the Caradoc gaiden and continued my work on Chapter 1 of CeleKing2. Still not finished on the latter and I don’t plan on setting it down until I am. Stay tuned.

May 22 2017

WIP Update – 22 May 17

While trying to pick up TSoA1, I found myself completely blanking. I may have to put the story on hiatus for a little while to recharge and refocus, but I’m going to give it another day or two to see if the inspiration won’t come. Meanwhile, I did make more progress on Chapter 1 of CeleKing2, but I think I’m going to have to go back through and give it some major edits as the chapter feels rather disjointed and convoluted at the moment. (I guess that’s only natural when you’re grafting offline content with stuff that’s been written years ago.) Things to do. I guess this means CeleKing2 will at least get a couple more days and we’ll see what becomes of TSoA1. Stay tuned.

May 08 2017

WIP Update – 07 May 17

After a week of little more than video games and anime, I turned my attention back to TSoA1 a bit. I mostly just played around in the genealogies and other peripheral materials, but I’m also playing with an idea to make a separate gaiden about Caradoc Freichfras and have it follow the main story. The timeframe for the gaiden would fit in the main story, so I may yet decide to just insert the chapters, but I haven’t committed to the idea one way or the other. Something to play with next cycle. Now it’s on to TBP. Stay tuned.

Apr 28 2017

WIP Update – 27 Apr 17

So, before I head out the door on my grand adventure, a quick recap of recent progress. I finished my work on Chapter 26 of TSoA1 and then worked on two chapters that have yet to be enumerated. I decided I’m going to spend at least four chapters on Caradoc Freichfras and his gang. That should add another 10K at least. I may well cover St. Germanus’ campaign against the Picts as well. As noted previously, the chapter structure is about to get shaken up, so all updates will cease to reflect the actual chapters that were worked on, not that I imagine anyone is wanting that accurate a chronicle of my progress. Anyway, I’ll try to get at least a little writing done over the next four days. Stay tuned.

Apr 26 2017

WIP Update – 26 Apr 17

I got through Chapter 22 of TSoA1 and then went on to Chapter 26. Although I’ve got plans to keep me hopping over Golden Week, I’m going to try to pay some time and thought to revamping the story so we can have something closer to a respectable wordcount. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of casting the net wider for the characters and events from the time period, especially the ones who will factor heavily into the future of the overall narrative. As noted the previous chapter numbering will quickly become obsolete, but that isn’t going to bother anyone here too much, now is it? Stay tuned.