Feb 08 2024

WIP Update – 07 Feb 24

I continued my progress on Chapter 23 of EM3. Much as I was going over the CeleKing series last week, I’m going over EM1 now to find stuff that’s slipped past my radar and I’ll be going through EM2 as well. More to come. Stay tuned.

Feb 07 2024

WIP Update – 06 Feb 24

I didn’t get any writing done Monday, but then I had a dream that I wanted out of my head, so it needed to go onto the page. I then proceeded to write this 3200-word piece that would’ve been great if it was actually relevant story progress. It might end up finding its way in some other story in the future, but it doesn’t help with the main objective for the week. As far as that goes, I only made about a paragraph’s worth of progress on Chapter 23 of EM3. I’ve had to do some research on squash. It’ll make sense when you read the chapter in six weeks. We’ll try to pick up the pace in the coming days. Stay tuned.

Feb 04 2024

WIP Update – 03 Feb 24

I put the finishing touches on Chapter 18 of TWH and spent most of my day correcting those errors in the CeleKing series. Loads of fun. I’d like to write more on TWH, but I need to be switching gears to EM3. Stay tuned.

Feb 03 2024

WIP Update – 01-02 Feb 24

Two days with a good bit of time on my hands proved to be enough to mostly finish Chapter 18 of TWH. Not only that, but I was going over CeleKing1, 2 and 3 to catch typos. It started with me just rereading random chapters and just happening the occasional error, but I went on to do a more methodical scan through the three novels to catch things that had slipped by me in the past. Afterward, I’d have to make those corrections to the original manuscript, the offline HTML file and of course the chapters on the website. Loads of fun.

Anyway, I might try doing a little more on TWH before switching over. Stay tuned.

Jan 27 2024

WIP Update – 26 Jan 24

I managed to pretty well finish up Chapter 22 of EM3, so it’s more or less ready to go when its turn comes up in two weeks. Of course, it’s TWH that’s up next and I’m going to have to hop to if I want its next chapter ready before the deadline. Fun to come. Stay tuned.

Jan 26 2024

WIP Update – 25 Jan 24

Wednesday kept me hopping, so no progress then, but yesterday I had some downtime between grading entrance exams and the staff meeting before we could go, so I was able to make some progress on Chapter 22 of EM3. We’ll see what can get done on my comp day. (Don’t hold your breath, but I may surprise all of us yet.) Stay tuned.

Jan 24 2024

WIP Update – 22-23 Jan 24

Monday was another day of me making minimal progress on Chapter 22 of EM3 before conking out and yesterday would have been even worse, as evidenced by the fact that I didn’t even get to making a simple post like this, but I actually did better than you might think, making some nice headway in Chapter 22 of EM3 while working on the outlines for the WttW series during my free time at work (enjoying it while it lasts, which isn’t long).

I believe I’ve mentioned before that my most recent projects have taught me that writing by the seat of my pants is terrible and a major contributor to all the delays we’ve seen in those projects. I want to avoid that in the future, so I want to go back to putting the proper planning back into the process. That can be a little tricky when I’m pushing myself to consistently release new content, but in the case of RttW, I already have a good headstart that affords me some time to get things sorted out. How well all this works remains to be seen, but if you want to achieve a goal, you’ve got to set it first. Stay tuned.

Jan 21 2024

WIP Update – 20 Jan 24

Ugh. This is starting to drive me crazy. I can’t get more than a couple sentences in before I’m out like a light for some two hours. Well, so it goes. One day I’ll get lucky and enjoy an unbroken spell of writing without my body shutting down on me. Anyway, a little progress was made on Chapter 22 of EM3 and maybe I can drive forward and get it finished before switching over. Stay tuned.

Jan 20 2024

WIP Update – 18 Jan 24

You might be wondering why I’m posting about Thursday’s progress on Saturday. Well, I crashed so hard Friday evening that I couldn’t even get to writing this post, much less making any further progress. Thursday wasn’t that much better. I couldn’t get all that much written on Chapter 22 of EM3 before crashing out then, too. Can I turn things around in the course of the weekend? Don’t count on it, but I’ll see what I can do. Stay tuned.

Jan 18 2024

WIP Update – 17 Jan 24

Between bouts of unconsciousness, I almost made quota working on Chapter 22 of EM3. If I could actually stay awake, I might be advancing leaps and bounds. Also, I’m getting close to wrapping up the latest round of checking papers, which should help give me a little more time for writing as well. Anything to move things along, right? Stay tuned.