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.

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.

After skipping a day and not even touching my writing until after midnight as I was preoccupied with my rewatch of Escaflowne, I still managed to make a decent chunk of progress on Chapter 1 of CeleKing2, but I didn’t get to finish it. Overall, I did more than double quota for the week, but I’m going to spend another day on it so I can at least finish that chapter. I’ll still be moving on to TSoA1, though I’m still not entirely sure about what I want to do with the story at this point. I guess I’ll focus on the Caradoc Freichfras chapters for now and once those are written, I’ll figure out what comes next. Stay tuned.

I did a little writing on Chapters 1 and 3. I’m starting to spin my tires a bit on the latter, trying to decide how many variations of “Yasuko is ill-adapted for life in Celestial society” are worth doing. I’ll probably cap it at three and call it good. Finishing Chapter 1 is the main objective for the weekend, so we’ll see how that goes. Stay tuned.

I went on to finish the second section of Chapter 2 of CeleKing1 and started in on Chapter 3. I’m honestly rather antsy to get to Chapter 7, where the action begins in earnest. That’s not going to happen this cycle, but if I can finish Chapter 4 by the end of the weekend, I imagine I’ll make it there next cycle. Stay tuned.

I managed to knock out the first section of Chapter 2 of CeleKing2. (I thought I was done with the chapter, but it turns out I accidentally moved content from the second half to Chapter 3. I was wondering why I didn’t have those two scenes in the same chapter and then I see they were supposed to be together all along.) Besides going through Chapter 1 and filling it in this weekend, I also should sit down and work out how to fill the gaps in the story. I have most of the story accounted for, but there are still a few chapters I need to figure out and others I need to clarify. Things to do, things to do. Stay tuned.

I made more progress in Chapter 1 of CeleKing2, up to the point that it’ll be difficult to proceed while matching offline material to what I’ve already written. I’ll probably just move on and then pick up the rest of the chapter over the weekend. Stay tuned.

I managed to get through the prologue of CeleKing2 and start in on Chapter 1. Because I’ve already done quite a bit of writing later in the story, it actually feels a little weird going back to the beginning. Well, filling in the gaps I’ve left in the narrative will all be part of the fun. Stay tuned.

Well, I’m calling it. I put the finishing touches on the epilogue of CeleKing1 and that’s that. My 14th novel is complete. It all feels like it went by really quickly, but I guess that’s not necessarily a bad thing given all the projects in my cue.

I promptly went on to do a little work in the prologue of CeleKing2, but the real work won’t begin until next cycle. I’ve already got about 10K written on that book, so if its predecessor is any indication, that means about 50K more to go. (Honestly, I don’t even have the thing fully plotted yet, so that’s work to be done.)

Anyway, now it’s back to TSoA1. We’ll see how far I can get this week. Because I have Friday off, my schedule’s been compressed a bit, so I won’t have quite as much time for writing as usual. I should still be able to make decent headway, though. Stay tuned.

I spent most of the day just transcribing all my handwritten work, so I didn’t get much new writing done, though I did finish the dialog for the epilogue of CeleKing1. I just need to fill in a little of the narrative and I’ll be done. There will be some additional polish and revisions added later, but the work will be mostly done. I won’t quite announce the deal’s done yet, but we’re close. Stay tuned.