Besides some idle edits and additions to the prologue of Tzipi’s Garden, I didn’t get any story writing done, but I did continue my work sorting out the timeline for TBP, adding, deleting and moving several chapters, rendering my comment yesterday about the chapter order obsolete. (Now the old Chapter 3 has been pushed up to Chapter 8 and because that’s a long time to be without any mention of Cassandra, I have a new Chapter 3 and revived a previously deleted chapter to take the Chapter 5 slot.) I think I’ve finally got it all battened down, though. I still need to rearrange the chapters in the manuscript itself. Whee fun. We’ll see what work gets done tomorrow. Stay tuned.

If it weren’t for the regular updates to the site, you might be forgiven for thinking I fell off the face of the Earth. It is the week of Thanksgiving after all. (Okay, I’ll admit, they’ve got two scenario events in GBF and they’ve brought back the Kyle hero quest in S&D, so that might bear some of the blame for my current lack of progress.) I didn’t figure the single sentence I wrote in Chapter 11 of CeleKing1 on Monday was worth mentioning. And while I haven’t made any story progress per se, I have made some serious headway sorting out the timeline for TBP.

While the scale of my maps isn’t necessarily precise, I decided to actually attempt to crunch the numbers for a more accurate calculation of travel times. (I’ve done some calculations for the KoG and TTWC series, but never applying quite so much math.) In so doing, it completely threw the original timeline into chaos. However, after a lot of work, I finally managed to get things lined up. This is going to cause some reshuffling of the chapters, which is going to make my earlier WIP posts make less sense looking back. (For instance, at the moment, the new Chapters 3, 4 and 5 were formerly 4, 5, and 3.) I had about a 20-day offset I was able to resolve by giving Cassandra’s group an additional side trip leading up to the final confrontation, so that’s something.

Given how much of the week has passed with no appreciable progress on CeleKing1, I’ll likely spend next week on it as well, but we’ll see. Stay tuned.

Well, all the fun and excitement of post-termination relocation cut into my writing time, but once the dust settled, I was able to get some writing done on Chapters 11 and 12 of CeleKing1. I suppose it’s time to switch back over to TSoA1. We’ll see how far I can get. I’d like to at least have ten chapters knocked out before I begin its serial run. Stay tuned.

I mostly finished Chapter 10 of CeleKing1. Now that it seems I have a little more time on my hands, maybe I can devote some of that to getting even more writing done. (Knowing me, unlikely.) We’ll see how much farther I can get before it’s time to switch over. Stay tuned.

I made more progress on Chapter 10 of CeleKing1 and also hopped over to CeleKing2 and 3 to jot down dialog for a couple scenes that have been rattling around in my head. More to come. Stay tuned.

I made some progress on Chapter 10 of CeleKing1. Another day or two and it should be done. Stay tuned.

I made the push to get Chapter 9 of CeleKing1 mostly finished. There might be a few sentences I need to add in later, but it’s good enough for now. I had to make a point to actually do the writing because I’m currently fixated on meeting a particularly tricky objective in GBF. If I should succeed, I’ll detail the madness I’m subjecting myself to. If I fail, we shall never speak of it again. ^_^; This week I’ll be working on TSoA1. Stay tuned.

All I managed to write was a mere paragraph Friday, but I then made up for it by doubling quota Saturday. Actually, Friday I spent a lot of time doing research which then helped things along. Oh, yes, in the odd chance you’re viewing this post in isolation or haven’t been following along chronologically, said progress was in Chapter 9 of CeleKing1. It’s looking like I’ll be lucky to finish it this week, but it’s turned out to be a rather long chapter, so it’s understandable. I’ve still got a month and a half until the launch and I believe I already have a sufficient lead, so it shouldn’t be too bad going forward. TSoA1 is going to need a lot more work if it’s going to launch around the same time. I like to have a ten-chapter head start if I can manage it. We’ll see what I can do. Stay tuned.

More progress on Chapter 9 of CeleKing1. I should still get it done this week, but it looks like it’s be a bit longer than I originally anticipated. Stay tuned.

After bounding along so well, it almost feels disappointing to just meet quota, but so it goes. Chapter 9 of CeleKing1 is coming along. Hopefully I can wrap it up soon. Stay tuned.