Jul
09
2014
I pretty well wrapped up Chapter 5 of Tico4. I don’t have much left for Chapter 4. Just one section I need to wrap up. Thanks to my working ahead earlier, I’ll be able to jump all the way down to Chapter 9 if I stay in sequence. Stay tuned.
Jul
08
2014
I’ve been a little preoccupied with other stuff over the past several days, but I’m back in action now, having made progress on Chapters 4 and 5 of Tico4. I’m almost done with both of them and will be able to move on soon, I hope.
Jun
24
2014
I made good progress on Chapter 4 of Tico4 and did a little work on Chapter 5 as well. As you’ve heard me gripe many a time before, Chapter 4 is a monster, but I stand to have it mostly done before the week is out. That’ll certainly be a relief. Stay tuned.
Jun
02
2014
I continue to trudge along in Chapter 4 of Tico4. Previously I’d stated concern about having two sections of internal narrative in a chapter largely driven by dialog, particularly having them side by side as a consequence of how things are set up. However, the more I work on said sections, the more I see that they’re different enough in tone and content that it shouldn’t be a problem and being situated in the middle should make for a sort of reflective intermission. We’ll see how it looks when it’s finished. Stay tuned.
Jun
01
2014
A little more progress on Chapter 4 of Tico4. Because I didn’t make much headway last week, I may stick with it a bit longer before switching over to TTWC1. We’ll see. Stay tuned.
May
31
2014
A little more progress on Chapter 4 of Tico4. For a chapter that hinges on dialog to drive it, two or three of the nine sections have the perspective character being silent. Haa…
May
29
2014
I made a little progress on Chapter 4 of Tico4, mostly finishing the dialog of one section. Seven more to go. I think I’ve come up with a good solution for the problem the chapter poses, but we’ll see how it fares when I’m done.
In other news, with the epilogue of Tico3 set to come out in two weeks, I need to think about doing a full pass through the book and prepping all the appendices. Whee fun. Stay tuned.
May
17
2014
I made some progress on Chapter 4 of Tico4, getting through most of the dialog in one section and starting on another. There are nine sections, mind, so I’ve still got a lot ahead of me. Stay tuned.
May
16
2014
I managed to get through that tricky patch of Chapter 3 of Tico4 and did a little work on Chapter 4 as well. Although I don’t expect to finish it over the weekend, I do intend to make more progress on the latter. It’s going to be quite the slog, but hopefully the end result will make it all worth it. Stay tuned.
May
14
2014
I worked on getting things together to better resolve the pickles of Chapters 3 and 4 of Tico4. It’s still going to take a fair bit of legwork before I get it all resolved. Other stuff is keeping me pretty busy at the moment, so I don’t know how much progress I’ll be making this week. I’ll see what I can do, though. Stay tuned.