I pretty well finished the prologue of Tico4, did a little work on Chapter 3, and some bits of dialog elsewhere.

In other news, I’m considering adding in another story to the publication cycle once Tico3 is done. I haven’t committed to the idea yet, but we’ll see. There was a time (back when there were only three Arcs instead of five) when I planned to have one story from each Arc serialized every week. That was an easier idea then when I had a lot more free time and four books already pretty much completed. Now I don’t know if I could pull that off even if I did nothing but write. Still, it’d be nice if I could up my output a little more, but I suppose if I can at least be consistent, that’s good too. Stay tuned for decisions to come.

This report is a little late, but I made more progress on Chapter 3 of Tico4, grinding to a halt on a particularly tricky section, then mostly finished Chapters 6 and 7 and did little bits of dialog in a few other places. I believe I’ll be switching back over to TTWC1 this week, so I can give the Tico folks a rest and gather my thoughts in preparation for the next push. Stay tuned.

I made a little more progress on Chapter 3 of Tico4. You know how some authors talk about the characters writing themselves? Well, it happens to me sometimes and usually the story benefits from it, but occasionally they threaten to derail the plot. Maybe I’ll discuss this in greater depth once the chapter gets posted. My weekend is fairly open, so I hope to make some good progress over the next couple days. Stay tuned.

Still inching along in Chapter 3 of Tico4. That’s it, really. Stay tuned for more.

I’ve pretty well finished Chapter 1 and am making headway into Chapter 3 of Tico4. I need to go back and fill in just a little bit of the prologue bridging two scenes, then it’s full steam ahead from there. Chapter 4 is going to be a nightmare to write, but I’ve got an idea of how to go forward and hopefully it’ll pan out. Stay tuned.

I made some progress on Chapters 1 and 2 of Tico4. And that’s really all there is to say at present. Stay tuned for more.

Even though I probably should’ve been devoting more time to other things, I was neck-deep in research and made some good progress on Chapter 3 of Tico4. (“What about Chapter 2?” you ask? Well, I did write a couple lines there, but that chapter doesn’t require extra research on my part.) Once said chapter comes out, I’ll relate the nature of this research in a commentary post, but for now, I want to avoid spoilers. If all goes well, I should be done through Chapter 3 by the end of the week, maybe even through Chapter 4. That’ll give me even more wiggle room when it comes to the Space Arc rotation, but on the other side of things, I’ll need to push through the latter chapters of Gamaliel’s section of TTWC1. That can be a challenge for next week. (As you’ve probably noticed from last week’s posts, I’ve been putting more time into TTWC2 than trying to fight with the more difficult characters of Gamaliel and Xenomachos.) Expect me to stay relatively focused on Tico4 throughout the week, though I may occasionally slip into some of the shorts as well. Stay tuned.

I made some progress on the prologue and Chapter 1 of Tico4 and did a little more writing on some of those Space Arc shorts. I’ve got a fair bit of research ahead of me in preparation for the first major plot arc of the story. Nothing like poring over pages and pages of government docs to lend verisimilitude to the story. Stay tuned.

I did a little more writing on TTWC2 and did some work on a few of the Space Arc shorts in development. I think I’m about ready to hop over and start doing some work on Tico4 for a while. However, I have other priorities that come first, so I can’t make any promises of much progress in the immediate future. We’ll see how it goes, though. Stay tuned.

I believe I’ve pretty well gotten everything laid out for Tico4. Again, I’ve done a little writing here and there, but most of the day’s work was organizational. I also wrote a little dialog for another potential short on the horizon. So much writing to do and so little time.

I suppose prepping this week’s update will be a good time for me to transition over to TTWC1. I think I’ll at least round out Ionathas’ scenario before going back to Tico4 or going anywhere else. Stay tuned.