I missed a day because I got wrapped up in the peripheral materials, but I more than made up for it by wrapping up Rowland’s Chapter 3 and making some decent headway into his Chapter 4 as well. Now that I’ve gotten my copy of Fire Emblem if, I may have difficulty keeping up the same level of progress, but I’ll try to make a point to at least meet quota. Another couple days working in TTWC3 and I’ll move on. Stay tuned.

I did some more writing on Rowland’s Chapter 3 of TTWC3. Just about to the big showdown with Medusa. I’ve been brainstorming the fight choreography and I have to account for the full range of powers I’ve given her. You see, she doesn’t just have the Stone Gaze ability, but a number of other active and passive abilities that’ll have a bearing on the fight. Yes, I pretty well take an RPG approach to the magic system and such but keep it all under the hood. Though I have no narrative imperative to adhere so stringently to the system, it gives consistency to power levels and whatnot. I should probably do some commentary posts about how the system works. I’ve got quite a bit of documentation for it, so there’s plenty to talk about. Anyway, more writing to be done. Stay tuned.

I was making progress on Rowland’s Chapter 3 when I found a character in the character glossary that hadn’t actually been used yet. (Usually I add entries for incidental characters as they appear.) In finding a place for this stray character, I wound up working on Scipio’s Chapter 5 and pretty well finishing it. After feeling so stifled with TTWC2, I’m actually enjoying working on the story again. Perhaps I need to reformulate it and perhaps I just need to accept that TTWC2 is the weaker entry in the series. I may yet craft a variant trilogy that ditches the structural conceit I’m using now and tells a more linear narrative. That’ll be a project to consider after I’ve finished TTWC3. In the meantime, I’ve got a ways to go. Stay tuned.

I made some progress on Rowland’s Chapter 3 of TTWC3. Since I’ve started, I may just forge on ahead with TTWC3 this week and pick up JJ or EM next week. I doubt I’ll get Rowland’s section done before the week’s out, but it’s a decent goal to aim for. Stay tuned.

I did a little work on Rowland’s Chapter 5 and epilogue of TTWC3. I haven’t decided if I want to keep on working on TTWC3 or not. I’ve been talking about making progress on JJ and EM for weeks now and I should probably consider it. Stay tuned.

I’ve pretty well finished with Medusa’s Chapter 5, which effectively means that I’m done with TTWC2. Yay. That makes ten novels down. Not a bad bit of work. Perhaps if I can consistently meet quota, I can get my completion rate to something closer to a novel per year. That’d be nice. Anyway, now I can pick up work on TTWC3, but I also need to make some more progress on JJ and EM before their serialization starts in September. Fun, fun, fun. Stay tuned.

I managed to pretty well finish Medusa’s epilogue and make a little progress on her Chapter 5 as well. Really close now. One more push and I should be done. Let’s see if I can make it happen. Stay tuned.

I managed to get Medusa’s Chapter 4 of TTWC2 pretty well finished. Just two more chapters to go. Let’s see if I can’t finish it before the weekend’s out. Stay tuned.

I did a little writing on Medusa’s Chapter 4 and some work in the peripheral materials. I also wrote a little on “The Dragon Lady’s Dark Secret”. I know I should finish “The Case of the Striped Leopard” first, but I’ve been watching a fair bit of old mystery movies lately and you need to jot things down with the inspiration strikes. Stay tuned for more.

I pretty well finished Xorgoth’s Chapter 5 of TTWC2, which means all I have left is three chapters of Medusa’s section and I’ll be done. I’m certainly ready to move on. Maybe I can even wrap things up before the week is out. Stay tuned.