In an early chapter of TSoA1, the narration, from the perspective of King Coel Hen, says that he can trace his lineage all the way back to the legendary Brutus of Troy, the first King of the Britons. I hadn’t planned on doing that tracing myself, but it came as part of the deal. Interestingly, you have these two branches with the same descendants, only one flattens them out, making siblings children and grandchildren. I suppose it’s not impossible to have successive generations named after the kings in the main line, but I’m pretty sure the source just got the information wrong. Given how some of these alleged kings conflict with other information I have, the whole thing may be rubbish.

I was able to clear some things up with the lines of Conan Meriadoc and Ceneu ap Coel, which I consider accomplishments. I also managed to trace out Arthur’s descendants as Arthwys ap Mor. My original trees may have to be scrapped as a quicker alternative to trying to fix what I have. I already had to revamp the main tree once, so I guess it’s not much of a surprise I’d have to do it again. I need to spend some more time with the Arthurian legends and not just the pseudo-historical genealogies. While I am telling my own story, I’d be doing the legends no justice by leaving out some of the best material. There’s a whole lot of stuff just on Gradlon Mawr I want to explore further.

In short, no story progress to speak of, but since I did almost 12K during the week, I’m not hurting by any stretch. I think by the end of next cycle I’ll have come to a decision on when I want to start serialization. In the meantime, it’s on to TBP. With TTWC3 wrapping this month, it’s going to have to get ready for prime time. I was thinking about a biweekly schedule, but if I can finish at least two chapters a cycle, I won’t overrun the work in progress publishing a chapter a week. I like having at least one story on a weekly schedule, so we’re going to try that and if I do fall behind in my progress, I’ll switch to biweekly. Stay tuned.

I’ve made more progress in Chapter 16 of TBP, not quite making quota, but I was on the road most of the day Thursday, there’s a lot of family activities going on, I’m having to hastily make preparations for my departure for Japan on Monday, I’m trying to get a new laptop set up, and there’s still my translation project to consider, so it’s a wonder I’ve gotten anywhere at all. You may not hear of much else for a couple days, though, but we’ll see. Stay tuned.

I managed to wrap up Chapter 15 of TBP and started in on Chapter 16. Things are moving along nicely, but I need to buckle down on my translation again. I’m starting to slip behind again. All things to work on. Stay tuned.

I made more progress on Chapter 15 of TBP. I’d say I should have the chapter done in another day or two. Stay tuned.

Having to sacrifice story progress to get caught up on my translation project, TSoA1 is getting the short end of the stick once again, but now that I’m where I need to be in my translations, I’ve been able to afford some time for writing. It’s not fair to TSoA1, I know, but I went ahead and switched over to TBP and made some progress on Chapter 15. I made quota, but I don’t think I can afford much more beyond that except for Thursday, when I’ll be on the road. I should get at least two chapters done before the week’s out. Stay tuned.

I made my way through to finish Chapter 14 of TBP and wrote a couple lines of Chapter 15 before wrapping things up. Now it’s time to switch back CeleKing1. I’d say I’ll have it done in another two or three cycles. Something to look forward to. Stay tuned.

I made more progress on Chapter 14 of TBP. I stand poised to finish it before it’s time to switch over, meeting my goal for the week (well above the usual quota). The way I spin my tires with TSoA, it’s a nice change of pace to be moving along at a good clip. More to come. Stay tuned.

I went through Chapters 12 and 13, adding some to the end of the former and making some minor tweaks to the latter, then started working on Chapter 14. Some of the earlier work I did years ago, had a clumsy perspective shift, something I used to do at times but now avoid in favor of a consistent third person limited perspective. Having to choose between Cassandra and Rafael as my active lead, I decided to go with Cassandra, something I hadn’t done since the prologue. In both the chapters Rafael appeared prior to this, he was the active lead, but here it was more useful to put Cassandra in the driver’s seat. I don’t think it’ll be too disorienting, but I guess we’ll see. Stay tuned.

I made more progress on Chapter 11 of TBP, pretty much finishing it, but I’m not entirely satisfied with the ending. I’ll let it sit a while and come back to it later. Chapters 12 and 13 are already pretty much done, but I’ll go back over them and then move on to Chapter 14. Stay tuned.

I made more progress on Chapter 11 of TBP. I will be very happy if I can keep up progress at this rate. Stay tuned.