I made more progress on Chapter 30 of TBP. It’s mostly finished. I just have to fill in the narrative in a couple spots. The goal for this week is to at least get through Chapter 32. Let’s see if I can make it happen. Stay tuned.

I made more progress on Chapter 30 of TBP and I also wrapped up the prologue of Mr. Starbrite and wrote a little on Chapter 2. There are a lot of scenes I’d like to get out of my head and onto the page. Can’t neglect the story that’s currently in serialization, though. Though unlikely, it’d be amazing if I could get through Chapter 31 before the handover. Stay tuned.

I made more progress in Chapter 30 of TBP. Under quota, though. Guess I was too busy celebrating getting Nephenee in FEH. ^_^; Well, finishing the chapter and at least starting on Chapter 31 before the handover seem entirely likely, so let’s see how far I can get. Stay tuned.

I finally managed to get through Chapter 29 of TBP and started in on Chapter 30. If I could get through Chapter 31 by the time the weekend’s out, that’d be great, but we’ll see. Stay tuned.

I made more progress in Chapter 29 of TBP. I’m just shy of finishing it. I’ll get it done, dagnabbit. I just have to figure out exactly how I want to close it. A task for another day, I suppose. Stay tuned.

I made more progress in Chapter 29 of TBP. I’d say I’ll have it ready in another day. Something to shoot for. Stay tuned.

I made some progress on Chapter 29 of TBP. The minimum goal for the week is to get through Chapter 30, but if I can get and farther than that, it would be outstanding. I’m closing my lead and need to stay ahead or else there will be delays in serialization, to say nothing of preparing for whatever is going to follow TBP. Well, things to do. Stay tuned.

I made some more progress on Chapter 29 of TBP but fell short of my goal of finishing the chapter. C’est la vie. It’s time to move on to CeleKing2. Speaking of the CeleKing series, I need to finish labeling the map before it’s time to post it when CeleKing1 wraps. Stay tuned.

I only made a little progress on Chapter 29 of TBP. Don’t ask me where the rest of the time went.

Since I haven’t done much in the way of progress, I thought I might share a bit about the side project I’ve been working on this week. The basic idea’s been rolling around in my head some time and I finally decided to start developing it as a potential Else Arc story. You see, playing Cinderella Girls I couldn’t help imagine Producer-san as an irritable sort who’s lost all patience with the world around him and particularly the nonsense of the girls he’s managing. For instance, there’s this one S Rare card of Kaoru with her holding up her empty bento box looking so proud of herself and I can just imagine Producer-san crabbily snapping at her, “Well, whaddya want, a cookie!?” To which the reply should be, “She’s a nine-year-old girl who made a happy plate, you dillweed. Yes, she’d probably like a cookie.”

Mostly because I ignore the threadbare plot of the actual game, I tend to imagine the character dynamics and I was seeing all this opportunity you’d never see explored in the actual game. For instance, pretty much every girl in the game comes on to you. Every girl. Given that more than half of them are minors, it’s a big problem. The anime plays with this somewhat by having Producer-san spend a lot of time with the cops, but I’m thinking about a darker look at the concept as a deconstruction of harem romcoms. Prodding at the seedy side of the entertainment industry is another part of it.

This ties into a recent trend in my work where I’m setting up fairly unlikeable leads but still trying to make them engaging. Now, I think with the poor talent agent in this story, his life is in such shambles and he’s so pathetic that you’ll probably feel a little sorry for him, but what do I do in the Nell series if the black comedy approach I’m going for falls flat? Well, I’m obviously not going be going anywhere as an artist if I don’t try pressing the boundaries. If something doesn’t work, I’ll just learn from the experience and move on.

Anyway, that’s just a little glimpse at what’s going on behind the scenes. A little more work and I might put up a teaser in the near future. Have to decide if I want it to be a one-shot or a series. Maybe a one-shot with an option for a prequel.

Hopefully I can get my story progress back on track. Stay tuned.

I made some progress on Chapter 29 of TBP. I’ve still got quite a ways to go, but we’ll see how things proceed. Stay tuned.