I did some writing on Chapter 3 of CoP, which was good, but rather than stick to this, I ended up going down a rabbit hole in the peripheral materials. I believe I was checking out the conversion of dates in the different calendars in the Tellus Arc the other day and ended up making some adjustments, which then spun into a whole things where I was adding regnal years for different dynasties and such, and as stories were developing from this, I had to dig into the timeline and the encyclopedia, and I’ve only managed to scratch the surface. I do need to go back to writing on CoP, but I’m definitely going to spend more time on this. Stay tuned.

Filing my taxes ended up being the main project for the day, and there were some other things that also occupied my time, so it didn’t look like I was going to get any writing done at all, but after passing out for a spell in the evening, I decided that even if it wasn’t much (and it wasn’t), I was going to move ahead in Chapter 3 of CoP. I don’t actually think this is going to be that long of a chapter, so I just need to finish the second scene and I’ll be done. Just got to stick to it. (And getting some lead time would be a nice stretch goal.) Stay tuned.

Although I didn’t make any story progress, I did do some work to further fill out the map of Korush for CoP. I just have a handful of countries left to name and I started naming some of the major bodies of water as well. It may not sound like much, but it’s still part of moving things forward as a whole. Hopefully I can make some actual story progress tomorrow. Stay tuned.

I did some work in the peripheral materials, both for CoP and for the WttW series. For the former, I spent an inordinate amount of time working out the rank structure of the military of the Kiennar Federal Republic, even though I don’t think it’ll end up being all that prominent. Their Army Chief of Staff is at best a second-string character, but I guess we’ll see if something develops. I am thinking about doing a gaiden about the political machinations in that particular country, so it may come in handy for later. As for the WttW stuff, I’m working to codify the Trade Skills, as it’s particularly relevant to Chapter 11 of WttW1. We’ll see what else I can get up to. Stay tuned.

I didn’t get any story writing done, but I was working on a breakdown of the daily progress of Rio and Ellis down the Warrior’s Road. As you might imagine, with Ellis setting the pace, things aren’t going to go quite as briskly as Rio would want. My first run through was allowing for one off-day a week, but this came up almost 400km short of the mark, so I turned those off-days into half-days, which Ellis certainly isn’t going to like. I now have a good 100km surplus, but I still have to account for the assorted bumps along the road. Because I already have a little lead time on RttW, I may spend a little more time sorting things out a bit more. Stay tuned.

You know that I like to let chapters sit a while before I go back over them prior to posting, but I also want to reduce delays to the schedule, so this time I pushed through to the end of Chapter 2 of CoP and went right on to review, prep and post it. I would then go on to write a bit on Chapter 3 to give me a little head-start on next cycle and did some reworking of the outline. I’d like to have all the chapters named and it’s already looking like I need to expand things by a chapter or two. I’m also having to decide if I want things weighted so much toward the final battle or if it’d be better to do something closer to a monster-of-the-week approach to build steam. These are things I intend to work on a bit more before switching over. Stay tuned.

I managed to get through the first section of Chapter 2 of CoP, but I didn’t even get to the second. There were a few things chewing up my time, but I really didn’t have much excuse for not finishing. I’m going to try to finish it tomorrow and go for a same-day release or just shift the release schedule by a day, as I’d really like to get things done relatively on-schedule. Stay tuned.

I made a little progress on Chapter 2 of CoP. Again, not as much as I would’ve liked and, again, for the same reasons. I only have a bit to go in the first segment and the second shouldn’t be too long. Stay tuned.

I made a little progress on Chapter 2 of CoP. Not quite as much as I would’ve liked, but work is keeping me hopping a bit, then I crashed out in the evening. I was doing some of the logistics, so that does contribute a bit. Anyway, I’ll try to make up for lost time. Stay tuned.

I managed to make some nice progress on Chapter 2 of CoP and filled in a bit more of the world map. Meeting my deadline is looking rather feasible at this point, so all that’s left is to make it happen. Stay tuned.