If I was on the ball, I would’ve finished Chapter 20 of KniTwi and maybe even knocked out one or two more chapters while I was at it. Instead I wrote a little bit, then wrote this unrelated chapter that I think is going somewhere in the Legend of Nell series, but I don’t actually know where at the moment. I then decided to reread Tellus and managed to uncover a couple dozen typos that escaped my initial passes through the story. Finally I got a tiny bit more done on Chapter 20. I’m going to have to buckle down as the chapter is due out next Saturday. Stay tuned.

I finished Chapter 13 of KniTwi and did a bit on Chapter 31 of JJ2. In my continuing adventures in rereading, I went back through Tellus. Always glad to catch any flubs I didn’t get on the first try. Anyway, from here I’ll be focusing on getting the next chapter of JJ2 out. Stay tuned.

I did some writing on Chapter 9 of EM2, but I once again found myself going back to old material and rereading TBP, mostly for entertainment purposes, but I was also catching a number of typos and such I didn’t correct when I first posted the chapters. I’d like to finish the chapter of EM2, but I need to switch over to KniTwi if I’m going to make this week’s deadline. We’ll see what I get done. Stay tuned.

After all these delays, I’ve finally wrapped up the epilogue of Tellus and with it, my 18th novel is now complete. From here, I suppose the greater urgency is on getting the next chapter of JJ2 done, so I guess I’ll work on that. Stay tuned.

One: I really didn’t follow my suggestion to post these updates more frequently. Two: It’s taken me a whole week just to post the update. Three: I haven’t done any actual writing since then. Well, it’s Christmas and all that, so I can get back on schedule once I’m back in Japan.

Anyway, on to the update itself. As you already know, I finished Chapter 41 of Tellus and then went on to work on Chapter 16 of JJ2. Obviously I haven’t finished that yet. We’re just going to say that no significant progress is going to be made until I’m settled in once again back in sunny Nippon. Until then. Stay tuned.

I really need to start taking the time to make these posts more often. Anyway, I’ve been progressing smoothly on Chapter 41 of Tellus and will have no trouble finishing it in time for the update. I honestly just have to do the very end of the chapter and I’ll be done. I’ll probably switch over to JJ2 after that, though I admit it’s tempting to just go ahead and write the epilogue and be done with it. I’ll be spending a lot of time on the train this Saturday, so who knows how things will go? Stay tuned.

I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised that I didn’t get anything done during my Halloween trip, but even after I got back, it took quite a while for me to get the ball rolling again. Eventually I resumed work on Chapter 40 of Tellus and I’ve finally got it done. For the time being, I’m going to shift the update schedule to just one story a week in a bid to get things out with minimal delays as I’m now pressed on all three fronts. Next up, I need to get the next chapter of JJ2 together. Stay tuned.

Saturday I was mostly wrapped up in the peripheral materials as the Second Convocation plays out quite a bit differently than previous iterations of the story and entries needed to be updated accordingly. I made some good progress on Chapter 40 of Tellus Sunday and then more modest strides after that, ultimately falling short of my goal to have the chapter out Tuesday. Rather than hastily slap it together and push it out the door, I’m instead going to push the release date back again. *sigh* I really need to get back on the ball. Hopefully it won’t take me going back on Lenten restrictions to get sorted out. Stay tuned.

I made some good progress on Chapter 40 of Tellus, but I’ve still got a ways to go if I’m going to make the Tuesday deadline. Nothing to it but to do it. More to come. Stay tuned.

I inched my way to finish Chapter 14 of JJ2 around Tuesday, then switched gears to working on Chapter 40 of Tellus. It’s slow going and it’d be wonderful if I’d cut out the distractions and throw myself into my writing for a change. Well, hopefully I can at least have that chapter of Tellus ready for next week. Stay tuned.