Feb 17 2016

WIP Update – 16 Feb 16

I’ve been busy with school and work, but I managed to squeeze in a few lines in Chapter 16 of JJ. Things are settling down a bit, so I should be able to make more progress. The goal is to at least finish the chapter this week. Stay tuned.

Feb 08 2016

WIP Update – 07 Feb 16

I made some more progress on Chapter 16 of JJ, actually beating par for a change, but I still fell short of the goal of finishing the chapter. I’ll just have to pick it up on the next round. In the meantime, it’s time for TTWC3 to have a turn. Stay tuned.

Feb 06 2016

WIP Update – 05 Feb 16

I made more progress on Chapter 16 and by more I mean significantly more headway than previous days, which had all been well under par, and I can thank my work on the ship’s layout for that. It makes a big difference. Whether I can get through the chapter before I switch over remains to be seen, but I’ll give it the old college try. Stay tuned.

Feb 05 2016

WIP Update – 04 Feb 16

I made a little more progress on Chapter 16 of JJ, but more time was spent on the ship’s layout. You wouldn’t think three decks 133m x 21m would fill up so fast, but simply accommodating the crew, to say nothing of cargo, armaments and various combat systems get you packed from bulkhead to bulkhead. I really don’t think I should make too many passageways any narrower than a meter, but a few places you have to go sideways to squeeze through. Maybe now that I’ve got a fairly clear idea of where Root and the gang need to go from point to point I can focus on getting the chapter done. Stay tuned.

Feb 04 2016

WIP Update – 03 Feb 16

I made a little more progress on Chapter 16 of JJ, but again most of my time was dedicated to a non-writing task. I’ve been working out the layout of Junker-class cruisers to better visualize the flow of the action in the chapter. With my previous experience being the sprawling America-class heavy carriers from the Tico series, it’s quite a challenge to accommodate a crew of 277 in so much less space. I’m probably being more generous with some of the spaces than most real-life equivalents would be, which is why I’m finding myself so hard-pressed to get everything in. Still, I think I have enough to go on to finish plotting out the chapter. Stay tuned.

Feb 03 2016

WIP Update – 02 Feb 16

I fell off the radar there for a bit. A mix of homework and family stuff kept me occupied. I got some writing done on Chapter 16 of JJ but spent a lot more time working out the horrific death toll of the story. Things get messy, to say the least. Spoiler alert. If I could get two chapters knocked out this week, that’d be great, but as 16 is going to be a long one, getting it done would suffice for me. Stay tuned.

Jan 14 2016

WIP Update – 13 Jan 16

Well, I did better than the previous day when it came to making progress on Chapter 17 of EM, but I still came up under par. I’m a little stuck on how to wrap it up, but more than anything, it’s #FE that’s dominating my time. Once the semester starts up next week, I’ll have some pretty big chunks of time between classes with little else to do but write, so we should see my output improve. I should at least manage to finish 17 and make some decent headway into 18 before the weekend’s out. Stay tuned.

Jan 09 2016

WIP Update – 08 Jan 16

More progress on Chapter 16 of JJ. Not much more to say than that. The way it’s looking, I may not finish it before it’s time to switch over, but we’ll see. Stay tuned.

Jan 08 2016

WIP Update – 07 Jan 16

Hey, I actually managed to go over par for a change as I made more progress on Chapter 16 of JJ. It’s a wonder what you can get done when you work without any extraneous distractions well before your consciousness is on its last legs. This is shaping up to be a long one, so we’ll see if I can knock this one out before the weekend’s done. Stay tuned.

Jan 08 2016

WIP Update – 06 Jan 16

More progress on Chapter 16 of JJ. Still under par. This is what happens when you try to get your day’s writing allotment knocked out right before getting around for bed. Stay tuned.