I’ve made a little progress on Chapter 17 of JJ. It’s looking like a good start for my objectives for the week. We’ll see how far I can go. Stay tuned.

I’ve managed to continue a rather productive spell, finishing both Chapters 18 and 21 and getting most of the dialog down for Chapter 22. At this rate, I should be done within two cycles. It’s actually pretty exciting. Although I hadn’t originally planned for a sequel, some ideas have started to take shape. That goes for JJ as well. We’ll see if I decide to go into preproduction or not. I’m leaning toward yes, but I’ll probably hold off on any teasers until both stories wrap in October. Stay tuned.

Well, by virtue of splitting the content originally intended for Chapter 16 of JJ, I managed to finish the chapter. As the chapter tallies in at over 6K words, I’d say it’s definitely long enough. I’ll have to edit the ToC on the website to reflect the new chapter structure, but that’s a small thing. Even missing a few days last week, I was still able to pretty well meet overall quota. I’m a bit behind on other stuff as a result, though. Ah, the balancing act we do. It’s on to EM now. Stay tuned.

I made some good progress on Chapter 16 of JJ, but it seems I’ve really underestimated how much it’s going to take to get this thing done. If it goes on much longer, I may have to split it up in two. By the looks of it, I’m going to fall short of my goal, but so it goes. I’ll see how far I can get and then switch over to EM. Stay tuned.

I made some progress in Chapter 16 of JJ and–for whatever it’s worth–assigned everyone to their berthing spaces. We’ll see if I feel compelled to do the same for the enemy ship. Nice as it’d be to finish the chapter in the next couple days, I don’t know if it’ll actually happen. I’ll see what I can do, though. Stay tuned.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.