Jul 09 2014

WIP Update – 08 Jul 14

I pretty well wrapped up Chapter 5 of Tico4. I don’t have much left for Chapter 4. Just one section I need to wrap up. Thanks to my working ahead earlier, I’ll be able to jump all the way down to Chapter 9 if I stay in sequence. Stay tuned.

Jul 08 2014

WIP Update – 07 Jul 14

I’ve been a little preoccupied with other stuff over the past several days, but I’m back in action now, having made progress on Chapters 4 and 5 of Tico4. I’m almost done with both of them and will be able to move on soon, I hope.

Jun 24 2014

WIP Update – 23 Jun 14

I made good progress on Chapter 4 of Tico4 and did a little work on Chapter 5 as well. As you’ve heard me gripe many a time before, Chapter 4 is a monster, but I stand to have it mostly done before the week is out. That’ll certainly be a relief. Stay tuned.

Jun 02 2014

WIP Update – 01 Jun 14

I continue to trudge along in Chapter 4 of Tico4. Previously I’d stated concern about having two sections of internal narrative in a chapter largely driven by dialog, particularly having them side by side as a consequence of how things are set up. However, the more I work on said sections, the more I see that they’re different enough in tone and content that it shouldn’t be a problem and being situated in the middle should make for a sort of reflective intermission. We’ll see how it looks when it’s finished. Stay tuned.

Jun 01 2014

WIP Update – 31 May 14

A little more progress on Chapter 4 of Tico4. Because I didn’t make much headway last week, I may stick with it a bit longer before switching over to TTWC1. We’ll see. Stay tuned.

May 29 2014

WIP Update – 28 May 14

I made a little progress on Chapter 4 of Tico4, mostly finishing the dialog of one section. Seven more to go. I think I’ve come up with a good solution for the problem the chapter poses, but we’ll see how it fares when I’m done.

In other news, with the epilogue of Tico3 set to come out in two weeks, I need to think about doing a full pass through the book and prepping all the appendices. Whee fun. Stay tuned.

May 17 2014

WIP Update – 16 May 14

I made some progress on Chapter 4 of Tico4, getting through most of the dialog in one section and starting on another. There are nine sections, mind, so I’ve still got a lot ahead of me. Stay tuned.

May 16 2014

WIP Update – 15 May 14

I managed to get through that tricky patch of Chapter 3 of Tico4 and did a little work on Chapter 4 as well. Although I don’t expect to finish it over the weekend, I do intend to make more progress on the latter. It’s going to be quite the slog, but hopefully the end result will make it all worth it. Stay tuned.

May 14 2014

WIP Update – 13 May 14

I worked on getting things together to better resolve the pickles of Chapters 3 and 4 of Tico4. It’s still going to take a fair bit of legwork before I get it all resolved. Other stuff is keeping me pretty busy at the moment, so I don’t know how much progress I’ll be making this week. I’ll see what I can do, though. Stay tuned.

May 06 2014

WIP Update – 05 May 14

I pretty well finished the prologue of Tico4, did a little work on Chapter 3, and some bits of dialog elsewhere.

In other news, I’m considering adding in another story to the publication cycle once Tico3 is done. I haven’t committed to the idea yet, but we’ll see. There was a time (back when there were only three Arcs instead of five) when I planned to have one story from each Arc serialized every week. That was an easier idea then when I had a lot more free time and four books already pretty much completed. Now I don’t know if I could pull that off even if I did nothing but write. Still, it’d be nice if I could up my output a little more, but I suppose if I can at least be consistent, that’s good too. Stay tuned for decisions to come.