Nov 17 2022

WIP Update – 07-11 Nov 22

What with being sick and work keeping me hopping, it’s kept slipping my mind to write this post, so I figure I better get it knocked out before it slips my mind again. As you should already know, last week I finished Chapter 11 of TWH at long last. Honestly, I may well have written more on it in that one week than the three months leading up to it. It’s done now, at least. I also did one token line of dialog from Chapter 12 to get me warmed up for it. I need to give NagaTen some attention now. Finishing a chapter at least would be something. Stay tuned.

Nov 02 2022

WIP Update – 24-28 Oct 22

I started on Chapter 11 of TWH, but then got sidetracked. You see, my niece is curious about D&D, so I want to run a campaign for her, but as my only experience with D&D is a couple sessions over twenty years ago, I’m having to do a lot of research and also doing the worldbuilding for the campaign. Now, even if nothing comes of the campaign, all this legwork could turn into a later story. Anyway, I’m running dangerously short on buffer in NagaTen and EM3, so I’m going to have to do something about that (in addition to sorting out this daggone chapter of TWH). Stay tuned.

Oct 25 2022

WIP Update – 17-20 Oct 22

I was making some good progress on Chapter 11 of TWH, but not enough to get it done. Nothing to it but to keep whittling away at it. Stay tuned.

Oct 10 2022

WIP Update – 03-07 Oct 22

People who have been following me for a while know that my progress grinds to a crawl when I’m choreographing action sequences. I was making some progress on Chapter 11 of TWH, but not enough to actually get it finished.

I was also working on my reviews for the Summer 2022 anime season and got the odd inkling to reread the JJ books. I should probably give NagaTen and EM3 some love, even though I still have a comfortable buffer on those. I’ve got some other projects that’ll take some of my time as well, so we’ll see how I can juggle my time. Stay tuned.

Oct 03 2022

WIP Update – 29 Sep – 01 Oct 22

I didn’t write a post last week as I didn’t have much of anything to report. I didn’t completely waste my time as I was doing research and also wrote a few reviews. Some of that selfsame research continued as a matter of necessity to continue Chapter 11 of TWH. There were a number of logistical factors I had to set straight to properly visualize the scene. There was also a little side project that took a significant chunk of my time and the viewing I needed to complete for the reviews (which I know is supposed to be a secondary priority, but it’s a lot easier way to generate content than trying to plow through a bad case of writer’s block).

When I actually did start to make headway in Chapter 11, I found myself running out of time, so now the challenge is to power through and get this daggone chapter finished at long last. Stay tuned.

Sep 19 2022

WIP Update – 12-16 Sep 22

I made a some progress on Chapter 11 of TWH and did a little dialog for Chapter 13 as it was on my mind. A decent chunk of my time was spent continuing the research I was doing last week. You see, for what I’m doing in the story, I had to sort out the organization of the Witch Queen’s armies and given Hecate’s background, the sensible thing would be to base it on the Ancient Greeks, so I was looking into the different formations used throughout antiquity up to the Byzantine Era, crafting a hybrid I figured would work well.

Anyway, I’ve got some time off this week, but I’m going to try to amend my usual bad habits, though I can’t make any guarantees. Stay tuned.

Sep 11 2022

WIP Update – 05-10 Sep 22

I made some progress on Chapter 11 of TWH. Not enough to have it ready for the weekend, though. A big chunk of my spare time was spent working on a more accessible game system than the one I’ve been developing for the Welcome to the World series. My niece has stated an interest in D&D after watching Stranger Things and that inspired me to work on a beginner-friendly system. We’ll see if she’d rather have a simplified 5e experience or if she’d like to give her uncle’s custom system a whirl. Yes, I know that’s not getting me anywhere with my writing, but that’s how it goes sometimes. I think I’ll stick with TWH and get that chapter finished while also working on at least finishing Chapter 17 of NagaTen as well. Stay tuned.

Aug 22 2022

WIP Update – 16-20 Aug 22

A month of no progress whatsoever. For half of that, I suppose I have some excuse as there were greater priorities laying claim to my time, but after that, I can only say that I once again fell into my usual habits when I have too much time on my hands. Nevertheless, I managed to scrape together Chapter 10 of TWH despite my resident productivity specialist objecting dang near every single time I was geared up to focus on writing. Fortunately, I have a fair bit of lead time built up on NagaTen, so the pressure isn’t quite as much there. I’ll still try to work on the chapters that are currently incomplete at the very least. Stay tuned.

Jul 04 2022

WIP Update – 28, 30 Jun – 02 Jul 22

I managed to just barely finish Chapter 9 of TWH in time for the update and also started in on Chapter 10. I need to switch over to NagaTen. Stay tuned.

Jun 13 2022

WIP Update – 06-11 Jun 22

I finished Chapter 8 of TWH for the update and made some progress on Chapter 9 as well. I was spinning my tires a bit mid-week, so I found myself doing a re-read of KniTwi and catching a few errors that slipped past me in earlier drafts. I’ll be shifting gears to NagaTen. As I’ve got a bit a lead time, I’d like to go ahead and finish Chapter 9 of TWH, but we know how those plans usually turn out. Stay tuned.