Finished the reworked scene of Lowborn.  I can already see the transition in my head, so this one should work out just fine.  Still trying to decide whether this is going to be a longer chapter ( since I’m only about 1000-1500 words off from the average length ) or whether I’m going to have this one be a cliffhanger.

The more I think about it, the more likely a cliffhanger is.  Whether that will mean that the story ends up being one chapter longer, I don’t know.  At the moment, I was aiming for seven chapters.

Speaking of likely, that “of the wood” story for summer is feeling more likely as well.  Ideas are percolating, actually taking me out of the wood to a new location, and centering on Xanmara ( Kia’s daughter )  That’s not the only potential deviation from previous stories in the series, though.  I’ll just have to see how it pans out, and if I want to run with it.

That idea of combining scenes in SOTM is congealing as well.  I’m trying to concentrate on finishing this chapter of Lowborn, but as you can see from all the musing in the last couple of posts, that’s hit and miss *laugh*  If SOTM is hitting me harder at some point, I’ll jump on it.

I’m thinking of putting out Lowborn on an every couple of days schedule, rather than back-to-back days.  I’ll probably submit the first chapter on a mid-day Sunday, aiming for Wednesday, then the next chapter on Tuesday, aiming for Friday, and repeat the process the following week.

With SOTM, when I relaunch it, I’m looking at a weekly schedule.  Those are longer chapters ( double Lowborn’s length ) so there’s more meat for longer breaks.  I’ll probably need the time to keep up, even with several chapters in reserve and ready to go.

I actually have the spark of a Thakkor and Alicia short summer story as well, and a longer tale to follow up on Merchant Princess.  Both of these would fall in the “History” side of the Nobles series, as opposed to the “Nobles” side.

I really want to start exploring Saggitariad and the other companions as well.  Sag’s tale has been taking shape for a while, as has Geflon’s.

Making Dwarf sex come across is going to be a challenge *laugh*

I want to make sure that everyone in the group has a nice back story before I launch into the tale of how they went from sellswords to the lords of Egoria.  One — Devan — already has her history in “The Arts Ardane”, and more will emerge over time.

So, beyond those already mentioned, only Darkniciad ( and a couple of female characters tied to the others ) remain.  It will still be quite a while before all the history is in place and I’m ready to launch another epic.  I want Danica’s tale either complete or nearly so before I delve into another story of that length anyhow.

Off for just a bit more writing before I crash out for the night.