Just opened back up a story I started two years ago at about this time, with plans to put it in the Halloween contest.  Didn’t finish it then, and put it away.  Tried again last year, and once again, something was just off about it.

Think I may have the right angle at last.

This is the next story in the Arts Ardane series, featuring Danica, and is set around the Harvest Festival.  It’s called Barren Harvest, and I think I might just finish it this time.

I’m working on cleaning up what I’ve already written, and preparing to move forward.  It’s 90% done, and was just waiting for me to find the right angle for the ending these last two years.  There’s a fair chance I may have it complete and ready to go before the weekend is over.

I’m also finally writing on the final chapter of Lowborn.  My muse time has served me well, and it’s flowing.  If I can get these two off my plate, I’ll have two less stories hanging over my head, nagging at me.  That opens up more muse time for SOTM.

It, of course, nags at me as well.  Once I finish it, I think I might just get into a more productive rhythm.  Having the story hanging over my head makes me feel guilty whenever I write anything else, but I simply cannot bear down on one story like that.  I have to have multiple things going in order to strike my various states of mind when I sit down to write.

I have another erotic horror idea for Halloween ( also set in Danica’s world ) that I may write as well.  It’s an adaptation of an old NPC backstory, much like Harvest of Blood from several years ago.  Working title ( very likely ) is simply “Flesh.”

Also preparing to start a Halloween outing for the Wood series, and may have some ideas in my third name.

If things cooperate, there could be a lot of new reading in the near future.