Queen Alicia is live at Lit, go RVC it!
Finished one of the most important, and powerful, scenes in Danica 20 last night. It is the scene that sets everything else into motion for the conclusion, so the rest of the chapter should just flow out in a rush now. More tonight most likely, so don’t assume that the date remaining unchanged for “Last Updated” means that there isn’t more information in this update about Danica.
Alicia should hit Lit soon. My Halloween story is off to Roust for editing. Should be getting the preceding chapter for my chain story soon. Writing a critical scene in Danica, so I’m mulling it over carefully. The next scene is also critical, but it has been crystal clear in my head for ages, and will flow out quickly. Most of the rest of the chapter is the same, so I should have an estimation up soon.
Updated the website with a new map, a zoom in on the Duchy of Cratel. This is the setting for “Blackhawk Hall” and the upcoming Arilee tales.
Alicia is out at storiesonline, go vote! A few more days until the Lit debut. Still chuggin’ away on Danica 20.
Just got back a thorough commentary on my Halloween piece, and so I’m going to be reworking it a bit based on those suggestions. Very detailed, many thanks RL!
Just waiting on the preceding author to finish so I can get my Laresa chain chapter finished and off to Roust. It will probably go up here, and at S.O., a little bit before it goes live at Lit, so keep it under your hat if you see it! Special preview for those who check the website or read me at S.O.
Finished updating all the short stories with the new whimsical borders. I’ll go in and put in some better links soon so that the “back” buttons click back closer to the point of origin from the stories next.
Danica 20 continues apace, fear not!
The main purpose of this update, however, is to announce that Queen Alicia is now live on the Short Stories page. You’ll probably notice some changes to that page, and a new format for the stories themselves if you look at Alicia, Danica Prelude, or Blackhawk Hall. Blackhawk has also *finally* been transformed over to webpages. I’ll continue to get all the stories in line with the new format soon.
Alicia has been sent out to both Lit and Storiesonline. S.O. will have it up in short order, and it should be live at Lit in about a week. If you read it here, go vote when it comes out on Lit and Storiesonline!
Last month’s news moved to the cache.
My brain has been a logjam, and so Danica 20 has been moving a little slow. It’s moving forward, just not at light speed.
To help clear up brain space, I’ve been clearing out some backlog ideas that are cluttering up the works. The first is a possible Halloween story I’ve mentioned, now retitled “Blood Harvest” because there is already a story called “Blood Bond” on Lit. It is about 3/4 done, and I should have it finished soon.
The second is a part of a chain story, started by RedHairedAndFriendly, about a genie that bounces through space and time to different masters. I’ve actually finished this short chapter of the story, only needing the authors of the previous chapters to get theirs finished so I can tweak mine a little and lead-in from the preceding chapter. Mine is set in the late 1800’s in Kansas.
The third story is a short sequel to King Thakkorias, told from Alicia’s perspective this time. I only have a little of it written, but it is pretty much set in stone in my head.
Once I’ve finished clearing the plate a bit, I think I’m ready to launch into the final chapter of Book I full force. I’ve had time to mull it over at work now, with all these other ideas going somewhere and thus not clogging my brain, so it should proceed rapidly.
Figured I’d drop the heads up in here. As soon as Danica reaches a reportable progress level, it will appear right here, so stay tuned!
