Category Archives: Darkniciad

Yep, getting there.

The direction I’m going now with Lowborn is feeling right.  Have a big fight, a reveal, and a big character development point all coming together in this one scene.  Maybe I’ve finally got it right.

Center Piece is also up to 3k words, though I have no idea how close to finished that is.  Mainly, that’s because the sex scenes of which I still have one and a half to go, tend to evolve on the fly.  Never have any idea how long one of them is going to last, and the second one is going to be a doozy.

Beyond that, there’s only a few brief scenes between the naugty bits that build up the tension and set up the ending.  If I can find enough quiet time, I hope to finish it soon.

The Laresa story still feels perfect every time I write a little of it.  I’m trying to concentrate on Lowborn and Center Piece, though.  The first, because I’m so damned close.  The second because it’s Thanksgiving themed and the Laresa story is Christmas themed.  Makes sense to finish the one before the other there.

My muse still draws me to write a little of Laresa or SOTM here and there, though.

I should really start at least preliminary planning for the next Magic of the Wood as well, so I don’t miss Earth Day this year.

Just thought I’d drop a little update.  Should be some new stuff soon.  Hoping that includes Lowborn and the next chapter of SOTM, but at the very least, I should have contes stories coming out.

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Some Lowborn

There’s something I’ve been mulling over as a solution to the sticking point I had in Lowborn, and I started writing it tonight.

Made a couple of tweaks to the earlier scene in the chapter, then backspaced about a half dozen paragraphs at the end, where I’d run into the roadblock.  From there is where I wrote the new lead-up to the scenario I’m invisioning.  So far, it seems to be working.

I’m going to get back to it for a few minutes, while I’m still awake enough to visualize.  If this is the right angle, it won’t be long, because the rest of the chapter is more or less written in my head.  I’ve known the ending for a long time, and I had a flash of inspiration a while back that really spiced up something just before the ending, tying it back to the very beginning of the story.

In fact, what I’m writing now also ties back into the beginning of the story.  The whole thing is beginning to tie itself up into a nice little bow.

Crossing my fingers, because it would be really nice to start posting this as an early Christmas present for everyone who is so patient with me and my unreliable muse.

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“Center Piece” at 2k

It was Center Piece singing to me today, and it’s up to the 2k mark, almost exactly where the Laresa story is.

I’m going to try to concentrate on this one a little, since it’s about to move into heat scene number one ( Yes, there are two ) and finishing the Thanksgiving themed story before the Christmas themed one just makes sense.  That’s the order I want to post them, anyway.

As always, musing on Lowborn and SOTM.  I really don’t stop doing that, even when I’m not actively writing.  The stories in Danica’s World are always bubbling in my mind.

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Another 500 on Laresa

Almost done with the setup that will get to the heart of the story in the new Laresa Christmas tale.  This one is going to be a little different from the others, because Laresa isn’t going to be the sexual focus of the story.

Mind you, there’s going to be plenty of hot, sweet sex in it, though 😉

Also did a little work on Center Piece, and a lot of musing on Lowborn.  I’m so close to finishing Lowborn I can taste it, but this little section I’m working on is SO critical.

I’m thinking about moving on and writing on the ending, to see if that helps inspire me a little.  If nothing else, it will crank up the word count and help me feel a little better about myself.

I have trouble making myself do that, though.  It’s one of the reasons stories sit completely idle, and then suddenly spring to finished in a short period of time.  I work out a little problem section, and all I have to do is type out the rest of the story, which as been sitting all but complete in my head for ages.

Hoping to get back to working on the Shorts page as well.  I’d like to have that done before Christmas, because there’s a themed story I’d like to add to that page.  It’s a much requested continuation that I don’t feel has enough meat on the bones to post on the story sites, but which I think the readers of the original will enjoy for the pure sexual heat.

Not much really left to do on that from the backend standpoint.  I’ll have to double-check where I left off because it’s been so long.  Should have kept notes somewhere other than in these blog posts 😛

I hate to launch it with only the first of the Devan trilogy, but maybe I can finish a second or that Christmas continuation before I do it.  With a lot of scheduled days off coming up soon, I’m going to have a lot of quiet time to get things done while the young one is off at school.

That is, provided I can manage to convince my body not to use every moment of it to catch up on all the sleep I miss.

From Thanksgiving to after Christmas, I don’t work 5 full days any week.  Just waiting on someone to miss a day or two who has a full week vacation scheduled that week so I can pop a day or two into Christmas week *laugh*  If I can get Monday, I’ll have a five day weekend that covers Christmas and Christmas Eve.

My plan is to take a week of vacation very early ( hopefully the first week ) of January as well.

Enough bloggin’.  Back to writing.

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Center Piece at 1500 too

My Thanksgiving story as Les, “Center Piece” is also at 1500 words.  I have my lead — Autumn — introduced, and have her moved into position for the story to take place.  After a couple more scenes to establish things, I’ll be ready to give her a Thaksgiving she’ll never forget.

My general plan is to put this one on the front burner, releasing it fairly early in the contest.  Then, I’ll release the Laresa story late in the contest, putting both of them as close in proximity to their respective holidays as possible.

Of course, that’s all up to my muse.  I’m letting it run free, as usual.  Fortunately, every time I blink through these two, Lowborn, or SOTM, something is always striking me and I’m writing as of now.  Halloween didn’t give me a spark this year, but the winter holidays seem to be working.

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