Danica Update:

Sections of Book I re-edited: 22/64 (34%)

Sections of Book I passed through editor: 17/64 (27%)

Chapters of SOTM written: 5¼

New edits submitted to Lit: … (5/23 – 22%)

New edits posted at Lit: Danica Pt. 03 (5/23 – 22%)

Almost up to the ½ point on Ch. 06 of SOTM.  May hit it tonight.  Probably work on another re-edit as well.  Roust is working on the final section of Part 04, so it will go in the queue as soon as he clears it for takeoff.

You’ll probably notice a few little changes to the website here and there.  Preparing for the launch of Danica at SOL, more or less.  I’ll reorganize a few things here and there until I have everything ready to fully integrate.

Danica Update:

Sections of Book I re-edited: 20/64 (31%)

Sections of Book I passed through editor: 15/64 (23%)

Chapters of SOTM written: 5

New edits submitted to Lit: Danica Pt. 03 (5/23 – 22%)

New edits posted at Lit: … (4/23 – 17%)

One more edit done.  I’ve also written on Chapter 6, but just haven’t reached a milestone yet.  Roust is finalizing an edit, so that entry will increase soon.

Two new additions to the website.  The first is a second Sisters of the Mists preview =)  The second is a map of Danica’s Manor that she creates at the end of Book I, and which is a central location in SOTM.

Old news off to the cache.

Wow, didn’t have much to say last month, did I?  Sorry, I’ve been fighting a major motivation issue to write, and haven’t had much time.

I’ve finished my final Laresa chapter in the chain, and should be posting it soon.  That means I have no more deadlines looming over me, and that may help get me moving again.

I’ve finished my edits to Danica Prelude, and Danica Pt. 01.  They’ll be passing through my editor soon, and will go live at Lit as soon as they are finalized.  I want to make sure Book I is in good shape before I start posting SOTM, so that people aren’t turned away by some sub-par writing issues in the older chapters.  It isn’t taking long to edit each chapter, so this should be done quickly.

In the meantime, I’m also writing on SOTM.  Remember, I’m going to make sure I have quite a few chapters done before I start posting any of them.  This is to try and ensure a solid release schedule, not leaving too long of a wait between chapters.

I’ve also decided to post Book I of Danica at Storiesoline.  Once this happens, my link at SOL will point here, instead of to the portal.  I’ll probably leave the portal up ( linked from the Misc. Titbits page ) since it has a few pics of Bailey that aren’t elsewhere.  It will also mean that there will be changes elsewhere on the site.  I plan to have all the edits finished and ready to go before I start posting the story to SOL.  That way, I can release a new part on a near daily basis for a long period of time.  The original chaptes ( about 40k words each ) will be broken down into three parts for posting at SOL.

I updated a couple of character entries here on the website, making some corrections, also adding Zoraster to the major characters page, and Marlena to the supporting character page.  If you’d like to know more about a character in the story, just drop me a line, and I’ll add a character entry for them!  Want to know something specific about a character already listed?  Drop me a line and I’ll take care of that for you too!

Back to work.  I know there’s been a big gap between Book I and Book II of Danica, but I hope that it will be worth the wait in the end for everyone.  I want to make sure the story is everything you’ve come to expect, and that you get a new dose on a regular schedule.

Something is feeling a little off to me in the new Danica story.  It just doesn’t feel like it has a solid enough central theme to be a standalone story.  If it were a chapter in one of the greater books, I think it would be fine, but this is supposed to be a transition story.

I stepped back from it for a bit, to let what I already have finished simmer.  I’m going to go back and review it as soon as I complete the changes my editor sends back on something else I just finished under my alternate pen name.  I’m steadily working through how to tie everything together into a standalone story.  I shouldn’t have to rewrite much, I think I just need to get a couple of scenes in there and reword a few passages.  I’ll keep everyone posted.

I’ll be working on some new Laresa stuff soon too, for those who are fans of our beautiful Djinn.  I just updated the Laresa’s World page with the new Chapter 16, for easy reading linkage.

Still chugging along on the new Danica transition story.

Just updated the website with cover images for Thakkor and Ebon.  These can be found on the My Work and Thakkor on the Short Stories page.  That leaves only the Danica stories without covers.

Got photochop skills?  Have artistic skills?  Think you can do me up a cover for Danica from some photos of my Baileykins?  Drop me a line!  I’d really like to have covers for the core story taken from photos of Bailey.  If anyone has the talent, drop me a line, please!