Should do my first-pass edit and get Ch. 11 off to Roust later today. Ch. 11 ended up at around 12k words, which makes it a little longer than a lot of the chapters. I’m around 20% done with Ch. 12, and I haven’t moved into the big battle that will dominate that chapter yet. That should move the chapter along pretty quickly. Fights and sex always seem to move the chapters faster than anything.
That Alicia history tale is really starting to come together now. I finally figured out the little sticking point that was keeping it from moving forward, and I’ll probably start on it soon. The original history from her character sheet just doesn’t translate well into a story. I modified it just a touch and found the way to move it forward as a story while remaining true to the spirit of that ancient notation. This is fairly similar to Ebon Genesis, which is a modification of the history from Zoraster’s character sheet.
I’m very likely to do the edit for Blackhawk Hall before I post the Alicia story ( “Merchant Princess”, BTW ) I already cleaned up every other story in the Nobles series, so this is the last one. As a matter of fact, I do believe this is the last re-edit in this string of re-editing, unless I’m mistaken.
More in days to come. I’m moving a little slow right now, because I’m transitioning internet service. The good news is that I’ll finally have broadband again after seven years of dial-up come Tuesday. That will make life a lot easier for updating, uploading, researching, and everything else necessary to get the stories up and moving.
