Finished SOTM 13 last night. I’m letting it simmer now before cold-reading it and doing my first-pass edit. I’ve already written 500 words or so of Ch. 14, and that’s just a part of the first scene. I already have the first quarter or more of 14 fully formed in my head, so I hope it will flow quickly.

Merchant Princess 02 will come out at midnight tonight, so keep your eyes open for that. Once I finish this scene of SOTM 14, I’m going to jump back into Ch. 03 of MP for a while. Alicia has been nagging at me to get back to her *laugh*

May put an entry or two in the Nude Day contest. Waiting to see if the ideas I have coalesce.

I’ll drop the link for MP 02 at Lit here when it goes live tonight… And here’s Ch. 02

Had a little snafu with Merchant Princess, but the first chapter is now out at Lit. The second chapter has an approval date for Monday.

Only a sex scene and a wrap-up left on SOTM13. If the thunderstorms will lemme alone, I should finish it today. At that point, I’ll jump back into the third chapter of MP so I can cold read the chapter in a day or so. I’m aiming to have that chapter ready to submit before the weekend next week.

The second chapter of “To Catch a Merchant Princess” is in the queues at Lit and SOL.  It should go up at SOL soon, and the first chapter should hit Lit in 2-3 days, at my best guess.

SOTM 13 is a couple of scenes from completion, and will be a bit longer than most of the previous chapters, if that’s any consolation for the wait.

Old news moved to the cache.

I was going to wait until it was finished to start posting, but I put the firt chapter of “To Catch a Merchant Princess” in the queue at Lit and SOL. It’s already out at SOL, and should appear on Lit in 4-5 days, if recent posting times hold up.

This story demonstrates the shift in my writing focus, concentrating on painting the world around my characters. Please do let me know what you think, as I’m really curious about what my readers will think of the changes. I think you’re going to like it.

Here’s the Cover Image For Merchant Princess.

SOTM 13 is about ¾ done, and I may even finish it tonight. I’m applying the same deeper focus on the world to that story as well. It will be a while before it posts, even if I do finish it tonight, due to editing time. As I mentioned in an earlier update, I may even wait a while longer if the next chapter is really flowing, in hopes of returning to a decent posting schedule.

Finally managed to get past that sticking point in Ch. 13.  After fighting it forever, all I had to do was move it from the street in Fightershaven to the courtyard of Blackhawk Hall to make it work.  Sometimes, the tiniest things can grind you to a complete halt.

After getting past that, I finished that scene, and smoothly transitioned through two more.  I’m writing that second one now, looking for a good bridge into the real action of the chapter, which should move it along quickly.

I may not release it immediately after I finish it, however.  Considering it’s already been so long, I may hold on if the next chapter is moving nicely.  That way, perhaps I can get back on something resembling a decent release schedule.  If I’m stalling again, I’ll just go ahead and put the chapter out.  Otherwise, I’m going to try to have 14 nearly in the can before I put 13 out there.  That way, maybe I’ll have 14 ready to roll when 13 posts, and already have part of 15 written.  So on and so forth.

Thanks to everyone who’s sent encouraging notes while I’m struggling to cope with a major tragedy in my life.