Finished the coding for the shorts page ( other than a few tidbits to make it visible on the main site ) today.
Also have First Touch back from Roust. I’m going to go through the suggestions here in a little bit, and then start the first pass edit on First Taste.
As soon as that second story is edited and ready to go, the shorts section will go live. I’ll announce it in all the usual places ( including here )
The “Shorts” section got back on track a little today.
First, I finished the first draft of “Devan: First Taste”.
Second, I finished coding the story comment section for the short stories. It now properly stores the comments, alerts me via email that a comment has been made, queues it for approval, deletes it if I decide not to keep it, approves it to appear on the page and updates to display the count/comment in the appropriate place.
What’s left to do before launch of the Shorts section:
Have “Devan: First Touch” edited by Roust.
Give “Devan: First Taste” some time to simmer, do my first pass edit, and send it off to Roust for editing.
Finish coding two background utilities that let me manage the listing order of the shorts on the main page and edit existing shorts listings.
Finish the covers for First Touch and First Taste.
( Maybe ) Get “Devan: Deflowered” written, edited, and the cover finished.
The “Maybe” is because I may decide to launch with just the first two stories, if I finish all the coding beforehand.
Once the coding is done, all I have to do is write the story, save it in the proper format, add it to the database via my handy-dandy background utilities, and it will display immediately.
New exclusive shorts could appear at any time — and possibly frequently. Even when my brain is mush, I may be able to write a hot little encounter between characters you already know. It will be something that can keep me feeling productive, and spark creativity when I’m feeling blah.
All the routines I need for list order I’ve already figured out and coded for the utility that lets me manage the same thing for series listings on “My Work”. Ditto for editing existing listings, which I use in multiple places within the background utilities. So, no breaking new ground there. It’s just modifying existing code.
I might just be able to get this launched while I’m on vacation this week 🙂
Just finished the first of that trilogy of Devan shorts. I’ll probably finish them all before I post any of them on the new “shorts” section, which I still have to code *laugh*
Got a little done on Lowborn. I’m almost to the big, final conflict now. Once I hit that, it should be a quick run to the ending. Hoping conditions around here are conductive to writing this weekend.
Probably going to start on a new taboo story for the summer contest soon. It’s been bugging me during musing sessions for Lowborn and SOTM, so I think I’m going to have to get the darn thing out of my head *laugh*
Got a thumbs-up back from Mistress Lynn on the updated draft of Beauty of the Wood, so it’s going into final editing now. If all goes well, it will be going up at SOL late next week. The edit will go in at Lit at the same time, but who knows when it will actually process there.
Creeping along on Lowborn. There are a couple of scenes where I need some serious visualization to get things right, and the boy has been making that difficult *laugh* I’ll find the quiet time soon enough, I’m sure.
Probably halfway through the first of what it turns out will be three Devan stories prior to the first Arts Ardane ( aka “Devan’s Decision” ) The first one is going to be called “Devan: First Touch”, I believe.
These will be website exclusive stories, heavy on sex and light on substance. There’s not going to be any greater plot in most of these “Shorts” as I’m calling them other than getting to the naughty bits. You may very well get a look at some character evolution, though. Devan is going to be far more innocent in these stories than we’ve seen her in posted stories, for example.
Back to writing — probably on either Lowborn or the new Devan short. Not in the right mood to edit on Beauty right now. I’ll do that tomorrow when I’m fresh.
