Just finished the first chapter of that Christi tale last night.  It is currently titled “Casting Off Convention”.  It will be submitted to s.o. as two (maybe three) chapters of 30k or less, and posted here as a single file story.  I’m still deciding whether I’m going to post it to Lit or not, leaning towards yes.

I’ve put up an editor request at s.o. and picked up some responses, sending out the chapter to those who replied.  With a wee spot of luck, I might just have a regular editor soon.

Dropped a few more tidbits into the s.o. portal, and I’m going to make the maps of Egoria at some point soon, mainly for the portal, but Egoria will play heavily into Book II of Danica as well.

I’ve also written a few paragraphs on both the new Arilee tale and Danica 19.  I’m doing more brainstorming on those than actual writing at the moment.  The Danica chapter is just too critical to the storyline to jump into without a little planning beforehand, and as popular as Ari is, I certainly don’t want to mess that one up!

Back to writing.

All the currently edited tales at Lit have gone live, so I guess it’s time to put a couple more in the hands of the editors *laugh*  I’m going to put Arts Ardane up tonight, and as soon as I get back the copy from the proofreader, Kampar’s Wand.  I’ve rewritten KW a little, bringing out Darmok a little more and cleaning up a few things.  As soon as I get it back, I’ll post the new copy here, submit it to storiesonline, and send the edit off to Lit.  After those go live at Lit, I’m going to mess them up good by posting edits to the entire Blackhawk Series at Lit *laugh*  Lots of good feedback from storiesonline, and what I’ve learned on my own, will improve those stories at Lit, I’m sure.  Mostly grammar and punctuation, only very minor story changes, and those just clarify some points that S.O. readers didn’t find well-defined enough.

I have two tales burning in my head that absolutely need to get down on paper, or at least started, before I’m going to be able to clear my head enough to start on Danica 19.  Danica is going to be twenty chapters, so naturally this chapter is vitally important.  I want to make sure I have everything flowing properly before I start it.

The two tales are short, and focus on characters from Blackhawk Hall.  The first is Christi’s first time lesbian experience, which she mentions in Blackhawk.  The second is a romantic tale from Arilee’s past.  Where they will end up being posted is a question that is still up in the air.  They could go everywhere.  They could be S.O. exclusives.  They could be website exclusives.  It all depends on what I think of them when they’re done.  One thing I know for sure is that they won’t be Lit exclusive.  Blackhawk is my core at S.O. and thus any stories with those characters is going to get preference toward there.

That being said, I probably will get to typing on Danica 19, at least some of the scenes leading up to the important parts.  I don’t want to leave it just sitting idle.  I need to put something down so that the file is active and moving.

I just added a storiesonline portal page to the website, to help explain the Danicacentric nature of the website for them, since she is far from a central character in the stories there.  New pic/bg of Baileykins, if you’re from elsewhere and want to take a peek: SO Portal

Still scoring well at S.O.  Picked up a few new votes on tales at Lit.  Still doing well on the scoreboards at Lit as well.  Thanks to everyone who reads, votes, and comments on my tales at both places, you’re my bread and butter!