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Friday
Still working on Midnight Rising...

At the rate of about 800-1000 words a day. That’s my key to getting stuff done that you’re causing you issues; just be sure you put at least a little time in on it this day to have some forward momentum. The two chapters are now up to 24,100 words. I’ll work on it more this weekend, at least around continuing work around the maps and battle graphics I’m making for Feathered Hearts.
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Monday
Did two things this past weekend...

First, I ran 10k for the first time in two months after laying off that long to let my ankle bursitis subside, trying to allow the area to generally heal up. It appears that it worked. To my delight, there was no ankle pain after and I hadn’t even lost much stamina thanks to hitting an elliptical machine twice a week for an hour instead of jogging. My upper legs are another matter, though.
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1 week
C&C chapter 40 entering prereads tonight + teaser

Much as I didn’t want to, I made the decision to break it up since the full length of the War Council meeting had exceeded 20,000 words and will probably approach 25k for the now-two chapters before all is said and done. The breakpoint itself will be between learning about the general war situation both Aricia and the Griffon Kingdom face, and then discussing what in all the Crows they’re going
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2 weeks
Midnight Rising/C&C update: April showers may bring May flowers...

But of more interest is the emergence of 17-year cicadas in my area. Big, ugly, red-eyed insects that are the size of your thumb but basically harmless, as long as you can get past all the shed skins they leave behind on leaves and the everpresent and disconcertly loud background sound they produce as a mating call. Fortunately, the outbreak in my area seems pretty limited. There's a few around,
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3 weeks
Midnight Rising update; Feathered Hearts C&C teaser...

Hey, folks. Here’s my weekly writing update. I’m tagging this as C&C since that’s what the teaser below is about, but the blog is about both it and Unleash the Magic - Midnight Rising.
Unleash the Magic - Midnight Rising
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May

1st

2018

A public apology to MythrilMoth · 2:57pm May 1st, 2018

Those of you who know me know two things about me. First, I despise political correctness in all forms, considering it anathema to traditional liberal values of freedom of speech and expression. Second, I am very vocal about those views and don't hesitate to assert them or incorporate them into my writing. A corollary to this is that I'm a very staunch believer in free speech, which in my view has taken a serious beating in recent years.

Nevertheless, there is time to speak up and express those views and a time not to, and yesterday, I'm afraid I flew off the handle at one of his blog posts (which I will not link because I do not want to stir up the pot again), misinterpreting what he was saying and basically responding to a completely different argument than the one he was making. I ended up hijacking the thread and making a general ass of myself for no good reason than that I wanted to vent, and the result is that I now come away with egg on my face. I regret what I did and were I to do it over again, I would have responded to his actual argument in far less snippy terms or stayed out of it completely.

In essence, I realize now after a night's reflection, my very response proved the actual point of his post--that freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequence.

So, to MythrilMoth, I apologize publicly and unreservedly for my actions. Even aside from the tone of my initial reply, it was uncalled for and the improper venue to be doing it. You're a good author whose works I've enjoyed over the years, and I promise to be better going forward.