TInto the Storm: The Flight of Firefly
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Before the Wonderbolts, there were the Bolt Knights. And before Rainbow Dash, there was Firefly. The story of Rainbow Dash's ancestor, the founding of the Wonderbolts, and the outbreak of the Great Pony/Gryphon War.
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Tuesday
New Midnight Rising chapter off to prereaders...

At long last. This is the redo of the chapter I was forced to scrap in April and then about 80% rewrite. I saved a few select bits and pieces from the original version, but the rest went by the wayside.
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1 week
Still pecking away on Midnight Rising and Feathered Hearts...

The two Lemon Zest chapters of Midnight Rising have now reached 26,600 words and they’re still nowhere near done, with probably another 5-6k words to go. Gotta treat the girl right, after all, and also make sure there’s plenty of sexy side dishes around her. And as for Feathered Hearts?
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2 weeks
Still working on Midnight Rising...

At the rate of about 800-1000 words a day. That’s my key to getting stuff done that’s 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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2 weeks
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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3 weeks
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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Feb

5th

2019

Flight of Firefly - part 14 in progress · 7:25pm Feb 5th, 2019

It's just started, with the first 500 words down, but I've already worked out battle progression, which is what was giving me fits before. Best guess is it'll be a finished draft around V-day and launch the following weekend. So what to expect?

Well, as this is the climactic superstorm chapter, in all honesty, I'm probably going to show off my weather knowledge just a bit. I've studied enough meteorology and stormchaser videos to give a pretty good account of myself in terms of how supercells work, and that will be incorporated into the chapter. You can also expect the story of the fight to be told from no less than three points of view--currently set as Firefly, Fell Flight, and Osprey, in more or less that order. Except plenty of badassery but no easy victories. The fight will be chaotic but maps will be used. And there may be one final check-in with the Loyalty battle group on approach...