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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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1 week
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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Dec

17th

2019

Have done little to no writing lately · 7:46pm Dec 17th, 2019

With apologies, as it's currently looking unlikely I'll have anything ready by Xmas as I hoped.

Unfortunately, I've been in no mood to write for several reasons, starting with multiple medical procedures the first week in December, including a knee operation to clean up a torn meniscus I suffered in a four-mile run. I'm still waiting for that to heal and stop hurting. I've also got some renovations that remain in progress, and of course, the stresses of the holidays upcoming, with Xmas shopping for my family remaining to be done. And to top everything off, work has been very busy in advance of the holidays; I had to put in a 12-hour day yesterday. Yuck.

Currently, I have ~1000 words written of the next Nightmare Night and Firefly chapters, but unfortunately, working on them just doesn't appeal to me right now. If I were to guess, I'd say I'll finish a Nightmare Night chapter next, but we'll have to see. Updates will, as always, follow when I finally find my muses again, but for now, I need to just get through the holidays and hopefully get some serious time off. I had a week off for my medical stuff, but that wasn't exactly a vacation.

Only other thing of note is that I do have a review of The Best and The Worst upcoming from the My Little Reviews and Feedback group. I'll post that when it gets published.