Still pecking away at C&C... · 9:22pm Apr 10th, 2023
The new chapter is at 15.2k words and still not done, with it very likely to be broken up again. I see a natural breakpoint developing after all the memory replays are shown, and once again, it would seem best to let them—and the alternate perspective of events/major and minor revelations they show—have the spotlight instead of extending the chapter to include a major trailing M-rated scene. So it will end on the doorstep of it as our favorite Tribune finally manages to fatally offend our friendly Changeling Queen.
I do apologize for how slow this is coming—sometimes I only manage a few hundred words a day; sometimes I don’t work on it at all—but my muse is just not with this and my mental/emotional energy is low right now. I think my testosterone level might be falling again, as I’m due for fresh pellet implants in two weeks. It may also be that I just need a break from writing in general right now, but I also don’t want to leave this languishing after all the effort I’ve put into it. So it will get done and you’ll have at least one more chapter before I have to step away again.
As for what happens after, I’m still not sure. I just don’t seem eager to write in general right now, which suggests I really do need a break from it to recharge. As to what form recharging would take, I really don’t know. Still a couple months away from summer vacation and any possible poker trips to Las Vegas, and I’m starting to think about trying to pay off my home; maybe even taking a disbursement from my retirement accounts (which would incur tax penalties) to do so. But I need to do something different for a while, and not helping is that work is being a bear right now. I’m being told I have to get a series of tasks done by the weekend, which I think is going to be a bit ambitious.
So I ask that you folks bear with me for me now as I try to get through what seems to be a slightly rocky period. Don’t worry; I’m not going anywhere. Work will continue on the new chapter, if only in bits and pieces at a time. I’ll try to have at least a teaser for it ready by the weekend.
its good to hear from you still working on the chapter and how it grows.
makes me look forward to it even more