TA Deer Named John - Teapot Tales
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Not all changed by Sombra's special teapot are useful in war.
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Where have I been?

Where have I been? Short answer is dealing with very stressful things then getting sick.
Long answer:
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19 weeks
Coping of a Former Human Removed (Deleted)

Today, I have removed the "A Deer Named John" companion piece "Coping of a Former Human" from my published stories list. I've been considering this action for a long time (years) and have finally made the move. The reason being that it doesn't easily fit with what I have planned moving forward with its group of stories. Those stories I still want to write, just they now no longer have the weight
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26 weeks
State of the next chapter

Have spent part of this week nibbling away at what could be considered the cold opening of the next chapter, which wasn't originally planned for. The fun of adjusting the end of the previous chapter. Reviewed the overall notes as well and am currently dealing with an issue which would have become a plot hole in about eight or ten chapters time so doing best to plug it before that can happen.
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27 weeks
It is finally here!

It is here. It is FINALLY here! Approximately two years from the date I was originally aiming for and on a date I otherwise wouldn't have but the distraction is very welcome. The new chapter is finally out of my hands!
As the author's notes say at the end of the chapter:
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27 weeks
Finally!

The draft for the next chapter, current title (MA2-C3) City Search, is finally complete. It still needs a little tidying up but, so long as major changes don't need to happen, it shouldn't be long until it is posted. If major changes do need to happen, I will post an update. The title may still change if I come up with something better before it is posted.
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Jul

26th

2023

Update · 11:19am Jul 26th, 2023

A fresh 500 words added to the next chapter today. First forward progress in months that wasn't scrapping and rewriting the same section over and over. Isn't perfect but that can be dealt with in the edit. Liking the feel of the chapter set up as it now stands. Still a lot more to go, but feeling like this is actual progress.

Part of fixing the notes took over a week to wrap my head around in the fix but I think it is set. That section might read weirdly but I will do my best to make it work.

Sitting at just over 3,000 words at the moment and thinking it will be around the 8,000 to 9,000 mark judging by everything in the notes.

Tael.

Update: Ran into an issue with how it was reading and have been trying to fix it since. Lost the time I had planned to work on it in August for reasons beyond my control. Am aiming to for a similar time period in the coming week (late September). Truly wish it was more than this, caring for my father in particular takes up a lot of my time.

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