WEcon Chapter 5 Status · 3:51pm Aug 11th, 2014
It has been another 8 weeks, hasn't it? Well, this is frankly embarrassing. This time, at least, I can't say it's one of my editors, or some other external force. This time, it was honestly just... me. Every day for weeks on end I'd stare at a few paragraphs, and then move on to a video game or something.
I bought a few commissions, and those helped with my motivation for short bursts, but I honestly was just wrestling with myself over and over and to this day I still can't understand what was stopping me. At any rate, that's the bad news out of the way. The good news is that Chapter 5 was fully drafted as of a week ago, and it's currently in editing. And it's also almost as long as Chapter 4, for what that's worth!
Anyway, I can't promise this sort of two-month gap between chapters won't happen again. Wasteland Economics is my first foray into writing a story longer than the background for a PnP RPG character. For those of you that are still interested in seeing Alloy's story continue, I will never be able to express how grateful I am. While I may not always be on time, I can assure you that I will endeavor to keep the story moving and (hopefully) engaging.
To close out this blog post, I give you arts! Three of these were commissions, and one was requested of artist PencilGuy by a reader (!). He knows who he is, and yes there was a great freak-out when I saw it. Chapter 5 should be coming soon, perhaps another week before I can post it, but in the meantime I hope you enjoy these, and I apologize again for the delay.
First up, it's Grit! A sketch drawn in a stream by Egophiliac!
A picture of Alloy by PonyGryphonRelations! Be warned, the tumblr in the picture is NSFW.
A commission of Alloy and Grit crossing the Ministry of Morale building in chapter 4, this one by Pantzar! I love how the Bayou looks as they leave the office.
And finally, the art requested by Demo on /foe/, another picture of Alloy by PencilGuy.
Those commissions are awesome.