Warning! Wingnut Rambling!

Hey all, I'm just about finished brainstorming everything for part 2 of CotE. I don't mean to overhype anything, but honestly, I'm very excited for what I have planned, especially for chapters later down the line. Now, it's one thing to plan and another to write down what's in my head (which I have struggled with in the past). I do believe I am getting better at writing my ideas down as I continue so I'm not too worried. This next part is gonna be on helluva ride with some nice (and possibly fluffy, working on figuring that style out) slice of life thrown in.

This said, the next thing I'm working on at the moment isn't the first chapter of part 2, rather I'm working on improving the first chapter and looking on how I can polish the second chapter. When i first wrote these chapters, I didn't have a set path laid out on how I wanted any of my characters to interact or grow. I went in with a general idea with what i wanted, but nothing really set in stone. I half expected just to write in a sort of cartoon episodic style featuring Arctic's misadventures. This is how it first started as well with "Blind and Plumb" just sort of being it's own thing with no overall impact to the rest of the story. Hell, Pitch and Meadow were, at most, suppose to be recurring characters and I expected to mostly see them in just that one chapter ("Just Wing it").

I realize I'm rambling again so I'll try to get back on point. After "Just Wing it" I changed the entire direction I planned to go with this fic and because of that it left some holes open. Going back to read "Set Sail" and parts of "Arrival" make the two chapters feel out of place with the rest of the story, in my opinion at the very least. As such, I feel as though it is important to go back and patch it up to fit in better. Overall, they are going to touch on the same things. For instance, the first chapter is still going to be Arctic talking to the Queen, introduce some of the basics of the Queen's hive (Pink magic, Telepathy, and so on) and show Arctic's motivation in leaving the homeland. What is probably going to change is how Arctic interacts with the Queen. It's all still brainstorming at this point, but If you didn't already notice, I like to ramble and keep people up to date with my ramblings. In a way, it helps me keep focus on a goal. I'm also going to cut back on those lengthy author notes and just make blog posts after I release a chapter if I want to talk a bit about it.

To make a long story short, the next update will most likely be an updated "Set Sail". I am working on Part 2 in parallel with the rework so there won't be much of a delay.