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Underwood


aka UnderwoodART / PinkPony.

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  • 9 weeks
    Two-Wicked Candle

    Its been in progress for a very long time, as I've mentioned before, but the more I push on with new chapters, the more unacceptable the initial chapters become. I got lost in the sauce of the latest chapter, bringing back an old friend (and the complications of planned then rescinded design changes), but I really need to focus back on the original chapter rewrites. You might think this is

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  • 39 weeks
    Writers Block Over (maybe)

    As explained in my last blog entry, I hit a wall after writing an entire chapter that took the sisters' journey in the wrong direction. Since then, I have been stuck on how to reconcile this error; do I rewrite the entire chapter I was proud of, or compromise my greater vision of the story?

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  • 48 weeks
    TToTS Ch.22: When Disaster Strikes

    Oh boy. So, some time ago (sadly not dated because I didn't finish it) I decided to write Tirek/Scorpan's backstory, waiting for a point to insert it. I decided that Chapter 22 was a good a time as any, placing it as a filler while the sisters passed through the Lowlands Forest. Before continuing the (let's call it Tau) backstory, I wanted to keep the momentum of the real journey flowing, so I

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  • 50 weeks
    Flight of the Valkyrie, Complete

    Well, not quite.

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  • 58 weeks
    FotV Ch.1 Updated

    In my pursuit of rewriting Chapter 1 of TToTS (having now finished the Prologue), I accidentally rewrote Chapter 1 of FotV, slightly recontextualising Star's landing and Twilight and Star's behaviour to be more in line with later chapters (the first chapter was three years old!). It's up to you whether you want to reread it; it's 800 words longer, but nothing really different happens. I may

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Jul
4th
2022

Progress Report · 3:05am Jul 4th, 2022

Following my last post, I should update anyone who cares on the state of things at the moment. Progress has been slow after the Ukraine war, which has completely destroyed my creativity (and faith in this rotten world), however I just realised that I have done a lot more than is uploaded right now:

The Tale of Two Sisters
Ch.19 - 8,900 words. Requires final proofing pass and an external pass before upload.
Ch.20 - 4,100 words, 50-75% written.
(I have also done a lot of work on the rewriting, finishing the prologue and half way through chapter 1, though progress is harder to quantify.)

Flight of the Valkyrie
Ch.5 - 9,100 words. This might have already been proofed, but I should check again before external and upload.
Ch.6 - 4,700 words. Requires final proof and external pass.
Ch.7 - 3,600 words, 85% written. [07/07 update: 5,237 words. Awaiting final proof.]
Epilogue - 1,700 words, 40% written. (Yes, I'll actually finish a story for the first time since 2018... Unless??👉👈)

FotV offers an interesting question that I have mixed feelings about and would like to ask you. How do you feel about a choose-your-own-ending? In other words, being able to choose whether she returns home or not? Now this might be something I can't do after all, story-wise, but I'd like to know if that kind of "grey canon" is something people would like or hate. Let me know.

For now I'll try to focus on finishing up what is already done for release, instead of pushing forward.

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