Well.

This is a long overdue post, isn't it? Looking back, I honestly can't believe it's been five years since the last chapter released, and, to get to the point straight away, WEcon is not coming back.

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I'm terrible at blogging regularly.

Really, I am. I know this, and every time I break silence to say "this time will be different," a small part of me knows I can't keep that up. And on top of that I know that back in October I promised y'all Chapter 17 would be out in November. Clearly, that never happened. So let me clear the air on one thing, absolutely and definitively:

Yes, I absolutely promise that WEcon will be finished.

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A perfectly justified question and a complicated answer. As a short answer, Chapter 16 has been delayed by a huge project that Pipistrelle had to take on for work. I've actually seen how much of her time it's been demanding of her, and seen her work through most weekends for the past several months. Perhaps I could have tried to release Chapter 16 in a state without her going through the second pass, but honestly I put a great deal of stock on what PromptAnon and Pipistrelle both do to

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Alright, remember when I said that I have a bad habit of keeping quiet if I have nothing to report? Yeah, that kinda happened for a bit there. I got crazy busy IRL (and also maybe a bit too absorbed into NieR Automata), but I return with good news! Chapter 16's draft is complete, and editing has begun!

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Holy shit, 3 years already. It's kind of amazing to me that I've managed to stick with this for as long as I have, and I have y'all to thank for it. Writing this story and seeing people actually enjoy it enough to talk about it in my comments section has been such an emotional rollercoaster, and I know it sounds cliche, but I really, truly cannot thank you guys enough for the joy you've given me over the last three years.

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So as I said in the author's notes of Chapter 15, it turned out I had to wait significantly less time than I'd thought to get that one online. As I was typing up the blogpost, Pip was editing! So far it seems like my usual bouts of nervousness have gone unfounded. I swear, each chapter has something that a little voice in my head says everyone will complain about. Some chapters, its easier to shout down than others, and luckily this wasn't a terribly bad one.

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I promised weekly updates dammit. As far as Chapter 15 news goes, Pip's gotten thrown into the deep end at her job, and has been told to compose a white paper on a topic she is only half familiar with herself. She's worked herself to the bone over the past week to get it done, including losing her weekend, so editing has been out of the question. I don't know precisely when her deadline is, but I know it's soonish.

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Alright, alright, two blogposts in a row of reported delays is a kinda shitty way to start off the new year, but dammit I promised myself I'm going to give y'all weekly updates.

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Well, I know I promised y'all a chapter today, but I'm giving you a heads up now that due to some delays in the editing, that likely won't happen. I also promised weekly updates, so I'm making sure to fulfill that obligation now. I have one more scene to rewrite, and then we can start the round 2 edits. Because Pipistrelle starts her new job tomorrow, I'm pumping away at this as fast as I can to make sure this goes up ASAP.

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What a year, what a year. Honestly and truly I want to apologize once more to everyone for the fact that I've only put out... god, only two chapters all year. I'll be honest, if I stop to think about it, that paralyzing lethargy starts to hit me again, but I'm not gonna let that hold me back anymore. I aim to complete Chapter 15 over the long weekend and upload it January 2nd, so look out for that. We'll hit the ground running, and I will do my best to make up for lost time.

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Yes, yes I am alive. I do apologize for the extended silence. I have several bits of good news and at least one bit of bad news.

First, the bad news: Chapter 15 of Wasteland Economics is not yet complete.

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So yeah, unusual blog post timing as I write this from a hotel in Vancouver! I'm vacationing with my family this week, and overall having a great time. Meanwhile, in case you missed it but read this blog instead (but how and/or why would you put up with me otherwise?) Chapter 14 finally went live after the four-month wait. And also, the wonderfully talented artist Neuro made page 1 of what he hopes to be a comic adaptation of WEcon!

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Alright! So I'm a little behind schedule on this, but Chapter 14's draft is now (like as of three minutes ago now) done! Editing has begun immediately, so my hope is to have the chapter itself live this coming weekend. This one is, as I expected, a doozy by my standards, clocking in just under the length of Chapter 4. After editing goes down, I fully expect many of the scenes to be expanded and unpacked. So I once again apologize for the wait, but promise that you'll be getting a

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Hooooooo boy, so much for weekly blogposts eh? Okay I gotta get this one out of the way, and frankly I've been dreading even posting this without significant content to report, but here goes.

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This'll be a short one! I'm of course pleased to say I finally released Chapter 13 of Wasteland Economics, "Goodwill!" Thanks again to Pipistrelle for the chapter idea. I hope y'all enjoy, and I will be replying to comments shortly, promise. I always get in this cycle where I reply to early comments quickly, but after I start feeling guilty for not having the next chapter up, I kinda stop replying. Gonna try to overcome that this time.

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Okay gotta get this out of the way first: still not finished editing ch 13. Editors have had some serious RL stuff come down and hamper editing time, but so far I think things look good.

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Okay, so! Missed the blogpost last week, mostly out of having not much to report on, but all that has changed this week! I mean, sorta. I have an awful habit of missing scheduled updates when there's nothing to say, which I should really work on. Lots of stuff happened last week, from a slammed-as-hell work week (and getting a raise!!) to Patch 3.2 coming out for Final Fantasy 14, distracting me from writing after hours. Also I cranked out

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God damn has it really been that long? Well, a couple things out of the way before I get all misty-eyed. Chapter 13 is still in editing, as you might have guessed. The pacing was just far too rapid-fire, and so I'm rewriting whole chunks in a fairly major set of revisions. But some good news is I'm going to start posting weekly to this blog, trying to keep y'all up to date on stuff happening behind the scenes, if you will.

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Time for another status update I suppose! Chapter 13's draft is done at last, a week later than I'd hoped thanks to PAX south (and the resulting PAX pox that I came down with). Not quite on track with my chapter-a-month plan, but close enough that I'm going to pat myself on the back for it. It's a bit on the short side, might expand a bit once the editors get a handle on it, but it's long enough that I'm satisfied.

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So... Chapter 12. TL;DR is that Chapter 12 draft is nearly finished, and I'm hoping to get it out before Christmas. Because I'm me, I feel the need to explain myself, especially since this has taken longer than my usual schedule of a chapter about every other month.

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