Hey, everyone, Cracker here with yet another reason why the Bastion trilogy is taking so gosh darn long.

I've danced around the issues in previous blogs, and maybe done some previews earlier, but for those just arriving to this fecal festival: there's been a lot of problems with this story series. Like, a lot a lot.

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Hey all, quick update:

Still writing the Bastion trilogy, hoping to get a rough first draft of part 3 done by the end of this week. After that I'm taking a break from it and then I'll commence editing and re-writing around July. I realise my output has been slow to non-existent, but at least if I finish the trilogy this year I'll beat my worst year on record, 2019 (two stories) and get closer to my average of four to five storier per year.

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Hey, all, quick couple of announcements.

Second story of the Bastion trilogy now has a full first draft. I'll finish the third story's first draft, then go back and start over and edit things for consistency with theme and such, as per usual when doing larger projects. Advance warning, though: I'll be using Starlight Glimmer extensively in the first two. Feel free to tune out if that's a hard 'no' for you.

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Okay, y'all know the drill by now. Story got posted, kind of petered out and fizzled. In fact, all my recent stories have been duds compared to my older work. I haven't had a big hit since Rumble's Big Day trilogy, though admittedly that got three stories featured in a row. That was two years ago now.

I'm not sure what to make of that in terms of continuing on, but I'm continuing nonetheless. Which brings me to the topic at hoof: what next?

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Well, it was predictable, and it's happened.

I've gone over what I had for the next Changeling Blood story, and I've decided I need to scrap the whole idea and re-think it at a concept level. Bit of a behind-the-curtains post, this.

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Re-reading Changeling Blood again, along with some of the remarks and reviews.

Changeling Blood's kinda bad, turns out. At least in hindsight. Bad lay-out and scene-setting. I can't remember what the goal was, originally, maybe it was intentional, but... lotsa problems with it now. And with sequels on the way, serious ones where I can't play the 'new vibe' card like I did with Flight Camp, that means more problems on the way, which will only compound upon each other.

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Quick...ish little update to inform y'all about the plans for the near future.

Finish the edit on Pharynx goes Monster Shopping, send it to EqD.

I've gone over it again and again, another once-over to get the kinks out should suffice. I'll upload the new version, submit it to EqD, and leave it at that. If it gets in, it gets in, if it doesn't, that's the end of that.

Get started on the next entry in the Faux Pas-verse. Deer Lords, give me strength.

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