Weekly Update: The Quarantine Killed My Progress

Well, not really, I've still made pretty okay progress... under the circumstances.

 

Given all the talk of people in quarantine being super bored without anything to do, just lazing around eating and playing video games all day, I expected it'd be a time when I'd almost have nothing else to do but write, I was actually somewhat looking forward to it.

 

So you can imagine my frustration since the lockdown's been in effect where not only am I still working just like before (from home though), but I'm actually working longer hours and more days of the week! Gah! This wasn't the holiday I was promised! I probably can't complain, since at least I am still drawing a salary though.

 

Even worse, because I'm fairly immunocompromised, I figured it'd be best to get out of the city, so I moved in to stay with my parents for a few weeks... which means that suddenly I'm working with a LOT less privacy than before.

 

I'm sure you can imagine, it's a little difficult writing porn on on a large-screen monitor when your mother is only a few metres away in the next room and is more than happy to come in and see what you're up to at any given moment... I've moved out for so long I don't have a room of my own anymore, so nowhere I can just seclude myself into.

 

Long story short: All my progress has been in pen and paper. And while I've done a fair amount, there's still a good amount left, and then I have to transcribe it. 

 

So it's coming along, but it's coming slower than I'd like. You can blame the coronovirus I suppose.

Anyhow, I imagine most of you guys are in fairly similar situations so you'll understand exactly what I'm talking about. And more importantly, keep yourself safe regardless. 

 

This thing is pretty damn shitty, but hopefully we can all get through it in a few weeks. And hopefully I'll have an upload of the Say'ri chapter in a few weeks to go with it!

 

-J

Weekly Update

Probably unsurprisingly, I don't have a super exciting update for you guys this time. I made a reasonable but not amazing level of progress, but I (hopefully understanably) also took a few days as a break after getting the last chapter out.

 

So things are ticking along, but no big news to reveal just yet. Shouldn't take too long, given as I said, that I'm fairly well through the chapter as it needs to be, but we'll see.

 

All is well on the Conoravirus front here, it hasn't hit my area yet and both my workplace and my Govt seem to be treating it seriously, I'll be working from home next week which is new and possibly difficult (taking client calls without needing to get dressed is a funny thought though), so we'll see about that. Maybe it'll mean cutting down my commute and more time overall to write, who knows?

I hope you're all keeping safe, keeping hydrated and keeping yourself healthy too. 

 

Hopefully this'll all be over very soon,

 

-J

A Change of Tactics Ch18

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Weekly Update

Oookay! And I was hoping to actually have the upload done tonight, but I've got work in a handful of hours, so I think I'm gonna get some sleep instead.

 

More importantly though, I'm switching the plan up a little.

 

I always expected this chapter to be pretty massive, but now that I've actually got it written out and I'm looking at where I'm expanding things, and where things are getting much larger than my skeleton accounted for, I've come to the conclusion that it's probably best to split it into two chapters. Since the alternative is gonna be some monstrous 30-40k word beast, that's just gonna be silly.

 

I've mostly gotten it all written anyway, although not all transcribed, so the second part should come not long after the first (presuming I don't get myself killed in editing/re-writing). Aim was to have an upload up tonight, and then the second part by end of next week at the latest, but tonight went slower than I was hoping for, so we'll see how that holds.

 

I've updated the Google Docs to reflect this, but the plan right now will be to have the first part end shortly after the meeting in Ylisstol, before they depart (finishing with the Cordelia blowjob that overwhelmingly won the vote!) and then the second part cover the rest. 

 

So part 1 is setup, part 2 is all Say'ri. Makes sense in a way.

 

For perspective, what I've got transcribed so far is a little under 20k words, and will probably end up around 25k+ or so by the time I've finished with the meeting, the talk with Olivia and the Cordelia scene. So it'll be a pretty meaty chapter as is.

 

And yeah, I know, splitting chapters sucks. I agree. It feels lame to do it and it probably feels somewhat unsatisfying to read, but I think it's probably a necessary evil at this point.

 

Thanks as always

 

-J

Weekly Update

Apologies for the late (and useless) update this week, I meant to do it earlier yesterday or today- just got back from the hospital earlier today and wound up crashing out until just a bit ago afterwards. 

 

I was just in for a minor surgical procedure, no problems- worst of it was honestly the god-awful drink I had to take for two days leading up to it. It's amazing how bad they can make that shit taste, I thought I had a pretty tough stomach but I still wound up chundering some of it...

 

Anyhow, I think the sedatives and such seem to have worn off, but I'm not in much of a headspace to do an update and haven't been able to do any writing the last few days. I've got a little bit longer off work so that should hopefully give me time to finish things up this week.

 

Thanks for your patience, as always,

 

-J

Weekly Update

Similar (but better) story this week. Work's gone really well on the chapter, but it's not yet complete. It's sitting at a little over 16k words, and for anyone who's followed the outline, I'm through to just before they leave from Ylisstol.

 

I've added a small sex scene between Robin and Lucina before the meeting.

 

And as a response to the poll I put out, I'll see about adding a sexual scene between Robin and Cordelia before he leaves. Although, that'll depend on what I can get added and whether or not the scene will work... It's a scene idea I like a lot, but it's definitely amusingly controversial in the comments!

 

Anyhow, look forward to a more exciting update next time!

 

-J

Weekly Update

Still chipping away on Ch18. Not done yet, but I'm fairly happy with the progress I've made, especially today, since I managed to pretty much dedicate the whole day to just finding a quiet place and writing, which was nice.

 

A little worried it's gonna end up being a ridiculously long "Why didn't you split this into two?" chapter, but I think people are at least somewhat used to those kind'a chapters from me by now, hopefully it's not a turn off.

 

Heading back to work this week though, which is a headspin. Holidays are a fast and fleeting joy, c'est la vie.

 

-J