Writing Log #15 - "She handed over a rose with deep red petals, holding it more like a freshly caught fish than a delicate flower."

Last book club post for the year, sponsored by (checks quote) Lulu being objectively awesome at romance.

【Life update】
There's no sugarcoating it, December (or more accurately the holiday season) is always a difficult time for me. My darling kitten being diagnosed with a heart condition definitely didn't help, so I've been taking some time off. In January I'm back to commission work too, so that'll slow me down a bit.

In much better news, I'm writing this from my new standing desk! I'm a chronic overworker with serious posture/back problems, so I've been wanting one of these forever. Got a super good deal earlier this month, so here it is, and here's to better health in 2025! \o/

【Sanctuary 17223】
Took time off from the big one because I was hitting a serious wall. The return to it is already scheduled for the first few days of January, and I'm attaching Hifumi's sketched reference sheet in the meantime :)

【Stellar Dynamics】
Well, this one moved a lot faster than I originally thought! I attached the sketch and final (textless) version of the cover art because I always love seeing that kinda stuff. Squish!

Summary of this month's work:

• [Planning] Chapter 1 summary

• [Planning] Updated cast + lore reference documents

• Soft launch (first 3 episodes)! Woohoo!

According to my own summary, the first chapter will be 17 + 1 episodes long. There's some leeway in case I feel like I need more words for certain scenes, but that's about what we can expect. That +1 is the NSFW episode of the chapter. ;)

• [Writing] Episode 1.1, 1.2 - Final edits

• [Writing] Episode 1.3 - First + second draft, final edits

• [Writing] Episode 1.4 - First + second draft

• [Editing] Beta reader notes for episodes 1.2, 1.3 (3 readers)

• [Art] Cover art (sketch + render) | Logo (sketch + render)

• [Art] Main cast chibis for the cover + end-of-episode segments

• [Art] Illustrations for episodes 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 (5 total)

I've been having a lot of fun with it, and I'm excited to drop another update next month.

【Coming soon...】
2025 is right around the corner, and there's a lot of exciting stuff coming up. My goal is to release all the books I started this year - that's volume 1 of Sanctuary 17223, chapter 1 of Stellar Dynamics, The Dollmaker's Toy Collection, and We Met in an MMO. Plus the usual one-off illustrations and mini comics, and maybe there'll even be enough for another PDF collection (which will be available at no extra charge for Book Club members, of course).

See you all again in January - enjoy the rest of the year, and have a wonderful beginning to the new one! :)