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Writer's Blog: July Roadmap

Added 2021-07-03 02:35:53 +0000 UTC

I'm super excited for this month, because it'll be the first that I'm spending writing Mind Blind fulltime. Ideally, I'd love to get Mind Blind up to 350,000 words by August (which I think is doable since the current count is 325k). There will also be twice the saucy sides and side stories . . . although, if you're on the Sanctum Discord, you may have already realized that one of the side stories came to me in an insomniac fever dream inspired by Pokémon and thus should be looked on skeptically.

Nevertheless, Nicholas Wiseman Collector's Edition, the sparkly version, will be coming your way soon. This story made me giggle when writing it, but I'm also easily amused and maybe thus not the best bar.

I intended to release the second half of Chapter 11 this weekend, completely forgetting that it was July 4th and that I live within walking distance of Navy Pier (i.e. it's going to be way too loud a circus to get work done for most the day). The rest of Chapter 11 will thus release Monday. After dwelling on it, I've decided to ratchet up the danger level present in the chapter. There's a nice fluffy moment with your RO/friends at Chapter 11's end, and I think the payoff will be greater if Button suffers a teensy weensy bit more first. I won't go into too much detail, but I'm quite pleased with how this new scene is developing. During the update, I'll also be uploading a bunch of edits to Chapter 10 and the first half of 11. Hopefully, Andy/Liz will stay their proper genders going forth.

(Is it too late to petition that all gendered pronouns in English be replaced by new pronouns meaning "Person 1" and "Person 2"? This would make my life exponentially easier as a writer in general. And let's get rid of the word "of" while we're at it, please and thank you.)

Finally, here's the roadmap for July. Dates may switch depending on what gets written first, but this is everything being posted this month:

July 3: Nick Wiseman Has Opinions (Rosy’s Wedding Speech)

July 5: Mind Blind Update - Chapter 11, Part 2 (entire chapter update)

July 6: Mind Blind Short Story #1

July 7: Lady Death Chapter 14

July 8: Aeon Student Guide Entry

July 9: Writer’s Blog

July 10: Saucy Side #1 (Gray)

July 12: Delivery for the Damned Teaser

July 13: Delivery for the Damned Development Poll

July 14: Lady Death Chapter 15

July 16: Writer’s Blog