The planning commences.
This went on for longer than I expected it to, to the point where I had to cut the second half off because it was going to double the size of this chapter and make it ...
2023-05-28 15:33:03 +0000 UTC View PostOne last surprise addition to give you all! Who was expecting that to be our mystery Servant? Man, so many missed opportunities, Type Moon! Although maybe they were worried about trademark...
2023-05-28 15:27:29 +0000 UTC View PostAs many of you might have noticed, the chapter this week is a little behind, and if you've been reading the previews for the CiP posts (for those of you who don't have access to them via the approp...
2023-05-28 12:20:07 +0000 UTC View PostSince CIV was going to be too big and probably wind up close to 10K, I decided to split it in half and move the portion with Medea to here.
Trying to finish two chapters this week. That's why I'm holding off on posting CIII. I wanna make sure I can make it first.
EDIT: Chapter got too big, splitting it.
Chancing a look first left then right up the corridor where she was waiting, Jeanne Alter cast her senses out further into the calm, placid ether where Servants dwelled when not physically incarnat...
2023-05-22 14:54:32 +0000 UTC View PostWell, let's see if I can soothe some ruffled feathers now.
Wound up changing the title for this one midway through.
I worried a little bit about the pacing nearer to the end, but the editing team signed off on it, so I let it go. It just felt too sho...
2023-05-20 15:58:40 +0000 UTC View PostWho guessed our mystery Servant correctly? Well, give yourself an imaginary cookie if you did.
EDIT: Previous title was me being too clever. Changed it to something a little more fitting.
... 2023-05-16 01:48:08 +0000 UTC View PostA little early this week. What can I say? I was particularly productive these last few days.
We are not done with the surprises yet. Still more to come. Fun fact: the editors and I were looki...
2023-05-13 03:36:02 +0000 UTC View PostI think we all know what's coming, but I still have a few surprises, too.
By the numbers, it's not the 100th chapter. But in terms of numbered chapters, it's Chapter 100. And we're also coming up on this story's 2 year anniversary soon. Just... Wow. Milestones, yeah?
... 2023-05-07 09:42:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 100! Well. According to the "official" numbers, anyway. We passed 100 actual chapters a while back.
Name feels a little simple, so I might workshop it a little more.
I've partly done it to myself, but there's a huge cast in Okeanos. So many moving parts. Keeping track of them all is a chore and a half, and I have no idea how GRRM manages it with his own cast of...
2023-04-30 02:41:56 +0000 UTC View PostGeddit? Because it's a... Yeah...
Link.
2023-04-27 01:53:02 +0000 UTC View PostI was a little iffy about using a certain song in this chapter, but it's been teased so much by Rika over the course of this Singularity that it was almost inevitable that it would show up in some ...
2023-04-23 23:16:41 +0000 UTC View PostNot married to this title, so let's see how far we go and if I wind up changing it.
Sorry about the confusion, everyone. I moved XCV down a tier too far when I moved it down yesterday, so some of you might have read things out of order. That was still supposed to be 2 weeks out fo...
2023-04-17 02:13:18 +0000 UTC View PostI guess this is the sort of thing having such a large cast does: when you think a chapter is going to be shorter, they all chime in and make it balloon. Not by overmuch, in this case, just about 60...
2023-04-16 03:19:32 +0000 UTC View PostNot married to this title, but it'll do for now.
Link....
2023-04-11 11:53:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere it is. That's the payoff for this little sideplot. Man, I've been planning that for a while, and I'm glad I get to finally put it to paper.
As incredible as it is, I think... W...
2023-04-10 05:51:36 +0000 UTC View PostWas a little unsure how I wanted to start this one.
The ship of the pirate, Samuel Bellamy. A cargo ship originally used as part of the Atlantic slave trade, it was ret...
2023-04-03 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Robin Hood of the Seas.
The generous, gentlemanly Prince of Pirates, famed for his tendency to eschew violence...
2023-04-03 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostWho's that handsome devil? Why, it's none other than... Well, that would be telling.
This wound up longer than I was expecting it to be, by almost a thousand words. That's fine. I covered eve...
2023-04-02 17:09:11 +0000 UTC View PostSome more surprises. Come on, you didn't think I was going to kill Taylor that easily, did you?
The original ship sailed by Captain William Kidd. The ship with which he began his career, provided to him b...
2023-03-26 10:59:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe vast treasure belonging to Captain Kidd, originally stored on a ship by the same name. Containing a variety ...
2023-03-26 10:58:14 +0000 UTC View PostThis is now, officially, the longest chapter in Hereafter. It clocks in at over 8000 words and steals the title from "Engine of Destruction." It's big enough that I actually would have split it in ...
2023-03-26 09:12:00 +0000 UTC View PostThat title isn't ominous at all.
Link.
2023-03-21 03:29:44 +0000 UTC View Post