The little Christmas story I started back in December's coming along nicely, though turning out a little longer than expected. (I should have expected that, really.) Though part of Constant, it occ...
2025-01-20 11:47:33 +0000 UTC View PostChange: +6,717
Year to date: 7,758
I've set myself a daily writing target of 1000/day, or 5k for the week. Honestly, I don't know if it's a realistic target but less than that just feel...
2025-01-17 07:58:52 +0000 UTC View PostHello, everyone. Here's the first third of the not-very-timely seasonal side-story I was working on in the leadup to Christmas. I see the story as cannonical--it happens within the story--but proba...
2025-01-15 10:33:10 +0000 UTC View PostWeek to date: 1,041
Year to date: 1,041
Here we go again! There's something both distressing and liberating about resetting that number to zero. 214,002 was a big number, and I felt pre...
2025-01-11 09:37:11 +0000 UTC View PostHappy new year, everybody!
Apologies for the delay in sending this out. The holiday period was always going to be disruptive, but I hadn't anticipated just how disruptive it'd be. On the one ...
2025-01-06 19:54:25 +0000 UTC View PostMerry Christmas, everyone!
Here's Chapter 6-4, for Constant members and above. I don't consider this scene quite ready yet, there' s a few more tweaks I want to make to it,...
2024-12-25 12:27:10 +0000 UTC View PostI had hopes of finishing this by Christmas. Not sure if I will or not, but here's a sneak peek at something rough and very much in progress....
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Six: A Christmas Story
The port...
2024-12-23 11:14:59 +0000 UTC View PostChange: +3,035
Year to Date: 212, 794
The lead-up to Christmas is always a bit of a tough one, and work dropped a metric crapload of stuff to do on my desk, and that's kind of interfere...
2024-12-20 08:18:30 +0000 UTC View PostA voice rang out:
“In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless se...
2024-12-18 08:35:25 +0000 UTC View PostStart of week: 18, 760
End of week: 19, 687 (+965 moved to chapter 7)
Change: +1,246
Year to date: +209, 759
One of those misleading weeks were a little cleanup creates an...
2024-12-13 08:22:27 +0000 UTC View PostHello, Patrons. As mentioned in a previous weekly update, my plan in December was to begin writing shorter works of fiction, specifically for the higher tier. Polishing off chapter 6 of Constan...
2024-12-12 08:56:28 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy! Feedback and comments always appreciated.
Three: Empyrean
Through the seething crowd, anonymous...
2024-12-11 01:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHe's almost reached his contact, a man called Darius, but won't be allowed through until dressed 'properly'. An old friend, Dimitrios, might be able to help him, in this sneak peek from chapter 6-4...
2024-12-09 01:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostStart of week: 15,345
End of week: 18,760
Change: +3,415
Year to date: 207,867
A frustrating week, though entirely predictable. Work's always unpleasant through December in ...
2024-12-06 01:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I think the inspiration for this one may have been the lingerie Julia finds Cindy wearing on the night Tom comes back to hers. It is the culmination of her revenge, but part of her wants to send th...
2024-12-05 01:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the emotional wrangling and character-torture of chapter 5, it's been fun--and a little stressful!--returning to some faster-moving plotting. "Faster moving" is very relative; I still get dis...
2024-12-04 01:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostStart of week: 10,245
End of week: 15,345
Change: +5,100
Year to date: 204,452
Solid progress on Chapter ...
2024-11-29 07:37:15 +0000 UTC View PostI suspect the Venn diagram of those who like stories like Constant (and maybe TG fiction in general?) overlaps with those who enjoy anime and manga. It’s not a perfect match, obviou...
2024-11-28 21:28:47 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, so this first scene in chapter 6 is a bit of an odd one, and whether it stays, gets moved around, or is ultimately cut remains unclear. I don't think I'll know until I've finished the whole c...
2024-11-27 07:36:32 +0000 UTC View PostFrom Chapter 6. The next step for David taking matters into his own hands involves meeting an old friend, requiring a visit to The Pit, a heavy-metal club on the outskirts of town, then th...
2024-11-25 13:25:09 +0000 UTC View PostWoop. Hit the next milestone today: 200k words, baby!
Found a little time to write today. It was a friend's birthday. Got to town a little early, settled in somewhere quiet for an hour befor...
Start of week: 8,215
End of week: 10,245
Change: +1,118
Year to Date: 199,352
This week was mostly about editing chapter five for posting to the the Patreon. Coming in at a ...
2024-11-22 01:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Another fantastic image by Fraylim, this time referencing recently published chapter 5-4, the night out at Circe. I love the little cat-earrings and the detail of the cat tag on the purse....
2024-11-21 01:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFor the archives: Constant in All Things 3, Cha
2024-11-20 01:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostFinally, the bus reached my destination. The bus stop itself was in complete darkness. Pools of light flickered from between ...
2024-11-18 08:55:14 +0000 UTC View PostStart of week: 33,824 / 5,700
End of week: 34,018 / 8,287
Change: +2,784
Year to date: 198,133
Word count shows the final count for chapter 5 (pre-final edit) and the start ...
2024-11-15 01:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThere's always some hesitation around posting n
2024-11-13 01:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChange: +11,474
Year to Date: 195,349
After the wonderful freedom of a weekend escape, it's somewhat frustrating to once again write against a backdrop...
2024-11-08 07:45:19 +0000 UTC View Post
This one brings us way back, all the way to those early chapters of Book 1 with David on the run in disguise with Agent Katherine Smith acting as her chaperone and "auntie". Obviously, some of tho...
2024-11-07 01:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostWhether this latest scene will be 5-6, or the start of chapter 6, remains undecided. Either way, it gets us back into the protagonist's 1st person point of view. Without giving too much away, 5-6 ...
2024-11-06 01:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post