"All of that...for a drop of blood."
The first real battle begins.
I hope Taylor's cleverness shines through, here, because I thought her spur of the moment strategy against Medusa was actually really clever.
Also, yes, in ...
2021-04-17 16:03:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis idea has been in my head for a while, and I need to exorcise it.
Maybe one day, it will become a thing. For now, though, it's just going to be a oneshot.
In lieu of expecting comments in the chapter posts, I'm going to come out and ask directly for you guys to give your opinion.
2021-04-13 11:46:33 +0000 UTC View PostRemember when I said things would probably slow down?
Uh, yeah. I underestimated how quickly I was going to get these early chapters done, just because I'm not as excited for Hereafter as I was when I started Essence.
In any case...
2021-04-07 22:17:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe first interlude of Hereafter.
I want to show a little bit of why Taylor and Olga Marie have the relationship they do, so I'm going to start at the beginning of that here.
Not married to that title, either.
A certain rune-using doggo should show up in this chapter, as well as a particular snek.
I...am actually not sure what to call this one. What I have up there currently isn't a title I'm married to, so it might change when the time comes for this chapter to come out in full. For now, though, I'll stick with this.
May need to give this one another once over, but I wanted to get this out before the end of the month, so I pulled an all-nighter to get this finished.
Things are a little awkward with this chapter. I'm still trying to figure out where Taylo...
2021-03-31 21:33:40 +0000 UTC View PostI'm still not sure about the timing of this stuff. When it'll all be done, how long it's going to take. A lot remains in flux.
But let's get started on actually getting into the story, now that the premise has been established.
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So I probably should have talked about this sooner, but things are going to slow down for at least a little while.
Originally, I was split between doing We Have Come to Terms and Hereafter, so I wrote up a first chapter for...
2021-03-20 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone, please, please let me know your thoughts with this one. I'm incredibly uncertain whether or not to keep the idea of "Taylor Hebert and the Fujimaru twins save the world." It might seem like a bit of a copout, instead of just picking a ge...
2021-03-20 08:25:42 +0000 UTC View PostFor now... Unfortunately, the one and only chapter of this story.
I'll explain more in a minute, but this thing would just be too massive an undertaking to get started this quickly. As a result, it's being relegated to the "maybe I'll come b...
2021-03-20 08:14:12 +0000 UTC View PostOver the weekend, I gave the SV thread and the general public the chance to ask questions about Essence and its creation. The way things worked out, they had about four hours initially to ask whatever they liked, and although I opened it back up l...
2021-03-09 16:35:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt's kinda wild to think about how long these have been hanging around while I worked on Essence. Even wilder to think that it's been over a year since WHCTT was first dreamed up (and never went anywhere, because I didn't focus on it).
Because I'm not going to stop being a writer just because Essence is over.
At this point, I'm not entirely sure where I'm going next. I have three projects I could start or have already started, a fourth that I want to do but am not ready to...
2021-02-26 17:07:07 +0000 UTC View PostAt long last, we come to the final chapter. This journey that we've been on for the last three years, it hasn't always been easy. There were some rough patches, some moments where I struggled to get anything done, and a lot of stuff happened in th...
2021-02-22 16:08:05 +0000 UTC View PostSurprise! Bet no one was expecting this chapter to be from this character's perspective. Well, someone made a suggestion about her in the SV thread a while back, and I was like, "You know, that might not be a half bad idea." Somehow, I do...
2021-02-15 21:25:04 +0000 UTC View PostIs this a day early, or a few days late?
I underestimated how much this was going to take and how hard it was going to be to get right. Even now, my editor and I both agree that it lacks a certain ephemeral or ethereal quality, not enough "A...
2021-02-05 22:06:52 +0000 UTC View PostOne last surprise CiP for you guys.
I realize that I haven't given much away with Queen of the Abyss - that is, Project Nietzsche - so I thought I'd approach the idea for that one Alternate Essence short from last Christmas ("Hail to the ???...
2021-01-24 18:32:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe third epilogue chapter.
I think you guys are going to be really surprised how this one starts, if I don't change my plans and put it in E.2 instead. The end will probably be a good surprise, though.
The second epilogue chapter. I already have a basic idea of what I want to do with the first and third, so this one is going to take a little more thought, but I'm putting out the link so that I don't forget to hand it out later.
Just gonna put these out here so you guys have them and I don't forget to give the links later.
And now we come full circle.
This one is a little shorter than usual, barely broke 3K, but it has what it needs to have, and adding just more for the sake of padding would bloat it.
Next, there'll be three epilogue chapters to cl...
2021-01-21 17:08:24 +0000 UTC View PostNew Year's...wasn't a great time. It threw me off, and I needed to get my head back on straight before I could write this and get it finished.
However, in exchange, it's extra long, about 6.4K words. I hope this climax of the battle - indeed...
2021-01-17 13:50:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe end of the battle. The final climax of Essence.
It's not yet time to bring this story to a close, but this is where the conflict is truly finished.
Almost there. It feels kinda incredible to be this close, now. I think there's maybe four or five chapters left in the whole story, and there's definitely some mixed sentiments about saying goodbye to a story this long and that has lasted almost f...
2020-12-30 14:30:42 +0000 UTC View PostWhat's that? Is that Santa Claus I hear?
No. But have this present anyway.
This is just loads of fluff that I wrote in one sitting, but I hope you all enjoy it - and your holidays - either way.
2020-12-26 01:19:27 +0000 UTC View PostHm, maybe we won't make it all the way to 11.10 after all.
Ah, we'll have to see. I'm not quite sure how far the fight will progress this chapter, but we're approaching the climax and that might wind up being next chapter instead of two chap...
2020-12-23 23:32:35 +0000 UTC View PostSo, 2020 seems like it's trying to get a last few kicks in before the end. The last two weeks have been a bit...
Two... I hesitate to call them family emergencies, but they kind of were? Are? In any case, there've been a few scares, and not ...
2020-12-23 23:30:12 +0000 UTC View PostThis...took a lot longer than I would have liked. I wanted this out so much earlier, but this arc has been a little uncooperative the deeper into the fight we get.
My younger self would probably be aghast. I have so much easier a time writin...
2020-12-12 21:17:47 +0000 UTC View Post