Big News!
My dad and I finally got our first collaborative work done! The whole process was rather enlightening – particularly getting to see comments from an Actual Legit Editor, which wasn’t actually as harrowing an experience as I expected. (No surprise to anyone, the neurodivergent person writes like a neurodivergent person.) With any luck the next book of the series will enter the planning phase before November so that I can write my half for NaNoWriMo.
And with that, we return to the irregularly-scheduled update.
What am I working on?
The Dawnbreakers’ Saga – Still going! This month marks the four year anniversary of this absolute madness. With any luck, the final episode of this series will go up on the last Wednesday of 2021, and then I’ll be able to take a break for a while. I’m feeling the burnout more and more with each production-heavy episode, but I’m determined to see this thing to the conclusion in a timely fashion. Four years is a Long Time and I’ve learned a lot from this story/set of stories.
Urien: The Dragon of Norwood – I’ve made my peace with the fact that this is going to be in pre-production at least over the winter if not until next August. (Seems like my best-luck things tend to get going in August. Superstition? Maybe. Jars of dirt all around.) I decided to buckle down and hammer out the most relevant worldbuilding for the part of the world (which has been named Uthir – or, “All-Home” in Tireni) in which the story takes place – in particular the clothing, because That Matters for a visual medium. That and the architecture are my two worst sticking points because I’m mostly a character artist. Which is good, but it’s not everything. One tinker at a time.
Worldbuilding Channel? – One of the side-effects of me falling into my ill-managed chronic Worldbuilder Syndrome is that I’m contemplating making a worldbuilding channel specifically to showcase some of the weird/cool stuff I’ve come up with for parts of Uthir that aren’t relevant to the main plot. Like, the Rohitian Sand Riders. (Basically, I want to make the universe in my head pay its rent for all the space it takes up.) Do I regret any of this worldbuilding? Absolutely not. 😀 I might write other stories in Uthir at some point. It may become my next “main” world since I’ve learned a significant amount about myself, life, and storytelling since writing anything in Esper’s world.
And with that, I once more become an internet cryptid. I really should address that at some point.
Greatly enjoyed Salt! Looking forward to more! Wish you might have had a better typo-finder. Loved the Tanan character! Was a bit frustrated by the every other chapter for Tanan/Sukhetai, but was most concerned with the references to Red Banks as the first landing. Because Tanan missed Red Banks and didn’t land/bathe until Grouton.