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WIP Update

Tagged by @late-to-the-fandom. Thanks so much! This is great, because I've got a hell of an update. Instead of posting actual lines of text, though, I think I'm just gonna blab about the updates I've made real quick. But to the people I tag, do whatever you want. Go nuts!

Tagging: @thewindowofthesummerhouse, @dogmomwrites, and @bardic-tales.

Update the First:

We have titles now! Working, of course, and I'm still looking to @adrielcastlyre to approve or veto what we've got. These titles are kind of operating on the new-ish idea that we might split our third book in two, since we cover a lot of things in that book. So that's still under debate. And I probably won't use these for tagging purposes until we've got them finalized. Nonetheless, here's what I've got:

P&K 1: Pemoki & Kenacia. May or may not replace the ampersand with the actual word, but I really like the way the ampersand looks in Ovo font, which is what I use for drafting. Centers Catherine and Adriel. You already know the premise for this one. P&K 2: Fledgling's Descent. P&K 3: Stirrings of a Silent War. P&K 4: The Fallen Star of Thaeryvon.

We may also include a spinoff about some of the minor cast of Book 2, but if we do, it's a while away.

Update the Second:

We've finished the first chapter of Part Two of Pemoki & Kenacia, and we've come to the conclusion that our writing style's shifted so much that we need to go back to the first few chapters and edit. So that's what I'm working on currently. I'm cutting a lot of the fluff. So far, the result's something similar in length, but I think that's only because I haven't gotten to the long-winded section about the potato spinner yet, which really doesn't do much except give a sense of setting and reinforce what we already know about Petra and Eva.

I'm thinking I might cut out most of that section and replace it with something more concise.

Update the Third:

We're cementing the arcs and plot threads of Fallen Star. I want to go into more detail about this, but for now, let's just say we're having a lovely time making everyone miserable.

Update the Fourth:

Informally, I'd like to introduce a few characters who actually matter now in a way they really didn't in previous versions:

Hugh Oliver Castlyre: "Castlyre's the only significant trazian scientist of our age . . . excluding me, of course." -Alan Winson Lorenzo Willenton: "He's the unfortunate son of my family's killer; young as he was then, I thought I'd extend him a little grace." -Levi Niacera Djestoviska Oriv: "That fawning bastard? Again?" -Catherine Leures

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