Chapter 24 ("Acceptance and Welcoming") posted early this morning, ringing in the New Year in a productive fashion and finally completing the Wiccaning that I'd struggled so long with...it's one thing working with just straight supernatural magic, but with something like a Wiccaning or a handfasting, I have a belief system to be true to (because I' ( Read more... )

3072 words into chapter 24 (still untitled), and I think I finally have the Wiccaning more or less whipped into shape. It would probably be ambitious to expect a weekend post, but what the heck...I can at least hope. Please don't be disappointed, however, if I end up delayed into the middle of next week ( Read more... )

I haven't done much more actual writing since my last post, but I finally hit the breakthrough I needed to create an authentic (albeit sans deities) Wiccaning, and I now have the entire ritual scripted and ready to be converted into proper prose ( Read more... )

I'M FREE! I'M FREE! I'M FREE! *Takes deep breath, resists overwhelming urge to burst into song ( Read more... )

I'm very sorry, but there will be no more TRD updates until my January break starts, as I've managed to become backed up scholastically to an absolutely nightmarish extent. I can dig my way out of that, but only if I cut out all recreational activities and devote my waking hours entirely to schoolwork ( Read more... )

2061 words into chapter 23 (as yet untitled) and covering the lead-in to Wyatt's Wiccaning--which I still need to rework so it's actually authentic--and have run into a bit of a hitch...I'd hoped to be able to keep them out of direct confrontation with the Necromancer, but really can't see any way to get Grams over her issues unless I let her go ( Read more... )

I really must stop posting at these obscenely late/early hours... Anyway, Chapter 22 ("Future Unfolding") is now posted! I'm satisfied with the way it turned out, and am hoping to receive feedback over the weekend (not that I'm not always hoping to receive feedback, but that's beside the point). I think you'll all enjoy it, at least...I know I

I'm 3531 words into chapter 22 (currently untitled) now, and am--all things considered--quite satisfied with my progress. Scholastic pressure has let up a (very) little bit, but it's enough that I can write a bit more often than I otherwise could. So far, I've covered a Significant Revelation and its emotional fallout, and Phoebe and Cole are ( Read more... )

School's still keeping me too busy for my taste, but I can steal a moment here and there to write. At this point, I'm 1764 words into chapter 22, which, thanks to a very useful consult with Shel (whose work I hold in the highest esteem and every Phoebe/Cole fan should read), is coming along nicely. Not quite writing itself, granted, but at least ( Read more... )

Chapter 21 ("What Lies Between") is up and awaiting your perusal (and--I hope--your feedback!). It's an unprecedented slightly-over-nine pages, which I hope makes up for the wait.

In any case, I should have been asleep at least four hours ago, so I'll close with that and make another entry at a more civilized hour.