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Ok so, some of you will (or already have) notice the continuity break between chapter 3 and the later part of Chapter 4. The egomaniac part of me is kinda tempted to play this off. 'Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I did some editing and switching stuff around, really inentionally, I just totally didn't edit up the other chapter yet, thus a glaringly obvious mistake, only its not a mistake, it was super intentional'.

Buuuut that would just be my ego talking. And it'd be total bullshit. Truth is I moved some shit around, was caught up in writing mode when I needed to be in editor mode, and fuckered stuff up.

The very last bit of Chapter 3 will be edited for continuity asap (tonight). For those who don't feel the need to read back, disregard the last paragraph and you'll pretty much be good to go.

My sincere appologies to those who will be annoyed or perterbed by my poor editing, and my thanks for everyone's patience! An especially big thanks to those readers who pointed out my blunder. Thank you all for bearing with me!

DarkFyre Chapter Four is submitted and awaiting posting. Woot Woot.

So I've received a touch of criticism in some feedback after Chapter Three. Being that the criticism was "Longer Chapters Please", I'm taking this in my pseudo-narcissistic mind to mean that people are digging what they're reading and really want more of what they're digging, as opposed to my stuff just being way too short.

Yeah. That's it. Really.

I have heard the outcrying for longer chapters, and obliged. Sort of.

Here's the thing. I'm really enjoying my writing pace right now. I'm putting out a chapter a week, pretty much to the day. This is pretty fucking good, for me, considering I have a history of lagging behind and taking breaks between writing sessions, and am dealing with a damn full plate in my day to day life. Part of the reason I've been able to keep that trend up, and stay consistent, is because I write my chapters out to a length that feels comfortable and doable to my writing time during said week. Sometimes it's a bit more. Sometimes it's a bit less. I don't really gauge it to a particular page or word count, just on what feels natural and right for that span of writing.

That being said, I can pretty much guarantee that my chapters, in general, will be picking up in length from here on. There will be some shorter chapters at times, yes, but on average? They should be a bit meatier.

This chapter departs a bit from the format I set before now, in that it follows both central characters. It should be noted that I didn't really intend to follow the back and forth format the way it has been progressing, it just kind of fell out that way. Hope the change is not too jarring, but then again I'm pretty sure you're all gonna be distracted with other stuff to pay much mind...

In other news, I've been tinkering around with some ideas for some short fiction (read: stroke stories) to write, but am somewhat hesitant to switch horses right now while DarkFyre is still going fresh and strong.

I wouldn't mind a bit of reader weigh-in on which you'd rather, some new stuff or focus kept to DarkFyre.

I might even listen to it :P

Enjoy the new chapter! Once it's live, and all.

At the suggestion of some readers, I'm putting my comments and musings here instead of the end of my chapter for ease of access and less distraction.

Chapter Three of DarkFyre has been submitted and is waiting to be posted. There's a bit more naughtiness in this one, though I won't go ruining anything.

I wanna address one thing. There's some content in this chapter (not going to go into too much spoiler detail, but it's addressed in the updated tags, so it shouldn't be a shock) that may be off-putting to some readers. It's there because, in my opinion, it's realistic for the setting and times. Things were different back then. Or over there. Whatever.

So if you're one of the readers that finds that particular code off-putting, there's an alternate version (some other places I've put it up don't allow that code). If you want to go with said alternate version instead, please let me know and I can either link you to said alternate version, or just send the file if preferred.

Well now that all that's out of the way...

I hope everyone enjoys the next chapter! Thank you muchly to all the awesome people who have left me so much encouraging feedback! Feedback is definitely something that drives me to keep writing.

I am doing my best to put out a chapter a week, but that may slow down at some point, depending on how the evils of Life come at me. For now though, I'm on track for it, so enjoy the new chapter and look out for more to come!