Chapter eight is still in work. Progress is slower than I'd like due to my work. I repair electronic equipment, and normally, it doesn't use too much brain power. While working, I think about the story, and jot down any new ideas. At home, I expand upon the ideas.
I've been reassigned to a couple of new projects, and they are not easy. New ideas haven't been coming as fast.
Maybe my bosses decided I needed a challenge?
As for actual progress:
Chapter eight, version 4, is over fifty pages long. I am nearly to the point where I'd start editing.
Chapter nine, version 2 or 3, has nine pages written so far.
Some may ask: Why so many versions? Chapters 5 thru 9 were started in December of last year. As the story progressed, I'd update the chapters. Sometimes I'd write content and scrap it. For example, versions 2 and 3 of chapter eight dealt with the fate of Junior. Pages and pages of Junior and his captor. At some point, I remembered this story was not about him. I scrapped most of Junior's story.
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