This weekend I posted chapter 7 of TMEA here on SOL (with chapter 8 on my Patreon), so I thought, as we approach half-way, I might update people on the progress of the entire story.
Chapter 15 is complete with chapter 16 about 50% complete. At this stage, I'm not quite sure if the story will be 17 or 18 chapters long. I have everything sketched, but as the fine detail is added to these bones things can happen - that's author-speak for the characters grabbing the story and twisting things.
That said, I am hoping to finish the writing this month - only two months behind my original schedule, which is amazing as at one point in chapter 11 I was blocked with no visible way to get to where I thought I was going. However, after re-reading things and a bit of judicious editing of one character's back story I was able to move forward.
So, please keep reading and voting - and thank you for the comments and emails that have been interesting and at times very humbling to read.