I may suck at keeping deadlines and dates, but I did promise none of these stories would go to inactive, and I intend to keep that particular promise. One of the things about the way I've been writing lately is that I have full chapters ready to go... but no bridge to get there. Well, I finally built the bridge for a few chapters in "The Dragon Tamers." So, you guys will be seeing the next chapter tomorrow! It's a bit longer than the others, and it's a lot of talking, but we finally get to learn a bit about Roscrow. Is he a dick? I'll let you decide. He's certainly a dick in my head. Fickle as a damn cat. No wonder he hates the werewolves.
Speaking of werewolves, my editor is slacking (I've reminded him that there are only 52 weeks in a year and there are 60 chapters, so if he'd like to see less wolf dick, finishing it faster would be better. There's also money, but he's refused the offer so... I wait and have fun harassing him, with permission), so I kicked all the furries out and have been coaxing the elves back slowly with all sorts of music (this is the one that brought Roscrow back). Before the drama llama visited my family circle and spat in everyone's faces, Roan had naughty intentions for Cylthan in this upcoming chapter. However, he's been MIA. Cylthan thinks this is great. She didn't like that scene to begin with. She likes the original path better. As such, since I have a couple of chapters ready to go with "The Dragon Tamers," I am gonna focus on bridging the gap to reach the 3 chapters already written for after those two get back to the castle. Just gotta get there, and if Roan's gonna continue to be absent for this, Cylthan's just gonna run amok making him seem like a fool... especially when his rat likes her too much to change back! Better not touch her, Bern. Those teeth are sharper than Daddy kitty's claws!
I'm still working through life shit. I'm writing when I can, which has sadly been next to never. Waiting for some genuine quiet. So, since I finally got to some finished content, I'm going to draw that out as long as I can. To keep away the dreaded "inactives," I will post every other Friday until I either get my groove back and can actually bridge a few more chapters or I'm stuck back in the same spot. At every other Friday, that does give me a month to clean up and flesh out some more of these summaries. I'm sure you guys will notice them. It is a rough draft so I won't try too hard.
I'll keep you all updated about "The Rat and the Dragon." Maybe next week, but for all of my best intentions, maybe take my timelines with a grain of salt. My intentions are there, but until this writing thing makes me money, family demands that everything else comes first.
As for "Mongrels and Music..." Kupper doesn't come out when I ask. I've never had a strong connection with Zigz. I had a brief connection to a native critter, to see the godly legend from their view, but it was so brief that I could not finish all that was conveyed. Unlike the other 2 stories, I'm writing this from scratch. There's no summaries, there's no fancy sentences or anything. It's the "start to finish" kind of writing. And it only happens when he speaks. I will do what I can with that one. He left me with so many good ideas, but I will follow the voices already talking rather than try to force one. He'll speak when he's ready, and I will quiet all the rest at that time.
Hope you're all excited about tomorrow! I know I'm excited whenever I make new content. *opens her own story document* Huh, the author didn't update... oh wait, that's me! Shit.