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We've reached the beginning of another month, which means it's time for an accountability post. Overall, May was a tight month because of professional requirements but still had some productivity. I felt I got some good stories in but I see some struggle approaching as I head into June.
The month of May covered consecutive weeks 254 through 259 of my longer-term goal.
The project in my day job has quarterly releases with June being the second one of the year. Sometimes it's a good release, this was not one of them. I don't usually talk about specifics about my job, mainly because I like a separation between the two but it has impacted my writing.
I've been very happy with my update for fedran.com[1] though it continues to require bits of effort as I try to get it to the parity of what I had before.
This month was mostly focused on the timelines[2]. While I had the main timeline implemented, I wasn't happy with its organization. There were a number of nodes that only had 1-2 entries but still required going a few levels deep to see it. The new version don't nest entries unless there are three or more of them. That way, the early and late centuries are much flatter because of my stories are focused in the 1800s TSC.
2: https://fedran.com/timeline/
I also got the timelines on the individual pages, such as TsubĂ yo's[3]. There are a couple nifty features here, mostly building on the flattening of early and later years. The new code automatically includes entries from the chapter metadata which means I don't have to remember anything to get it involved.
3: https://fedran.com/tsubayo/
This also means that organizations and locations, such as ShimusĂČgo[4] clan entry automatically has every event or reference to the clan gathered together.
4: https://fedran.com/shimusogo/
Individuals also have their birthday entries added before any significant event. This means it is easier to see how old someone is for a story. It gets more important since I really need to acknowledge that characters are having birthdays in the middle of a story but I forget to tell anyone. Also, because I like seeing the passage of time as someone's live changes over the decade.
My biggest project is still Allegro[5]. I posted the following chapters:
5: https://fedran.com/allegro/
6: https://fedran.com/allegro/chapter-20/
7: https://fedran.com/allegro/chapter-21/
8: https://fedran.com/allegro/chapter-22/
9: https://fedran.com/allegro/chapter-23/
I started submitting Allegro to the writing group and they have given me a lot of push-back on the story, mainly with the idea of the âunplayed instrumentâ and Brook's attitude. Those two parts has been frustrating.
The latter I've tried to explain more than once, but I can't seem to communicate it in person much less on word.
The former? Well, I've had chapter 3-5 open on my computer for two weeks and I'm still mired in self-doubt and struggle. So, I'm going to put Allegro on pause for a week or two while I try to figure it out.
I finished writing Things Are Different Here[10] and set them up on the alternative posting days. There are going to be six chapters and four have been posted, so my pause on Allegro won't impact my consecutive weekly goal with those two being posted this week and next.
10: https://fedran.com/things-are-different-here/
11: https://fedran.com/things-are-different-here/chapter-01/
12: https://fedran.com/things-are-different-here/chapter-02/
13: https://fedran.com/things-are-different-here/chapter-03/
14: https://fedran.com/things-are-different-here/chapter-04/
This is about the relationship between TsubĂ yo and FimĂșchi. This is a âslow burnâ romance in that it takes many months as they get closer together. We've seen their relationship from other novels, but I love how they grow together over many years.
I also ended up writing another short story. This is a gay romance about one of the smaller tribes that hung around the northern and western seas of my world.
15: https://fedran.com/two-boats-together/chapter-01/
16: https://fedran.com/two-boats-together/chapter-02/
For June, my plans are:
17: https://fedran.com/miwafu/
18: https://fedran.com/allegro/
As usual, let me know if you like any stories or want to see new topics or themes. I'm deeply thankful for my subscribers through Patreon[19] and other places[20]. Your help has been wonderful in encouraging me.
19: https://patreon.com/dmoonfire
20: https://fedran.com/patrons/
Thank you.
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