Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Moving Along

Things have felt rather sluggish, but quite a few changes have occurred since the last post. The major piece of news is that I have shifted jobs, so that has been my primary focus these last two months. As for the series, some new changes have been made to the combined books to improve their readability. The beginnings and endings of the two stories have been synced pretty well. I wouldn't say it's perfect, but it's looking a lot better. I've also adjusted the story's timeline quite a bit to improve the flow of events. There are also some new chapters and scenes I intend to write to fill in some major gaps in the timeline. There is also still the issue of creating a final scene with one of the story's villains, but that has been put on hold.

Most of my recent work has been on Plight of the Gods. I've completed the whole journey of the expedition team to Tritus, so now I'm working on what they're doing there. I know most of what happens there. One of the chapters in this section is halfway done, and another has already been started. The problem is just accurately describing all the manual labor that is being done while not sounding boring or summarizing it too quickly. Once I get this done, I'll feel tempted to revisit the previous book and rework the opening, but this may require the help of more readers.

The other thing I've done this past month is create more pictures, both for the books and the website. This includes some landscapes, the planet of Atmos, and the final climax of Plight of the Gods.