The Writings on the Wall #54

Down a winding road

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Greetings from the Xen’in Universe.

March was another slow month, only slightly better than February, with 14,780 words written. That number was spread across nine chapters of my space opera serial, one short story, and a third of another. And still no work on that Dragon Dice novel!

On the plus side, I now have enough of a buffer (on the serial front anyway) that I can focus on the novel. In theory, I should be able to complete it in two weeks.

The only potential roadblock up ahead is the monthly story I post on Substack. I’ll have to see if I have something ready that I can post, because if I have to write something from scratch, it’ll slow me down again.

We shall see.

Coming up this month

As you might have guessed from the above, I have nothing ready yet. There are a bunch of stories I want to write, so plenty of ideas, I just have to juggle with the little time I have available. Hopefully I can find an older piece I haven’t shared with you all yet.

I need to do some digging.

So yeah, this month’s story will be a surprise. I’ll likely post it on the 22nd or maybe even the 29th—especially if I need to write something from scratch.

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