Weekly Update - 31 July 2023

Hey everyone!

It's a Monday and the last day of the month, so there's a fair bit coming your way from me today. First, this update, and then the bonus content poll, and then lastly the BIP (which will drop in about an hour, for those of you looking to play it). 

I'm pretty satisfied with what I managed this month overall. I finished, edited, and published Chapter Nine, which seems to have gone over well, and now I've outlined and begun work on Chapter Ten. There's only about 10,000 words in it so far, but considering I was expecting to be pushing myself just to finish the outline, I will definitely take a "bonus" 10k. 

For August, my goal is 45,000 words. This is below my 'maximum' writing speed, to be sure, but I'm lowering my expectations for this month for a few reasons. Firstly, it's going to be a busy one outside of writing. I'm going through some self-employment training to help me figure out things like taxes and public liability insurance (it's exactly as riveting as it sounds, believe me). Also, it's my birthday month, and while I am certainly not one of those people who can stretch the day to a week, let alone a month, it does mean some family is coming in from out of town for a while, and I'm less likely to get as much writing done on those days, as you might imagine!

(Also, BG3 is coming out. I honestly don't foresee this interrupting writing, because I am the type to guilt myself out of things like that, but, you know, it might eat a bit into my already-lacking spare time.)

August also marks FoA's third birthday, which I might do something special for if I weren't so focused on just getting the thing finished. I'm starting to think about edits and the like, and some part of my brain desperately wants to be able to skip ahead to when the first draft is done and I can start refining it, until it looks like the game I really want it to be. 

My goal remains getting this game published by its fourth anniversary. Considering how long the HG publishing queue can get, that's a challenge, but here's hoping!

Anyway, that's all for this week. I'll be back in this slot in seven days, hopefully with more good news about progress. Stay well, and stay awesome. :)