Pavane in Pearl and Emerald
Word Count: 44865
Last week did not go well writing-wise, although I did get some valuable background stuff done — most particularly my calendar, which made me realize that the dance *should* have been scheduled for the night of the feast. I must remember to go back and mention in the first entry that it was put off because of Orbuni's broken ankle.
This week's writing is going much better. I have every hope of making my quota in spite of the fact that I have a con to get to. (I only intend to go for Saturday. My energy levels are too low to risk the entire weekend, when I have OVFF coming up at the end of the month.) I have a much better grasp of what is going on, and yet somehow that isn't making things any less bewildering– there is just so much intriguing and social maneuvering to keep track of. And there is at least one major plot twist I haven't figured out yet — there is no way [spoiler] is going to sit by and twiddle his thumbs, so what excruciatingly almost-brilliant plan is he going to come up with?
For Flag in Flames I have finished Chapter 12 (of 18ish) of my page layouts, which gets me to page 24 of 40 in my script. I'm clearly more than half done this stage, and am starting to wish I had some way to get feedback on the layout sketches before starting on the actual artwork. I can't quite figure out how to go about that… I don't know of any critters.org for comics, and I'm not sure how much the quick sketch nature of the layouts would effect how well the story reads (not to mention that it's harder to email a hundred and sixty or more pages of sketches to a friend than it is a text file).
I am very much enjoying the sensation of being in the middle of two projects that appear to be progressing nicely. Sometimes I think I enjoy it too much, and that I'm not as willing as I should be to divert attention to the rest of what is going on in my life.