The planning commences.
This went on for longer than I expected it to, to the point where I had to cut the second half off because it was going to double the size of this chapter and make it balloon — past 10K, based upon the individual word counts of each one.
You may recognize sha...
2023-05-28 15:33:03 +0000 UTC View PostOne last surprise addition to give you all! Who was expecting that to be our mystery Servant? Man, so many missed opportunities, Type Moon! Although maybe they were worried about trademarks and how that could lead to a legal headache, since, you know, a certain company kinda owns his nam...
2023-05-28 15:27:29 +0000 UTC View PostAs many of you might have noticed, the chapter this week is a little behind, and if you've been reading the previews for the CiP posts (for those of you who don't have access to them via the appropriate tier), then you might also have noticed that Chapter CIII has actually been done since, like, ...
2023-05-28 12:20:07 +0000 UTC View PostSince CIV was going to be too big and probably wind up close to 10K, I decided to split it in half and move the portion with Medea to here.
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2023-05-27 15:20:11 +0000 UTC View PostTrying to finish two chapters this week. That's why I'm holding off on posting CIII. I wanna make sure I can make it first.
EDIT: Chapter got too big, splitting it.
Chancing a look first left then right up the corridor where she was waiting, Jeanne Alter cast her senses out further into the calm, placid ether where Servants dwelled when not physically incarnated.
Nobody around to stop me. Good.
The same tactical mind that had made her the bane ...
Well, let's see if I can soothe some ruffled feathers now.
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2023-05-22 13:06:28 +0000 UTC View PostWound up changing the title for this one midway through.
I worried a little bit about the pacing nearer to the end, but the editing team signed off on it, so I let it go. It just felt too short if I cut it off where I thought I might, and I guess I've gotten too used to having these 6k+ cha...
2023-05-20 15:58:40 +0000 UTC View PostWho guessed our mystery Servant correctly? Well, give yourself an imaginary cookie if you did.
EDIT: Previous title was me being too clever. Changed it to something a little more fitting.
A little early this week. What can I say? I was particularly productive these last few days.
We are not done with the surprises yet. Still more to come. Fun fact: the editors and I were looking at it, and we went, "Yeah, no, the instant Herk is out of play, Jason loses," and so it became ne...
2023-05-13 03:36:02 +0000 UTC View PostI think we all know what's coming, but I still have a few surprises, too.
Link here.
2023-05-09 23:35:42 +0000 UTC View PostBy the numbers, it's not the 100th chapter. But in terms of numbered chapters, it's Chapter 100. And we're also coming up on this story's 2 year anniversary soon. Just... Wow. Milestones, yeah?
Anyway. The fighting on the Revenge is surprisingly tight quarters. I mean, it's a bigge...
2023-05-07 09:42:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 100! Well. According to the "official" numbers, anyway. We passed 100 actual chapters a while back.
Name feels a little simple, so I might workshop it a little more.
I've partly done it to myself, but there's a huge cast in Okeanos. So many moving parts. Keeping track of them all is a chore and a half, and I have no idea how GRRM manages it with his own cast of characters.
Things are moving forward now, and we're about to hit the final third or so of Ok...
2023-04-30 02:41:56 +0000 UTC View PostGeddit? Because it's a... Yeah...
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2023-04-27 01:53:02 +0000 UTC View PostI was a little iffy about using a certain song in this chapter, but it's been teased so much by Rika over the course of this Singularity that it was almost inevitable that it would show up in some form or fashion. Rika is just too plugged into pop culture.
This one wound up pretty big again...
2023-04-23 23:16:41 +0000 UTC View PostNot married to this title, so let's see how far we go and if I wind up changing it.
Link here.
2023-04-18 15:45:06 +0000 UTC View PostSorry about the confusion, everyone. I moved XCV down a tier too far when I moved it down yesterday, so some of you might have read things out of order. That was still supposed to be 2 weeks out for the bottommost tier.
So, if you did get the chance to read it, you're a little bit ...
2023-04-17 02:13:18 +0000 UTC View PostI guess this is the sort of thing having such a large cast does: when you think a chapter is going to be shorter, they all chime in and make it balloon. Not by overmuch, in this case, just about 600 words or so, but 6K is very rapidly becoming the standard for this story. Geez.
I actually h...
2023-04-16 03:19:32 +0000 UTC View PostNot married to this title, but it'll do for now.
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2023-04-11 11:53:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere it is. That's the payoff for this little sideplot. Man, I've been planning that for a while, and I'm glad I get to finally put it to paper.
As incredible as it is, I think... We're pretty far into Okeanos already. Not done, not anywhere near it, but at least halfway,...
2023-04-10 05:51:36 +0000 UTC View PostWas a little unsure how I wanted to start this one.
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2023-04-05 11:14:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe ship of the pirate, Samuel Bellamy. A cargo ship originally used as part of the Atlantic slave trade, it was returning from the sale of its cargo, laden with many treasures, when it was captured by Bellamy after ...
2023-04-03 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Robin Hood of the Seas.
The generous, gentlemanly Prince of Pirates, famed for his tendency to eschew violence whenever possible. The richest, most successful pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy, whose caree...
2023-04-03 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostWho's that handsome devil? Why, it's none other than... Well, that would be telling.
This wound up longer than I was expecting it to be, by almost a thousand words. That's fine. I covered everything I wanted to cover and got the people through that I needed to have go through — and I even...
2023-04-02 17:09:11 +0000 UTC View PostSome more surprises. Come on, you didn't think I was going to kill Taylor that easily, did you?
Find it here.
The original ship sailed by Captain William Kidd. The ship with which he began his career, provided to him by his patrons in England, intended for use in hunting pirates and acquiring their treasures. In trut...
2023-03-26 10:59:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe vast treasure belonging to Captain Kidd, originally stored on a ship by the same name. Containing a variety of valuables, from silks to silver, there is more than enough to make the man who possesses it fabul...
2023-03-26 10:58:14 +0000 UTC View PostThis is now, officially, the longest chapter in Hereafter. It clocks in at over 8000 words and steals the title from "Engine of Destruction." It's big enough that I actually would have split it in two if I had managed to reach 9K or higher.
Geez, a lot happens this chapter.
There were...
2023-03-26 09:12:00 +0000 UTC View PostThat title isn't ominous at all.
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2023-03-21 03:29:44 +0000 UTC View Post