What a difference a break can make! I came back on Monday realising that I hadn’t written the other ‘rare’ ending. So, I hunkered down to make a start on that before moving to the actual last ending. And oh my word! It was variation heavy to the max in a major way, needing variations pretty much every other line to account for if you were with your LI or a BFF. I finished it in a day and a half!! It was just flowing! And I was going with it. It’s ended up being one of my abso

Endings really do make me question my plans at times, lol!

It was definitely one of those weeks where it felt like time just runs away!

Monday really set the vibe of this week! I stormed through the writing on Monday, which always feels amazingly good to get that kind of start! But it continued on the rest of the days too! Even with having to work out a complicated coding situation—I have a new variable specifically for this chapter, but it can interrupt an important variable that was tracking something throughout the book. I needed to figure out how those two were going to interact with each other and all wo

This week certainly got my brain going! :D I knew this chapter was obviously gonna be quite a web of variations and choices, as it’s bringing together so many things that happened during the story, as well as branching depending on other choices. But one of the scenes (well, two, as it differs depending on a choice) involves Rebecca, so I definitely don’t want to be making any assumptions on the character’s feelings during this one! I mean, I can use the variables that track

It was a much more stable week this week! It felt good to really get things checked off! At the start of the week, I worked on asks and social media, which was a really nice reset for my brain :D Then it was diving back into the writing. It’s been a couple of hefty-to-write scenes this week, as they involve the MC and all of Unit Bravo, plus lots of choice sets (things are getting emotional in unexpected ways for the MC—Li-Sar is enjoying twisting the knife) which means they

The week started with getting some edits up together and sending off the previous chapter to the editor. I was super eager to get that over, as I absolutely love that chapter and the scenes in it, so can’t wait to hear what she thinks, hehe! :D But then things went a little down. Wednesday, I felt off, and then Thursday I was super ill. Literally hit out of nowhere and no idea what it was, ‘cause today I feel super fine! So that was random! It also threw me off schedule, whic

Was a back-and-forth week this week between things. I sent the next chapter over to the editor for edits after adding in the ones for the previous chapter. Except she couldn’t get far because it was kicking up an annoying error I was sure I’d fixed already. So, I fixed it again and sent it back. …Only for it to happen again! Fixed it and sent it back, and it finally worked this time, lol! Really not sure what was happening with that! Then I got a really weird glitch in Notepa

Super quick update this week as I really want to push forward now I'm in the endings! I'm on the opening at the moment, which is a little complicated as I need to fit game mechanic stuff in this one too but make it feel narrative and not too in the players face, lol! I'll be pushing on with that over the weekend and next week. There's a lot to write, so I really want to just get my head down and push on through! Hope you all have an amazing weekend! We'll be offline as usual

Super busy this week, and it’ll be a busy weekend too! Now we’re getting so close to the end, it always gets hectic! I did edits this week for the previous chapter. But one of the love interest scenes wasn’t quite right. It just didn’t have the romantic vibe I wanted and was a bit too…intensely serious, lol! :D I really loved the scene though, so I cut it and saved it for use somewhere else, or at least use the choice set or bits of it in other later scenes. Then that meant I

Super quick one today as I am getting close to finishing the writing for this chapter like I hoped!! I will be working on it tomorrow too, to make sure it’s completed. Which means next week, I can start on the editing! Then after, you know what that means…it’ll be onto the endings!! (I do have some hefty epilogues after that, but I’m ready to celebrate getting to the endings, hehe! :D) I did postpone the next chunk of testing chapters for the testers this week so I could focu

It got a little hot this week in the UK…and also in Wayhaven! :D The random heatwave we had certainly helped write a particular scene, that’s for sure! I was going to leave that scene in this chapter until last but the weather, and my headspace, was so in the moment for it that I started to tackle it! It’s a real doozy as it has differing BFF scenes at the start and then some super important choices later. But I was really in it, and it felt good to have such a complicated sc

I completed a lot of mop-up tasks last week which meant I could zone in on the writing this week. It felt good to really just get a long run at it! Usually, I always follow the order in which the scenes pop up in the plan, but for the first time in a while, I skipped writing the first scene I had planned and moved onto the others. I really didn’t want to get stuck, and I knew I would be with that scene with that particular LI, as it requires a certain headspace for writing it

It was an odd week this week, lol! I’m not sure if it was the bank holiday on Monday that set everything off, but it really was all over the place. Still, despite not being able to get my head around the days, I managed to get the editing done and began looking over the plan for the next chapter, which I’ll be starting today! This chapter, like I said last week, is the last one before the endings! And this is the chapter I’ve had the most back and forth on this whole process,

The sun was shining for the first time in ages, and it really gave a major boost this week! :D Writing on the chapter is finished! I even did go back and untangle the horrendously knotted mess of the coding from last week so it actually makes sense now, hehe! I did a bunch of asks this week too, so those are scheduled for the month ahead! Absolutely loved being able to get back to those, so I hope you guys are enjoying them as well :D I will be starting my edits of the chapte

Another good week of pushing forwards! I was hoping to be done with this section of this chapter already, but it got more complicated than I was expecting. Plus, I made an absolute mess with the coding, (which I’ve actually been really good about not doing in this book so far!), and that isn’t helping. But I think it would take more time to untangle at this point, so I’m just pressing on with it as it is, lol! :D Yet even with that, I’m certain I can get the writing done for

Ok, I am starting to get seriously super excited! :D Like, I was already excited, but getting to this point has really set off a whole other level in me, hehe! Though, in true me fashion, I have ended up adding in a massive chunk that will come up later. But it really did need it. I had a set of super important choices, but two of the three led into the same eventual branch of a later scene which really just didn’t work. They really needed whole separate branches for this eve

It’s always weird having a short week. It throws me all off, lol! But even with the bank holiday on Monday, I got a ton done this week! I think the rest really gave me a boost :D I’m hammering through the edits in this chapter. There was a couple of bits that I felt didn’t line up after choices, so I went through and rewrote some of those. It reads a lot better now, but I’ll check in with the readers to ensure it’s as smooth as I’m hoping. I’m hoping to get the edits done for

Oh, what a week again! The writing on the chapter is finished! I got the edits back from the editor for the other chapter, so I can get on that while editing this current chapter. The testers are also prepped and on board ready to get started on testing after Easter break. It really was all a go this week, hehe! Which I wasn’t sure it was going to be as I started out the week by dislocating my knee, lol. I wasn’t even sure how I was going to keep it raised and work at my desk

I’m still a bit back and forth on the flow of this chapter. I love the scenes in it, but I just really worry about it feeling choppy! And yet, when I read back over what I’ve written so far, it does read fine and flow into each scene with a purpose. So, I think I’m worrying it feels choppy when it’s not, lol! It was a bit of a stressful week anyway, which wasn’t helping my brain. One of my cats had emergency surgery early this week. I’ve been up with him a couple of nights to