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Newsflash: March #2

Added 2025-03-21 19:00:17 +0000 UTC

This has not been a very forward-moving fortnight thanks to a number of things which culminated in a seized-up shoulder today - so I will be brief as I can't be at the computer too long.

From my writing playlist: Twyrine by Mushroomer from the Pathologic 2 OST.

Writing Progress

I sorted out the revisions for Chapter 1, 2, and 3 that I mentioned from last fortnight and I'm now halfway through writing Chapter 4.

Excerpt

"Let's get to the town hall," ${nik_they} ${nik_say}. "See how the others are doing."
The wind has risen, buffeting against you hard and throwing dust so hard at your face that your skin stings. The pair of you stagger through it, pushing against the air itself, until you reach the center of town. Simeon and Roschin are hurrying people into the town hall; you can see from the people's expressions that some are growing dazed from exposure. Nikita pulls out a charm and wraps it around ${nik_their} wrist, face set.

Wordcount

Total The Earth Has Teeth wordcount: 105074 words
Average The Earth Has Teeth playthrough: 32810 words
Fortnight progress: 4751 words

Next writing

Shoulder allowing, I'll be moving on with writing Chapter 4.

Recap

The Rys/MC bonus story went up, as did the Roschin and Val intros.

Next up on Patreon

25th March: Denario/MC/Savarel bonus story
26th March: polyamory rundown for The Earth Has Teeth
31st March: Q&A answers - get your questions in!

I was keen to share how good Wanderstop and the Pathologic 3 demo are and how much I've fallen in love with both of them, but alas, my shoulder's not allowing it at the moment. I hope you have a good weekend - and that if you're dealing with illness or pain that it eases! I'm going to try to rest up over the next couple of days and hopefully will be back in action on Monday.