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The Earth Has Teeth Newsflash: Feb #2

Added 2025-02-21 22:28:00 +0000 UTC

I've been busily working on Chapter 3 of The Earth Has Teeth this fortnight! And I did do my Chapter 2 revisions, including streamlining some stats. I feel like every time I make a new game, I end up removing some stats early on - I always realise that there's more complexity than I need. In the case of The Earth Has Teeth, I've cut at least four of the things, and there are still a very decent number remaining.

Here's a track from my writing playlist to get you in a mood for The Earth Has Teeth: Last Heat, Last Exertions XXV. by Marcus Fjellström.

Writing Progress

This fortnight has been peculiar because the second week's been a school holiday, so I was out of my usual routine. I've also been ill. (I have chronic stomach cramps that have been flaring up more often the last few months, going from once or twice a month to once or twice a week, which puts me out of commission for a day or two each time. Grim.)

BUT for this final Friday I've been alone in the house which has meant I've got much more done! So my numbers and progress have actually grown by a huge amount... in fact I've done an amount in these two weeks that I'd be very pleased with for a whole month!

As for the ex-husband-hookup business... I actually haven't decided yet. There are pros and cons... so I need to wait until I reach the actual point where I've coded it and then make the decision!

Excerpt

Parents and an elderly grandfather and farmhands and dogs erupt from inside. A young man a few years younger than you with long braids hangs back quietly while Issi's parents catch her and give hugs and hair-ruffles. A pair of sheepdogs jump and bark about, adding to the chaos.
You're swept along by the little crowd into a flagstone-floored dining room with a low ceiling, a roaring fire, and a sturdy table laden with food. It's warm and snug; the air is close. One of the dogs settles on a rag rug in front of the fire while the other takes up a position beneath the table, ready to catch scraps.

Wordcounts

Total The Earth Has Teeth wordcount: 82598 words (!!)
Average The Earth Has Teeth playthrough: 26991 words
Fortnight progress: 30073 words (!!!)

Next writing

More Chapter 3! I'm hoping to have finished drafting it by the next newsflash - let's see how it goes. Certainly it remains Very Large. Bigger than the Chapter 3s of Noblesse Oblige, Blood Money, or Creme de la Creme!

Recap

This fortnight I showed off The Earth Has Teeth title and concept to the world at large which was tremendously exciting, as well as the Armell intro! For subscribers here, the Kiriyak intro and the cosy Beaumont romance story about waking up together went up too.

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