Seasons Greetings

Well! What a year it's been. I hope you're all doing OK at a time which can have a lot of intensity, not to mention SAD for those living in grey places (each year I get surprised by it, which is annoying).

I have a couple of posts to share: Honor Bound development journal Part 1 and Part 2 which go over the process of figuring out the story I was going to write, and writing the first half of the game.

There's also a post about Project Amble (my codename for my new project) and figuring out names.

A quick book recommendation: From the Belly by Emmett Nahil. It's a horror novel about whaling, body horror, and inexorable doom, and is a nice addition to the "people at sea have a terrible time" genre which I rather enjoy. (I am, after all, a big fan of The Terror.)

I think I'd like to get back into recording what I'm doing more: I have been outlining - I submitted my third Project Amble outline draft on 3rd December, and it was greenlit on 11th December - and doing a lot of writing. But the sudden passing-away of a friend from the writing community made me lose some momentum in keeping track of things; posting about Honor Bound also took priority.

Anyway: this week I coded the first Project Amble chapter, figured out some geographical stuff, and today I started writing. It is so very different establishing a narrative voice for a new setting, but also very exciting.

So without further ado, here are The Numbers:

Project Amble current wordcount: 9617 words

As Christmas is nearly here, I don't think I'll have time for much writing over the next fortnight, but I'm pleased to have made a start.

I'm incredibly thrilled with how Honor Bound has been received. There's a lot of things I want to say and do about it, but there's so much else going on that it can be a bit tricky. I always feel behind when it comes to marketing and sharing behind-the-scenes things and extras. But the most important thing is that I'm really grateful for all of your support while I made it. Thank you so much!

And if I don't end up posting before a fortnight from now, I hope you have a comfortable festive season and new year.