Newsflash: Dec 6

I've been disastrously organised this fortnight; please expect normal service to resume soon.

Royal Affairs wordcount: 154,657 words

Total Royal Affairs wordcount progress: 0 words

Noblesse Oblige wordcount: 50757 words

Total Noblesse Oblige wordcount progress: 5441 words

A bit weird seeing relatively low wordcount increases, but part of it is because I was able to cut down some stuff with a bunch of subroutines - hooray efficiency! Anyway, the headline news is that this fortnight I finished up with Chapter 4 of Noblesse Oblige and sent it off to my editor! Noblesse Oblige has officially dived into some juicy plot revelations, clandestine makeouts, and maybe most importantly, A Party.

Behind the scenes

I'm tentatively looking ahead to future projects once these two are done (this is what I often do when I'm at a fiddly halfway stage - it's fun to think about simpler things!) I think whatever comes next will be something not set in Westerlin, and probably set in Zaledo or Teran with a Zaledoan or Teranese protagonist. It's been so good to branch out into other areas of the setting with Noblesse Oblige that I can't resist doing that again! If I end up doing another shorter game like Noblesse Oblige, it'll probably not be in a school, but a longer game will likely be in a school or at least education-establishment-adjacent.

Sneak peek

An MC/Trevelyan/Beaumont moment from Chapter 6!

Non writing

I've been ill in a variety of ways (a bad cold, shoulder aches making desk work difficult) this fortnight which has sadly meant less writing and less organisation of Patreon-ing, hence the late post. November and December are historically tricky for me, as the darkness makes me rather lacking in energy and focus, and the illness didn't help matters. But I'm on the mend, and I'm doing my best to treat myself gently so that I don't get into a shoulder-pain situation again.

Next up: it's back to Royal Affairs Chapter 7, and sports day! I've had fun making sure this chapter has similarities to the Creme de la Creme sports day while being its own beast. This is when your pet will get her time to shine! ...and Javi's pet Silver will very much not, because Silver is adorable but very incompetent.

I'll be putting up the usual Q&A posts and a Royal Affairs early access update soon. Thank you again for your patience with the delay!