The Very Late Update So I Can Go To Bed Edition

This week has proved to be busy, far busier than I had originally reckoned on it being. It's fun to hang with friends, but soon the time vanishes, the weekend is over, and you begin to wonder if you've been doing anything productive with all that time.

Here, the answer is simple: not much in the writing arena.

'Hot Pressed' is not going to be hot off the press any time soon. I've successfully moved my heroine from the ground to her first adventure on an airship, but now I'm besieged with such banalities such as whether she should attempt to climb onto the airship via a line in front of a running engine nacelle, or behind it.

Given that I was unable to figure out whether someone passing in front of an engine would feel forces sufficient to prove dangerous, instead I think she needs to climb up behind it, as the prop wash will definitely be hazardous. It feels dumb that it took so long to make this decision, but I truly think that ensuring small things like this are more plausible makes a story more immersive.

Of course, this doesn't solve what exactly the airship looks like on the interior, so that's another layer of complexity that has yet to be worked out. Regardless, the first pivotal scene of the story is about to be told. Which indicates to me that I may be nearing 1/3 completion on this tale.

If I'm extremely lucky, this will remain a short story and not turn into something more ridiculous.

Robotic Restitution

The big angry gorilla in the room for me. Sadly, not a lot of work was done on this project this week either. I did finish proofreading chapter five, and chapter six looks fairly short, so that should definitely be done this week as well. 

I'm rapidly getting close to finishing reading the 'first novel' part of this tale, though I have yet to firmly decide there the first novel should end. I'll need to do some word count calculations and compare that to natural stopping points in the story.

That, though, can wait for later, after the first proofreading pass is complete.

It's late now, and I can't be bothered to type up another discussion, so that will be it for this week. Have a great week, everyone!