10.08 delayed till Tuesday
Attention. I am keeping this short but announcing that the chapter has been delayed to Tuesday. This is NOT a break or burnout. It’s a classic.
10.08 now stands at 41,000 words. I wrote it in two days…and I was editing today, but I’m not satisfied with my energy levels. I’m blasted, and this is me stepping back and saying that, for the good of the chapter, I need more time.
Ironically, if this were next month, I’d have a week to have done this and edit, and I wouldn’t be writing 40k in general. In theory.
Regardless, bear with me. I’m not happy with stream-reader or beta-reader responses, and I am going to keep tailoring the chapter until it’s good enough to post. Expect at least 40k on Tuesday. More, subject to rewrites. Wish me luck and thanks for understanding.
This has been a productive month. Probably because it’s the last one I’m going to write at this intense a pace. After 10.08 is one last chapter on Saturday before my break. I already foresee some…Crelers clogging up the works, but I’m gonna just do my best.
10.08 will be out on Tuesday, the 19th of March.
Comments (38)
Queen, take all the time !!
No rush but is there a time when the chapter usually is posted yall? 👀 I don't think I can sleep tonight
Usually anywhere between 730 and 1130
We demand a sacrifice!
hey umm, i’m starting to look like Dave Chappell in the crack head skit….. umm… got any more of them “chappys”?? i’m fiending over here and need my fix!
no problem take all the time you need. and if you need to delay it further it's ok!
Happy I saved the last chapter and haven't read it yet, that said I am super happy you decided not to publish something you are not happy with. Don't ever publish something due to a timeline, quality over quantity every time.
Take your time. I’ve got eight or ten other books in progress. Tonight I’ll go see Dune with Shirley. . . You’ll be ready when you ready.
Now I love that you have decided to go for only one chapter per week and I hope that does you some permanent good. But there is only one thing I think might be a bad idea. And that is to artificially limit how much a chapter should be. We all know how you write, you do not decide that the next chapter is 40k+ it does just happen, because your gut told you, you need more space to develop a situation or character. Now perhaps that makes you grow as a writer and makes you far better at archiving more with less. An ability that you do probably lack somewhat, at least compared to the current genre giants. So I would advise, if you chose to take it, to simply try to make what you write more efficient and keep the chapter smaller if you can but if your gut tells you otherwise, just do that.
Thanks for telling us, and I'm always happy when you you tell us something like that. Always gives me hope you get somewhat of a break too. :)
Your rate of writing has often made me think you are pulling a bourbaki. But it is very consistent for a bourbaki. We will be here ready to ready whenever you publish.
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The 19 th is my birthday, so thanks for the gift. 😆
Chapters don't need to be giant, splitting up whatever you do write into Tuesday and Saturday would be preferred bc it's nice Word count has become a huge focus but what I want is meaningful story development and unanswered questions to find some resolution(regardless of word count, and if given a choice, to the detriment of word count if it's one or the other). Erin has done nothing about the warnings from the literal time travelling chronomancer (at least that we know of) and it's become a really big gripe for me! Im not sure if I've forgotten any reason why its been left unaddressed I'll be honest the story isnt focusing on the most important things to me personally as the reader. I REALLY WANT CONTENT ABOUT ERINS LEVEL 50 SKILL THAT WAS TEASED FOR LIKE A YEAR. And I want time to pass and to see the effects of it and harvest that sweet sweet delayed gratification. The surface has been scratched and I know it's literally because you're trying to figure out for yourself how op and balance breaking it essentially is going to be. the last thing I wanted was an interlude putting that farther off, but mostly i really don't like that saliss entire identity this chapter and lately has been oppressed traumatized transgender exile (they literally go around naked all over the place anyways as a statement and everyone is generally desensitized, I'm kinda over it not gonna lie, you've totally lost my plausible belief in saliss as a character and how the world treats them the moment I think about it). The chapter was enjoyable tho despite that There's massive word counts but what I REALLY want is not being covered (you've got me hyper fixated, or maybe I just did that to myself) I want Erin to do something about the chronomancers warning that we know of as the reader
She’s probably waiting for the king to make his move and checkmate his ass with the chronomancer.
Take all the time you need! A good chapter later is better than a not-so-good chapter now.
Omg 41k words, can't wait till Tuesday!!!!!! also I think I just converted a friend to the cult of the wandering inn
do what works for you :)
Weird seeing people gripe about chapter rate when the amount of content in each one is so much lol. Do whatever you need to to keep quality at a good standard without burning yourself out, keep up the great work!
People get used to a certain rate, and then feel cheated when they get less, even if that "less" is still a magnitude more than what you'd get from somewhere else.
No worries! Glad you care enough about the quality to make that tough decision. I like to think of this as a preview for how the posting schedule will be starting next month, so I don't see an issue.
Really appreciate all the hard work Pirate. Getting 60k+ words of content per week for as long as we have is insane. I don't think people get how absurd it is to wrire at your pace. Look after yourself and do whatever you think is best for the story and your sanity!
I understand writing 40000 words in a week is something few authors could be expected to do on a regular basis at some point you have to slow down so the quality of your work doesn't suffer.
Take your time
So only 4 chapters this month? How is it deferent from what you will be doing next month? Too many breaks and not enough chapters. Why not post it tomorrow?
Where else you get 100k+ words chapters per month?
She was prepping us for a delay so I’m not surprised at least.
I AM WAITING PATIENTLY!!!Dumbledore said calmly.
I joined a couple a months ago because I really love this story. But since joining it’s been more breaks and late notice cancels than actual chapters. Maybe I have bad timing but at this point I’ll go back to consuming this as a free product, which is an amazing product, but I’m literally not getting what I’m paying for
You picked a bad time over all pirate has been good about out put. With the one chapter a week switch I expect a fair number of people to drop back to free.
the geese will be well fed next tuesday, it seems! i'm glad u made the call to delay the chapter for the sake of quality. all the best in refining this chapter, and thanks for the hard work as always. looking forward to next month to see how u respond to the new updating arrangement
This sure has been happening a lot.
Darn i won’t lie I was definitely looking forward to this because I suspect/hope this will be the chapter Erin and the Titan meet in person, but I totally understand that you have to make it right before you release it. Get some rest!
You do you, Pirate. I can wait, I just resubbed D+ so I’ve got a weekend of binging X-men.
the suspense is worth the wait! thanks for everything you do for us and please please please take care of yourself so the show can keep going!!!
The ides of March strike again! Excited for the new chappie, thanks for the update!
Okeydoke, thanks much for all your hard work! Really admire your commitment to putting out a good product
We are happy to wait as long as Nerrys possession of Erin is revealed. The lambs puppetry will be revealed!