NYD Progress Report 11/17/24

Hey Everyone!

Sorry for the radio silence lately. Things have been progressing slowly. And by slowly, I really mean "hardly at all". It seems that I wrote myself into a corner without knowing it. 

The bad news is, I did a LOT of renders and coding and writing to get myself into that corner, and I may have to scrap it all. This is always pretty discouraging when it happens and I had to take a week or so off to figure out how to fix it and come to terms with the fact that I may have wasted a lot of time and effort. 

The good news is that I have now identified the problem, formulated a solution and have begun making progress in a better, simpler, more natural feeling storyline. I had let it take a path that was too heavy and dramatic and it wasn't fun for me anymore. And if I was bored with it, I figure you were DEFINITELY gonna be bored with it. So, I scrapped that content, took it back to where the story veered in that direction, restarted in a new, more lighthearted trajectory, and now I'm getting really excited again.

It's also been a challenge to find time to work on this story because of the new job. Don't get me wrong, I like my new job, but the schedule is all over the place, so setting time aside to do this has been more challenging than it used to be when I was working a 9-5 type job.

But don't worry. I'm not going to abandon this or Siren Song. I love these stories too much to give up on them. I just wanted you all to know where I'm coming from and what is taking so long. If I don't get Chapter 5 done by Christmas, then it'll be done when it's done. Just know I am working on it as much and as hard as I can.

Until next time,

Love y'all,

~ Jonesy