Update Link: Signs of Life – Part 23 – Rated R

Spotlight: Mad World, Book 1

• New weekly feature. Picking a story and highlighting for new readers and others who might have missed it. I was doing this back in the summer a bit with Throwback Thursday.
• This week, I’m highlighting Mad World, Book 1. We have eight weeks to go before the release of the finale. If you haven’t read the series or reread in a while, think about getting started.
• Mad World, Book 1 begins in June 2003 and rewrites the panic room storyline. It’s 19 chapters and I wrote it in what feels like a fever dream in July 2018. I wrote 77k in three weeks. It’s kind of insane to think about that.

News & Reminders

• Mad World scheduled for April 4, 2022 release. Currently editing beta draft. I’m 15 chapters deep with 26 to go.
• Counting Stars scheduled for April Camp NaNoWriMo. No ETA on release, but maybe in the fall.

Patreon Roundup

• Stalker Tier: Mad World Beta Edit, Chapters 82-90 posted.
• Obsessed & Stalker Tier: Crimson Discovery #6 blog posted. Also created post for Malice (Bittersweet sequel) with discovery material.
• Crimson Check #10 for all tiers.

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News

• Cancelling Flash Fiction again
  • I was completely overwhelmed last week by work. It’s my first year working on the National Junior Honor Society and we had to plan our largest in person event since the pandemic that wasn’t graduation. It was literally just me and my co-advisor planning and executing the entire ceremony, from organizing the officers, the 48 new kids, the speeches, the decorations, the Covid extras–I spent soooo much time at work last week and was changing my welcome speech until literally an hour before I gave it.
  • I just didn’t get anything done all week that wasn’t the ceremony, to be honest, and by the time I got to the weekend, the thought of doing anything creative made my head hurt.
  • That being said, I have my duty period off tomorrow so I’ll have some downtime at work to decompress and get back on track and I took this weekend to veg out and recharge
• January Recap
  • Despite a few hiccups with Flash Fiction, I’m happy with how the first month went and I feel like I mostly kept to my schedule and deviated when I needed to. It’s part of my resolutions to be generous with myself and honest with timelines and so far we’re good.
• February
  • Goal is hit all 4 Saturdays for Flash Fiction
  • I’m also aiming to finish beta draft of Mad World, so cross your fingers!
• See you next week!

Patreon Posts

• Crimson Discovery #5 added for Crimson Obsessed ($10) and Crimson Stalker ($15) tiers.
• Mad World  – Beta Draft – Chapters 80-81 posted for Crimson Stalker ($15)
• Mad World – Beta Draft  – Chapters 76-81 posted for Crimson Obsessed ($10)
• Crimson Check #9 for all tiers.

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Hey! I’m not doing Flash Fiction this week. This was a last minute decision based on how my Friday and Saturday went. I have a huge school event this week coming up and I spent most of my Saturday working on it. It derailed my entire schedule, and I have to play catch up today.  It’s more important to hit my Mad World editing goal than Flash Fiction, to be quite honest and I have two more chapters left for this week.

News & In Case You Missed It

• I started editing Mad World and I’ve completed 4 chapters, including a brand new Chapter 79.
• You can keep up with my progress by using the widget in the sidebar or my Pacemaker link.
• Mad World is tentatively set for release on April 4 with a posting schedule of one chapter a day Monday – Friday.
• Karma was completed at Liason Haven on January 8. I will be publishing it on all platforms on March 1.

Patreon Posts

• Crimson Discovery #4 and Counting Stars – Alpha Draft post was added for Crimson Obsessed ($10) and Crimson Stalker ($15) tiers. The Alpha Draft post just includes the old Chapters 1-4 and Discovery material. Counting Stars is my April NaNoWriMo project.
• Mad World  – Beta Draft – Chapters 76-79 posted for Crimson Stalker ($15)
• Crimson Check #8 for all tiers.
• Check and Discovery are weekly blogs.  Check does a surface level walk through of everything I worked on that week and Discovery is a deep dive into all the projects with spoilers and brainstorming.
• For a full explanation, check out the 2022 Tiers & Perks.

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Update Link: Signs of Life, Part 22 

News

• Tentative Release Date: Mad World Book 4: Liberty
  • I am setting a date of Monday, April 4, to begin posting Mad World, Book 4.
  • I’m planning a Monday-Friday release schedule which leaves Saturdays as a catch up day for readers and Sunday as Flash Fiction.
  • Mad World should finish up around the end of May.
  • I am working on the second draft now, the beta draft. As long as I meet the February 28 deadline for this edit, this date should hold.
  • If I miss February 28, I will push it back a month and readjust.
• Production Schedule updated with this date.
  • Ebook will be available the day the last chapter is posted.
  • Mad World Books 1-3 Ebook Re-Release is postponed until February, but still should be ready before April.
• Recent Updates page up to date.
• No project set yet for Camp NaNoWriMo in April.

Patreon Updates

• Crimson Discovery #3 (Deep dive discovery blog for Obsession & Stalker Tiers)
• Crimson Check #7 (All Tiers)
• Next week, Stalker Tier will start its weekly Beta Draft updates.
• Obsession & Adored tiers will get a monthly update on January 29, 2022.

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Update Link: Signs of Life – Part 21

In Case You Missed It:

• Karma, Parts 3 & 4 completed @ Liason Haven. Make sure you post in the Board Rules forum when you join.

Patreon Updates

• Crimson Discovery #2 – Obsessed & Stalker tiers
• Crimson Check #6 – All tiers
• Karma – Posting Draft – Love and above tiers

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Hello! I talked to Kimmie from Liason Haven. I’d forgotten this rule — New users have to post in the board rules thread before they can get access to the rest of the post! Sorry about that! Make sure you try that!

http://liason-stecky.org/forum/index.php?topic=7.0

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Update Link: Karma – Part 4

Previous Parts: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

I messed up the link yesterday, so sorry about that. I’m in contact with the admin at LH over issues with joining the forums, and I hope to have some updates for you guys on that situation tomorrow when I update Flash Fiction.

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Your Update Link: Karma – Part 3

Story Link: Karma

Please get in touch me with through DM on Twitter or replying here on the site if you have trouble accessing the story at Liason Haven. Make sure to include your email and your username so I can give those details to the admin.

Part 4 goes up tomorrow!

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Today’s Update: Signs of Life – Part 20

You Might Have Missed

• Karma, Parts 1 & 2 – Exclusive @ Liason Haven. Will not be at CG until April. Let me know if you’re having issues accessing – I will contact admin.
• Crimson Glass 2022 Plans

Patreon Updates

• • Content Overhaul Begun – All Patreons can view the Index of Posts
  • Crimson Discovery #1 (Listing future projects and going in depth of FMT 2 Plans) – Obsessed & Stalker tiers
  • Crimson Check #5 (coming around noon) – All tiers.

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Update Link – Karma, Part 2

With this posted, the first half of the assignment is done. The mystery is afoot 😛 Please check it out, let me know what you think, and make some guesses as to the murderer! Part 3 will be posted next Friday, on January 7.

As for this site, I’ll be back on Sunday with the new schedule and return of flash fiction beginning with Signs of the Life. I should be able to wrap that up sometime in March, then we’ll do Scars. For more information about my 2022 schedule, check out the Status post or the Production Schedule.

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