In addition to the Mad World update I have for you guys this morning, I also wanted to talk to you guys about the upcoming schedule at Crimson Glass over the next few months.

I had originally planned to publish Book 2 of the trilogy pretty much back to back with Book 1, but Book 2 was a lot harder to write and I had to go back to school. I probably won’t be able to even really get into writing it much until January, so at this point, we’re looking at either February or March for that.

On Thursday, NaNoWriMo kicks off. I’m writing Counting Stars, and I’ll be tweeting/blogging about it. I’ll have links for you guys on Wednesday’s update to follow that. It’ll be roughly sixteen chapters, which I expect to be able to finish entirely in November. I’ll only have to write two scenes a day, which is about the word count goal I have to hit for the event anyway.

If everything goes to plan, Book 1 of Mad World will finish up in the first week of December. I’ll be releasing Counting Stars in January (to run it through beta and give me time to revise). I’ve promised Damaged will return in February, and Counting Stars should take us through the first week of March.

I’m hoping by then Book 2 will be ready, but it means everything in my life has to go just right, and ha, that rarely happens. I’ll keep y’all posted.

Anyway, here’s Chapter Eight. Fun fact: this chapter did not exist in the original draft. I added it later when I wanted more Ric/Liz, Carly, and Jason/Liz material.

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Hey this is going to be short and sweet because I forgot to schedule this earlier and I have to leave for work.

Chapter Seven

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Keeping this update short and sweet. I’m been mostly MIA on social media and not doing any writing. In part, this is to conserve my energy and muse for NaNoWriMo, but mostly it’s because we’re halfway through the semester and it’s been exhausting.

I probably should have skipped NaNo this year since I have the first draft of a 20 page paper due at the end of November as well, but I’m making some good progress on that project and hopefully it won’t be an issue. Anyway,  that just means Flash Fiction is probably not going to happen much, if at all, until December.

Chapter Six for Mad World has been added.

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Chapter Six has been added.

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Sorry this was not posted earlier this morning. I forgot I hadn’t scheduled it, and then I was studying and doing laundry, oy.

A note that this story is going to be an ensemble piece, so the scenes I’m throwing at you with the PCPD and the rookies as well as Ned, Brooke, and the teens are there for a reason and are going to be crucial for Book 2. Just an fy 🙂

Chapter Five

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So happy with all the response to this so far! Before I give you the link, I wanted to put a mild trigger warning on this chapter (and one for the next). This chapter talks about the effects of drugs and overdoses, so just in case.

Chapter Four

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Thanks for the great response across all the sites for the first two chapters of Mad World! I’m really excited about where the story ended up going and this week’s chapter has some of my favorite scenes across the whole 19 chapters.

I’ve updated Mad World with Chapter 3.

I hope to be back this weekend with some Flash Fic (maybe on Friday) but I have a friend’s birthday party this weekend so I might not be able to make time.

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I can’t believe I finally get to type this!! I’ve been working on Mad World for the last year or so. It was my Camp NaNoWriMo project in July 2017 & 2018 so I’m so glad you guys are finally going to get to read this (and that I can finally start planning something else to write, haha)

I’ve posted Chapter 1 & Chapter 2 of Mad World: Break Me Down. I decided to post two chapters today for a few reasons. One, I posted the first chapter about a year or so ago and it’s mostly intact. I wanted you guys to have new material today. Two, Mad World has an odd number of chapters so this lets me complete the story on a Wednesday.

So excited for you guys to read this! Thanks to Angela for beta reading this and providing support!

I’m working on posting it at the other sites and doing the usual housekeeping stuff (adding to in progress sections, etc).

As for NaNoWriMo 2018, this is the best part of the news: for the first time in two years, I get to start a brand new project. My November 2016 & 2017 projects were both Bittersweet.

It’s going to be Counting Stars! Which is actually great news for you guys. I was worried about the other choices because they’re a bit more longer and more in depth ensemble pieces. Counting Stars is a much more contained unit, akin to All We Are, which was only 16 chapters.

This means I’m more likely to finish Counting Stars in November and have it ready for you guys in January to limit breaks in posting content. Thanks to everyone who voted!

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Hey, first things first. I’ve updated Fool Me Twice with Part 12. This was written in 57 minutes with no editing for typos.

Second, I finished the Mad World website where you can view the cast list and get ready for me to post the first two chapters on Monday. I decided to go ahead and update twice a week even though Book 2 won’t be ready to go right after it’s done.

Mad World, Book 1, will wrap up in the first or second week of December which will be the same time I’m working on Damaged, Season 3 and Book 2. And if Counting Stars wins the poll, that story could be ready for posting as early as January. Damaged will be back in February, and Book 2 will be not long after that.

I’ll let you guys know the actual posting schedule once I can firm it up a bit more.  A couple of things have to go right in the next two weeks to know for sure.

Enjoy the flash fic and i’ll see you guys on Monday with Mad World!

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Since Mad World ended up being an insanely intricate story, I didn’t think that I should put it all on one page at Crimson Glass. Like Damaged and Hand Me Down, I wanted some room to spread out.

Mad World is going to have three separate books published over the next year or two. The first, Break Me Down, will be published starting October 8, 2018 and concluding sometime in December. I will be posting two chapters a week.

Book 2, as yet untitled, should be out sometime in 2019. I had initially planned to post the first two books back to back, but it’s taking longer than I thought to write Book 2, and it may not be ready until January or February.

Book 3, also untitled, will not be published until later in 2019 or early 2020. (Let’s just stop and consider the fact that we’re here right now. How did we get almost to 2019 already? Lord.)

See you guys on October 8 for the first two chapters!

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