I wanted to update the journal so that whine isn't on my user page anymore. I obviously did post Chapter 13, and although no one said anything nice about it (here, that is) no one complained either. So it can't have been a total waste of time.

I had planned to take a break from writing but I'm stupid about that kind of thing, so I'm actually hammering away on the next story. I think the working title I've been using for the next installment is going to end up as the final one. I suck at titles, but Along the Forest Road works well enough.

I'm sorry I can't give a forecast on how long it will take to complete. Although my writing has improved so that my first drafts are nowhere near as cringe-worthy as they used to be, it's another longish story and isn't going to be finished instantly. I also have a few other projects on the back burner that I'm going to have to start paying some attention to, which will take a bit of time away from writing. Chances are I'll need to let it cool off for a week or so anyway before the final edit.

Unlike The Rising Storm, Along the Forest Road doesn't run out of plot halfway through, so it should be a more interesting read even though it's not much shorter: 35,000 33,500 words in nine chapters.