Chapters 56 to 57

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18 pages

The different waves of refugees crash into town and achieve to disrupt it. Now Erich's people are on their own and have to fend off an organised attack on the single place where there wheat can still be found. Brutality and barbaric methods are also becoming more common.

The next two chapters will be published next weekend.

The "maggots as chicken feed" idea was taken from this page : http://farmlet.co.nz/?p=374

Kevin, the author, runs the highly respected blog : http://www.cryptogon.com/

Current writing status : Chapter 67 is underway.


Chapters 45 and 46 still need to be written ; this story arc will be addressed once the end of the transitional story arc is over, at the ned of chapter 67.

"Glasses and Pulleys" is now over 333,000 words long.

Solsys

avemarisstella9@googlemail.com

Chapters 54 and 55

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18 pages

The town is given a respite, enough for the people in Erich's Program to settle some political matters,  evacuate some more people and food, and finally remove as much opposition for the survivors as possible.

The next two chapters will be published next weekend.


Current writing status : Chapter 63 is finished.

I intend to finish chapter 64 before the end of the year. It will see the end of the transitory period in the story. The story is also slowly coming to an end, which will be reached at around chapter 85, ten more than previously thought.

Chapters 45 and 46 still need to be written ; this story arc will be addressed once the end of the transitional story arc is over. 

"Glasses and Pulleys" is now over 317,000 words long.

Solsys
avemarisstella9@googlemail.com

Chapters 52 and 53

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17 pages

Erich gets involved in the dramatic evacuation of his people out of town.
 
The next two chapters will be published next weekend.


Current writing status : Chapter 62 is finished.

I intend to finish chapters 63 and 64 before the end of the year. It will see the end of the transitory period in the story. The story is also slowly coming to an end, which will be reached at around chapter 75

Remember, htere are still two chapters, 45 and 46, who have not bee written yet, and it turned out to be a good decision, since the original plan for these would have taken us too far in another direction.

"Glasses and Pulleys" is now over 311,000 words long.

Solsys
avemarisstella9@googlemail.com

Chapters 50 and 51

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18 pages

There is a bit of action as Mark and Erich fight off the attacking gang. Still it ends up worse than expected.

While they're licking their wounds, it seems the rest of the nations is suddenly collapsing due to a complete denial of service situation.


The next two chapters will be published next weekend.
I am reaching the end of the favourable period of time for writing. I expect to be able to finish chapters 61 and 62, and then will have to devote time for other, quite pressing matters (but I hope it'll be worth it).

I hope to be able to resume writing in February ; hence there would have been about one month and a half without updates. Also, chapters 45 and 46 will be dealt with at a later time.

Current writing status : chapter 60 is half-written, but chapters 45 and 46 are still missing. "Glasses and Pulleys" is now over 300,000 words long. Three-hundred-thousand. Repeat that slowly.

Solsys
avemarisstella9@googlemail.com

Chapters 48 and 49

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18 pages

In chapter 48, Erich learns a bit more about the still distant technological war. Normalcy returns gradually to Trois-Chênes, but not for long.
Indeed, in chapter 49 we adopt the point of view of the Red and Blue Teams as they witness the impending and mysterious menace that is about to be unleashed on Trois-Chênes. Can they stop it ? We will know for sure in chapter 50 and 51, to be (spellchecked, reviewed and) released in eight days.


I use a favourable window of opportunity to write as much as I can ; the chapters will be released at a pace of two per week.

Current writing status : chapter 55 is finished, but chapters 45 and 46 are still missing. "Glasses and Pulleys" is now over 275,000 words long.

Solsys
avemarisstella9@googlemail.com

Chapter 47

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9 pages


Chapters 45 and 46 are not written yet, but chapters 47 to 50 are. The missing chapters will continue to tell Richard's children progression, but as of now I have a couple of free days at long last and will continue on the Erich & Kathryn side.


This chapter ties up some loose ends and also serves the purpose of reconnecting the reader with the context. There is a sort of cliffhanger as Erich travels to Houma, but chapter 48 will follow in the coming week.

You might ask yourself : why not publish all the other chapters right now ?

Well I need to dedicate entire days to write  properly, and preferably several days in a row. So this is the time where I make some progress. Spellchecking, trimming and fact-checking can be made in a much shorter time frame, and also doesn't require the same mindset : I can do it after work.

When a chapter is published, I can't really modify it afterwards, so it has to be consistent with the rest of the story and especially the chapters that are still being written. This is why it's taking so long.



Current writing status : chapter 50 is almost finished (but chapters 45 and 46 are missing...). "Glasses and Pulleys" is now over 250,000 words long. Woohoo !

Solsys
avemarisstella9@googlemail.com

Delayed until further notice !

Hi everyone,

There are a lot of things happening right now in my life, thus I can't sit down for weeks on end and write properly.

I've tried to go on with the story a couple of times already but the result was not great.

So when will it be resumed ? The best guess is : when they weather will allow it. Perhaps, just like this year, between January and April.

Until then, have a nice time and speak about "Glasses and Pulleys" all around you ! ;)