Progress Report 3/22/24
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Hey Everyone!
It has been exactly one year since I began work on New Year's Day(e). When I started it, I honestly thought I'd be done with it by now. I mean, Christmas Eve was 4 chapters and it took 6 months, so I figured simple math would dictate that NYD would take about a year to finish. Imagine my surprise when chapter 1 was a little over 7,700 line of code long. CE was about 12,000 lines long in it's entirety. It's been a challenging and sometimes daunting task, but it's also been really fun and strangely rewarding.
Everyone: SHUT UP, JONESY! TELL US WHEN CHAPTER 4 WILL BE DONE!
Sorry! So, I was almost done with act II (afternoon) when I had a really awesome idea for a scene that would tie into the end of it really nicely, so that scene is what I am currently working on. The new scene introduces 3 new characters and opens up a new perspective on the story. I posted one character for my Patreon and Subscribestar peeps the other day, and I'll probably do the same with the other 2 soon.
Act III will be fun, but challenging, and I'm hoping to have it done by mid-April. Then I just need to clean it up and get it into your hands. I'm doing a lot of editing, proofreading, etc. as I go these days, so hopefully there won't be too much of a delay in the post-work.
On another more personal note, the past few months have been really rough for me. Some of this has of course spilled into my stories. I lost my dad back in September and I just lost a good friend the other day to severe alcoholism and drug abuse. I'm too damn young to be going to this many funerals. Tell the people you love how much they mean to you. Give them that hug. Hang out with them. I know we're all busy doing our own things, but seriously,
make the time. Call them. Squash that argument or say you're sorry if you need to. Get the help you need if you need help. Help them if they need it. Tell them you love them. Tell them now, before it's too late. None of us lasts forever, but when they're gone, they're gone for good.
I love y'all.
~ Jonesy