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UPDATE Spoilerville is down till I figure out how not to spoil people accidentally.

There is now a section on the site called "Spoilerville." This is where discussion of the book(s ) for those who read the whole thing at once will go. Currently it contains one subforum: "Lovers and Beloveds."

DO NOT ENTER THAT FORUM UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE SPOILED. srsly.

Because that forum exists, I ask you now to please keep spoilers out of episode discussions on the free pages. Don't even spoiler tag them. Please. Just keep 'em to Spoilerville.

Thank you and I love you all madly today.

I'm just curious. Peacock King co-creator Erica Bercegeay just posted a pic of one of her fans dressed as the PK character Faun, and now I'm wondering if anyone's ever been a History or Gulch character in cosplay.

Which character would you dress up as, if you could? Or undress as?

Not sure:

Tired now.

Where we're at:

First off, sorry for the mass image update. They ended up behind the paywall, and I wanted them to remain largely available.

Secondly, I'm done with Netta's notes and am now writing a new ending. Well, THE ending; I didn't really have one when I sent it to Netta, but it felt like the stopping point for sending it to her. I have the idea, and it's just a matter of getting it right.

All the other chapters are with the non-existent beta group, who are finding multiple typos and artifacted grammar/words, bless 'em, as well as odd passages.

Next up:

I think I'm done with the draft.

I'm not sure, but I think I am.

Now I have to go back through, fill in some missing stuff, take out a section that doesn't belong there, make it not suck, and then send it to Nettah the Edittah. Hopefully she'll make it not suck some more, and then I send it out to you.

So, yeah.

I'm making an executive decision: There won't be a Scryer's Gulch episode this week. I need to get my portfolio into shape. Finances are such that at the least I need to pick up a few professional gigs, and my portfolio is a shambles. I'm also through some of the worst of the end of book one, and I'm feeling I need to put any writing time I have into that right now.

Don't know if you noticed, but over in the side bar, there's a new voting incentive for TopWebFiction.com! It's the pattern for Ellika's Mitts. Here's the pic, finally!

The pattern is also available at Ravelry in the Intimate Knitting of the Greater Kingdom group. Enjoy!

Sorry, you guys, I went in to take the new images I'd uploaded out of the RSS feeds, and it threw them all to the top of the tracker. aargh! They'll cycle through.

If you haven't voted in the Rose and Bays, now might be a good time. I'm in third, way behind first place "Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" by C.E. Murphy, and not far behind second place "Daron's Guitar Chronicles" by Cecilia Tan.

Ravelry's had the story for a few days now, and so it's your turn: Vote for the History and the Gulch using the links toward the top of the page, and you'll get access to "Two Pairs of Mitts, Part One" as your reward! The pattern will follow next week.

Part 1B is up at Ravelry, including the pattern for Arta's mitts. Tomorrow I'll post a picture of them once I'm back from breakfast with the Portland WebLit Mafia. Monday all of Part 1, except for Arta's pattern, will go up as the voting incentive. Arta's pattern will go up next week. Now I'm working on Ellika's pattern.

I'm knitting again! Yay! And knitting of course means Ravelry! If you're on Ravelry, we now have our own group: Intimate Knitting of the Greater Kingdom. I'll be posting patterns there for things like a pair of mitts Ellika wears (not mentioned in the story). Backstory for the pattern will be included. Once it's released on Ravelry, it'll probably become an incentive here for the non-Ravelers. Come join, and if you are on Ravelry, friend me!

Just a quick update on how the writing's going. I'm now staring at the blank page that will be chapter 12, which is actually a good thing; it means I've caught up with all the bits of chapters that I tore up late last year.

The story now stands at 86k words, or 229 pages trade paperback. This is before I go through and do a "10% edit," dropping it to 77k or so. I'm hoping I can finish the story in 30k words--I'm trying to shoehorn it all in to 100k total, but I'm thinking I might run over before Netta gets it.

There is now a "Crowdfunded Creativity" award (that's a term that's new to me, but it's apt). It's called the Rose and Bay, and among its categories is one for fiction. Anyone wanna nominate me, either for the Gulch or the History?

ETA: Cap nominated the History. Thank you!

Merry Christmas, everyone! No1 Daughter is running around the house in her new Totoro beanie and "Spanish Inquisition--Unexpected Since 1478" t-shirt. No2 Daughter is playing with a teeny RC car and driving the dog bananas. I am gloating over what to buy with my $10 iTunes gift certificate (ideas?). Sir is hanging out in his new flannel nightshirt from Yule, and we're all eating slices of No2's chocolate orange. In other words, a merry Christmas!