Chapter 74 - Status update

Just be thankful that CRazy has not invited his cousins over to stay

Wookey

Well, answers that question. lol

Jedi Khan

"Tomorrow" has become today, so where's the chapter? Crazy! What? Behave yourself and have patience. Tefler's got a cold, so cut the guy some slack. Oh, alright. Have it your way. So...Tefler, any idea on when we'll see the chapter?

Jedi Khan

I feel your pain brother just getting over a cold myself. thems the brakes i guess

no, please do so we can have someone to blame/harass

Wookey

Unfortunately, I share a house with a 2 year old plague-monster! Everything he catches usually gets passed on to me. :-(

Tefler

Please don't tell any of the addicts here where that fourth editor lives :)

John Jameson

Hummm. After you are free from "employment constraints", you might want to consider a location less conducive to colds.

P.S. I've got a stinking cold at the moment! I'm so bunged up, my eyes are watering... I'm literally crying as I labour away... :-) I made a start on Chapter 75 too, I'm hoping you guys will iike that one. I'm planning to wrap up a bunch of plot arcs, so it should be fun!

Tefler

I've just finished correcting 150+ edits (punctuation and grammar bits) from part 2. That's 3 out of 4 editors feedback done, so as soon as I get the last one, then I'll go through and add in those suggestions. I'd say tomorrow for Chapter 74 is looking quite likely.

Tefler

You'll just have to wait and see! ;-)

Tefler

Are we there yet (again)?

Wookey

Just a hop to the left... And a skip to the riiiight...

Grimlakin

Will we see the term "Maliri Hair Bleach" used in Ch 74, Tefler?

Wookey

You can take a day off of waiting. It will NOT happen within 24 hours of now, because Tefler hasn't gotten the comments back from the editors, yet, as he just sent them. It takes them, normally, up to 2 days to turn them around, which is about right for editing that much material. I know when I have to edit in a 24 hour period, it's not easy.

Evan

Are we there yet? Looks as though my productivity will be low for the next 24-26 hours till its posted

Wookey

Errr, not that I'm counting, of course. :-)

Evan

Congratulations and thank you for finishing 74! Hopefully, the edits won't take too long and we'll have it this month. There's plenty of time left, too. You have another 4431 minutes left to go!

Evan

congrats on 800 now just a short hop to 1000

That's right Sid, plus it will probably be a month or three after he hits a true1500 a chapter before he quits to pad a nest egg.

I think someone else mentioned a good point, It needs to be ~ $1500 per chapter which won't be the case now as i think a lot of people will cap their spending (especially people who have pledged $5 and above) which will cause the second and third chapter in a month to go from 1500 to 1000 to 750 probably.

Sid1712

- 13 days from 500 to 600 - 17 days from 600 to 700 - 12 days from 700 to 800 - ? Days from 800 to 900 ? days till $1500 and full time Tefler?

Wookey

Yup! 804! remember what I said a few short weeks back when y'all were making noise about 400? :-) ...and Tefler ain't near done yet neither... :-P

GrandPaM

And the number keeps going up! Now 801 patrons for $1,360! Congratulations, Tefler. Only $140 more to go to hit the milestone of $1,500 for your first monthly chapter!! At the current rate, you're on track for that before the end of April!

Evan

also, congrats on 800

finished?

Maybe #800 post with Ch. 74 Part 1 Tefler ? :P

Sid1712

Time for #800 post, maybe with a nugget from chapter 74 ;)

Yes congrats T, 100 Patrons add since Mar 13; WOW!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

800 Patrons!!! $1,359 per Chapter! Congratulations!!

Evan

You're welcome! I'm aiming for about the 31st March, depending on how much time i can get to write today.

Tefler

My son tends to wake up early, so it's not a good time for me unfortunately. :-)

Tefler

That looks like a third chapter this month. Yay!

None of us would ever get anything done again...

thomas

WOW!, sounds like T's really on a roll to getting us a new chapter soon. Thanks Tefler.

Tefler, y'know, we really do need even more frequent updates on your progress.. Can't you arrange for keystroke-by-keystroke statistics or somethin'? (I can see it now... "Yay! He's typing again!...aww he hit delete... Yay! he typing again!") ;-)

GrandPaM

Yep! I'm about half way through part 2 at the moment. :-)

Tefler

Tefler, does that mean you've sent part one to the editors?

Evan

But PC master race!!!! Keep writing please.

Penfold

who? I don't remember that name?

You mean bi-weekly

Damn dude. Its crazy how fast, and how good the stories come out. Myself can only get a full length chapter (10) pages done in about a month, but you get them out on a bi monthly basis. To me thats insane.

Andya, we are SO ignorant about Progenitors, it's not funny. Our only exposure to them at all is via a single source - Mael'nerak - and those that he influenced. Perhaps he was typical of their species. Perhaps he wasn't. How do we know? He either is, or gave rise to, the Black Ship Progenitor, as well as to John, we believe. He certainly gave rise to John's mother, as he created the human race as it is now, albeit based upon the combination of the existing life on Terra at that time and a standard 'template' that the Progenitors seem to use... or at least, that he did. Perhaps, unlike the other Progenitors, he wasn't creative enough to create new life forms each time, and had to resort to templates, unlike his more talented and powerful brethren? Perhaps he was a failed artist? Perhaps he is a great one? The problem is that we have nothing to compare him against. Oh, but what about John's Progenitor self? Well, where does that come from? Also Mael'nerak, perhaps, so you can't take it as a representative sample, either. Ah, but what about the Black Ship Progenitor? Well, if it's not Mael'nerak, perhaps it too came from him? Who knows? Our ignorance is appalling and yet, we make judgements anyway. It's quite fortunate, really, the human capacity to make decisions based on little or no facts and to stick with them regardless of what evidence comes out that might be considered to contradict the basis for our decisions, isn't it? It allows us to do so much while others dither and wait to - as Heinlein put it - grok the whole. After all, who needs understanding when you have your own belief in your own perception of power? No winner has ever lost a war by believing that they would win, no?

Evan

Am wondering about a normal evil progen growth once he packs his first girl he needs a ship then upgrades that then gets more girls needs bigger ship then upgrades that etc until he makes the 2km ship, so he needs a kind of base and dry dock to build and upgrade his ship/s so is there a planet/moon with his old ships just sitting there? And how does he know were to get the elements? I cant see all the progens sharing resources?

Man how do you stay up late writing? I was proofing my stuff until 10:30 but when I started nodding off I knew I better just pick it up in the morning. I get up at 5:30 to write before work...

Hinterlands Man

I think he submits to Lit pretty quickly it just takes Lit up to a week to post.

thomas

I wonder if we'll meet Ailanthia in this chapter. I admit I'm curious as to what she looks like and what species she belongs to.

Evan

at 5K per day Tefler, that will mean to your editors on Sunday then release here next Thursday

Wookey

I am happy to donate all royalties and copyright to "Maliri Hair Bleach" to the "Get Tefler to Write Full time Appeal". Tefler will probably needs to put 5% set aside for JK and Crazy's counselling . After 2x as much 3SM I think there are going to be issues....

Wookey

I like "Maliri hair bleach" as a laugh line, but if it were to get into the story, I would think that "Maliri Hair Tonic" might be a better sell (fits with the "cosmetics" theme better that way doncha know).

GrandPaM

I'd assume he'd give them to us in PDF rather than DOCX if he were using google docs, I've always assumed he's using word.

I don't know how it works but i think he uses google docs.

He might prank us by saying his PC crashed and he lost everything he's written so far. Although, given how old his PC is, it could turn out to be true, rather than a prank.

Jedi Khan

So tefler how bad are you going to prank us on the first? also what time of the year is it for the 3SM uni i only ever remember years being talked about not the months.

Back to work, Tefler. No more comments please till you are at 20k . And keep delaying publishing elsewhere, I reckon there should be a one week delay.

Wookey

I have to edit the chapters as I read them on my phone i decrease the margines increase the font size (or decrease if I am at work) and delete all the blank lines.

With the fun benefit of keeping us all extra addicted.

thomas

T, thanks for keeping us updated on your progress on each chapter! It is very much appreciated.

@MMM... [The only thing worse than waiting for the next chapter in a series is when the author abandons the series.(I might be exaggerating a little, nuclear holocaust is worse) ] Hmm...not really sure that the nuclear holocaust would really be worse in this instance...

GrandPaM

You know you have to keep up that pace now right, otherwise I will be severely dissapointed :) Semi joking, I would really love to get a new chapter once a week, or twice a week, or every other day, or every day, or twice a day, or every four hours, or every two hours, or whenever i finished reading the latest chapter (continuing for eternity ofc.). You aren't able to write and edit around 25k words an hour are you? Seems my inner addict took over my typing for a while :) Keep up the good work but don't burn yourself out. The only thing worse than waiting for the next chapter in a series is when the author abandons the series.(I might be exaggerating a little, nuclear holocaust is worse)

Malthe Mørk Mejlby

Keep up the awesome work!

Emanuel Landsman

woot

thomas

That's awesome. Can't wait to see the next part.

Dragonkain

Oh u did lol

Jim lynch

No u didn't lol

Jim lynch

Yes I got first post...

Damn didn't get first. GO TEFLER GO!!!

Grimlakin

My god your on a roll keep up the great work I know it will be amazing just like the other 73 were

Jim lynch

Can't Wait.....

You can do it...