Okay people, I am just a bit off of my projected release date for A Demon's
Delight, chapter 2... I just thought that I would let everyone know that I
am in fact still alive and that I'm still working on the project. I am so
very near the end of the chapter that if I had another two hours or so to
sit down and work on it tonight I would easily have it finished. I was also
looking through some C&C from chapter one and I thought I'd take the
opportunity to deliver a few responses...
Q. When does the fic take place?
A. Supposedly it takes place a few months after the ending of the manga.
I'm not too well versed in the events of the later issues so I try to avoid
mentioning them for fear of making incorrect statements.
Q. Why is Ranma seemingly so open about the curse?
A. The storyline of ADD really begins about a month before chapter one takes
place... I thought about including that month in the primary storyline but
I didn't really want to write 4 weeks worth of subtle character changes. It
is faster and more effecient to mention those past four weeks periodically
and let the reader in on what happened bit by bit - besides, this isn't a
'Ranma dealing with the curse' fic, so I don't want to give that aspect of
it special attention.
Q. You're pounding the Ranma/Akane relationship! Arg! Why?
A. A flower in spring inevitably has to deal with a few cold spells...
Q. What are you up to? Where is this story going? Is this an 'Akane acts
like Ryouga to blow up Ranma' fic?
A. Hehe, not quite :P It's hard to explain right now because I haven't even
introduced some characters that will play a central part in the story later
on, but I think chapters two and three will shed some light on the whole
situation. This is an 8 chapter project, so there are plenty of pages left
to fill with a 3D storyline. I feel compelled to note that in the
original/beta version of ADD the eighth chapter was about the size of the
rest of the chapters combined.
Chapter 2 is due out as soon as I have the time to sit down for a few hours
and work on it. I'm going to send it out to the FFML at the same time I
send it to my prereader, Rob Barba (Who has been extremely helpful, thanks
Rob!), so the release date will be a day or two earlier than if I had sent
it through him first. I reserve the right to go back and make revisions
though, because Rob is very good at telling me where I'm off track and how
to fix it. I'll release the betas of each chapter and when I am done with
all eight chapters I will post the final versions at the same time...
Draxonx@bellsouth.net
"Fear me!"
"Uhh, no."
"Cmon, you know you want to!"
"Okay, I fear you, so shaddup already!."