Kartiel's Curse

After a lot of thought, I've decided that it's best for me to put this novel to rest - at least, as it currently is. I honestly haven’t been enjoying it lately, and I think the solution is starting back at the beginning. I'm going to keep working on this novel, just not in the same form it is now.

My goal is to have the novel be more concise, and to still finish it in roughly the same amount of time - the things that drew out the first 70k words can easily be shortened with one big change. Instead of Cass and Aspen arriving from Earth, they'll always have lived on Seraphinity.

It's been a blast doing #lms with this novel, and I'm sure I'll do it again someday - maybe even next round. But, for now, I need to take a step back and reevaluate what I want out of a novel writing experience.

Thanks for reading through it so far, guys. <3

I knew that I was going to have trouble writing this update, but I didn't realize how much trouble I was going to have until I actually sat down at the keyboard. It took a lot of work to write Kartiel's Curse [Chapter 18.1] - I had to keep changing where I was typing, and changing my font size/type over on the doc I was using. But the chapter is finally done, and I can get into some fun stuff in the upcoming updates now that this one is out of the way.

I hope you enjoy the new chapter!

The chapter's finally finished! I'll post it after Review Day ends tonight. <3

After the ending of the last chapter, I'm struggling to write a good transition into what I had planned next. I might throw in another dream memory to follow the one that just happened, or switch perspectives to Kartiel for part of the upcoming chapter.

...I really shouldn't have waited to do this last minute.

I didn't end up writing the chapter during the write-in, so I'll be writing it tomorrow instead and posting it after Review Day is over.

Me: I'll knock this chapter out during the write-in this Saturday!
Also Me: has no motivation to write said chapter

It looks like it'll take me the majority of this week to get a chapter done, but hopefully you won't have to wait too long until the next update. <3

Kartiel's Curse [Chapter 17.2] is now up! I apologize for the delay in posting it. I left a long author's note at the very start of the chapter, so I'd greatly appreciate you reading it over even if it gets a little boring.

Though the writing quality isn't as good as I've aimed for in the past, I really do like how this chapter touches on Orpheus and Kartiel's familial ties.

Hopefully you will too!

I finished writing this week's chapter, but I just need to wait until I get home to post it. I'd love to make it a longer one than it currently is. Unfortunately, the rest of this week is incredibly busy for me, so it just makes more sense to cut it off at 1,090 words instead of stressing about cramming more in.

I hope you guys enjoy it when I can finally post it!

Things are getting so mysterious in this and I love it. <3

Surprise! Kartiel's Curse [Chapter 17.1] is finished and up~ I had some free time during one of my study halls today, so I decided to sit down and try to get some work done on it. I put the finishing touches on it when I got home from school today.

I have been trying to plot out the chapters, but it seems like the novel has a mind of its own - I ended up throwing completely new things in, and the order of events has actually be rearranged since I originally wrote it down. But I think it works much better this way, and something tells me you'll all like the newest addition to the story's lore.

After a little bit of a struggle, I finished writing and uploaded Kartiel's Curse [Chapter 16.3]! This chapter was a very mysterious one, so I hope you enjoy getting to play detective. <3

Kartiel's Curse [Chapter 16.2] is now up! It's an angsty update, so you might want to prepare your tissues.