There's a lot that goes on when it comes to pumping out another chapter or more. The reason why I post up these 'chapters' is not only motivation, but also to playtest the chapters which are technically still drafts. There's always another edit to be checked and another area that could be re-written. So much to balance and with a small team and never enough time, it can seem like the next chapter will take forever to put up.
Technology and timing can also lead to an undermining of updates... especially when team members are unable to communicate or when life gets in the way.
Still working on the next chapter and checking through parts that need to be edited. I often say "Technically it's not done yet." And I get frustrated when I say it, but it's true. I put up drafts here for anyone to see for free. One day the first volume will be wrapped up in a nice package and will be greater than these drafts ever were by themselves.
In order to achieve that goal, I have to do a lot of coordination... People to talk to, obstacles to overcome and direction given. I would like for things to speed up. I'd like to hammer out these chapters consistently.
I'm working on it.
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Edit:
Latest chapter is up finally. Hope to finish this sandbox arc soon.
http://ernestdemon.blogspot.com/2013/02/ernest-demon-chapter-15-spring-cleaning.html#more
When you hear an author or other developer say, "I really didn't plan on this part taking so long." I can finally say that I understand that. I always thought of the sandbox arc to have been quite short... I never imagined when I first started that the amount of detail between point A and point B would be such a page consumer.
I figure that if it were animated or drawn out, it would possibly go by real fast. After all in a picture you can put in a lot of details which takes half a page to describe. In other cases though, getting the flow of a series of pictures or an animation right, can be just as troubling.
Well, we got about one more chapter left (I think) of the Sandbox arc. I think. I hope. I want to get out of this desert.
By the way, if you have five hours for some epic music in the background:
http://youtu.be/lP0D5u3EMfA
