Feb '25 Updates, poll results, and plans
Added 2025-02-01 23:25:12 +0000 UTCImpossibly, it's now February!
Here's what's up on deck:
The Readers asked for another chapter of Dungeon Mistress, so another chapter of Dungeon Mistress ye shall receive. I've gotten this started already; I'm trying to decide how much running room to give a potential series, vs. just delivering on what the first chapter hints at. ;)
The Thaumaturge open poll suggests that it's time for Matt to talk to Lauren, so that's what he's going to do. I have a few different, smaller choices in the upcoming chapters that might make good potential for smaller polls, so depending on when and how I make progress on The Thaumaturge writing this month, I may offer slightly more frequent polls as we move ahead. We'll see!
I have my first story sponsorship: a specific chapter idea for the A Hospital Stay series. It might be end of Feb/early March before this gets written and then released, since it goes through story sponsor review first before being released more widely; again, we'll see on the timing. I've already started writing this as well.
I've got a few different stand-alone story ideas that might make it out this month as well, depending on how the stuff above shakes out.
All of this is dependent on bandwidth, writer's block, and the like. But I was pretty happy with January's productivity -- all told, I released 25,911 words of story, including:
That's a pretty strong start to 2025, and I'm not going into February feeling fatigued, burned out, or blocked. So I'm hoping that pace is sustainable.
Drop a comment here if you have a question, request, or something else to share. Otherwise, I'm going to try for a one-story-a-week cadence in February -- we'll see how it works out!
Thanks for reading,
-- JF
