The Road Between Light and Dark: Life, Death, and the Space Between (Exalted)

Hey there, sorry it's been quiet here. As I've mentioned before, it's been a little busy on my end, both with writing and in my head. But my Alchemicals draft is in and I've emerged from the Realm of Brass and Shadow to start getting caught up on way-too-many Exalted sessions.

So let's get into it.

Is this thing on?

Just a quick update that I may or may not delete later, but I wanted to knock some dust off because it's been a little quiet here.

I've been a little preoccupied with, among other things, working on revisions for my sections of the new Alchemicals fatsplat. There've been a couple of snags on my end, exacerbated by ADHD issues, but we're chugging along and I should have my final draft of my last section in very soon.

For the sake of emotional transparency, which I'm trying to be a little better about these days, by 'ADHD issues' I mean that I had to change my meds (developed a tolerance to the previous stuff), and the pills I'm on now ain't working great. Better than nothing at all, but only slightly. Fortunately, I'll see my psychiatrist next week and talk about alternative options. I'm dreading that slightly because I know the alternative I'm going to have to switch to is expensive as heck, but we're talking about paying a price for basic functionality.

But that means that technical issues have interfered with the writing, which has stressing me out, which was making it hard to focus on untangling said issues. And I hit that point where any attempt to relax automatically fails because I'm preoccupied with the fact I'm not done yet. So that gets me even more stressed out, which makes it even harder to focus, and oh no I've gone cross-eyednext thing you know I'm ignoring 99% of my messages for a few days and trying not to melt down.

I mean, everything's basically good now, barring me being struck by lightning in the next few days (though I'd prefer not to get struck by lightning after that, either).

And speaking of Exalted in a roundabout way, the tabletop game's been going well, I just haven't had the time or headspace to do the write-ups. I'll start getting caught up soon, if the Great Maker is gracious with his blessings. Autobot be praised!

If anyone wants to reach out or has any questions, feel free to leave a comment here or hit me up wherever you saw this linked. Thanks.

The Road Between Light and Dark: A Nighttime Stroll (Exalted)

Hey there, all. If this Exalted post is going up when I mean it to, I should be caught up in time for my next session. 

I can't think of anything to add to that, clever or otherwise, so let's just get into it.

The Road Between Light and Dark: Silverpost (Exalted)

Hello again, readers. As you may be aware, I'm still a little behind on my Exalted session write-ups, but I'll get that sorted ASAP, starting with this post. On a related note, in the very near future I'm going to be digging into redlines for my sections of the Alchemicals book. I just want to say it's been a fun experience working on the game line, and the developers and other writers have been a delight to communicate and collaborate with. Not that they're likely to see this, but just wanted to say it. (And if they do see this, um, hi. It's been a blast and I'm really hoping I didn't unintentionally say something obnoxious between posting this and you seeing it.)

Anyhow, with that out of the way...

The Road Between Light and Dark: Eggshells (Exalted)

Okay, so as I begin writing this, I'm still a little behind overall; there's this session and then another to write-up, and hopefully I can get those both done before the next session I actually run so I've got a few minutes to work on other stuff.

In the meantime, just as a quick reminder, I recently posted a bit of fiction with some side-characters, technically properly introducing one for the first time. It takes place alongside the last story, and in fact the session depicted in this blog post alludes to those events somewhat. I just wanted to give a couple of characters the spotlight, set up a couple little things, and write some action sequences. It assumes a basic familiarity with the setup of this chronicle, so it's not entirely standalone, but reading it isn't necessary to understand anything in this session.

Anyhow...

On the Road (Exalted Fiction)

So here's a side-story I came up with that takes place alongside 'The Snare,' just something that picks up after the characters separate from the caravan. Mostly just some character moments, possibly setting up some future things. Maybe.

Y'know, if that sort of thing might interest you.

The Road Between Light and Dark: The Jade Lion (Exalted)

Hey there, folks, sorry it's been quiet. Combination of distractions, various other issues and also the fact that we had a session end mid-fight and I didn't want to do a write-up until it was resolved. So technically this covers about a session and a half. And there've been other delays as well, including a short fiction I wanted to post between this one and the following session write-up. Apologies, and I'll get caught up as soon as possible.

I can't think of anything else to add here, so let's get into it.