Welcome to the 18th writing club update, and the last day of the year according to the computer. Looking at, ummm let’s see… Oh! Looking at E1M8 of Doom (1993 video game), the last level, or “mission” of the first episode (the level chiefly authored by Tom Hall & Sandy Petersen, with score by Robert Prince) has you confronting two “Baron” enemies. And isn’t that just like life? The Barons may differ (financial ruin & job loss, or capitalism & fascism), and the weapons too (revolution, or mutual aid, or rocket launchers), but the struggle is the same.
Anyway, good luck to us all in the coming year with your own Barons, whether personal or societal. Also, speaking of shareware (Episode 1 was offered freely), let us now sharew…words; about, our projects!
I won’t @ everyone in this post, mostly to emphasise that blessed randos are just as welcome as regular participants. So here’s to our writers 🥳️ I look forward to reading your updates!
I’ve finally started the second section of the Kanteletar novel, and the first half went very smoothly… until I got kinda stuck and I might have to tinker with the ending more than I had imagined. I wanted to complete it by the end of December, but it looks like I might need a couple more weeks.
I started taking part in a monthly anarchist writing workshop, so I hope I can get some new insights on my work AND I can provide mine to other likeminded authors!
Anyway, the target for this 2026 year is going to complete this novel and possibly write a quick fantasy novella I’ve had in mind for some time. Not too high effort, possibly Pratchettian, just to take my mind off the solarpunk genre before the next project.
That sounds amazing. I would love to hear more about it.
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