The Wayhaven Chronicles—Update+ 03/April/2024 (Patreon)

Do you ever have a week where there’s so much going on, but it feels really good to tick so many tasks off your list?

Well, I had one of those weeks, hehe! :D

First up was finishing up all the edits to the demo section, which went super smoothly, and it was great fun reading the comments from them. I always appreciate how they take the extra time to write what they’re enjoying, or their fun reactions to things that happen as they edit!

Then it was onto social media days! The sporadic internet has still been a major obstacle, but I actually managed to get on long enough to get some asks done! That was great fun getting to do those and indulge in getting to talk about Wayhaven even more with you guys, hehe!

With the Patreon content, I worked on the sketch for Adam/Ava’s masquerade mask for the upcoming ball in Book Four, which was both awesome because I loved the ideas and inspiration I had for it, but also was nice to get some drawing in! That’ll be going up on Patreon later this month!

And then I even managed to get a massive amount done on Chapter Two! Way more than I expected yet again, so this chapter is seriously moving on at a pace! I was actually starting to think I’d get it finished next week…but then I decide to move a big chunk from the start of Chapter Three to the end of Chapter Two, lol.

The flow will be much better. Where it ended before would have been a great cliffhanger at the end of Chapter Two but it just…it didn’t feel like where it should have ended. So, moving that section now makes it feel more like the chapter I wanted.

This new ending section does contain more variation to account for love interests, etc, so will take a bit longer, but at least that means it will also make the second demo section that much more chunkier! :D

But the first demo section is now with my final set of readers, so hopefully not long until I get to share that with you all!

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For Update+ this week, I wanted to share an example of the extra variations I really love adding in now we’re at this stage of the relationships and friendships! This is from F’s romance, and the variation only happens if your BFF is Nate/Nat, otherwise you get a different moment.

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I groan and pull the phone from its balanced position, holding it before me so I can now see Farah/Felix on the screen. "Sorry, I'm in a bit of a rush."

She/He grins. "Were you having a Nate/Nat moment?"

If Nate/Nat is BFF

I roll my eyes even as I smile. “Nate/Nat's not that bad with technology."

“He/She literally wouldn't even know how to use one of those ancient phones from his/her own time."

I think the phone was invented about a century after Nate/Nat was human, but I don't bother explaining that, instead countering with a joking, "Would you?"

"I—" She/He cuts herself/himself off before I can almost hear the grin she/he's making. "All right. Fair play.”

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I hope you all have the most amazing weekend! It’s a bank holiday here in the UK on Monday, so I’ll talk to you all on Tuesday! <3