My Very First Developer Blog! (Patreon)

First off, thank you for supporting my writing! I'm incredibly excited and nervous about setting this up, so much so that Ziva (my mom's dog) has taken to resting her head on my leg as I write as if to say, "Relax already, sis."

 I can't wait to share more of Mind Blind and my other projects with you guys. For now, I'd like to share a little bit more about what January has in store for this Patreon. I'll be posting the rewards throughout the month, and here's the current timeline:

January 1st: The very first Mind Blind "Saucy Side" will go up tonight (I'm editing it right now)! These are two versions of a ficlet featuring Kent and Kenna. It's nothing explicit (like MB, it's PG-13), but it's cheeky enough that I probably wouldn't read it aloud to my mother 😳 Saucy Sides will feature the various ROs in, ahem, semi-compromising positions, and will always be written in second person, keeping Button vague in terms of gender and sex.

January 10: A short story featuring Regency-Era Gray and Nick. I'm holding back releasing it until after my writing group edits it for me. I foresee a lot of various Mind Blind AU's in their future, so shout out to Kelly and Arianna! I plan to release at very least one short story a month (more if time allows). Each month's stories will star different characters. 

January 15: The third chapter of Lady Death's Diary will be posted (the first three are already up). Since the first chapter was already posted on my tumblr, I decided to make three chapters available this first month. That way, you get two new chapters. Going forward, subsequent chapters will be posted on the 1st and 15th of every month until we reach the end. (Feedback is always appreciated, btw, since I'll be submitting Lady Death to agents after one more edit!) The entire manuscript is 90,000 words, and each chapter is 10 pages.

January 22: Mind Blind Chapter 6 will update for Patreon supporters! There will be a separate link for you guys, but the save files will use the same name so you should be able to use the new version without any complications (other than the complications that always arise when playing from a save, like Button always being a "she" and Sally's visions not resetting).

January 31: Interview with the chosen MB cast member will be released! I'll be putting up a poll for you to vote on which character you'd most like to ask questions, and you can then ask those questions on the Sanctum of Spoilers Discord, under the channel "mb-cast-interviews." I'll collect those questions and post their answers, and you'll get to choose a new character ever month!

Some things, like the Discord Q&A for UCRT Members and Hero Zeroes, I'll cooperatively schedule based on people's time zones.

I'll also be posting teasers for Delivery, a few polls about Mind Blind, and potentially a few poems.

. . . Now, onto what I'm currently writing for Mind Blind.

Rewriting Checklist: 

There's a lot of typos that need addressing (I slacked off during the holidays to write multiple Regency England AUs after being inspired by a certain Netflix series, whoops). 

I need to fix an issue that occurs if you don't tell Glitch about your mind blindness, and plan on adding another dialogue path to Sally's meetup that will happen if you don't talk about Gray, Glitch, or K with her. This path (which brings Sally's movie-day variations up to 7!) will let Button talk to Sally about how they feel over the possibility of Hope visiting, and will trigger if you meet with Sally first and aren't romancing her, or if you plan on wooing Rosy or nohone. (Noh pun here, nope.)

I also want to go back and add triggers to how Button feels about Hope in Chapter 3. Implementing them will cause a save reboot, however, so it's on the backburner for now.

Chapter 6: I've had a lot of Chapter 6 written out by hand for months now, since it will include two major scenes that I've been building towards since the beginning. These "Major Scenes" are ones that happen for everyone regardless of path and are essential to the main plot, and include things like Aeon (and Nick) exploding. So, yeah, there's a lot of drama heading down the pipeline.

One of these scenes will have pretty awesome payoff if you're on K's route, if I do say so myself (and providing I properly execute it).

There's another assignment coming up as well . . . which I am not looking forward to coding, because the way assignments work behind the scenes is pretty convoluted. Simple stat checks would be easier, but way less fun. Rosy's second assignment may be pushed back to Chapter 7, however, since I'm still figuring out all the details. One thing I can promise: ping pong balls will be involved.