This Romantic World Page 144 (And game status update) (Patreon)

And here we have two pages in a row that make no sense if you're just jumping in now. I'm glad I had a chance to work this in, though. Abbey would have heard about Casey having sex with Morgan, and would have been pissed off over it. Slut shaming isn't normally a thing in Castlewood, despite how Abbey's whining may sound here. I intended it to be more of a "why HER and not ME" sort of argument. Let me know if that's what came across, I might make dialog tweaks tomorrow if need be.

But, oof. A clumsy failed kiss attempt followed by a temper tantrum? If this was real life, this date would be over. But this is TRW and Abbey still has a shot at salvaging this. XD

As for the game: we're still working hard on the next update. We aren't going to make it for this month, but we're looking good for early August. With any luck we should be dropping the test release for the level four tier within a week or so. 

The hold up was largely because of extensive rewrites on Raina's story on my end. When I have to write anything dramatic or just mushy stuff in general, I sometimes can't shake the feeling that attempting this kind of material is punching above my weight class as an author. I know I'll never improve if I don't keep at it, but it still feels strange because I normally have a lot more confidence in my work overall.

So long story short, I wasted a lot of time obsessing and nit-picking over my writing. As it is now I'm relatively happy with it, but I'm really hoping to get some constructive feedback when it drops. 

And that's all for now! Hope you guys are liking this scene so far. Once the next build of the game releases expect me to try and work in a two-page week here and there to keep the pacing as brisk as I can.