I got distracted writing

Over the past month or so I have failed to do two things, but managed to do one, so it comes out about level.

I still haven't sorted out the formatting for Twilight Over Ingleside and The Princess' Husband - I think that is going to be put off until 14th of June, because that seems like a suitable day.

I also kind of failed with The Red Curtains Trilogy. A story about the life and times of Albus Dumbledore sounds good in theory, but honestly - there isn't a lot to write about in the early years. And writing the end of the second Dark War (or at least the end of the Voldemort war) from Dumbledore's perspective is also pretty dull.

Silver Linings is on hiatus, but that isn't in the list of failed things, or the list of things I have done. It's just got put on pause because I have actually gone back to The Western Sky, Series 3, and I am up to Episode 3x07. The first half of the series (3x01 to 3x06) is complete, and the first plot act has come to an end.

3x08 is a cross over with another series (The White Rose, a science fiction series set in the world of Elite, some 77 thousand years after The Western Sky ends), and requires a little bit of rewriting - the original plot for Act 3 is going to be entirely replaced with an extended version of Acts 1&2.

I should also mention that it is essentially a clip show, but one I have been trying to write since Series 1.

Then comes the second half of Series 3, with the second major plot arc of the series being kicked off in style.

And that's pretty much where things are up to.

The Red Curtains Trilogy

The Red Curtains Trilogy is a series of stories in three arcs ("In The Beginning", "The Long Game" and "End Game", though the names are not final at the moment), that tell the life story of Albus Dumbledore, through his eyes, the eyes of a character named Selenes and through the eyes of Tom Riddle.

However, it is also a cross-over with the world of Twin Peaks. (Though obviously only the spiritual part of that world, since for most of Dumbledore's life, almost all the characters in Twin Peaks hadn't been born).

The stories don't cover all of Albus' life, but instead moves to the important parts (his early home life, until he finishes Hogwarts, then Tom Riddle's time at school and the first of the dark wars until the first fall of Voldemort, then the second dark war from Harry's return to the world until the end of the war.

Unusually, these stories won't focus on Harry or the other main characters - instead it will be Dumbledore, Selenes (who is Selenes? Well - you'll figure it out eventually) and Tom.

Currently the second arc is being plotted out, and I have more or less reached the point where Dumbledore and Grindlewald are fighting.

So - this is a huge, long term story that will not be done any time soon, but should be fun.