I’m on vacation from work this week, and that means having time to get to work on the newly revamped FP 3.5. (See my previous blog post for details on that.)
To set the stage for the new 3.5, I’m revising 3.3 and 3.4 accordingly:
- In 3.3, the Senators who voted against the measure have decided to stage a mass walkout.
- In 3.4, the very last scene has changed; previously the system agents gave Spark a cryptic message. Now, something else happens.
So, yeah, not much. Just a minor tweak. Not a major cliffhanger which totally rewrites the rules or anything like that. Don’t even worry about it; everything is fine.
Can’t say when I’ll start posting 3.5, but as always, Patreon backers get an early peek. If you want to back, now’s the time — not only will you get early access to 3.5 and 3.6, but you’ll also get a paid update with the bonus story for this book, which takes place years in the future.
And then… well, I’ll be going a bit dark, as I take a vacation. As is obvious from the slow release pacing of this book, I need some time to recharge my creative batteries. But I will return, make no mistake. I could never quit you.
Might make sure this gets to LJ and any other channels…
Also, I like it. Though I think that the people at the party might have been freaking out a bit more than just staring into their feeds. Presumably, some of them are from AO and might have friends/family that work in or near. We were glued to the tubes during 9/11, but there was also a lot of reaching out, panic, etc.
(For example, spouse worked at a federal building, and we had no idea if it was safe for him to 1) stay, 2) take the subway home, or 3) fetch him. There was some pretty frantic phone calling.)
I’ll be doing reactions mostly in the next chapter. Living through 9/11 firsthand means I can actually “write what I know” as they say. I’d have done a more pronounced reaction here but it was really the first few seconds and I didn’t wanna tip my hand until the reveal.
Gotcha!