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It's available now, if you have PRM access.  At least the first three chapters are...



Eric Storm

*SIGH*

Every single story on this site has a "status" indicator.  If you will look at the information page for Artifacts 2, you will notice that it says "Serial/Novel - In Progress".

I would have thought that "In Progress" would have been clear enough to indicate that it was certainly NOT finished.

If the story had been abandoned (something I do not do, but is an option on the site), it would have been marked as such:  "Serial/Novel - Abandoned". 

Likewise, it could also be marked as "Serial/Novel - Inactive", but this doesn't apply to Artifacts 2, given the definition of "Inactive", which is no current intent to work on a story.

I write what wants to be written on any given day.  I have been waiting for Artifacts 2 chapter 5 to want to be written for a long time.  So far, I've had no luck in that.  Frankly, I hadn't realized that it had been two years since I posted last on that story.  But then, last year was such a bad writing year all around, I'm not really surprised.

For the record:

"In Progress" - A story is unfinished and is actively (if slowly) being worked on by the author.
"Completed" - A finished story that is not expected to see further alteration.
"Inactive" - A story that is unfinished, and that the author intends to get back to, but is not currently attempting to write on.
"Abandoned" - A story that is unfinished, and is almost certainly going to stay that way.

No, I do not have a release schedule for any story other than Woodward.  I've come dangerously close to failing my release schedule for Woodward, as it is.  I am coming to realize the attraction to those writers who release stories only after they are completed.  It removes the possibility of feedback-induced improvements to the story, but ensures that the readers won't start bitching at me because the story is unfinished.

Eric Storm

I know it's been a rough time, but is there any new update for this story? I know you work on what you have inspiration for but we don't always know that right away, so just curious.

I sometimes wonder if authors who do not release a chapter at a time get the 'is there more' (or any other variation) question less often.

Looking forward to Chapter 4.

(posted from Chapter 3)

One of these days...

Eric Storm

You really think she'll care?  Not like she's been fawning over Sissy, either...

Eric Storm

Just write when the inspiration and time allows. We will still be here patiently waiting...

(posted from the Item Information Page)

How about, some of us will continue to haunt this place until you finish your stories.

rlcsub63 wrote:

Hello...  Is the author home?  Will he be coming back to this story someday?

(posted from the Item Information Page)

On the grounds that I know you CAN read, you obviously know who the author is of this story, and I'll assume the question is facetious.

Eric Storm

I saw no reasonable way to put in an after-transfer scene that would have worked well.

Eric Storm

Okay, I want someone to explain this to me... I'm not being facetious or sarcastic, I genuinely do not understand.

What does a scene where Reba discovers she still has her powers add to the story?  Why is it disappointing that it's missing?  You know from the first book that the powers are kept, so it doesn't add any information.

So... seriously... exactly what does this add to the story?  Technically, A2-Ep. is still in PRM, meaning it is not necessarily in its final form.  I can add a scene... but to spend the effort to come up with one, someone's going to have to explain why it's useful, because I don't get it.  To me, it seems repetitive, which is a good part of why I didn't spend more effort trying to find a workable scene for after-transfer.

So... Change my mind.

Eric Storm