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Part of this past week has been taken up by preparations for moving soon. On reflection, however, the bigger problem that's really slowing me down right now is that I'm running into gaps in my outline. I've been focusing too much on the short term, just getting the next chapter done to try to catch up on my planned schedule, and I've done that long enough that the long-term consequences of that approach are coming due.

I know where the story needs to go, but not enough yet about the path to get there.

I'm switching focus to figuring out that path and fleshing out my outline. No chapter this week while I work on resolving that problem, and that goes for Royal Road and reddit too.

I'm sorry for all the delays recently. I would consider pausing billing, but unfortunately I simply cannot afford to lose a whole month of patreon income right now.

Thank you very much for your patience and support. Your support is making the continuation of Magic is Programming possible, and I will return to more regular chapter posts with an outline ready to enable that.

Comments

Nick Sergal

Take all the time you need. I'm here for your quality, not quantity

Nicolae

No worries, take your time and flesh out the story, but don't flush it down the drain. 😁

DittoMikko

No problem, wouldn't want to rush things so take the time you need :)

Paweł P

Best of luck. And take as much of it as you need. Better late and good, rather than soon and bad.

Matthew Soulanille

Quality > quantity is why I read your work. Thanks for letting us know, and good luck on the outlining.

Sandpirate

No worries! Life catches up to all of us sometimes, best of luck with the move!

Trevor T

Thank you for being so transparent! Best of luck with balancing everything!

BarGamer

So, what you're saying is, you need to optimize your own Pathfinding spell? Wow, that's meta.

Big Lumpy Beetle

Thank you for the transparency, being late is always better than being bad, and yours is not an easy story to write. I know I will be here for as long as I can afford it

Josh

Please do focus on sustaining, not on sprinting. Your writing is worth the wait.

MacTosh

It’ll be worth the wait.

CodeWizard (edited)

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2026-09-05 13:00 Translation: I'm not going to provide what you are paying for but I am still going to charge you. If you had paused billing I would have stuck around even though you only release 1 chapter a week because your concepts enjoyable and the execution is pretty solid. But who the hell thinks it's okay to not provide the services being paid for and still charge for it? Would you accept that from Netflix or any streaming service?
2024-08-30 20:51

David

Unsubscribing is less effort than your comment. Your attitude won't be missed 👋

viperfan7

Dude, you're an ass

viperfan7

Why would I try to be articulate with someone like you? Why waste the effort when a couple words can say the exact same thing? You use big words because you think it makes you look smart. I use small words as I'm smart enough to simplify things so anyone can understand them. Stop being an ass

viperfan7

Oh get your head out of your ass you entitled pos. If you hate it so much, why haven't you unsubscribed?

viperfan7

Ok Mr. "I'm so so smart I can use big words." Grow up, stop being an ass

viperfan7

Because you're not buying a service. You're essentially donating money to someone because you like their work. That, and if you actually read the description, it says you get to read chapters in advanced, and how many in advanced. It doesn't say that there will be, just that you will be able to read them before they're public. So again, stop being an ass, and stop trying to use words you clearly don't understand the meaning of.

viperfan7

You know, I'm not reading that, since quite frankly, you're an ass who lacks the awareness to realize it, and, well, your opinion is worthless due to that. You're an ass, grow up.