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I’m not irritated about the question being asked, just trying to give a direct and truthful answer so it may sound blunt. Please don’t read it in a negative tone, that’s not intended, I promise.

Q: Will ASA be returning?

A: Let me find my footing first. I’m really enjoying Habitat 7 and have finally rebuilt some inspiration and motivation. My goal is to get to a point where I can comfortably write 3 chapters of H7 weekly. Once that rhythm is stable, I’ll start trying to work in a Summoner chapter once a month—maybe more if I can return to my 2021-2022 writing pace without hurting the quality of the product.

I actually have about half of Chapter 2 done, but right now I just add to it when I feel inspired. It’s not the primary focus yet.

As many of you know, I’ve been dealing with some health issues and have made some major lifestyle changes. One of those changes is that I’m going back to school full-time. What you receive depends entirely on my productivity and mental bandwidth between classes and family. I’m hoping the “college mindset” helps me become more disciplined with my schedule.

To maintain transparency and give you a peek behind the curtain: Yesterday I only managed 450 words because of errands and kid-duty. Monday 1,800. Sunday 1,000. Saturday nothing. But Friday? I hit 2,800 words—the most I’ve done in a single day since late 2023. It’s not perfectly consistent yet, but I am touching the keyboard almost daily. Including Friday, I hit over 2,000 twice last week.

Again, when/if I can develop the consistency to deliver stable, scheduled releases of Habitat 7, I’ll try to work in ‘surprise’ chapters of Summoner. I want it finished just as much as you do, but I won’t force it.

If I don’t enjoy writing it, you won’t enjoy reading it.

Copy/Pasted from a response to a comment. Current goals and goings-on;

Thank you. The care and support shown across the community, be it from fellow authors or readers, has been moving. Here’s to getting back in top form and giving y’all some content you can enjoy!

As far as that goes, I’m actively working on it. Not as fast as I’d like–when is it ever–but Jacopo and I are getting back in the swing of things. Like in the video above, along with our previous lives, we’ve been doing a good deal of the prepwork and rereading of existing material, notes, and spreadsheets to make sure the story remains consistent and entertaining.

Fated Bonds (by Morgana Cross): I have until Labor Day-the 7th-to get the editing for my wife’s book 1 finished and off to her publisher, so that’s my current priority.

H7 (by Larry Cross, aka, me): Habitat Seven book 1 is due in November, with no specific date for turn-in, so that’s going to be priority one after getting Morgana’s book 1 finished. I’m easing back into the work now, but once I get ramped up again I’m hoping to alternate 2 chaps of H7 per 1 chap of Summoner.

ASA3 (by Kerberos, aka, Larry Cross and Entrail_JI): Since it’s been so long and expectations are bleak, we don’t have a specific turn-in date for Summoner, so we’ve set our own. Originally, we were tentatively aiming to have the first draft ready for our editor sometime between December and February. However, that was when we were going to follow our 3 ARC structure. Since we’ve now planned this book for 4 ARCs to both make up for the shorter book 2 and to ensure that all necessary pieces of the story are available, we’ve inadvertantly added another one to two months to our timeline. Of course, we believe that this expansion will lead to a better book 3 as well as a more satisfying series overall.

You know, I didn’t realize folks actually received alerts for me yapping in here. Now that I know, I suppose I’ll use this for updates instead of Quips.

That said, I’ll be pushing back today’s stream to tomorrow. It’s getting a bit late and it’s a school night for us. Also, with him being in Italy, it’s already 1 in the AM for Jacopo. I’ll convene with him after taking the kids to school in the morning and see if we can get something going between lunch and 3 EST, give or take, if he’s done with his WebNovel stuff. Sorry for the inconvenience; I know that’s the middle of the day for a lot of us Stateside. Feel free to pop in on your lunch breaks if you wanna take a gander or ask any questions. Be sure to let us know you’re on a time limit if you are on lunch so that we can try and answer promptly. For those who miss it or prefer a less linear listen, streams will continue to be available as podcasts through Spotify within 48 hours after the lives end.

As for why we’re missing today, that’s my fault, of course. I’ve spent the last couple of hours playing around with Restream instead of OBS. The switch should take care of a few of the issues we were having. Since it’s in browser, my poor little tablet shouldn’t have such a difficult time running it, Jacopo, Awespec, my wife, and other authors we add to the crew in the future will be able to join up without jumping through hoops, and sharing on multiple platforms at once should no longer be an issue.

Hope y’all have an awesome night and we hope to see you tomorrow!

-Larry

Howdy folks!

Just got off the phone with the one and only Entrail_JI. We’ll be starting our mic checks and setup in approximately 2 hours, 6:30 PM EST–shouldn’t take more than 15 minutes or so. I promise we’re working on getting our schedules aligned so we can do these at the same times every week 😅

Jacopo will be working on finishing today’s chapter of Horror Game Developer while I will be working on edits and revisions for my wife, Morgana “Kerb’s Wife” Cross. First time testing the new streaming service, so we’ll definitely be on Patreon, and if my tablet allows, we’ll also send it to Discord in either The Bard’s Corner or Behind the Scenes stage. Assuming everything runs smoothly, we’ll consider tacking on more platforms in the future. Suggestions are welcome. YouTube and Twitch are on the table.

Feel free to come and hang out! If you can’t make it, the stream will also be available on Spotify under the podcast Kerberos Rambles tomorrow morning or under the free Kerberos Rambles collection here on Patreon. Links to Entrail’s Horror Game Developer and the podcast below!

HGD: https://www.webnovel.com/book/horror-game-developer-my-games-aren't-that-scary!_31794711100879005
KR: https://open.spotify.com/show/6Tmcb0uiRyYuSSjqhnt31h?si=-XLnp_amSUqMq37gft7fCA&utm_source=copy-link&sci=spotify%3Acard-config%3A1pl5I8kWmxzC17dmObaUH4

Think I’ll Quip this, too, actually

Appreciate everyone stopping in! Got to show off my garage and my various series projects. If I seemed a bit off or slow this evening… I was! Couldn’t sleep at all last night and have been up for just over 40 hours. This dude is going to bed, lol.

Due to technical difficulties for the first hour or so, I likely won’t be posting this one to the podcast. I’ll add it if I can get the first chunk cropped.

See y’all next week for more Kerb/Cross stuff, or this weekend for a stream focused more on Jacopo and his WebNovel projects.

Night folks!