[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Well, at the moment, I've not actually been able to do much playing of OOTP and/or writing, for instance, lately, unfortunately. Although it has been fun to see how your dynasty has developed, with or without my players involved, to at least some degree, to be honest.

Of course, you prefer a more offense-minded environment than I do in your dynasties, it seems, but that's perfectly all right here, you know. After all, they're your dynasties, not mine. I prefer a more level or perhaps even an environment more advantageous to pitchers than for hitters, in most cases, I believe, which is all right here too, for sure.

I will tell you this, however. IF and when I finally get Lighting Up the Darkness's first draft done, if I ever do, I plan to take about a week or two off, at least, from that story, if not from others as well, and spend at least a little time playing OOTP or doing something else, so as to hopefully recharge my mental batteries, so to speak, with that storyverse at least a little bit, if not a lot. But not more than about two or so weeks, at most, I think, for obvious reasons. I really don't want to be still working on that story come November, if I actually am able to live that long in my life, for sure, jg2977.

I'm turning fifty in five weeks from now, and I've probably got several chapters to still write up for this story by then, if at all possible. Whether they're long or short or moderate-length chapters, I still do have to do more work on the rest of the story. I strongly suspect, though, that the first draft will come in at around 500 pages, not counting potential reference material and all, more or less. And I will probably want the final draft to take up no more than about 400 pages, not counting the aforementioned reference material that'd most likely be included with it, once this project is done, for sure, as well.

I don't know how many more pages I'll ultimately have to write for this first draft, of course. But I still would suppose it most likely would be at least another 50 pages or so, if not more. Simply because I still have at least some battle segments to write for at least chapter 24, among other things I have yet to add to the story in question. I don't know yet just how in-depth those battle segments will have to be, but they still will need to be in the story, for sure, before I can end it well enough, jg2977.

I'm not sure if I will have to perhaps add more text to what I currently have for chapter 23, but we'll just have to see if that's actually going to be required later for the story, in any case. I really hope I can get this story done soon, so I can start planning out book two for a potential series here, Lord willing and all, of course. I also want to get back to playing at least a little bit of OOTP baseball, for instance, for a little while, as well, soon, if I can. CD out.