{"id":40157,"date":"2022-04-11T06:30:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T18:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=40157"},"modified":"2022-04-10T21:52:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T09:52:38","slug":"the-wall-of-night-4-the-chaos-gate-update-april-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2022\/04\/11\/the-wall-of-night-4-the-chaos-gate-update-april-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wall Of Night #4 (&#8220;The Chaos Gate&#8221;) Update: April 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_38784\" style=\"width: 121px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38784\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38784\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WALL4_Precursor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WALL4_Precursor.jpg 111w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WALL4_Precursor-94x150.jpg 94w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 111px) 100vw, 111px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-38784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A WALL #4 update.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019ve checked back, and found I was correct <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2022\/04\/07\/no-update-today-but\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last Thursday<\/a>: I <em>had<\/em> pencilled in a <a href=\"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/wallofnight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Wall of Night<\/strong><\/a> #4 (WT: <em>The Chaos Gate<\/em>) update for April 7. Although there <em>have<\/em> been a few mini updates, in the three months since I made that commitment, on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2022\/01\/06\/the-wall-of-night-4-the-chaos-gate-update-january-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 6<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At that time, I advised that <em>\u201cthere\u2019s still a large part of the denouement to write.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Currently, the writing continues apace and the end sequences are coming together. Essentially, the story now comprises only two narrative arcs, with all the point-of-view characters present in either one. So the writing is getting to that \u201cthe end is nigh\u201d feeling\u2014but without being quite there yet!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7848\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7848\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7848\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Snow-Copyedit-006-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Snow-Copyedit-006-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Snow-Copyedit-006-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Snow-Copyedit-006-1024x738.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Writing continues apace&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The only way to get there is to stay glued to the writing desk and keep going, especially as now feels like a critical juncture. On which note, I aim to get back to it\u2014but with a promise to keep you updated as soon as anything of moment happens, and\/or on July 7, whichever arrives first.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, all positive writing vibes are very welcome. \ud83d\ude00 A few libations to the muses \u201cthat they may be kind\u201d might not go amiss either!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37917\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37917\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37917\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/800px-Apollo_and_the_Muses_oil_on_canvas_pentyptych_by_Charles_Meynier_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art-300x92.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/800px-Apollo_and_the_Muses_oil_on_canvas_pentyptych_by_Charles_Meynier_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/800px-Apollo_and_the_Muses_oil_on_canvas_pentyptych_by_Charles_Meynier_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art-150x46.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/800px-Apollo_and_the_Muses_oil_on_canvas_pentyptych_by_Charles_Meynier_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art-768x235.jpg 768w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/800px-Apollo_and_the_Muses_oil_on_canvas_pentyptych_by_Charles_Meynier_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apollo and the Muses pentyptych, by Charles Meynier, Cleveland Museum of Art<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve checked back, and found I was correct last Thursday: I had pencilled in a The Wall of Night #4 (WT: The Chaos Gate) update for April 7. Although there have been a few mini updates, in the three months since I made that commitment, on January 6. At that time, I advised that \u201cthere\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-my-books","category-about-what-im-doing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40157"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40163,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40157\/revisions\/40163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}