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Weekly Update - 9/4/24
🕑 Added 2024-09-05 09:37:03 +0000 UTCWeird few days. I started coughing on Sunday, and Monday was phlegmy enough to wonder if I'd actually contracted the fictional disease I invented. But I slept for 12 hours last night, and that left me with energy when I woke up this morning, although still this barking cough. I'm halfway through getting the next chapter of A Pack Of His Own to the commissioner and halfway through the next chapter of Brewster's Brood, which means neither is done yet, but they're both coming.
What I did do, however, was, at a reader's request, catalog all the various QT stories that are in print, their authors and where they can be found, and that took a little bit longer than I thought it would. Best guess, there's approaching (or maybe even over!) 3 million words or so written across the Quaranteam universe, by 14 (or more!) authors. I'll try and keep this semi-updated but probably on a monthly basis. If it's been a month since I've updated it, don't be afraid to ping me and remind me.
This is the current QT-verse listing.
Keep in mind, there are a bunch of other people still working on their debut chapters, so expect that to keep on growing. It's great to see people taking their shot and swinging for the fences in writing, but keep in mind if you want me to take a look at them, don't send us more than 5k or so. If you're thinking about pitching a QT story, here's our tips for that.
I've written about 1k words in QT2:31, so I'm clearly all over the place right now in terms of headspace, but something'll come out soon enough. The sudden and ferocious heatwave hitting the west coast has been of no help at all in letting me focus. Much of the Bay Area has been under a Heat Advisory since yesterday - (93 yesterday, 94 today, 94 again tomorrow, 90 on Friday, 84 on Saturday) - and that's been fucking lovely, he said, sarcasm dripping from his keyboard.
Someone was asking what it would take to do an updated Visual Guide for the Quaranteam series of stories, and all I can tell you is we'd need a surge in either new users or upped payments. There's two target numbers on my board, we're not all that far from either, and whichever one we hit first, it'll trigger me posting an expanded version of the Visual Guide, which is where I cast who I would want to star in all the major roles in the Quaranteam stories, if time, money and living status weren't currently a thing. (I say this because Dr. Bill McKenna has and always will be Martin Mull in my eyes...)
So if you've got friends you think would enjoy my content, let'em know. And if you want to up your level of subscription, consider doing so. The 2nd edition Visual Guide would cover most of the major characters introduced so far in B2 (including the intermissions), and all the characters covered in Phil's Tale. I might even go so far as to try and get the cast of McCallister's in there as well.
And, in what may be a record for weirdness in my life, I woke up after a couple of hours of sleep, sitting up bolt upright in bed, realizing I never posted this news update.
The public release schedule: 9/7 - Before The Storm 10, QTB2:i4; 9/14 - QT2:21, Pack 10; 9/21 - QTPT 19; 9/28 - Neon Stonehenge 6, QTAA 10 (conclusion); 10/5 - Pack 11, QTUM 2.
Anyway, that's all she wrote for tonight. Tomorrow I'll struggle to get something out, assuming my throat still works.
Comments
SP Rupert
Thanks for the listing of all the QT authors and stories. I’m in the process of getting caught up after about a year of time away and I didn’t even know where to start. This will be very helpful for that.
pohmii Holloman
It is wonderful that you included the list of the universe. I wonder if you encourage authors to keep a certain flow in postings. Percheron is 3.5 months ago, 808 State 3 months. I might be too old now to remember a chapter in the universe that far back but it would be nice if there were some flow. There are 19 active stories in your list, so if authors were to post every 20-30 days we, the audience, would have fresh content almost daily...
Drew
Emily and Hannah were the two that I remembered. Emily could certainly be faking based on what we’ve learned about her since. But you said ‘early chapters’, so I didn’t think you meant her. Hannah says she is before Andy does, but it is right at the end, so maybe she was just… encouraging him?
Corrupting Power
Where do you see it contradicted in the original series? I believe there is one case where it appears that way in one of the very first few chapters, and the answer to that one is that she was faking it. ;)
Drew
I’ve had a question about the spin off series for a while now, but wasn’t sure where would be a good place to ask. Quite a few of the spin off authors have made a point of how vaccinated women can’t have orgasms other than priming and imprinting until after they have bonded. But that was not the case in the original story. Is there an in-universe reason for that, or is that just a mistake that one of the authors made and then others ran with it?
Corrupting Power
Both now added. Percheron has been having some real-world issues keeping them from writing, but we're all hoping for the best.
WSV
Speaking of QT- Aotearoa, did Percheron actually wrap that up so quickly - it was left on a cliffhanger, and we've seen the New Zealand disaster alluded to in others' stories already?
Ronan
Those are both BreaktheBar's works. They are both still Patreon only for now.
Anodes
There is something causing pneumonia going around which is neither COVID, influenza, nor DuoHalo. Not fun.
Mike Bird
Remember: the real virus which you "enhanced" to your fictional one is still out there. I missed a week of work and a shot at going to the State Fair because I caught COVID. Again. The latest vaccine came out 2 days before I tested positive. I caught it from the contractor refurbing my bathroom. If you can't afford the tests (~$10) I'll buy you a 4 pack. Let me know, and take care of yourself.
Cynthia Parker
I also haven't seen QT: Nashville and Onterio
Tkocz
You forgot to add Percherons "QT -Aotearoa", and Ranthorons "QT - Cauldron of Coal" to the list
Mick151074
Fantastic, another chapter of Brewster.
