3: Baby Steps Toward Alodia
9/19/2011
1:30AM. Finally got Tapu out the labyrinth and descending to the plain. I want to be fresh for when he and I encounter Ombure, so I’m done for tonight. Barely got one page written tonight though. One small piece at a time is better than no progress at all.
Present-Day Reflection
5/28/2026
I can’t help but feel sorry for the guy who wrote that entry. He has no idea how much still lies ahead of him. It’s no doubt for the best that he didn’t know. Naive optimism is possibly one of my more useful traits when it comes to writing, which I realize is still in play today. The Thornton Sumner two decades down the road – assuming he’ll still be alive – will be looking back on me now with pity as well. I guess this is a sign of progress, that I’ve got no nostalgia for the younger version of myself, and appreciate what’s behind me without wanting to actually be back within it.
