ToWolfKin

“What are dreams, if not real? If I close my eyes and see a world beyond, how can it not be as true as the grass beneath my paws? So I wonder, in the longest dreamtimes, if my waking and my sleeping are one and the same; that perhaps, the world I see beyond the darkness of my mind is the true one, and that the one I live amongst is a dream.”
          	
          	To be frank, I have very little idea what’s going on in this chapter. I went with the vibes and Crest filled in the lore :D Title drop! In the place I expected the least 
          	
          	https://www.wattpad.com/1590542555-on-salt-waves-14-in-the-darkness-of-depths

ToWolfKin

“What are dreams, if not real? If I close my eyes and see a world beyond, how can it not be as true as the grass beneath my paws? So I wonder, in the longest dreamtimes, if my waking and my sleeping are one and the same; that perhaps, the world I see beyond the darkness of my mind is the true one, and that the one I live amongst is a dream.”
          
          To be frank, I have very little idea what’s going on in this chapter. I went with the vibes and Crest filled in the lore :D Title drop! In the place I expected the least 
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1590542555-on-salt-waves-14-in-the-darkness-of-depths

ToWolfKin

"And for all the Crests she has been, standing at the cliff’s edge and fighting back flickering, Coren-eye evil, she once again places her paws in the prints of Promise of Salts to defend.
          But instead of righteous fury, or fierce, burning need to protect, all she feels is grim, bone-weary resignation mixed with determination."
          
          It's time! The Point of No Return is here >:D Enjoy!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1586504185-on-salt-waves-13-the-scent-of-storms

ToWolfKin

"As the room explodes into action, voices rising and paws pounding upon stone once more as wolves stream in and out of the cave, the General steps back from the great horn and faces Crest one more, darkness so thick upon her face she seems to wear it as a mask, and words so low they are almost lost among the din. 'Tell me, Promise of Salt. Is this our end?'"
          
          AND WE'RE BACK! It rained which means peak productivity time :D Turns out all the words were stock piling because 4k just. came out? All in one go? So no we have two chapters and a half. Whoo! We're back to every Thursday updates again :D
          
          Thank you everyone for your patience!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1586504634-on-salt-waves-12-for-this-hour-they-shall-weep

ToWolfKin

Welp, I’ve got the next chapter about 40% done, so unfortunately no chapter today. Instead, have an Inconsistent Wolf Update!
          
          IRL, it’s been a bit rocky of a month with a lot of uncertainty and Firsts that’s been stressful, but I think that may be coming to an end (phew!). As of such, my creativity has taken a huge blow, so it’s been difficult to find the heart to write or draw (you know that when you sit down to write and it’s just like hitting a hard and rough cement wall? Yeah, it’s that). Not my first rodeo with this, and thankfully I know what to do, but ya’ll will have to bear with me as I slowly crawl out of this hole T^T
          
          Thank you for your patience so far, and here’s the rest of the update :)  
          
          Writing Updates!
          - Fighting creative burnout with both hands, so I’ve decided to take an official break from writing On Salt Waves until Nov 6th, give or take a day or two. This will hopefully be enough time to recuperate and gather a liiiiittle bit of backlog. Now let’s see if this plan survives the enemy *nervous tea sipping* 
          - In the meantime, little to nothing is being written sooo :C
          
          Drawing Updates!
          - Commissions ARE open!
          - I hath returned to comics, and am scribbling like mad (i.e., SO MANY CONTR Z). If you’d like to follow the scribble journey from a bunch of messy lines to full-fledged pages, hop into my Kingdom in Writer’s Kingdom Discord Server, where all things art and Wolf ThoughtsTM are shared :D (Comment for link)
          
          Wattpad Updates!
          - Somehow we’re nearly at 300 followers? Thank you everyone for being here! ❤️
          - Considering making a poetry anthology :0 Got to finish enough poems for that, first, though
          - WTSW is sooo close to 2k! I don’t usually pay too too much attention to numbers, but it’s nice to see these little paper babies grow :D Bonus art will likely be posted! Unless everyone would like a bonus scene? 
          
          Anywho, that’s all from me. Hope you all have a great autumn, everyone!
          
          Back to awooing into the void or something,
          Wolf

ToWolfKin

Unfortunately no chapter today T^T We're so close to the end and I *really* want to keep momentum and finish, but it's been hard to write lately—both finding time to and putting words on paper. Backlog's gone so ya'll are going to have to bare with me until my creative juices come back T^T
          
          Thank you all for sticking around and your continued support <3 Here's hoping I'll be back next week, or at least before Nov with a new chapter ^-^

ToWolfKin

" 'A Gift for you', [Nata Nuwl] says as she presents two golden cuffs on a downy scarlet pillow. They gleam under Ser’s gaze, dazzling and smooth, rounded to last and carefully crafted to fit Crest’s forepaws. 'So that you may have more time, and the Keep will be safe for longer.' "
          
          Ack, late, but juuuust finished writing this one so no sanity check. Please excuse the bad writing and probable spelling mistakes XD Someday I will have a reliable backlog. Someday. *glares at future Wolf* 
          
          Anywho. WE'RE SEVEN CHAPTERS AWAY FROM THE END. Including epilogue!! I am soooo excited to start writing this last arc because OH BOY is it going to be a wild ride. Full of angst and Coren and fun things like that :D And hey, some of it is even spoopy!
          
          Enjoy!
          https://www.wattpad.com/1581772839-on-salt-waves-10-ripples-that-make-the-wave

ToWolfKin

"It is if Crest is not one of them, not a member of their pack, not a part of the Keep. Like she  is apart, a separate entity, a foreign wolf in a pack not her own. It stings like salt in the wound, rocks under a flap of torn skin, and Crest…Crest seethes."
          
          This is the chapter where I realize the purpose of the book and cringe at all the things I just made semi irreverent in previous chapters. Oh the joys of first drafts XD
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1580283135-on-salt-waves-10-through-a-fish%27s-eye

ToWolfKin

“But if this were true, if a wolf is truly made out of the wolves in her lives, is [Crest] doomed to be all that they ever were?“
          
          In which Crest takes an entire chapter to process Ch. 8, and informs me she had another friend I didn’t know about D:
          Ya’ll, if you can believe it, we’re half way through the book!! Things are going to start ramping up from here 0-0 Prepare for angst
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1578818160-on-salt-waves-9-crusted-with-clams