Writing Colonies XXX: "Picon" is finished, Starting "Libran"

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Picon was a load of fun, starting with a chase across the ocean with sailing ships in the Napoleonic style and finishing with a glance around the colonies during the collapse of the Virgon and Leonan Empires to see what's what, and culminating in a massive battle in orbit of Picon.  Very enjoyable to write.  (And I hope so to read.)

With the completion of Picon, that means I'm three-quarters done with Colonies.  Maybe.  I won't know 'til it's over.  Regardless, Book Eight totaled 118 pages, for those keeping track.  The total thus far for Colonies of Kobol is 1,830 pages.  That's ... a bunch.

I've already outlined Book Nine: Libran.  It picks up mere months after the end of Picon as the various colonies try to find their footing without the Empires to support them.  It also marks the creation of the first (short lived) inter-colonial government.  To this point, Libran had been a nature preserve, of sorts, and the jungle world was chosen to be neutral ground.  I don't imagine this one will be terribly long, but it will again bounce around the colonies for different points of view.

Thanks for reading.  More to come, as always.