Armored Piercing Operations

So I'm now 142 pages into the second draft, 11 pages since the last update. It seems I keep writing 2 pages less each week. I did drop the ball this week and got distracted with other stuff. However, I did complete two briefing chapters and wrote the chapter that introduced Dimitri Mayakovsky, another brother in the Mayakovsky family. He plays a larger role later on in the book. There's also another large segment coming up with Sipho and team that's set in Brazil. A new villain will be introduced there that will cause the team a lot of problems.

I need to refocus and get back to writing more pages. It has been nearly 5 years since publishing AP2 and there hasn't been a new AP since. Any fans of mine deserve to have a new entry as soon as possible. I want to have AP3 out before AP1's…

AP1's 7 year anniversary is coming up very soon. I haven't really been celebrating each year on the blog, but I hope any fans will rejoice with the series being around for so long. I think I'll try to make AP1-related Q&As on Goodreads. I don't think I'll return to VSS365 just for AP1, but I suppose it would be an easy way to celebrate. I've been working on this series since 2010, which is a very long time. It is very close to my heart for sure.

Sometimes I regret adding extra details to AP1. For example, groups like Warhawk, Zaeed Front, and the Afghan insurgent groups were not in the original drafts for the first three Armored Piercings. They do add an interesting dynamic to the world of the series, but it created a lot more work for me. One recurring issue I had while writing AP4 was repeatedly forgetting details I wrote earlier, which resulted in plot holes later on in the book. I don't usually write outlines, but for AP4 I had to write multiple for each main plotline so I could properly keep track. I may need to do the same with AP3. I think I was premature in stating that AP3 will come out in 2026 at the earliest.

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