Yes, that's what it means

[Bob Schroeck]

If you've been paying attention, you will note that the "chapter progress" note at the top of the forums now lists chapters 3 and 4 of DW8, with a total size slightly larger than the size chapter 3 used to have.  Yes, that means I've split the chapter and I'm readying the new chapter 3 for release.  It won't be immediate, though -- I still need to pass it by my prereaders.  Still, you can think of it as a belated holiday gift...
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[robkelk]

Belated holiday? There's always a holiday somewhere, if you look hard enough...

According to Wikipedia:

• January 2 : Ancestry Day (Haiti)
  
• January 3 : Tamaseseri Festival (Hakozaki Shrine, Fukuoka)
  
• January 4 : Independence Day (Burma)
  
• January 5 : National Bird Day (USA)
  
• January 6 : Epiphany and the beginning of Carnival
  
• January 7 : Victory from Genocide Day (Cambodia)
  
• January 8 : Commonwealth Day (Northern Mariana Islands)
  
• January 9 : Martyrs' Day (Panama)
  
• January 10 : Traditional Day (Benin)
  
• January 11 : Kagami Biraki (Japan)
  
• January 12 : National Youth Day (India)
  
• January 13 : St. Knut's Day (the last day of Christmas, Sweden and Finland)
  
• January 14 : Ratification Day (United States - the day independence was actually gained, not just declared)
  
• January 15 : Tree Planting Day (Egypt)
  
• January 16 : Flag Day or Magen David Day (Israel)
  
• January 17 : National Day (Minorca)
  
• January 18 : Revolution Day (Tunisia)
  
• January 19 : Confederate Heroes Day (Texas)
  
• January 20 : Martyrs' Day (Azerbaijan)
  
• January 21 : Flag Day (Québec)
  
• January 22 : Reunion Day (Ukraine)
  
• January 23 : Bounty Day (Pitcairn Island)
  
• January 24 : Unification Day (Romania)
  
• January 25 : Tatiana Day (Russia)
  
• January 26 : Australia Day (Australia)
  
• January 27 : International Holocaust Remembrance Day
  
• January 28 : Data Privacy Day / Data Protection Day
  
• January 29 : the feast day of Saint Juniper, "the renowned jester of the Lord"
  
• January 30 : Martyrs' Day (India)
  
• January 31 : Independence Day (Nauru)
  

(I had to look very hard for January 3 and 29.)

That should cover us to the chapter's release date... I hope.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Bob Schroeck]

<snort>
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Pyeknu]

Nice to hear the new part's coming out, Bob. Take your time.

[robkelk]

Hey, when did that change?

Chapter 3 of Drunkard's Walk VIII is now in preread.

--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Black Aeronaut]

WOO-HOO!!!

[Bob Schroeck]

It changed on Friday night. Furnace follies were the main reason it took so long for me to get it to the prereaders. (Who have already demanded -- and gotten -- one big change in the text.)
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Pyeknu]

Hope to see it soon, Bob . . . if not on my own laptop, then on one of my hospital's shared desktops.

[Bob Schroeck]

I've asked for comments by next Friday - the 14th. If they run out of changes before then, I'll release it earlier.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[robkelk]

Oh, yes - holidays for this to possibly be a gift on. Again, according to Wikipedia:

• February 1: Heroes Day (Rwanda)
  
• February 2: Candlemas
  
• February 3: Setsubun (Japan)
  
• February 4: Independence Day (Sri Lanka)
  
• February 5: Constitution Day (Mexico)
  
• February 6: Waitangi Day (New Zealand)
  
• February 7: Independence Day (Grenada)
  
• February 8: Prešeren Day (Slovenia)
  
• February 9: feast day of Saint Apollonia
  
• February 10: Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck (Malta)
  
• February 11: Inventors' Day (United States)
  
• February 12: Darwin Day
  
• February 13: World Radio Day
  
• February 14: Valentine's Day
  
• February 15: National Flag of Canada Day (Canada)
  
• February 16: Restoration of Lithuania's Statehood Day (Lithuania)
  
• February 17: feast day of Lommán of Trim
  
• February 18: Independence Day (Gambia)
  
• February 19: Armed Forces Day (Mexico)
  
• February 20: World Day of Social Justice
  
• February 21: International Mother Language Day
  
• February 22: Independence Day (Saint Lucia)
  
• February 23: Defender of the Fatherland Day (Russia)
  
• February 24: National Artist Day (Thailand)
  
• February 25: Kitano Baika-sai ("Plum Blossom Festival", Kyoto)
  
• February 26: Liberation Day (Kuwait)
  
• February 27: National Day (Dominican Republic)
  
• February 28: National Science Day (India)
  

--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012