My apologies... this took far longer than I wanted it to take. And the worst part is that I'm not really sure why... my free time was just over before I knew what happened and left me with a feeling of not having accomplished anything special.

But anyway... the new chapter can be found at:

http://www.gundamwingtales.com/novel3/chapter2_part2_3.html

Here there are quite a bit of deviations from the television series. The whole scene of Heero meeting with Wufei (after the latter has been arrested too) is quite different, and the dialogue is changed too. Heero saying that OZ thinks them to be crazy is left out. And this is not the first time something like this is left out... I'm starting to believe that any references to the Gundam pilots being crazy have been added at a very late stage.

Also the fight between Sally's men and the OZ forces has been left out. Which is understandable since it doesn't really contribute anything to the plot.

I hope I can pull myself together a bit better in the future and that the next chapter won't take that long. On the other hand, the busiest time of the year comes up at work in January and February. So a tentative prediction would be end of February. Hopefully sooner...

Oh yes, beta reader comments are outstanding.

Thanks for reading and for your patience!

And for once, it's even before my self-imposed deadline... :-)

The new part can be found at:

http://www.gundamwingtales.com/novel3/chapter2_part2_2.html

This part follows the series again very closely, there was hardly a difference. Just the consequences of the rockets Trowa fires is described in a bit more details. And there is a bit more insight into the actions of the characters.

The next part is quite short, so I hope to have it up before I leave for holidays on September 18. No guarantee though... we'll see how it goes. Else I hope to have it finished around mid October.

Thanks for reading!

And after a really long wait, I finally update again. The new part can be found at:

http://www.gundamwingtales.com/novel3/chapter2_part2_1.html

Apologies for the long wait. I spent three months in Japan learning Japanese, and school kept me a lot busier than I thought it would. Of course, that I was off travelling on almost every weekend didn't help either. But I saw a lot and learned a lot, so I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The new part follows the series (once again) very closely, but there's a bit of added dialogue at the end, between Zechs and Gwinter. And Quinze already gets mentioned... I do believe he makes his appearance in the series a lot later.

The next part is medium length again, but I'm struggling with a cold and a new job (not to mention I've taken up raising dragons... ;-P), so it might be a while. I'd say... end of August? Hopefully sooner though.

Thanks for reading!

Seeing this in other journals, I couldn't resist.

Please click on the dragon egg hatchling? Pretty please??? *big puppy eyes*

And no, I have not abandoned my site. Now that I'm back from Japan, I'm working on it again. Next update should be ready in two to three weeks. Apologies for the delay! And after that, I should be back to normal speed.

edit: Dragon removed as it grew up! :-) Thanks to anybody who clicked!

And this me far longer than I wanted it too take. There was much less time on the ship than I thought there'd be. But it was a great trip! Here's a pic of what it looked like:




In case anybody is wondering: That's the Antarctic Peninsula. With an iceberg before it.

Anyway, the new part is finally up, to be found at:

http://www.gundamwingtales.com/novel3/chapter2_part1_2.html

This part again follows the series very closely, there's a bit of additional dialogue here and there. Also, with the description, a few actions are a bit more understandable than in the series.

Beta reader's comments are outstanding. And speaking of beta reader, I received the corrections for almost all parts of the first chapter (except for the last part), so these are final now.

The next chapter deals with Zechs, Une and Treize... and I'm really not sure when this will be up. Real life is very busy right now and I will be departing for a three months stay in Japan (Language School!) beginning of April. I hope to get it done so before I leave. We'll see...

Thanks for reading!

And this time, I'm even early! The next part is up, to be found at:

http://www.gundamwingtales.com/novel3/chapter2_part1_1.html

Nothing special here really... this part follows the series very closely, just a few things timed differently. And the usual changes in the battle scene.

Beta readers comments are outstanding.

The next chapter, dealing with Quatre and his family, will be quite a bit late. As mentioned before, I'm off for a (almost) four week trip on December 16, and it won't fit before that. But I intend to take my Japanese translation kit with me and work on the trip. I go on a cruise and there are quite some sea days, so I intend to pass those translating. However, I don't have the internet connection to upload any updates. This means that, when I get back on January 8, I hopefully will have the next and maybe the following chapter as well ready for upload. We'll see how it goes...

Thanks for reading!

And missed the deadline again by a few days... ah well, blame it on the fact that of the four weekends in October, I was gone three of them *loves weekend trips*.

The new part can be found at:

http://www.gundamwingtales.com/novel3/chapter1_part3_2.html

This part follows the series again very closely, but the interesting thing is that there's quite a bit of insight into Trowa's head. There are a lot more of his thoughts here than in the series. And most interestingly, he whispers to Heero that the analysis of the situation was wrong. I am assuming that he refers to Lady Une's two sides, but this is of course not sure.

I was enjoying this a lot when translating. :-)

Beta reader comments are outstanding.

The next chapter has about the same length so I hope I'll get this done before I go off on a four week trip middle of December. In that chapter, Quatre wakes up to encounter his sister, and Trowa (with Heero) goes to battle Zechs... oops... Milliardo in the new Gundams.

Thanks for reading!

*looks at date* Oh well.. met the deadline more or less. :-)

The new part can be found at:

http://www.gundamwingtales.com/novel3/chapter1_part3_1.html

And yes, it follows the series AGAIN very closely. The battle scene is AGAIN different, the OZ troops show up much later and the sequence of events is somewhat different. But no major changes, these kind of changes are really becoming the norm with the book. But it makes sense as battle scenes are much easier on screen than in a book. There's hardly any additional dialogue either.

Beta readers comments are outstanding.

The next chapter is of medium length, so I'd say it should be done by the end of October, seen that I'm away a few weekends until then. In that chapter, Trowa infiltrates OZ.

Thanks for reading!

And yes, I'm still on a roll... the next chapter is already there.

It can be found at:

http://www.gundamwingtales.com/novel3/chapter1_part2_3.html

And it's another chapter which follows the series very closely. The dialogue between Howard and Zechs is a bit longer, and the battle scenes are different. The second point is nothing new though, most battle scenes are abbreviated and simplified in the book.

And Heero doesn't remember how many bombs he installed *blinks*. This totally contradicts the general picture of "mission oriented Heero". :-)

Beta readers comments are outstanding.

The next chapter is of medium length, so I'd say it should be done by mid September. In that chapter, Heero goes off to the lunar base, the scientists work on the new suits, Lady Une tries to convince the delegates of becoming a nation and Sally Po goes to retrieve a Gundam.

Thanks for reading!

For some reason, I didn't do much more than translating the last weeks in my free time. And therefore... the new chapter is for once here before the deadline.

It can be found at:

http://www.gundamwingtales.com/novel3/chapter1_part2_2.html

It was probably the fact that this is one of the most remembered scenes in the series that made me work faster than usual. :-)

And once again, the book follows the series very closely. Not many extras here, except that there's a bit more background information on the colonies, and the screen on which Heero's watches Duo's capture is not in the library itself but in the entrance hall (makes much more sense in my opinion :-)).

A quick remark regarding the chapter before: Did anybody notice that Heero's speech at the school was NOT in the book? :-) Yes, there is that too. Scenes in the series which are not in the book.

Beta reader's comments are outstanding... and I need to contact her very urgently as I've been neglecting her since some time. :-(( Shame on me!

Next chapter: Zechs wakes up in Howard's care and Heero goes out to kill Duo. I hope to have this finished by the end of August! :-)

Thanks for reading!

Well, it did take a month longer than I wanted it to take. My travel plans and my photo frenzy delayed things for quite a bit.

The new chapter can be found at:

http://www.gundamwingtales.com/novel3/chapter1_part2_1.html

This chapter follows - once again - the series very closely, but there are some very interesting details. First, we learn more about what happened to Zechs after he surrendered at the South Pole than the TV series tells us. And second, most importantly, Zechs' mask does not break... he throws it away! This makes his abandoning OZ a much more deliberate act than in the series I think. And third, he fights the battle to the end. In the series, he just flies off after slashing at a few mobile suits, but in the book, he fights until nobody remains alive except him. This makes more sense to me actually.

The next chapter (where Duo gets captured by OZ...) is shorter again, but I am still busy with photos and traveling, so I'd say... end of August. Hopefully before, but that deadline should be feasible.

At least I hope so... :-) And thanks for reading!

Yes, so I am trying hard to finally have all my pictures labeled and sorted. And I bought a digital camera, which means more pictures than before!

http://www.gundamwingtales.com/London%20April%202007/London%20April%202007.html

Here are the pictures of my last weekend in London. I went to visit an exhibition of landscapes painted by Renoir in the National Gallery, did a guided walking tour on the footsteps of the Da Vinci Code and also visited the British Museum.

Again, a link in the upper left corner leads to one more page.

Enjoy! :-)

Well, this is not really an update, but if anybody is interested, I (finally!) put my pictures from Rome online. This trip already happened in May 2005....

The pictures can be found at:

http://www.gundamwingtales.com/Rom%20Mai%202005/Bilder.html

Please see the links at the upper left corner - they lead to further pages.

And it's here - the new chapter. For once I got it done a bit before my own deadline.. :-)

The new chapter can be found at:

http://www.gundamwingtales.com/novel3/chapter1_part1_3.html

Again this is a chapter which follows the series very closely. The fight between the Alliance Leos and the OZ Taurus is somewhat abbreviated, but it doesn't bother the flow of the story.

Next chapter will deal with Zechs, Treize, Tsubarov and the mobile doll system. It's a bit longer than this one so I'd say it should be ready by... end of May?

Since I'm travelling a lot in the next few weeks however, it's not sure I will be able to hold this deadline, but I sure want to try. I also started up my Japanese lessons again, which means I also have to reserve some time for homework.

See you for the next chapter!

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*grins and slinks away* :-)

Yeash.. and real life struck a lot harder before Christmas than I thought. And yes, the killer sudokus are still very popular! :-)

But at last the new part is up, to be found at:

http://www.gundamwingtales.com/novel3/chapter1_part1_2.html

I am wondering whether I overdid a bit with screenshots at the end, but I couldn't resist - Quatre nearly self-destructing himself was a very gripping scene.

Again this chapter follows the TV series very closely, it's only Heero who holds his "I'll kill OZ with my own hands if I have to" speech in a space port instead of while fighting in Wing. But since he does leave Wing behind, I'd say this makes sense.

Beta reader's comments are outstanding, but they are in for the remaining chapters of book two, so that one is final. Unless somebody finds a mistake... :-)

The next chapter is quite short again, but I am terribly busy at the moment, so maybe... by the end of March?

Thanks for reading!

Well, it did take me a bit longer than three weeks. But real life is very busy at the moment. That, and I got sucked into solving killer sudokus. They're killers all right, namely of your free time! :-)

Anyway, the next part (and first part of the third book) is ready, to be found at:

http://www.gundamwingtales.com/novel3/chapter1_part1_1.html

Again not much to mention here, it pretty much follows the series. The only thing I found to be quite different is the apparent exhaustion of Quatre and Duo in their discussion at the end. That is not shown at all in the series.

Beta reader comments are outstanding here, but I did receive them for the outstanding chapters of the second novel. I haven't finished incorporating them, but I guess that will be done within the next few days. No ground breaking changes really though. :-)

The next part is longer again, so I'd say it will be done towards the end of the year as real life continues to be busy.

Well, I just made it in time - again!

The next part of the novel is up, to be found at:

http://www.gundamwingtales.com/novel2/chapter2_part2_4.html

Beta reader's comments are outstanding.

Again, not much to say here, it follows the series very closely, a few more words here and there, a few less as well.

I just noticed once again that the novel usually depicts the fight scenes slightly different than the series. But then, fights are much harder to describe in words than when you see them on screen, so I guess that's the main reason.

Apartment-wise I'm still very busy, so I will probably continue to update quite slowly. But I have every intention of finishing this, no matter how long it takes! :-)

This part actually finished the second book (and episode 16), but I'll go right ahead with book three. The first part in the book is quite short so I might make it in... three weeks? See you again then. :-)

Well, I did make it before the end of July - not by much though! But the new part is up and ready, ready for beta reading that is!

It can be found at:

http://www.gundamwingtales.com/novel2/chapter2_part2_3.html

No remarks here really, it's follows the series very, very closely. The only difference I noted is the timeframe, there are specific times mentioned here as opposed to the series. But that's really a minor difference, at least in my opinion. :-)

Next chapter: The actual battle!

And yes, I have moved, things have gone reasonable well, except that my car lost a bit of paint when I came to close to a wall which ran alongside the road. And now I'm busy unpacking boxes. The next chapter is about double the length of the one now finished, so I'd say it should be finished by the end of September.