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Not dead. Yet.
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I've been zombified!
Not really, but considering my sudden disappearing act I wouldn't be surprised if people thought I was dead. Time for another recap thingie while I finish up my Shyvana fanfic and contemplate finishing up my Veigar comic that still needs an artist. Speaking of which, if anyone can commit themselves to a 4 volume, 22-page-a-volume story about a tiny, maniacal wizard explaining how he became a tiny, maniacal wizard, let me know.
I'm a manager now. Whoo. Middle management is not as fulfilling as I thought it would be. Still, it's a step up from spending all my time typing up reports, leaving me less stressed and with more time to work on things like...
My novel, which is now done. Kinda. Rough draft finally finished, now it's being polished and revised and my God they never really tell you how much effort it is to proof your own tome of work. I'm not letting it see the light of day until I'm sure that it's as good as I can make it without locking it in a desk drawer for a month until I forget all about it. Speaking of writing...
I've got scripts and outlines and stuff for a whole bunch of things people might be interested in, like the next chapter of Worth Suffering For and a revamped and reworked Ridley Reborn, along with some more League of Legends stuff to follow the Shyvana story I'm wrapping up. I've got an original story that I'm toying with as well in between bursts of shredding pages of my novel and weeping red ink. My hands are, even now, stained with red dye from all the editing work. Since my novel is mostly in the editing stage of things and I can only do that for so long as once before the words stop making sense I've been doing a lot of side projects that don't go anywhere just to keep things flowing smoothly. Some of that effort has gone into the aforementioned comic and stories, and some of it has gone into looking for an agent or planning a trip to Canada in the Calgary area from 6/27-7/3, print out your favorite story and grab a pen then hunt me down for a signature, poke me now, beat the rush. Alternatively you could poke me now and tell me what you'd like to see from me next, and I can get back to this last little bit of revision so I have something to show for my absence. 16 pages of something. Yay.
Not really, but considering my sudden disappearing act I wouldn't be surprised if people thought I was dead. Time for another recap thingie while I finish up my Shyvana fanfic and contemplate finishing up my Veigar comic that still needs an artist. Speaking of which, if anyone can commit themselves to a 4 volume, 22-page-a-volume story about a tiny, maniacal wizard explaining how he became a tiny, maniacal wizard, let me know.
I'm a manager now. Whoo. Middle management is not as fulfilling as I thought it would be. Still, it's a step up from spending all my time typing up reports, leaving me less stressed and with more time to work on things like...
My novel, which is now done. Kinda. Rough draft finally finished, now it's being polished and revised and my God they never really tell you how much effort it is to proof your own tome of work. I'm not letting it see the light of day until I'm sure that it's as good as I can make it without locking it in a desk drawer for a month until I forget all about it. Speaking of writing...
I've got scripts and outlines and stuff for a whole bunch of things people might be interested in, like the next chapter of Worth Suffering For and a revamped and reworked Ridley Reborn, along with some more League of Legends stuff to follow the Shyvana story I'm wrapping up. I've got an original story that I'm toying with as well in between bursts of shredding pages of my novel and weeping red ink. My hands are, even now, stained with red dye from all the editing work. Since my novel is mostly in the editing stage of things and I can only do that for so long as once before the words stop making sense I've been doing a lot of side projects that don't go anywhere just to keep things flowing smoothly. Some of that effort has gone into the aforementioned comic and stories, and some of it has gone into looking for an agent or planning a trip to Canada in the Calgary area from 6/27-7/3, print out your favorite story and grab a pen then hunt me down for a signature, poke me now, beat the rush. Alternatively you could poke me now and tell me what you'd like to see from me next, and I can get back to this last little bit of revision so I have something to show for my absence. 16 pages of something. Yay.
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I'm back~
2 min read
A couple quick things:
One, I've finally gotten over my fear of submitting things to the prying eyes of my readers and have some things to share with you all that I'm putting the finishing touches on. I've submitted one piece, and the rest will follow throughout the week as I finish polishing them.
Two, I've been promoted at my job. I'm now a full-time title insurance assistant, with a wage I can live on.
Three, I've got a novel. Mostly. I finished a manuscript, realized most of it didn't fit together the way I wanted, scrapped the bits I didn't like, and now I'm putting it back together again in a much more cohesive form that works a lot better. Like most of my works, it's fantasy and romance, which are my strong suits. It's the story of a woman named Aria finding her place in the world when everything she thought she knew about it and herself turns out to be a convenient lie. It's the most fun I've had writing a story, and I hope you'll all enjoy it just as much. I'm currently in talks with an agent who likes the story concept and my writing style, and I've been recommended a professional editor if I want one, but I'd rather do it myself. I'll let you all know if a publishing house picks it up, and if one does you should all tell me where I should travel to while I'm promoting it. England, my homeland, is at the top of the list, but I want to roam the states as well. Also Canada. Suggestions are welcomed so I can start daydreaming about meeting my fans and signing books for them.
One, I've finally gotten over my fear of submitting things to the prying eyes of my readers and have some things to share with you all that I'm putting the finishing touches on. I've submitted one piece, and the rest will follow throughout the week as I finish polishing them.
Two, I've been promoted at my job. I'm now a full-time title insurance assistant, with a wage I can live on.
Three, I've got a novel. Mostly. I finished a manuscript, realized most of it didn't fit together the way I wanted, scrapped the bits I didn't like, and now I'm putting it back together again in a much more cohesive form that works a lot better. Like most of my works, it's fantasy and romance, which are my strong suits. It's the story of a woman named Aria finding her place in the world when everything she thought she knew about it and herself turns out to be a convenient lie. It's the most fun I've had writing a story, and I hope you'll all enjoy it just as much. I'm currently in talks with an agent who likes the story concept and my writing style, and I've been recommended a professional editor if I want one, but I'd rather do it myself. I'll let you all know if a publishing house picks it up, and if one does you should all tell me where I should travel to while I'm promoting it. England, my homeland, is at the top of the list, but I want to roam the states as well. Also Canada. Suggestions are welcomed so I can start daydreaming about meeting my fans and signing books for them.
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The things we do for the things we love.
3 min read
So I wrote a long and elaborate journal entry basically saying that life is steadily improving and I'm suddenly fearful to post anything because I've become quite critical of my own work to the point that I'm terrified of disappointing my fans, but then dA didn't post it correctly and it got lost and I don't feel like writing it all out again. That and things have changed since I wrote it.
So I have this job now. I work as a proofreader and clerk at a law firm that deals mostly with foreclosure cases, and I make a decent amount of money doing it. I wake up early, go in for a few hours until they don't need me anymore, and then I go home. On Tuesday and Thursday I eat lunch and go to class, and on every other day including weekends I spend my afternoons writing, except Friday because I play D&D with my friends and revise my work when things slow down.
And that's great. That's fantastic even, because it means that I get to make some pocket money off this $10/hour deal I've got going for me and still have time to write and study and be a good student and future novelist. It's not a whole lot of money (according to the math, after taxes and the fact that I burn just under $10 of gas to get to and from work, and work five 3-hour days, I make $3/hour in net gain), but if the hours pick up then I'll have a stable source of income. Which is always nice.
In the mean time, I'm writing. And I'm writing a lot. Like, pages and pages. Most of it is complete crap, or outline work for my novel (a real one this time, not another false-start that doesn't go anywhere), but some of it has been for you guys because I like you, and I've been aiming for a story a week. And I've hit a bit of a stumbling block. I'm terrified of you. Or rather, I'm terrified to show you what I've written, because so much of it is idle scribbles and freewriting and the rest is either unpolished or I'm just being overly critical of myself. At any rate, I need to work past this fear so I can resume updates again and present my new story. Anyone have any advice beyond "just do it"?
So I have this job now. I work as a proofreader and clerk at a law firm that deals mostly with foreclosure cases, and I make a decent amount of money doing it. I wake up early, go in for a few hours until they don't need me anymore, and then I go home. On Tuesday and Thursday I eat lunch and go to class, and on every other day including weekends I spend my afternoons writing, except Friday because I play D&D with my friends and revise my work when things slow down.
And that's great. That's fantastic even, because it means that I get to make some pocket money off this $10/hour deal I've got going for me and still have time to write and study and be a good student and future novelist. It's not a whole lot of money (according to the math, after taxes and the fact that I burn just under $10 of gas to get to and from work, and work five 3-hour days, I make $3/hour in net gain), but if the hours pick up then I'll have a stable source of income. Which is always nice.
In the mean time, I'm writing. And I'm writing a lot. Like, pages and pages. Most of it is complete crap, or outline work for my novel (a real one this time, not another false-start that doesn't go anywhere), but some of it has been for you guys because I like you, and I've been aiming for a story a week. And I've hit a bit of a stumbling block. I'm terrified of you. Or rather, I'm terrified to show you what I've written, because so much of it is idle scribbles and freewriting and the rest is either unpolished or I'm just being overly critical of myself. At any rate, I need to work past this fear so I can resume updates again and present my new story. Anyone have any advice beyond "just do it"?
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Harder, better, faster, stronger
3 min read
So I finished the RariShy story. It's in the process of being edited. I'm also halfway through my little Shyvana story, which is good. I have a few commissions left to go through, but they're all planned out for the most part so I just need to write them, and then I can work on the Shyvana story along with my original work. But that's not the real news.
Do you see this guy? This guy is paying me to write. He's not commissioning me, or dictating what I must write in order to earn money. He's just paying me to write. It's not a massive amount of money, just over one hundred dollars a month, but this little sponsorship that he's given me? Aside from my commissions, this is the first money I've made from my writing as a professional. That is a big deal, a MASSIVE deal worth noting and celebrating. This guy deserves some love sent his way for being a patron of the arts and going out of his way to support my fledgling career. So head on over there, say hi, and let him know he's AWESOME.
In other news, jobs. I will likely have one soon, because having a patron is awesome but it's not yet enough to cover all my bills. Society has decided to be nice, and I have two interviews coming up soon. I'll either be working another dead-end sales job, or serving coffee and continuing the cliche of a struggling writing working as a barista. Also school. School is a thing that will be happening soon. Jobs and school.
But you know what? I'm tired of jobs and school meddling with my writing schedule. I'm tired of being too worn out by my day to bring my hands to the keyboard and create and release those tensions. So every day I'm going to write, no matter what. If I want to make a career out of this, if I want to make the money of my sponsor mean something, and if I want to fill my friends, fans and family with pride, then I need to step up and write no matter what happens, create regardless of how shitty the world has been that day. It's time that I keep the promises I make to myself and to you guys, take back control of my life, and live it on my own terms. I'll rock my classes and my job, then come home and make something awesome.
Anyway, it's currently 1:30 AM. So I should probably sleep. I've been dabbling with social media, and I'm considering making a twitter account, but I'm not sure if what I would have to say on it would interest people enough to be worth following. Let me know if you think it's a good idea or not and I'll decide based on group consensus or something. I'm tired and incoherent, so I'll go pass out now. Night~
Do you see this guy? This guy is paying me to write. He's not commissioning me, or dictating what I must write in order to earn money. He's just paying me to write. It's not a massive amount of money, just over one hundred dollars a month, but this little sponsorship that he's given me? Aside from my commissions, this is the first money I've made from my writing as a professional. That is a big deal, a MASSIVE deal worth noting and celebrating. This guy deserves some love sent his way for being a patron of the arts and going out of his way to support my fledgling career. So head on over there, say hi, and let him know he's AWESOME.
In other news, jobs. I will likely have one soon, because having a patron is awesome but it's not yet enough to cover all my bills. Society has decided to be nice, and I have two interviews coming up soon. I'll either be working another dead-end sales job, or serving coffee and continuing the cliche of a struggling writing working as a barista. Also school. School is a thing that will be happening soon. Jobs and school.
But you know what? I'm tired of jobs and school meddling with my writing schedule. I'm tired of being too worn out by my day to bring my hands to the keyboard and create and release those tensions. So every day I'm going to write, no matter what. If I want to make a career out of this, if I want to make the money of my sponsor mean something, and if I want to fill my friends, fans and family with pride, then I need to step up and write no matter what happens, create regardless of how shitty the world has been that day. It's time that I keep the promises I make to myself and to you guys, take back control of my life, and live it on my own terms. I'll rock my classes and my job, then come home and make something awesome.
Anyway, it's currently 1:30 AM. So I should probably sleep. I've been dabbling with social media, and I'm considering making a twitter account, but I'm not sure if what I would have to say on it would interest people enough to be worth following. Let me know if you think it's a good idea or not and I'll decide based on group consensus or something. I'm tired and incoherent, so I'll go pass out now. Night~
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Close But No Cigar
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There would be a story update right now if it weren't for the garage sale that I've been helping with since yesterday. It's been keeping me from editing the RariShy story that's been sitting on my desk since Friday. Still, I have good news, and that's that at 4 EST the sale will end, and I will be given permission to ditch and get back to work. While I loathe only doing one edit myself, especially given how little faith I have in my Fluttershy, I know for a fact that one of the people that I have help me will be around. I'll aim for another evening update. I'm off to go put up more posters now, but I shall return! Eventually. Til then, stay awesome. I'll see you cool cats later.
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