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Nanowrimo Poll 2011!

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

It’s that time of year again! A little later than last year, but that just means you’ll have to get your votes in fast.

For those who don’t know what’s going on, every year in November, I write a novel for NaNoWriMo. And every year, I cannot choose a novel of the ones I have on my list to write. Therefore, I try and get the internet to choose for me. And don’t bother asking which one I prefer, because I can’t decide anyway. I keep changing my mind, so I leave it up to you and which one you want to see me write.

The same rules apply as last year. The poll is in the sidebar. Poll closes on October 25th at 5:55 am PST. Everyone gets 3 votes. Spread this post to all your friends, enemies andanyone you know with an obsessive need to take random polls on the internet.

And now, the options!

The Sword Prince
The young prince runs afoul of a basilisk in the forest. His only hope to survive is the witch of the forest who curses him to become a sword. A century later, he is pulled out from the bottom of the lake where he has been slumbering and he awakens to his kingdom being overrun by dark magic. In order to break the curse and keep from turning back into a sword once more, he must help his kingdom and his descendants.

Arcleo
The prophesy says that the princess would come back to free the land. Mirabella thinks that is her for no other reason than she thinks it deserves to be her. When a party of the old king’s men come through their little inn on the outskirts of the kingdom looking for young women who bear the mark of the princess, she goes with them. Unfortunately for her, every young woman bears the mark and she will have to go through quite a bit to prove that the prophesy really is about her.

Sky of Butterflies
Mateo and his sister, Serafina, have broken out of the orphanage that was too poor to continue to keep them to try to make their way on their own. In their world, Robots operating under a dictator have taken over. Mateo soon discovers that there are many people after him and his little sister for reasons he is trying to learn and tries to protect them both, but soon discovers that he might be more dangerous to her if he stays by her side.

Creatures in the Halls
As the new teacher in school, she’s got certain responsibilities. Teach the kids English. Mark papers. Protect them from the invisible creatures that prey on them. Cassandra has a vendetta against the creatures who tormented her throughout high school, though now she’s back to get rid of them for good, but that’s not all. On top of their defeat, she needs to know what they are and what they’ve been after all these years.

Seniors
Getting kidnapped by mute goth kids was not what Max wanted to do on a Thursday night. Granted, when they showed him the men in suits who broke into his house and took out his parents, he was a little more inclined to follow. He’s still not sure what’s going on, but slowly he’s starting to find out why he’s being collected along with several other teenagers. The goth kids watching over them seem to know what’s happening, but aren’t saying anything, leaving the rest of them to figure out just what’s going on.

Divided
Aaron apparently missed quite a bit while he was away, such as the disappearance and return of his best friend, Caelin. He turned up part way through summer, but Cae won’t talking about it, which might be just as well as they’re about to start university. Several faces from Cae’s past start showing up and Aaron gets pulled into a world the world that Cae just tried to escape from as he tries to figure out just what happened while he was away.

The Jabberwocky’s Book
Alice is back for another semester at Lucena Academy. Wonderland is still on her mind, with the Queen of Hearts still at large, the Cheshire Cat mercifully absent and the Jabberwock’s book offering tantalizing bits of information. The book, along with several other things around the school, goes missing and Alice knows she must find it, for it may be the only way to save Wonderland, but her only clues are strange green feathers left behind at every crime scene.

So vote! Tell me what you’d like to see me write!

What novel should I write?

  • Creatures in the Halls (52%, 67 Votes)
  • Sky of Butterflies (33%, 43 Votes)
  • The Jabberwock's Book (29%, 37 Votes)
  • Arcleo (28%, 36 Votes)
  • The Sword Prince (19%, 25 Votes)
  • Seniors (16%, 20 Votes)
  • Divided (13%, 17 Votes)

Total Voters: 129

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Some Updates and Whatnot

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

So, it’s been a while since I did a bit of an update. Probably a good idea to do that, eh?

First off, you may have noticed that the donations thing is gone from the sidebar. That’s because I got my tickets and I’m going to SIWC! I managed to get it a couple weeks back between the donations and a bonus from work. And now, I’m excited!

Also, I’m working on stuff now for the conference. I get to pitch a novel, so I’m rewriting one now. Missed the chance to submit my short story for the competition though, which I’m not going to be too terribly concerned about it. Next time. This time, I really need to get working on getting the novel done, then I’m just going to have fun at the conference.

In a similar strain, later this week I’m going to put up the novel poll! So keep an eye out for that, because NaNoWriMo is coming up soon and I never choose my own novel.

And, last thing I swear, I’m going to be slowly doing a couple little site updates. If you’re going through some of my older stuff, you might start noticing it. Don’t be scared, it will make sense come December when I finally get around to doing the full revamp. Just be warned that the older posts might start doing something wonky.

Also, and I swear this is the last thing, I’m going to be slowly working on a site revamp. It won’t go into a major overhaul until December, but I’m going to be changing around a few older posts in preparation for what’s going to happen. And that’s all I have to say for now. Have fun!

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Quick Note

Friday, July 8th, 2011

So, my hiatus, as you may have noticed, is sort of over. Why sort of? Because I have no internet at home. Until the 16th. This means lots of hoping things go up on time and really, really hoping that things all work out all right. It’s okay, though, because once the 16th rolls around, everything should be completely back to normal. More or less. I think. Hrm.

Anyway, just wanted to give a quick update on that. Once the net is back, I might start on that DC My Way series too, so keep an eye out for that if you don’t mind walls of text. In the mean time, see you around.

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Hiatus

Friday, June 24th, 2011

So. Something happened.

I had the next review done. Everything was edited and ready to go except the title card. So when I went to check the file so I could make sure it was ready for the card to go in, and something is wrong. It can’t find the audio.

I have now rolled back my computer 5 days and run 4 different deleted file recovery programs and there is no sign of the files anywhere.

Plus, I’m moving on the 2nd, which is also eating up a lot of time that I would be using to redo the video. And I really need to pack first.

As such, I’m going to be taking what I think is my first hiatus from the videos in the two years I’ve been doing this. And I know it’s two years because the anniversary is getting delayed. Whoops.

But yes, just a quick update to let you guys know what is going on. I’ll probably get back to updating pretty soon after the move. Who knows, I might even update here with text stuff in through mean time.

And now, to boxes!

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Looking Back and Forward

Saturday, January 1st, 2011

First thing’s first! Happy New Years! Here’s to the last year passing and a fresh start!

I had a pretty terribly 2010 myself. The M+M conference, Nanowrimo and getting picked up by Team Grue and XNO being the high points and the rest of it pretty low. Oh, and the Olympics was kind of fun too.

And there’s a lot of low points that I’d really rather not go through again. Honestly, let’s not talk about the rest of the year.

So on to the new year! I’m starting out the year with a promising (I hope) new job, a new phone and entirely too many other things on my plate for my own good. So, looking like a good start. But still, resolutions are in order. And, given that it’s me, the resolutions are really just a 2011 to do list. But still, let’s see what I’m tormenting myself with this year.

  1. Plan and spec Chimera. It’s an old project I really should have finished a few years ago, but I keep changing my mind on it. Given that I’m not working as a web dev, I’m picking it back up again for SPE.1 It’s going to be a CMS system specifically for cross platform projects, which I have wanted to do for ages. So, spec it out and figure out how I’m going to plan out the coding for it.
  2. Finish the first Syndicate book. I have been putting it off with the job hunt, but it’s time that I get down to business and finish up the first Syndicate book. My editors have been patient, but I think it’s time that I buckle down and start working on it more. Speaking of which…
  3. Re-plot Dreamscape. I have had it sitting on my desk for a while. I think I’ve finally figured out how I’m going to restructure the book so that it’s just one book instead of three. Crazy amounts of rewriting ahead, yes, but it should be fun. It was a fun book to work on and, with a little extra research, I might be able to add in some interesting aspects to it as well.
  4. Edit Sibyl. This one, thankfully, doesn’t quite require the same overhaul and I think I can get both of them done this year. It’s another novel in a different genre written for Nanowrimo a few years back and, dammit, I really need to work on it again. I just kinda do.
  5. Two Videos a Week! Because I really hate free time, I’m going to start putting up two videos every week. One on Tuesday, one on Saturday. The Saturday one will either be a second Comic Minute, a Spoileriffic! or something else entirely, but it will be two videos a week until I eventually realize how nuts it is to do that with a full time job.
  6. Move out. I want to move out of the house. If I can keep this job and do well at it, I should be able to move out and finally move on with things. And set up a place to put up all my post it notes all over the walls. It will be AMAZING.
  7. Create something for Android. I just want to make something small, like a visual novel, and make it work for Android. It would be awesome to just be able to make something like that, even if it’s just a small little story with not much to do. Mostly because eventually I might add a big Android project, which would also be fun.

And, as far as I know, that’s the list! Here’s hoping I get even a quarter of it done this year.

Anyone else with a crazy 2011 resolution to do list out there? We can band together and make this a crazy productive year.

  1. SPE being another project I should have started ages ago. [↩]

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RIP Honda Civic 1991 – 2010

Monday, November 8th, 2010

So, I’m sitting up in my room waiting to hear the tow truck to take my poor little Honda Civic away and I am sad about it.

It was my first car. I learned to drive on it. It was the only one I could pass a driving test in. I tried and failed in another car. It was the one car I drove for the past 7 years since I got my license.

It wasn’t all great. I learned to jump the car because the battery wasn’t all that great. It died twice while I was driving. I had to push it out of the snow and it hydroplaned into a ditch. It couldn’t really go over 90 without feeling like something was going to break near the end and it smelled like something was burning after driving it for 20 minutes.

I added to the scratches and damages to the car and it kept me safe when I did so. So did the brother, who also learned to drive on the car. And mom likewise.  It was a good car and it’s been with us nearly 20 years and it will be missed.

And if I get this sentimental over a car, I don’t think I’m going to be able to ever get a pet.

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Nanowrimo Poll Time!

Friday, September 10th, 2010

Did you know it’s only two months until Nanowrimo? Of course you do. Who wouldn’t know about the wonders of giving up all your free time for a month for the sake of a word count?

But this year I’m starting early. Not the writing part. The prep work. I’ve been turning my novel options over in my head already, trying to figure out which ones I want to write, and I think I have my options worked out.

This is where you come in. For the past few years, I’ve been putting up a poll to decide which story I’m going to write for Nanowrimo. This year, the poll starts early and there’s plenty of time for crazy stuff to happen. Or, you know, things to gain and fall from the lead spots.

And so, the options!

The Sword Prince

The young prince runs afoul of a basilisk in the forest and the witch of the forest saves him by cursing him to become a sword. A century later, he is pulled out from the bottom of the lake where he has been slumbering and he awakens to his kingdom being overrun by dark magic.

Arcleo

The prophesy says that the princess would come back to free the land. [name] thinks that is her. When a party of the old king’s men come through their little inn on the outskirts of the kingdom looking for young women who bear the mark of the princess, she goes with them. Unfortunately for her, every young woman bears the mark and she will have to go through quite a bit to prove that the prophesy really is about her.

Background Noise

When you’re little, imaginary friends are great. As you get older, though, those friends are supposed to go away and, for one little girl, her voice is here to stay, comforting her and trying to prepare her for an ordeal yet to come. Her only concerns, however, are making sure no one at school finds out she talks to the voice in her head.

Sky of Butterflies

Mateo and his sister, Serafina, have broken out of the orphanage and try to make their way on their own in the horrible post apocalyptic world where robots under a dictator have taken over. There are many people after the children and Mateo is trying to protect his sister, but soon discovers that he might be more dangerous to her if he stays by her side.

Creatures in the Halls

As the new teacher in school, she’s got certain responsibilities. Teach the kids English. Mark papers. Protect them from the invisible creatures that prey on them. Cassandra has been here before and has come back to take back her school. But what are these creatures and why have they been going after the students? How long have they been there and what will it take to get rid of them for good?

Seniors

Kidnapped by goth kids was not the way Max wanted to go. Granted, when they showed him the men in suits who broke into his house and took out his parents, he was a little more inclined to follow. He’s still not sure what’s going on, but slowly he’s starting to find out why he’s being collected along with several other teenagers and together they’re going to figure this out.

FFTS 2

Aaron apparently missed quite a bit while he was away, such as the disappearance and return of his best friend, Caelin. Cae isn’t talking about it, which might be just as well as they’re about to start university. Several faces from Cae’’s past start showing up and things take a weird turn as Aaron gets pulled into a world the world that Cae just tried to escape from.

Looking Glass Saga Vol 2

Alice is back for another semester at Lucena Academy. Wonderland is still on her mind, with the Queen of Hearts still at large, the Cheshire Cat mercifully absent and the Jabberwock’s book offering tantalizing bits of information. The book, along with several other things around the school, goes missing and Alice knows she must find it, for it may be the only way to save Wonderland, but her only clues are strange green feathers left behind at every crime scene.

So those are the choices for the year. Poll is in the sidebar, so get voting! And, as something I’m going to try this year, you can select three. Because I know people sometimes have trouble choosing.

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Plans for May

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

April is over and I beat the script! With not much over, granted, but I hit massive creative drain and life problems and whatnot and stopped. But now, I have a whole new month! Less yesterday and today. And I am coming up with plans.

Plan the first: Free Comic Book Day! Which already happened. And I missed the free comic books. Whoops. But I did get another Scott Pilgrim book and a random other book that was only $10 and looks to be fairy tale re-imaginings. It looks nifty and was cheap!

Plan the second: SPE Site. Once I actually figure out how everything is going to function on the site, it should be a breeze. Until then, it’s a damn lot of planning and wireframes and whatnot. Really, all I actually have is the layout and a loose idea of functionality. Still, I want it ready to go for the end of the month.

Plan the third: Writer site. I’m converting my portfolio into a writer site right now and I need to start actually doing a few things with it. I have plans for what I’m going to put on there, but I hope to have a schedule for posting there and to actually be posting regularily by the end of the month.

Plan the fourth: Work. I need a job. A nice stable one that gives me regular hours that interferes with everything else I’m working on. I can accept that for a regular paycheck, though. I kind of miss having those.

Plan the fifth: Drafts. I need to finish all the rough drafts for my stories by the end of the month, hopefully sooner. The sooner I can get them done, the sooner I can make them good and everything can start to fall into place. Or something like that.

Plan the sixth: Videos. I want to get all the long videos until July done this month. Because, you know, crazy things. I just like overloading myself and all that.

Wish me luck!

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Cameo: Channel Awesome’s 2 Year Anniversary

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

I almost forgot! I did another cameo!

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100 Pages!

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Why yes, it is only the 10th. And yes, I have written 100 pages of my script.

YAY!

Although if you want to get technical, I finished yesterday before dinner. 20 pages yesterday brought me up to 100, including one absolutely INSANE dream sequence, and now the page count is done.

Yes, only the page count. Because I’ve only just started on the story itself. I haven’t even introduced the villian yet and I almost forgot to introduce the conflict. I’m just happy I managed to get Selene in before the word count was up.

Now, that isn’t to say that this is an overly long script. Remember, I’m going that weird visual novel with character following route. I’ve been writing all of the story lines simultaneously, which is kind of a pain in the ass, kind of an awesome blessing at the same time.

Although the rest of this rant is being saved for something that I’m launching in a couple months. So excited to start working on it in May. I really am.

I do need a little definition on how things work in the universe and I need to completely rearrange a few of the scenes so that the useless padding stops being there. It will give me more time and make everything a lot snappier.

Still, I’m taking the rest of the day off to plot and plan for things. And do a little work on that thing I’m working on all of May. Bwaha. Awesomeness is ahead and I am excited.

Now if only I could get paid for some of this.

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