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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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Shut Up Brain!

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Ugh. Sometimes things go wrong. Sometimes things go right. Sometimes things become a little clearer and it’s a combination of the two. So what is bringing about this particular rant-slash-whatever else it could be? What else? My book!

As I have mentioned, I’m working on Syndicate and writing/editing lots for it. A couple weeks ago, I mentioned that maybe I should add in the Tales for the Backstreets stuff at the end, just to tie things in together and give a little exposition about the universe. I thought about it more and thought, hey, it really is a pretty nifty idea. Let’s do it!

The problem came then. I realized that the Tales stuff all had a particular aspect or theme to it, which is wonderful. I needed to switch stories in and out, but that was fine. I scrapped two stories and added two different ones to the line up and moved those stories into another book where they would better tie in.

And then I looked at the lineup and had a horrible thought. These stories don’t work well as a first book. The stories I had dealt with a very particular and special aspect of the universe which would make for a nice second or third book to show how things are different here, but it missed a lot of context.

The third book in the series, however, was all of that context I needed t open up the series. And only a story and a half written. As much as I don’t really want to go ahead and put the work I’ve done so far on the back burner, a ser4ies called “Syndicate” should really open up with a book about the bloody Syndicate and not one particular aspect of the universe.

And so I spend today writing the drabble (word misused) versions the stories so that I can spend the next week writing first drafts. That and working on that script for Terradin.

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End of Year Wrap Up

Monday, December 21st, 2009

I am royally sucking at getting things done right now and I choose to blame it on Christmas and New Years stress. Granted, I finished my shopping last week and haven’t even gotten a work shift in a while to add any stress or work, for some reason I’m completely exhausted and can’t get myself to get any of the multitudes of projects I should be doing done.

But an update of sorts first. It’s close to the end of the year and I don’t think I’m going to get much else done this year, so might as well do the wrap up now so that I can recover from the year and be fresh for the new year. Yes, I know it’s early and there’s still Christmas and New Years left, but dammit, I’m tired.

So let’s start this little recap with the resolutions from the beginning of the year. There were only seven and in the end only one remains standing. After sending out 23 manuscripts, all of them have as of yet failed to actually be published as of yet. However, there is hope, which I will get to in a bit.

What have I done in the past year? I’ve graduated from university with my Bachelors. I’ve found that I can keep learning about my indented area of interest without going to school and I don’t really care that much about the masters as I do about understanding storytelling in all it’s many weird forms.

I’ve worked two jobs consistently. I’ve met several people in the industry who give me hope that it’s not completely hopeless to find a good job that I will enjoy if I keep at it.

I’ve tried very hard to get published and, despite failing, been persistent and haven’t given up hope. I’ve written several new stories to add to my repertoire. I’ve completed Raven Project’s first draft, which I have been trying to do since my first year of University. I’ve written another novel which looks to be the start of a series, which I would very much like to pursue and does not tie into Wipe.

I’ve revamped my site and gotten up the start of a project tracker. I’ve also started on a comic video review series and I’m having quite a bit of fun with that.

I’ve also met PaperBox Books, who is interested in publishing me so long as I can learn to take a full edit. In dealing with them, I’ve learned that my ego needs to toughen the heck up because I really should be done with that edit by now.

I’ll talk about the new year and my hopes for that in the actual new year, but in the mean time I’m going to get hot chocolate and I’m going to ride the rest of the year out as best I can. Also, comic reviews next week. Because there’s still a week of comics left in the year.

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Day 24 – Just Starting

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

It’s a bit of a late start for the day, but that’s all right. I’m well past my target of finishing two novels for the month and am now working on a third. And, technically speaking, I passed another one of those resolutions I was working towards too. I said I wanted to write 10 shorts. I’ve written 8 and a second novel on top of my initial Nanowrimo novel. I think that counts as two more shorts. Just got to get something published by the end of December and I’ll have done it all!

Also, is that banner for this post not completely creepy?

From Chapter 2

When she was positive that only Dinah was in her room, not bothering to wake up at the moment and perfectly content to continue napping on the bed despite the light being on, Alice went in and to her washroom.

The image of the Mad Hatter’s table was still there, slowly covering in snow. It wasn’t as sharp as it had been when it was there earlier, though, Alice noted, and the Dormouse didn’t seem to be there at all anymore. Perhaps he’d slipped entirely into the teapot all together and gotten quite a bath, if there was anything in the teapot at all after all the cups had been filled. The broken clock still lingered there, not doing anyone much good and the vines shivered and slunk off of the tables and to somewhere a bit warmer.

There were prints in the snow, though, that had Alice a little more worried. The scene was fading faster and faster now and she leaned in to get a better look when a purple face popped into view. Alice jumped back as the Cheshire Cat pressed his face right up against the glass like he was trying to get through.

Alice jumped back at that as the image faded away entirely, but she was fairly certain that she saw the Cheshire Cat grin and wave at her as Wonderland left the mirror all together. She really wasn’t sure what to make of that, instead opting to take it as another scare for the day to remind her that Christmas really was a time better spent with your family than wondering about possibly not so distant worlds going through trouble.

(A/N: Wait a minute…)

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Progress Report #18

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

Let’s get right to it, shall we?

Get something published.
Still waiting for those rejections, people.

Win Nanowrimo.
Please give me a hand by voting.

Write 10 short stories.
Another written. Only 3 left to go.

Revise Scions.
It’s DONE! DONE! YAY! And now to ignore it for a long time.

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Progress Report #…17?

Friday, September 25th, 2009

This site is getting such a revamp next month.

Get something published.
REJECTION LETTERS! Where the heck are they?

Win Nanowrimo.
Coming up with the list now.

Write 10 short stories.
Ugh, I fail.

Revise Scions.
Still fail.

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Progress Report #16

Monday, August 31st, 2009

I’m starting on a list for next year. Is that bad? It’s bad, isn’t it?

Get something published.
I got a rejection letter! Dammit, where are the rest of those things?

Win Nanowrimo.
Nope.

Write 10 short stories.
I know which ones to write! Plot, write, edit. Plot, write edit. I CAN DO THIS.

Complete editing a novel.
IT’S DONE! Still needs another two or three passes before I show anyone, but it’s DONE!

Revise Scions.
Redid the Bible so there’s an abridged version. Got most of it in my head now, so it’s all a matter of getting it down on paper and adjusting the scope down to probably just the bible and not the individual pitches.

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Progress Report #15

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

I remembered!

Get something published.
Come on, rejection letters!

Win Nanowrimo.
Nope.

Write 10 short stories.
Got one in my head, just needs some concrete plot now before writing.

Complete editing a novel.
I’m at chapter 7 of 19! This is so much better than Dreamscape.

Revise Scions.
I’m working on it, but lack the inspiration. Apparently the artist would like to redo the images, though, so I’ll be working on that. soon. As in now. Sort of. BAH!

Update Genetically Impaired weekly for 6 months.
Done!

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Progress Report #13 & 14

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

Yeah, totally forgetting to do these lately.

Get something published.
Put on hold, oddly enough, while I work out what I’m going to do with Wipe. But that’s a whole different and very long ramble.

Win Nanowrimo.
Nope.

Write 10 short stories.
I have now completed six with plans to get more out soon.

Complete editing a novel.
I have switched over to SoD for my novel edit. It’s going a hell of a lot better. Almost done Chapter 3! Of 19.

Revise Scions.
I’m bringing it back up this month. Starting tomorrow, it’s back on the schedule.

Update Genetically Impaired weekly for 6 months.
It’s actually going to happen a little later this month and I’m still writing updates for it. An hour a week. I am doing good.

And here’s hoping I remember to keep this a little better updated.

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Progress Report #11 & 12

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Forgot to do one earlier, so a merged report! Also, something.

Get something published.
Sent off another 4 manuscripts. I really like paper better than electronic.

Win Nanowrimo.
Nope.

Write 10 short stories.
Working on the fourth.

Complete editing a novel.
Must resructure chapter two, possibly merge it with chapter three and GOD why does this first draft suck so bad?!

Revise Scions.
Put it away for a while, but I’m going to pick it up again tomorrow. I hope I’m a little more inspired.

Update Genetically Impaired weekly for 6 months.
I have all of the updates ready, loaded and done until August 14th rolls around. I’m going to keep updating it too, though now I’ll cut down to an hour a week working on it. Er, maybe I’ll explain the scheduling habit I’ve developed. In the mean time, showing off what I got!


Nice little set with a book, some chocolate, HMV gift card and stuff from Etsy. I’m a girl sometimes.

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