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| Thursday, May 14th, 2009 | | 10:17 am |
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Writing Project #14 - Writing on the Wall
So, once again, hopping back to another realm and its continuity which has a jagged and uneven sort of feel. Entirely my fault, but I don't really finish scenes in any order or any particular line of interest. As for why this isn't getting updated as often? It's relatively difficult to find time to sit and write something which makes sense when every time you do, you're perceived as "not doing anything" and are free to be disturbed. ( Read more... ) | | Monday, April 20th, 2009 | | 7:17 pm |
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As forwarded to me
by ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) lhuhikwdwoo In all seriousness, I know there's a few people out there who might like this. I know it's piqued my interest . . . | | Monday, March 23rd, 2009 | | 4:21 pm |
Brief Update
Brain and attention too scattered and fragmented to really devote to adding posts here, let alone the fragments of writing which have been issuing forth. Far too much to get done and not enough energy to get it done . . . | | Thursday, March 12th, 2009 | | 9:35 am |
Writing Project #12 - Guild Wars fiction
So, I play GuildWars and have a good time with it. I'm in a fairly low-key guild alliance which is a lot of fun and I have a blast playing in it. The writing of the lore and storylines aren't always something to write home about but they are handled really well. Better than other MMOs I've played in, which had a nice history with the "retcon button". Certainly there are some points where minor quibbles seem to happen but they make a certain kind of sense. But it tickles my writing sense, and while there are really good writers who put together and polished the lore I had to take a crack at this mostly to start myself going with some other writing concepts. Mostly, yes, about my character . . . but also about whomever happens to share the limelight so to speak. Enjoy the reading! ( Read more... ) | | Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 | | 11:04 am |
Writing Project #11: Oracle v2.1
Okay, what with some mild insanity around here and my creative energies bent elsewhere, I haven't found writing to be working. Literally every time I start something going there is a minor meltdown which takes my attention away. So it's been a question of various other projects or the writing. I've opted for other projects. One of which is working on a story and setting which I'd used two years ago, and have about 95000 words written in currently. A lot of it disjointed and not exactly in order; I haven't had motivation to try to mesh it all together and it defies me when I try. But I want to get it working to make a good story. Soon as I figure out how to get things to make better sense weaving it all together . . . In any case, enjoy the short segment. Those who have read my stuff all along may recognize some phrases. I hope so anyway. ( Read more... ) Current Music: Peter Gabriel - And Through the Wire | | Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 | | 8:36 am |
| | Friday, February 13th, 2009 | | 6:48 am |
Writing Project #9: Coffee with Marie
So, it's been a trying week; sleep has not exactly come easily to me and I keep waking up way too early in the morning for no apparent reason at all. That's made it hard to focus on what I need to do around the house in addition to actually writing. I've started four different little writings but none of them got beyond a paragraph before I lost my muse. Of course, this got a little spurred after I took some time to relax with some DVD boxed sets, a movie or two, and in general relax my mind. (Tangentially, I'd recommend "Firefly" to people who like decent character writing. Decent, not stellar, but that's better than most shows which are on television of late. It's a lot better than "Heroes" lately . . .) In any case, this goes back to some of the other writings, meshing together in ways. I think underneath all this I've worked out the setting and how things connect. I suppose that means I need to settle into a chair sometime and pound it all out into a short story for another attempt at submission. I think the next one is going to be different entirely in scope. Probably another fan-fiction piece, because those really do relax my muse. ( Read more... ) | | Saturday, February 7th, 2009 | | 10:02 pm |
Writing Project #8 - February 2039
This is particularly based off two games which I vastly enjoyed ten years ago. X-Com: UFO DefenseX-Com: Terror From the DeepIf you're familiar with them, good. If not, all you need to know can be found out by following these links. What follows is something which sort of constructed itself as I was preparing to start yet another game in X-Com: Terror From the Deep (If you intend to play these games, learn this lesson well: there ARE no such things as "overkill" or "too much firepower" during colony missions). So, anyway, what follows is an in-universe concept which came out of considering what the heck my team from the first game was doing when the second one started. Well those who lived anyway. ( Read more... ) | | Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 | | 12:13 am |
Writing Project #7: The Things We Do
An old work, revised slightly to try to help some flow . . . It came as I was trying to figure out a character in another roleplaying chat scene I was involved in, and after I wrote this he just didn't feel quite right for the scene. Which is okay, I just wish he would have made me happier by staying in the role which had been put upon him. ( Read more... ) | | Monday, February 2nd, 2009 | | 9:58 pm |
Writing Project #6: Letters from another world
So there was this setting for a Dungeons and Dragons game or three which I've spent roughly 3 years working on. I've taken a lot of shortcuts with putting things together, borrowing out of history and fictional interpretations of that history in order to base things on. I've taken a couple dozen cliches and well-known devices of fantasy writing, and made use of them while working to get something together which I could look at and go "now THAT looks good". Not "cool" or "awesome" but "good" or "serviceable". End result, I have a lot of time which has been sunk into a history which has grown around some concepts which are perhaps used before . . . but I tried to study and adapt them to my own use. One of these was the idea of a "lost civilization" which would on the surface represent a past which is not reflected in history books. The real world parallels are, naturally, intended. But once you enter a fantasy realm . . . the end conclusions might potentially . . . differ. What follows is an in-character rendition of what today would be called archaeology. I don't know if that was an actual term back in the period this particular world is modeled after, but that isn't important. What is important is how it is handled inside the world's eyes . . . ( Read more... ) | | Monday, January 26th, 2009 | | 10:01 pm |
Writing Project #5: The Gate
I almost didn't put this up, if only because it connects to some older writings I was doing back in college for creative writing. They were judged by two different teachers, and they gave completely opposite criticisms. After finding the box of my work and the copies, I decided "what the hell" and stopped to make some connections and decide how to approach it. I don't like it too much, because it lacks . . . something. I'm not sure which word would meet the sense. I know there's not enough background to this; ~1075 words isn't a lot to work with for the backstory which this hangs on. I'll say this though; pinning it on some threads of other works this month helps. Eventually I'll wind up with something to seriously consider as a short story rather than a writing exercise. ( Read more... ) | | Monday, January 19th, 2009 | | 1:34 am |
Writing Project #4: Rebellion
This was written after three things happened which drew my mind to imagine the scene in question: a role-play which has long concluded, a movie which lent the tone, and some music which helped my mind remember where it had been during my writing. I might actually follow this up later on, just because there's another fragment floating in my head waiting to be worked on. This was ~1900 words by my count, which means I'm seriously outpacing my resolution's minimum limit. I should have raised it some, but I wanted to make it small enough where I wouldn't feel trapped with an idea if it didn't provide a lot of work. Please enjoy. And this should put me up to date on my resolution writing, heh. ( Read more... ) | | Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 | | 8:34 pm |
Writing Project #3: The Problem Student
I read a neat little vignette from a friend on a message board, and it clicked with a character of another friend to combine and alchemically become inspiration for something . . . else. Honestly, I never expected this to hit the 1100 words which were counted, and I wasn't trying to fluff it out like the last one. Bonus points to people who can recognize the inspirations. You can keep score at home if you like. ( Read more... ) | | Sunday, January 11th, 2009 | | 7:14 am |
Writing Project #2: Night Wolf and Dark Wolf
I am not really happy with this entry, but it is written with the intent of it not just filling the listed "timeline" but fleshing out a concept I'd been working on for some online chat roleplaying. Hopefully the next one will be stronger with the writing. ( Read more... )Edit: I took this down as part of a small depression. It's back now, because if it's a waste of someone's space then I might as well waste it. | | Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 | | 8:56 am |
Writing Project #1: The New Year Masquerade
The first bit of writing I intended to do. Weighed in at about 1300 words, which makes me pause; it's longer than I was shooting for but even so it feels incomplete. I guess that means sometime in the future I have to pick up the thread again, huh? As a note, it feels good to pick some characters up again . . . Enjoy reading it, if you're going to. Feel free to leave comments and feedback (even if you want to say "you suck"). ( The story ) | | Friday, January 2nd, 2009 | | 12:40 pm |
New Year's Resolutions
I never was one for making resolutions for the new year, much less telling other people all about them. I suppose I'm partly doing this because a couple friends told me about theirs . . . and partly because I want to actually do something. So what follows is a dual list of resolutions, the "short list" followed by the "long list". The Short List (Immediate things) - Finish the move. Get all the boxes distributed to where they need to be. Find everything which belongs to folks and send it out as I do. Have all my billing addresses updated. - Get carded. Finish the process of getting a driver's license, and by extension finish learning the details of driving rather than just the basics. Get comfortable driving, so I actually have confidence rather than just depending on everyone else for getting around. - Educate others. Teach parents about computers, to the point where my mother doesn't always wait for me to tell her why things are working weirdly, or her having to rely on my father for information. Teach my father wireless networking is not black magick. Teach my mother why she shouldn't have 12 Firefox windows open, each with 5+ tabs. (Use hand puppets if necessary) - Get organized. With two series I desperately want to watch starting up again within two or three weeks, get things set up so I can actually watch them and not have what happened with Heroes (AGAIN). Also, getting everything together on a calendar will ensure things go smoother, with ANY luck whatsoever. By extension, sit down and get all my computer contents organized across two machines and several other sources so I can actually find things I want to look up. The Long List (For the whole year) - Be less bitter. Try to be nicer, try to have a better attitude about things in general. This should be helped by the environment being less toxic than it was a month ago, but a lot of it is going to rely on my own work. I have little doubt the reason only four people talk to me is because everyone else doesn't want to deal with me. Unacceptable reason. - Learn more. Take some time and get myself more information on how things for computers work, such as wireless networking . . . PC expansion slots on the motherboard, what makes a good computer when building one yourself . . . and how to work with laptops a little better. Get some certifications to say I know what I'm talking about, as well. - Write more. So I want to be a writer. This means one must . . . actually write. Yes, at some point I finished a 100+ page story, good for me, what have I done LATELY? So the following rules are in effect for myself: I'll write approximately 500 words a week of something. Fiction, personal things, or maybe gaming information (FAQ, roleplaying material, character profiles, whatever). Point is, get something written and try to improve my work. Post the things which I can share here, keep it in the same spot so I know I've got it. - Cook more. Try new things, get a feel for cooking meals which don't just come out of a box. Get a couple recipes underneath me which are my own, and function reasonably well without being Food Crime. I've done it twice before . . . I can do it again. Furthermore, this is just to get it so I can cook for myself and feel comfortable doing it. - Be productive. Get a job where I'm going to be at least not-miserable and make decent enough money to do better than survival. Sell a damned story. Do something to seriously start moving back towards non-dependence. Have something to show for the energy which gets put into creativity. - Play more. Shorten the list of unfinished games on my collection. It's getting depressing to sit down, and flip through the collection to realize just how many of those games I stopped more than 75% of the way through and never went back to. Get up, finish them, and move on. Additionally, finally beat that goddamned Demi-Fiend, the most hideous bonus-content boss I've EVER seen. - Build something. This is a relatively simple resolution: build something with my own two hands. Find something which I want to make, take the time and resources to DO IT. I lamented not having something under my mattress in South Carolina, when I could have used wood and built one. Or made an outdoor table. Or built shelving for the room so I had space to put things away. It's not like I don't know how to use tools, and it's not like it's rocket science. | | Friday, November 28th, 2008 | | 12:26 am |
Movies: Role Models
Totally worth $7.00 to go see it. The humor was dead on (as a sub teacher, I deal with kids like the two "kid leads" all the time). The writers knew they were making a formulaic movie, and RAN with the idea. They slipped in several small double-entendres which didn't get the tell-tale pause for laughter. Several jokes were written to hit on two or three different levels. I would recommend it as a good movie to go relax your mind to. I do not know if everyone would find it worth $7 but I think people would find it worth seeing. Extra note: I must remember to see "Seven Pounds". | | Thursday, November 27th, 2008 | | 8:56 am |
Animal Crossing: City Folk
I was granted the game as sort of a "thank you" from my mother, and as something to keep me happy. Anyone out there who has the game want to share friend codes? Name: Sethan Town: Whisper Code: 2278-0323-1447 |
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