I, ahem, updated the webcomic. Clicky.

It’s only been 4 years.

Did a bit of updating, mostly relating to getting the NaNoWriMo story up and whatnot. Updated the list, as well. I suppose at some point I could work up a WordPress theme and just shift the main page of the site to being the blog thing…

Added my del.icio.us tags to the bottom of the bookmarks page.

You’ve been checking out the blog, right? I do actually post on it. >.>

I’ve been debating either doing something new for NaNoWriMo (I’ve never tried it before), working more on the Veran stuff, or reworking the webcomic storyline just in text. Not sure what I’m going to go with yet. I pulled out #128 to work on a bit; I’ve been skipping around among a couple things restlessly recently.

Updated the bookmarks.

Started something off a dream from a couple days ago. Not sure if it’s going anywhere yet, but I think I spend way too much time thinking about stuff anymore without ever getting it on paper. (I have at least two fairly well-developed ideas that haven’t gotten out of my head yet.) So I’m trying to get stuff onto paper more again.

Updated the works list. I went and declared some stuff dead back in May. Also, that reworking of some characters from Xyryx that I started back in April is a little past 50 pages now, so I figured I should update the page numbers for things. I also realized when I was reading through some stuff in May that I had pretty much finished Scribe (#93) – it’s one of my favorites, though like always, that will probably change in five years. I still remember where I came up with the idea for it – going down the stairs in Draper hall when I was doing my work-study there my sophomore year. I love the stairs in Draper. Anywho, now I just need to type it.

I’ve been working on Rose a bit again – another one I really like.

So I installed WordPress’s blog software… the linky is in the menu at the left. (You know, the one that says blog.) I mostly wanted to play around with the software. I’ll probably completely take the forums down at some point, since I think the blog software may be more what I’m looking for. And this page can stay devoted to writing.

I broke down and started the story based loosely on some personalities from the American Revolution finally. When I say loosely, really loosely. Maybe “inspired by” is closer. Anywho, I probably should have waited a bit yet, since I have comps in less than two weeks, but I’ve been kicking the idea around for a year, so I guess it doesn’t hurt to get it started finally.

So the other night I was transferring the stalled webcomic over here (it’s here now) and updating the works list, and I ended up going through and reading half a dozen things (#100, #108, #124, #144, #145, #146 – hey, it really was a half dozen…). So after going through the three channeler ones (100/108/124) I realized that version 3 would be better if I didn’t go off on a second, tangential plot and instead more succinctly wrapped up the storyline that it had been going through for the first 50-some pages. So I’ve started working on it again from page 56. I was shocked when I read through the first twenty-some pages of it… I didn’t remember it being that good, mostly in the characters. Maybe it’s just me. >.< Unfortunately it’s neither typed nor scanned, so getting a second opinion on it is going to have to wait till this semester is over.

Rearranged the menu a little. Debating if it’s time to tweak the site design again yet (this is its second incarnation). Hopefully I’ll be done with the history master’s this semester and I won’t feel guilty spending time writing instead of reading the stuff on my comps lists.

Every time I read through #85, I want to know how it ends. I just can’t seem to get back into it. Grr.

Yeah, didn’t mean to leave this empty for six months. Whoops. Been working on an alternate take of a couple of the characters from Xyryx. Still working on Veronica & Yvonne and whatnot.

Books 15-16/12: Fruits Basket, v. 11-12 by Natsuki Takaya; Los Angeles: Tokyopop, 2004-; ISBN v. 11 1595324062, v. 12 1595324070.

Not a ton to add for volumes 11 &12 – you get introduced more fully to the last two members of the Zodiac, as well as the head of the Sohma family, and the plot took an expected turn (well, I was expecting it) in v. 12. Still rooting for Kyo. And v. 13 is still checked out. :(