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Posted 4 years agoLet me just dust this thing off, I haven't used it since Christmas Day, 2020. How embarrassing...
Hey there, Tasties! Wanted to take this opportunity to say that I hope your holiday season is going wonderfully, and that you've had a Merry Christmas and a Happy Boxing Day, if you celebrate. :3
Once again, the pandemic made it a little hard to feel much of the Christmas spirit, but my family did our best, and I think we did pretty well.
I'd also like to apologize for being even more reclusive than usual this year, and finding it so much more difficult to reply to comments and PMs. I mean, skipping the 'year in review' journal for 2020 was intentional, sure, because 2020 sucked balls and I only got three stories posted that year, but remaining silent after that just sort of happened. Oops...
I'm gonna try my best to reach out a little more this year, but considering there's less than a week left 'til New Year's, and this is the first journal I've written in 2021, I feel like that probably won't be very difficult. Still, even baby steps are progress, so I choose to be hopeful.
I've come a long way this year, written some good stories, and even as we all slowly go crazy from being cooped up all day, I feel hope for even more improvement in the future.
So I hope you guys have been alright in 2021, and I hope you have a Happy New Year, get 2022 started on the right foot. n_n
JOURNAL OVER. DUST = VERY YES.
Hey there, Tasties! Wanted to take this opportunity to say that I hope your holiday season is going wonderfully, and that you've had a Merry Christmas and a Happy Boxing Day, if you celebrate. :3
Once again, the pandemic made it a little hard to feel much of the Christmas spirit, but my family did our best, and I think we did pretty well.
I'd also like to apologize for being even more reclusive than usual this year, and finding it so much more difficult to reply to comments and PMs. I mean, skipping the 'year in review' journal for 2020 was intentional, sure, because 2020 sucked balls and I only got three stories posted that year, but remaining silent after that just sort of happened. Oops...
I'm gonna try my best to reach out a little more this year, but considering there's less than a week left 'til New Year's, and this is the first journal I've written in 2021, I feel like that probably won't be very difficult. Still, even baby steps are progress, so I choose to be hopeful.
I've come a long way this year, written some good stories, and even as we all slowly go crazy from being cooped up all day, I feel hope for even more improvement in the future.
So I hope you guys have been alright in 2021, and I hope you have a Happy New Year, get 2022 started on the right foot. n_n
JOURNAL OVER. DUST = VERY YES.
Merry Christmas, Tasties! n_n
Posted 5 years agoWell now!
It seems it's the cheeriest day of the year, and that I haven't made one of these things since... St. Patrick's Day. Oof.
I didn't even make one when I cut my hand wide open in October, though I wasn't exactly feeling enormously sociable at that point. Or many other points this year.
Sorry about that. It's been kind of a rough year.
But hey, at least this year is almost over. And I know I've seen people on Twitter making fun of others for assuming/hoping that 2021 will be better than 2020, but hey, I prefer to hold onto hope wherever possible, so I'd like to think that 2021 will be less of a trash fire than this year has turned out to be.
So, in that spirit of hope, I'd like to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas! I hope your day's been absolutely lovely. n_n
And if you don't celebrate Christmas, then I hope you had a Happy Hanukkah, or a Joyous Kwanzaa, or whatever you happen to celebrate. It's all good. :3
At the very least, if you don't celebrate any winter holidays, then I hope you've had a very nice December.
Sadly, it's not ready for today, and it's not particularly Christmassy, but I am working on a new story that I'd say is quite promising. It's about a pair of bear brothers, and a recurring dream. I think you guys are really gonna like it, if I do say so myself. n_n
So yes! The writing continues, my hand has more-or-less fully healed, and I send seasonal greetings to all and sundry.
That about covers it for the day. I'll try to go, uh, less than nine months before I make another one of these. Knock on wood. :B
Thanks for reading, and I hope you have a Happy New Year next week!
JOURNAL OVER.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
It seems it's the cheeriest day of the year, and that I haven't made one of these things since... St. Patrick's Day. Oof.
I didn't even make one when I cut my hand wide open in October, though I wasn't exactly feeling enormously sociable at that point. Or many other points this year.
Sorry about that. It's been kind of a rough year.
But hey, at least this year is almost over. And I know I've seen people on Twitter making fun of others for assuming/hoping that 2021 will be better than 2020, but hey, I prefer to hold onto hope wherever possible, so I'd like to think that 2021 will be less of a trash fire than this year has turned out to be.
So, in that spirit of hope, I'd like to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas! I hope your day's been absolutely lovely. n_n
And if you don't celebrate Christmas, then I hope you had a Happy Hanukkah, or a Joyous Kwanzaa, or whatever you happen to celebrate. It's all good. :3
At the very least, if you don't celebrate any winter holidays, then I hope you've had a very nice December.
Sadly, it's not ready for today, and it's not particularly Christmassy, but I am working on a new story that I'd say is quite promising. It's about a pair of bear brothers, and a recurring dream. I think you guys are really gonna like it, if I do say so myself. n_n
So yes! The writing continues, my hand has more-or-less fully healed, and I send seasonal greetings to all and sundry.
That about covers it for the day. I'll try to go, uh, less than nine months before I make another one of these. Knock on wood. :B
Thanks for reading, and I hope you have a Happy New Year next week!
JOURNAL OVER.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
Happy St. Patrick's Day :3
Posted 5 years agoJust a real quick one, I hope all you fine Tasties are having a good one today, even if we can't/shouldn't be gathering in big festive parties right now for Reasons. At the very least, put on your most delicious shirt and have a drink for me.
Stay safe, everypeoples. :3
-JOURNAL OVER.
Stay safe, everypeoples. :3
-JOURNAL OVER.
2019, Year in Review
Posted 5 years agoGreetings and salutations, Tasties!
I'm not gonna lie, this kinda slipped my mind this year, the same way it slipped my mind that December 3rd was my 13th FAnniversary. Man, time flies...
But at least I remembered to do this journal before the end of January, eh? :B
2018, as you might recall from last year's journal, was very unproductive for me because I spent so much time focusing on the story bundle. I had hoped that once I got it out, 2019 would be much more fruitful, but as it turns out, I'd gotten my head so twisted up somewhere along the way that I found writing to be difficult in and of itself, and ultimately I feel like things actually got worse. Whoops...
Either way, I feel like keeping a record is good, so I can have something to look back on in the future and compare myself to. That being said, let's take a look!
January
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February
A Family Affair: After years of toiling away, I finally finished a bundle of ten romantic sibcest-themed stories (which is, incidentally, still availble for purchase if you're interested, hehe... #ShamelessSelfPromotion), and all it cost me was my sanity. :B
Joking aside, I was very proud of myself for finally getting it all finished. It may have been the most accomplished I felt last year, and that's nothing to sneeze at. n_n
March
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April
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May
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June
Getting Over Her with T.L. Green: After getting dumped by his girlfriend Samantha, Matt Abara locks himself away in his room and spends days on end wallowing in his own misery, to the point where his mother asks his little sister Rachel to see if she can cheer him up.... though Rachel indulging in her secret attraction to Matt was probably not what their mother had in mind.
More than a little embarrassed that I didn't get a public story online until the summer, but that's the way the cookie crumbles, I guess. Only one person seemed to notice the name was a reference to the deliberately frustrating climbing game, Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, but I still found it hilarious to do that. n_n
July
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August
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September
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October
Tying the Knot: After a series of successful dates, Isaac Ostrander (a cat) and Richard MacGregor (a dog) become a very close, loving couple, despite their initial reaction to each other's Inherited genitals. After a few years of happily living together as boyfriends, they're heading off to celebrate one of their friends graduating from college... and Isaac has no idea he's the real reason they're throwing a party.
Inspired by a fairly short and simple idea, this ultimately evolved into a very long tale, even for me. That seems to be a trend lately, and I'm not entirely in love with it, but trends aside, I still adore the way this story turned out, all warm and romantic and yet still delightfully lewd and smutty. Plus, who doesn't love a good tying scene? :3c
November
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December
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Hoo-boy. So there you have it. Strictly speaking, I only put up two stories last year, which means I've only publically posted six stories in the last three years. That certainly doesn't spark joy, I must say. Must admit, with January almost over, and the story I'm currently working on both proving to be very long and yet still not near a conclusion, I find my initial prospects for 2020 a little disheartening.
BUT! You could also choose to look at 2019 as me posting two stories publically and publishing ten more within the bundle, so you could say I actually managed to post twelve stories in twelve months last year, from a certain point of view. Hey, it worked for Obi-Wan...
Either way, I hope to find a way to get back into the right frame of mind for writing this year, and it is my deepest, truest wish that when I sit down to write next year's journal, there'll be fewer blank spaces in 2020. Knock on wood!
Thank you all for following me on this journey, I hope you enjoy whatever I do manage to come up with this year. n_n
ANNUAL TRADITION OVER.
I'm not gonna lie, this kinda slipped my mind this year, the same way it slipped my mind that December 3rd was my 13th FAnniversary. Man, time flies...
But at least I remembered to do this journal before the end of January, eh? :B
2018, as you might recall from last year's journal, was very unproductive for me because I spent so much time focusing on the story bundle. I had hoped that once I got it out, 2019 would be much more fruitful, but as it turns out, I'd gotten my head so twisted up somewhere along the way that I found writing to be difficult in and of itself, and ultimately I feel like things actually got worse. Whoops...
Either way, I feel like keeping a record is good, so I can have something to look back on in the future and compare myself to. That being said, let's take a look!
January
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February
A Family Affair: After years of toiling away, I finally finished a bundle of ten romantic sibcest-themed stories (which is, incidentally, still availble for purchase if you're interested, hehe... #ShamelessSelfPromotion), and all it cost me was my sanity. :B
Joking aside, I was very proud of myself for finally getting it all finished. It may have been the most accomplished I felt last year, and that's nothing to sneeze at. n_n
March
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April
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May
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June
Getting Over Her with T.L. Green: After getting dumped by his girlfriend Samantha, Matt Abara locks himself away in his room and spends days on end wallowing in his own misery, to the point where his mother asks his little sister Rachel to see if she can cheer him up.... though Rachel indulging in her secret attraction to Matt was probably not what their mother had in mind.
More than a little embarrassed that I didn't get a public story online until the summer, but that's the way the cookie crumbles, I guess. Only one person seemed to notice the name was a reference to the deliberately frustrating climbing game, Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, but I still found it hilarious to do that. n_n
July
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August
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September
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October
Tying the Knot: After a series of successful dates, Isaac Ostrander (a cat) and Richard MacGregor (a dog) become a very close, loving couple, despite their initial reaction to each other's Inherited genitals. After a few years of happily living together as boyfriends, they're heading off to celebrate one of their friends graduating from college... and Isaac has no idea he's the real reason they're throwing a party.
Inspired by a fairly short and simple idea, this ultimately evolved into a very long tale, even for me. That seems to be a trend lately, and I'm not entirely in love with it, but trends aside, I still adore the way this story turned out, all warm and romantic and yet still delightfully lewd and smutty. Plus, who doesn't love a good tying scene? :3c
November
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December
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Hoo-boy. So there you have it. Strictly speaking, I only put up two stories last year, which means I've only publically posted six stories in the last three years. That certainly doesn't spark joy, I must say. Must admit, with January almost over, and the story I'm currently working on both proving to be very long and yet still not near a conclusion, I find my initial prospects for 2020 a little disheartening.
BUT! You could also choose to look at 2019 as me posting two stories publically and publishing ten more within the bundle, so you could say I actually managed to post twelve stories in twelve months last year, from a certain point of view. Hey, it worked for Obi-Wan...
Either way, I hope to find a way to get back into the right frame of mind for writing this year, and it is my deepest, truest wish that when I sit down to write next year's journal, there'll be fewer blank spaces in 2020. Knock on wood!
Thank you all for following me on this journey, I hope you enjoy whatever I do manage to come up with this year. n_n
ANNUAL TRADITION OVER.
That time of year again~
Posted 6 years agoMerry Christmas, Tasties! n_n
And if you don't celebrate that, Happy Holidays in general, or failing that, have a nice Wednesday.
I hope today has been going splendidly for you and yours, and I hope the season finds you well.
This hasn't been the most productive year of my life, as I'm sure we'll all see next week in the annual year-in-review journal, but I'm focused on getting my head back into a good place for writing, and I feel pretty good about that goal.
I hope all you fine connoisseurs of furry smut have a great holiday, and a Happy New Year to boot. n_n
SEASONAL WELL-WISHING OVER.
And if you don't celebrate that, Happy Holidays in general, or failing that, have a nice Wednesday.
I hope today has been going splendidly for you and yours, and I hope the season finds you well.
This hasn't been the most productive year of my life, as I'm sure we'll all see next week in the annual year-in-review journal, but I'm focused on getting my head back into a good place for writing, and I feel pretty good about that goal.
I hope all you fine connoisseurs of furry smut have a great holiday, and a Happy New Year to boot. n_n
SEASONAL WELL-WISHING OVER.
Writer's Log #9: The Forest and the Trees
Posted 6 years agoSalutations, Tasties.
I have received a number of messages over the last ten forevers asking me when the next chapter of this series or that series will come out, usually I Love You Twice, Eric & Milo, or A Blue's Tale. Also gotten a few messages or comments from people assuming that these stories are over because they haven't been updated in a long time. So I thought it was probably a good idea for me to finally address this openly.
First off, no, this is not me announcing that I've given up on those series and we're never going to see a continuation. Just so's we're clear.
The truth is, I would love to be pumping out chapters for my stories left and right, I love all those series and enjoy moving the story forward. In particular, I'd really like to take a look at Curse of the Shieldfall, which has been begging for an epic conclusion for years now, and it's practically criminal the way I've allowed The Shape of Things to languish on the backburner.
But somehow, over the last few years, I've gotten myself into a really bad headspace for writing. I guess when writing started to become difficult, I convinced myself that I was improving, that higher-level writing is supposed to be difficult, that I'm supposed to feel stressed when I write, that it isn't supposed to be fun or easy. But lately it feels all but impossible.
I'm overwhelmed with doubt. Every time I make a decision in a story, sometimes as small as which word to use in a given sentence, I find myself second-guessing it to infinity and back. My confidence is so shot that I find it difficult to plan out the beats of a story in case I get it "wrong" and don't realize it until much later, when lots of stuff would need to be changed to fix it. But at the same time, and for the same reason, improvisation is terrifying, I'm afraid to write almost anything without already having a plan in place, which makes the previous point all the more troublesome. Because of these, I tend to get so fixated on small details that I don't see fairly obvious ways to fix the problems, failing to see the forest for the trees, as a friend puts it.
I've got my head so twisted up with the stress that I'm afraid to even take on simple premises, much less attempt to work on the series that are so important to me. And that's not even touching on the weird issue where I seem to be incapable of writing light-hearted silliness anymore, that every story needs to be believable and realistic, even though we're talking about anthropomorphic animals who are (usually) attracted to their family members. :P
So, in the face of all that, I'm working on smoothing out all the twists I've created, on bringing myself back to where I once was, or at least to a place where I can write an entire story without feeling like I'm killing myself. I'm working on getting back to a place where I can enjoy writing again, because I'm damned good at it, and it's important to me!
Since my brain didn't come with a user manual, I'm going to be taking it slow, writing stories that I feel like I can manage, and consciously trying to counter the issues I've been running into. I don't know if that's going to work, but hey, if I carefully step over every rock in the path, I should be able to cross the mountain. Here's hoping that I'll be able to confidently return to some of these series before too long. (Knock on wood.)
-JOURNAL OVER
I have received a number of messages over the last ten forevers asking me when the next chapter of this series or that series will come out, usually I Love You Twice, Eric & Milo, or A Blue's Tale. Also gotten a few messages or comments from people assuming that these stories are over because they haven't been updated in a long time. So I thought it was probably a good idea for me to finally address this openly.
First off, no, this is not me announcing that I've given up on those series and we're never going to see a continuation. Just so's we're clear.
The truth is, I would love to be pumping out chapters for my stories left and right, I love all those series and enjoy moving the story forward. In particular, I'd really like to take a look at Curse of the Shieldfall, which has been begging for an epic conclusion for years now, and it's practically criminal the way I've allowed The Shape of Things to languish on the backburner.
But somehow, over the last few years, I've gotten myself into a really bad headspace for writing. I guess when writing started to become difficult, I convinced myself that I was improving, that higher-level writing is supposed to be difficult, that I'm supposed to feel stressed when I write, that it isn't supposed to be fun or easy. But lately it feels all but impossible.
I'm overwhelmed with doubt. Every time I make a decision in a story, sometimes as small as which word to use in a given sentence, I find myself second-guessing it to infinity and back. My confidence is so shot that I find it difficult to plan out the beats of a story in case I get it "wrong" and don't realize it until much later, when lots of stuff would need to be changed to fix it. But at the same time, and for the same reason, improvisation is terrifying, I'm afraid to write almost anything without already having a plan in place, which makes the previous point all the more troublesome. Because of these, I tend to get so fixated on small details that I don't see fairly obvious ways to fix the problems, failing to see the forest for the trees, as a friend puts it.
I've got my head so twisted up with the stress that I'm afraid to even take on simple premises, much less attempt to work on the series that are so important to me. And that's not even touching on the weird issue where I seem to be incapable of writing light-hearted silliness anymore, that every story needs to be believable and realistic, even though we're talking about anthropomorphic animals who are (usually) attracted to their family members. :P
So, in the face of all that, I'm working on smoothing out all the twists I've created, on bringing myself back to where I once was, or at least to a place where I can write an entire story without feeling like I'm killing myself. I'm working on getting back to a place where I can enjoy writing again, because I'm damned good at it, and it's important to me!
Since my brain didn't come with a user manual, I'm going to be taking it slow, writing stories that I feel like I can manage, and consciously trying to counter the issues I've been running into. I don't know if that's going to work, but hey, if I carefully step over every rock in the path, I should be able to cross the mountain. Here's hoping that I'll be able to confidently return to some of these series before too long. (Knock on wood.)
-JOURNAL OVER
Turkey Day II: Electric Boogaloo
Posted 6 years agoAround these parts, Thanksgiving was a month ago (and I hope it went splendidly for my fellow canucks :3), but apparently today is the big day down south.
So, I'd like to take a quick moment to wish all of you fine American Tasties a Happy Thanksgiving, and to hope that your day is happy and delicious and memorable. n_n
-SEASONAL WELL-WISHING OVER (for like a month)
So, I'd like to take a quick moment to wish all of you fine American Tasties a Happy Thanksgiving, and to hope that your day is happy and delicious and memorable. n_n
-SEASONAL WELL-WISHING OVER (for like a month)
Writer's Log #8: A Confession
Posted 6 years agoHey Tasties!
's been a while since I've done one of these. My bad...
Today I thought I would come clean about a smol lie of omission I carried out a while back.
You guys remember Unless? The serial story about gay otter twins lusting after each other that I posted in ten chapters between July 2017 and April 2018?
Of course you do, it was my entire output for an embarrassingly long time. :P
Well I wasn't entirely honest about that story. I never actually lied about it, per se, I just didn't explain the whole truth. See, when that first chapter went up, the, ah... the entire story was already written. I didn't need to wait that long to put it up.
"Unless" was originally written for the A Family Affair story bundle (Available now! #ShamelessSelfPlug), and at the time it was the longest story I'd ever written, so the plan was to break it up into pieces and spread it throughout the body of the collected version of the bundle, between the other stories. I hadn't actually gotten around to the separation part, since I put off proofing the entire bundle until all of the stories had been written (Sidenote: do not do this. The Proofening nearly destroyed me) but the vague plan was to break it up into individual days in the story.
Then Inheritance, also in the bundle, turned out to blow Unless' wordcount right out of the water, so I shrugged and decided not to break it up after all... except that I realized that when it was one continuous story, it felt really repetitive to me, since it was basically the same scenario - the brothers long to bang, do some mental gymnastics to justify edging closer to banging, and then fool around that way - over and over again. :P
So at the advice of my editing partner, I excised Unless from the bundle and came up with a replacement M/M story, Burning Desire, to take its place. Then, since I had this big-ass story lying around, I thought I might as well do something with it, so I started breaking it up into pieces and then proofing those pieces on the side while I continued to finish off the bundle, which let me put up a bunch of content while I focused the lion's share of my attention on The Proofening.
Honestly, I thought it worked really well, the story broke down into pieces really smoothly, and the only part where I regretted the way I'd done it was when I realized that James' love confession to Nigel came right at the beginning of Part Eight, so I fear that it lost some of its impact because of it. I did see a comment or two suggesting that people thought it was going to be another sexy dream fakeout, too. Maybe I should have planned out the segments a little better... <_<;
I also have to admit, embarrassingly, that since each of the chapters was done before Part One was even uploaded, that means my 'Year in Review' journals were actually a little misleading: I only wrote two original stories each in 2017 and 2018. Ouch, my pride...
But there you have it, the unvarnished truth. I figure since the full story has been out for ages and the bundle is available now, this shouldn't actually annoy anyone, and I thought it might be neat to give you guys a peek behind the curtain, as well as reminding y'all that I'm still alive after all this silence. Sorry again about that...
With any luck, I can get my head in gear, and get back to the halcyon days of putting out romantic furry smut left and right so I don't need to resort to such things to get uploads, hehe. n_n
JOURNAL OVER.
's been a while since I've done one of these. My bad...
Today I thought I would come clean about a smol lie of omission I carried out a while back.
You guys remember Unless? The serial story about gay otter twins lusting after each other that I posted in ten chapters between July 2017 and April 2018?
Of course you do, it was my entire output for an embarrassingly long time. :P
Well I wasn't entirely honest about that story. I never actually lied about it, per se, I just didn't explain the whole truth. See, when that first chapter went up, the, ah... the entire story was already written. I didn't need to wait that long to put it up.
"Unless" was originally written for the A Family Affair story bundle (Available now! #ShamelessSelfPlug), and at the time it was the longest story I'd ever written, so the plan was to break it up into pieces and spread it throughout the body of the collected version of the bundle, between the other stories. I hadn't actually gotten around to the separation part, since I put off proofing the entire bundle until all of the stories had been written (Sidenote: do not do this. The Proofening nearly destroyed me) but the vague plan was to break it up into individual days in the story.
Then Inheritance, also in the bundle, turned out to blow Unless' wordcount right out of the water, so I shrugged and decided not to break it up after all... except that I realized that when it was one continuous story, it felt really repetitive to me, since it was basically the same scenario - the brothers long to bang, do some mental gymnastics to justify edging closer to banging, and then fool around that way - over and over again. :P
So at the advice of my editing partner, I excised Unless from the bundle and came up with a replacement M/M story, Burning Desire, to take its place. Then, since I had this big-ass story lying around, I thought I might as well do something with it, so I started breaking it up into pieces and then proofing those pieces on the side while I continued to finish off the bundle, which let me put up a bunch of content while I focused the lion's share of my attention on The Proofening.
Honestly, I thought it worked really well, the story broke down into pieces really smoothly, and the only part where I regretted the way I'd done it was when I realized that James' love confession to Nigel came right at the beginning of Part Eight, so I fear that it lost some of its impact because of it. I did see a comment or two suggesting that people thought it was going to be another sexy dream fakeout, too. Maybe I should have planned out the segments a little better... <_<;
I also have to admit, embarrassingly, that since each of the chapters was done before Part One was even uploaded, that means my 'Year in Review' journals were actually a little misleading: I only wrote two original stories each in 2017 and 2018. Ouch, my pride...
But there you have it, the unvarnished truth. I figure since the full story has been out for ages and the bundle is available now, this shouldn't actually annoy anyone, and I thought it might be neat to give you guys a peek behind the curtain, as well as reminding y'all that I'm still alive after all this silence. Sorry again about that...
With any luck, I can get my head in gear, and get back to the halcyon days of putting out romantic furry smut left and right so I don't need to resort to such things to get uploads, hehe. n_n
JOURNAL OVER.
A Real Quick Note
Posted 6 years agoApparently Google's got some kind of system breakdown today, so Gmail is acting up. If you've tried to reach out to me for the A Family Affair bundle in the last little while, I won't be able to respond to it until after they get things up and running again.
Sorry about that.
Sorry about that.
Writer's Log #7: I'm Still Here
Posted 6 years agoHey guys.
's been a while, hasn't it? Sorry about that.
This has not been a fun time to be me. Everything should be hunky-dory, I'm good, family's good, friends are actually doing better than they were last year, so naturally I'm a basket case.
I've been working on a story since I finished the bundle. You may have noticed that that was in February, and this is May. Well, this isn't going to be some epic-length tale, I'm afraid. I've just started the same story over about three times now. It's not that it's some super complicated concept that has to be just right; in fact it's meant to be a fun, lighthearted tale explicitly based on a cliché of the porn genre. I've been having trouble keeping it lighthearted, I seem to have developed an impulse to explain everything and make it all grounded and realistic(ish).
Beyond that, though, it's kind of hard to put into words. Literally. I reach out to where the words are supposed to be, where the story is supposed to be playing out in my head, and sometimes it just isn't there. Feels like I've lost my mojo.
Some days are alright, I got in the zone and managed 900-something words in a single night a little while back. That was nice.
And I tell myself that every word is progress, that every day I manage to write like 300 words is improvement, but I don't know, you guys...
I want to get back to where I was, to who I was. I don't want to fail anymore, to have to abandon stories or start them over from scratch because they're not good enough. At the same time, I don't want to be so afraid of failure that I get paralyzed whenever I veer even slightly away from stuff that was planned out. I don't want to struggle for each and every sentence.
I want to be the guy who wrote stories that meant so much to people that even after running silent for so long, I still get messages asking me if I'm gonna re-open for commissions soon, or if there's gonna be more chapters of ILYT or Eric and Milo. I just don't know how. Yet.
Sorry that this log entry is kind of a bummer, I just wanted to let you fine Tasties know that I remain alive, which means I continue trying to write. It's who I am, after all, even if it doesn't quite feel like my kung-fu these days. Maybe determination counts for something, eh? Or at least stubbornness...
I don't suppose any of you Tasties have been in a situation like this? Got any advice for getting out of it, or at least encouraging words to help get through it? Let me hear 'em in the comments.
JOURNAL OVER.
's been a while, hasn't it? Sorry about that.
This has not been a fun time to be me. Everything should be hunky-dory, I'm good, family's good, friends are actually doing better than they were last year, so naturally I'm a basket case.
I've been working on a story since I finished the bundle. You may have noticed that that was in February, and this is May. Well, this isn't going to be some epic-length tale, I'm afraid. I've just started the same story over about three times now. It's not that it's some super complicated concept that has to be just right; in fact it's meant to be a fun, lighthearted tale explicitly based on a cliché of the porn genre. I've been having trouble keeping it lighthearted, I seem to have developed an impulse to explain everything and make it all grounded and realistic(ish).
Beyond that, though, it's kind of hard to put into words. Literally. I reach out to where the words are supposed to be, where the story is supposed to be playing out in my head, and sometimes it just isn't there. Feels like I've lost my mojo.
Some days are alright, I got in the zone and managed 900-something words in a single night a little while back. That was nice.
And I tell myself that every word is progress, that every day I manage to write like 300 words is improvement, but I don't know, you guys...
I want to get back to where I was, to who I was. I don't want to fail anymore, to have to abandon stories or start them over from scratch because they're not good enough. At the same time, I don't want to be so afraid of failure that I get paralyzed whenever I veer even slightly away from stuff that was planned out. I don't want to struggle for each and every sentence.
I want to be the guy who wrote stories that meant so much to people that even after running silent for so long, I still get messages asking me if I'm gonna re-open for commissions soon, or if there's gonna be more chapters of ILYT or Eric and Milo. I just don't know how. Yet.
Sorry that this log entry is kind of a bummer, I just wanted to let you fine Tasties know that I remain alive, which means I continue trying to write. It's who I am, after all, even if it doesn't quite feel like my kung-fu these days. Maybe determination counts for something, eh? Or at least stubbornness...
I don't suppose any of you Tasties have been in a situation like this? Got any advice for getting out of it, or at least encouraging words to help get through it? Let me hear 'em in the comments.
JOURNAL OVER.
Writer's Log #6: So What's Next?
Posted 6 years agoWell, that's a very good question, subject line. <_<
But it turns out answering it is a bit more difficult than I'd anticipated.
Howdy Tasties, it's been a while.
For about the last five forevers, I've been focusing a lot of my energy and time into a bundle of naughty sibcest stories called "A Family Affair", and last month, I finally finished it and started selling it (Details here, in case you missed it, hint hint ).
But after spending five forevers so focused on the bundle, I found myself unsure what to do next.
It's actually been so long since I spent most of my time focused on writing instead of proofreading, I find myself feeling pretty rusty, so my first step will be to write a few simpler, more straightforward stories than the last few I've made. Just something fun and light-hearted to help me remember how to be a writer and not just an editor. :B
At least, that's the hope... ;>_>
Anyway, outside of that, I'm still kinda in the "Okay, what now?" phase of finishing a big project, so I thought I'd offer some potential options of what I'd do once I've gotten my head back in the game. Nothing too fancy so far, just a couple new ideas and an old series that could certainly do with a revisit.
Here's that, by the way: https://strawpoll.com/1fwabes7
Now, this isn't an iron-clad contract or an election, y'understand, I'm just trying to gauge interest in these ideas, but it will still be nice to get some feedback and find out where interest lies.
But now I'm rambling, so I guess I'll wrap things up. Here's hoping your March is going well.
JOURNAL OVER.
But it turns out answering it is a bit more difficult than I'd anticipated.
Howdy Tasties, it's been a while.
For about the last five forevers, I've been focusing a lot of my energy and time into a bundle of naughty sibcest stories called "A Family Affair", and last month, I finally finished it and started selling it (Details here, in case you missed it, hint hint ).
But after spending five forevers so focused on the bundle, I found myself unsure what to do next.
It's actually been so long since I spent most of my time focused on writing instead of proofreading, I find myself feeling pretty rusty, so my first step will be to write a few simpler, more straightforward stories than the last few I've made. Just something fun and light-hearted to help me remember how to be a writer and not just an editor. :B
At least, that's the hope... ;>_>
Anyway, outside of that, I'm still kinda in the "Okay, what now?" phase of finishing a big project, so I thought I'd offer some potential options of what I'd do once I've gotten my head back in the game. Nothing too fancy so far, just a couple new ideas and an old series that could certainly do with a revisit.
Here's that, by the way: https://strawpoll.com/1fwabes7
Now, this isn't an iron-clad contract or an election, y'understand, I'm just trying to gauge interest in these ideas, but it will still be nice to get some feedback and find out where interest lies.
But now I'm rambling, so I guess I'll wrap things up. Here's hoping your March is going well.
JOURNAL OVER.
Reaching out
Posted 6 years agoHey guys.
About four million years ago, I paid a nice gentleman to do some very good-looking title work on the cover image to my story bundle. I thought I'd recorded his (user)name somewhere for future reference, but it seems the file has either been misplaced or imagined, and I can't just check my PMs because all of our communications were on SoFurry, which has been down since yesterday. What wretched timing. <_<
So on the off chance that you watch me on other sites, hey, if this is you, give me a shout. :B
JOURNAL OVER.
About four million years ago, I paid a nice gentleman to do some very good-looking title work on the cover image to my story bundle. I thought I'd recorded his (user)name somewhere for future reference, but it seems the file has either been misplaced or imagined, and I can't just check my PMs because all of our communications were on SoFurry, which has been down since yesterday. What wretched timing. <_<
So on the off chance that you watch me on other sites, hey, if this is you, give me a shout. :B
JOURNAL OVER.
2018, Year in Review
Posted 6 years agoHey there Tasties.
This journal is a bit later than it might have been because to be honest, I considered skipping it this year.
With the focus on the sexy bundle, this has been one of my least productive years yet in terms of getting stuff posted online to share it with all of you. But I'm hoping that'll turn around this year, so I'm gonna do it anyway so that I have something to positively compare to next January.
...At least that's the hope. <_<;
Anywho, here goes.
January
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February
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March
Unless, Part Nine: A couple of months after James and Nigel finally consummated their forbidden desire, we get back to their story as the twins go for a midnight swim.
April
Unless, Part Ten: The final chapter sees the Ellison twins making love on the shores of Lake Tescin under the stars, and coming up with one last rule that should suit them for the rest of their lives.
May
Seven Minutes in Heaven: In which an Australian shepherd named Tyler Roberts sets up a hilarious prank on his sheep friends, Sam Carver and his sister Rosie... only to find things a little less funny than he expected.
June
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July
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August
I Love You Twice: Alone at Last: On August 6th, 2018, I celebrated the tenth anniversary of the publication of my very first furry story, I Love You Twice: Nocturnal Intermission, by posting a brief, non-smutty peek into what lies in store for Dave and Kelly Parrish. And once I finally finish this bundle, I'm going to enjoy showing everyone how they get there.
September
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October
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November
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December
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Oof. Every bit as embarrassing to look at as I feared. Actually a little worse than you might expect, for reasons I will share eventually. But I'm hoping that once I finish A Family Affair, the next journal will be a lot less empty. Here's to 2019, Tasties. Let's make this our best year yet.
Future Edit: Check out how I did in 2019 in this journal here.
ANNUAL TRADITION OVER.
This journal is a bit later than it might have been because to be honest, I considered skipping it this year.
With the focus on the sexy bundle, this has been one of my least productive years yet in terms of getting stuff posted online to share it with all of you. But I'm hoping that'll turn around this year, so I'm gonna do it anyway so that I have something to positively compare to next January.
...At least that's the hope. <_<;
Anywho, here goes.
January
---
February
---
March
Unless, Part Nine: A couple of months after James and Nigel finally consummated their forbidden desire, we get back to their story as the twins go for a midnight swim.
April
Unless, Part Ten: The final chapter sees the Ellison twins making love on the shores of Lake Tescin under the stars, and coming up with one last rule that should suit them for the rest of their lives.
May
Seven Minutes in Heaven: In which an Australian shepherd named Tyler Roberts sets up a hilarious prank on his sheep friends, Sam Carver and his sister Rosie... only to find things a little less funny than he expected.
June
---
July
---
August
I Love You Twice: Alone at Last: On August 6th, 2018, I celebrated the tenth anniversary of the publication of my very first furry story, I Love You Twice: Nocturnal Intermission, by posting a brief, non-smutty peek into what lies in store for Dave and Kelly Parrish. And once I finally finish this bundle, I'm going to enjoy showing everyone how they get there.
September
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October
---
November
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December
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Oof. Every bit as embarrassing to look at as I feared. Actually a little worse than you might expect, for reasons I will share eventually. But I'm hoping that once I finish A Family Affair, the next journal will be a lot less empty. Here's to 2019, Tasties. Let's make this our best year yet.
Future Edit: Check out how I did in 2019 in this journal here.
ANNUAL TRADITION OVER.
Writer's Log #5: An Important Question
Posted 7 years agoHeya Tasties!
Proofing the final story in the bundle is going swimmingly. There's a reason I saved this one for last, after all. And I thought since we're approaching the big moment, I would ask about a rather important detail to this bundle:
How would you guys like to read it? More specifically, in what format would you like to read it? Individual .doc files for each story? One big .pdf with a table of contents? Do I market directly at the people still using WordPerfect and put it out as a .wpd file? (These are not your only options, by the by, feel free to name whatever you'd prefer)
This may seem trivial, but it's kind of a problem if I put out this bundle and most of my readers can't actually, you know, read it. So let me know what file format you'd like to see the story in, and I will see if I can accommodate the most popular answers.
'til then, I'll keep trucking away at Inheritance, getting it all shiny and nice and ready to be enjoyed. n_n
JOURNAL OVER.
Proofing the final story in the bundle is going swimmingly. There's a reason I saved this one for last, after all. And I thought since we're approaching the big moment, I would ask about a rather important detail to this bundle:
How would you guys like to read it? More specifically, in what format would you like to read it? Individual .doc files for each story? One big .pdf with a table of contents? Do I market directly at the people still using WordPerfect and put it out as a .wpd file? (These are not your only options, by the by, feel free to name whatever you'd prefer)
This may seem trivial, but it's kind of a problem if I put out this bundle and most of my readers can't actually, you know, read it. So let me know what file format you'd like to see the story in, and I will see if I can accommodate the most popular answers.
'til then, I'll keep trucking away at Inheritance, getting it all shiny and nice and ready to be enjoyed. n_n
JOURNAL OVER.
Season's Greetings n_n
Posted 7 years agoHeya Tasties!
I've been a bit quiet over here for a few days, spending time with the family and taking embarrassingly long naps on the couch and other such seasonal fare, but I wanted to make sure I expressed my gratitude to you all for sticking around.
Merry Christmas, Tasties, and Happy Holidays if you don't happen to celebrate that one. n_n
I've gathered a lot of watchers over the last ten years of writing pervy-but-happy tales, and it makes me quite happy to know that so many people care about my work. I know I've been pretty quiet over the last year or so, and I apologize for that, but it means the world to me that you guys are still here. Here's hoping that once I get the bundle finished once and for all, I can go back to being a bit more talkative again... and post stuff more often. Knock on wood. :P
Speaking of which, while I'm here I'll mention that I finished off "A Family Affair", the story, and once I've proofed "Inheritance", then "A Family Affair", the bundle, will also be complete. Exciting times!
Anyway, here's hoping you're all still filled with seasonal warmth and happiness, and here's to us all having a Happy New Year, right from the start.
HOLIDAY WELL-WISHING OVER.
I've been a bit quiet over here for a few days, spending time with the family and taking embarrassingly long naps on the couch and other such seasonal fare, but I wanted to make sure I expressed my gratitude to you all for sticking around.
Merry Christmas, Tasties, and Happy Holidays if you don't happen to celebrate that one. n_n
I've gathered a lot of watchers over the last ten years of writing pervy-but-happy tales, and it makes me quite happy to know that so many people care about my work. I know I've been pretty quiet over the last year or so, and I apologize for that, but it means the world to me that you guys are still here. Here's hoping that once I get the bundle finished once and for all, I can go back to being a bit more talkative again... and post stuff more often. Knock on wood. :P
Speaking of which, while I'm here I'll mention that I finished off "A Family Affair", the story, and once I've proofed "Inheritance", then "A Family Affair", the bundle, will also be complete. Exciting times!
Anyway, here's hoping you're all still filled with seasonal warmth and happiness, and here's to us all having a Happy New Year, right from the start.
HOLIDAY WELL-WISHING OVER.
Writer's Log #4: What Could Have Been
Posted 7 years agoHeya, Tasties!
Work continues apace on A Family Affair. I'm not at the end, but I think I can see it from here. :3
Seeing the influx of artists on FA, SoFurry, and Inkbunny coming in from Tumblr after the big porn ban has made me ponder the past, as for a good long while I was seriously considering a pervy Tumblr blog of my own.
Not for posting my stories, though, they're much too long to have worked in that format. I was inspired, instead, by blogs I used to see where they put incest captions on porno images.
You've probably seen them around, they take an image/gif/video clip of two people who at least vaguely look like each other* going at it, and add a caption talking about how they're actually brother and sister, or they use an older guy with a young woman and say he's her uncle, or whatever. Generally comes with lewd dialogue, explicit porny descriptions, you get the idea.
The problem was that a lot of these things were very, very poorly written. Even setting aside the ones that were super rapey or whatever, you tended to get things like:
"YESSSSS", Sandy moaned sluttily, "Give me your hot big brother cum! Shoot your thick incest load in your little sister's cunt and knock me up!"**
So that's not ideal. <_<;
And even the ones that were well-written tended to be all about how hot and taboo it was, and that's fun, but the idea I'd been toying with had been a blog that would be just as porny and just as full of Hot Dickings, except with warm, happy captions focusing on forbidden sibling romances and being playful instead of overtly slutty. n_n
I'm... not entirely sure why I wrote this, other than the fact that I haven't written a log in a while, but hey, since Tumblr changed their rules and it'll never happen, I might as well share the idea. :P
Ah well, better get back to work. Stories don't proof themselves.
>_> but what if they did...
JOURNAL OVER.
*Though I did once see an interracial pic with a caption saying he was her adopted brother, so props for creativity.
**Not an actual example, but this is totally what some of them were like.
Work continues apace on A Family Affair. I'm not at the end, but I think I can see it from here. :3
Seeing the influx of artists on FA, SoFurry, and Inkbunny coming in from Tumblr after the big porn ban has made me ponder the past, as for a good long while I was seriously considering a pervy Tumblr blog of my own.
Not for posting my stories, though, they're much too long to have worked in that format. I was inspired, instead, by blogs I used to see where they put incest captions on porno images.
You've probably seen them around, they take an image/gif/video clip of two people who at least vaguely look like each other* going at it, and add a caption talking about how they're actually brother and sister, or they use an older guy with a young woman and say he's her uncle, or whatever. Generally comes with lewd dialogue, explicit porny descriptions, you get the idea.
The problem was that a lot of these things were very, very poorly written. Even setting aside the ones that were super rapey or whatever, you tended to get things like:
"YESSSSS", Sandy moaned sluttily, "Give me your hot big brother cum! Shoot your thick incest load in your little sister's cunt and knock me up!"**
So that's not ideal. <_<;
And even the ones that were well-written tended to be all about how hot and taboo it was, and that's fun, but the idea I'd been toying with had been a blog that would be just as porny and just as full of Hot Dickings, except with warm, happy captions focusing on forbidden sibling romances and being playful instead of overtly slutty. n_n
I'm... not entirely sure why I wrote this, other than the fact that I haven't written a log in a while, but hey, since Tumblr changed their rules and it'll never happen, I might as well share the idea. :P
Ah well, better get back to work. Stories don't proof themselves.
>_> but what if they did...
JOURNAL OVER.
*Though I did once see an interracial pic with a caption saying he was her adopted brother, so props for creativity.
**Not an actual example, but this is totally what some of them were like.
Writer's Log #3 - Progress!
Posted 7 years agoHey guys, sorry it's been so long since the last one of these.
I originally planned to do one a week, I just got kinda discouraged from the lack of engagement.
But I wanted to let you know that I've finished the rough draft of my do-over on A Family Affair, which means all I need to do to finish the bundle once and for all is to proofread that as well as the rough draft of Inheritance. That one was specifically saved for last because it was pretty solid to begin with. :B
This one was an interesting story to work with, I'd never done one about a pair of siblings who had a Secret Relationship in the past, but broke it off before the story began. As such, it's got a number of short flashbacks in it to help flesh out their past together. It wasn't an intentional decision, but those flashbacks are the only times other characters appear in the story, the present-day stuff focuses entirely on Amanda and Will.
I'd toyed with flashbacks before, like in the openings to the first few I Love You Twice stories, but I feel like rather than just being flavour, they really add a lot of depth to this one.
A big focus of the story is the fact that after they broke things off, Will got himself a normal girlfriend who he eventually married. In this case, it was an intentional decision to make Will's wife Darla an unseen character, spoken of frequently but never personally present. Something like Niles' wife Maris from Frasier, if I might make a slightly dated reference. :B
EDIT: I forgot a detail I wanted to share. :c
It turned out to be surprisingly difficult to write Darla as a reasonable person. It was very, very tempting to write her as some kind of completely unsympathetic cartoon villain, since the story is from the perspective of Amanda, who doesn't much like her, but I had to keep in mind that if she was such an awful person, Will wouldn't have married her in the first place.
END EDIT
Now I just need to return to The Proofening, and push through to the end. Wish me luck. :3
JOURNAL OVER.
I originally planned to do one a week, I just got kinda discouraged from the lack of engagement.
But I wanted to let you know that I've finished the rough draft of my do-over on A Family Affair, which means all I need to do to finish the bundle once and for all is to proofread that as well as the rough draft of Inheritance. That one was specifically saved for last because it was pretty solid to begin with. :B
This one was an interesting story to work with, I'd never done one about a pair of siblings who had a Secret Relationship in the past, but broke it off before the story began. As such, it's got a number of short flashbacks in it to help flesh out their past together. It wasn't an intentional decision, but those flashbacks are the only times other characters appear in the story, the present-day stuff focuses entirely on Amanda and Will.
I'd toyed with flashbacks before, like in the openings to the first few I Love You Twice stories, but I feel like rather than just being flavour, they really add a lot of depth to this one.
A big focus of the story is the fact that after they broke things off, Will got himself a normal girlfriend who he eventually married. In this case, it was an intentional decision to make Will's wife Darla an unseen character, spoken of frequently but never personally present. Something like Niles' wife Maris from Frasier, if I might make a slightly dated reference. :B
EDIT: I forgot a detail I wanted to share. :c
It turned out to be surprisingly difficult to write Darla as a reasonable person. It was very, very tempting to write her as some kind of completely unsympathetic cartoon villain, since the story is from the perspective of Amanda, who doesn't much like her, but I had to keep in mind that if she was such an awful person, Will wouldn't have married her in the first place.
END EDIT
Now I just need to return to The Proofening, and push through to the end. Wish me luck. :3
JOURNAL OVER.
Writer's Log #2
Posted 7 years agoHello again, Tasties.
Things are progressing okay, I've gotten started on re-doing "A Family Affair". Originally, I'd had this idea that I could touch up and release the original one I wrote and post it online as a sort of free sample, maybe call it the 'shareware version' because my mind is stuck in the 90s. Then I went over that story to harvest good lines and concepts for the remake, and I learned that I've gotten waaaaaay better since I wrote it, and abandoned that plan, because that story sucks. n_n *sweatdrop*
I'll just have to make the new version fantastic so it really deserves to be the title story in the bundle, then. But I have to admit... I'm a bit worried about getting started.
I haven't publically talked about it before, but for a long while now, at least as far back as "The Road Less Travelled", writing has been growing more and more difficult for me. I doubt myself, I second-guess every single thought that enters my head, and I find it difficult to even plan out the skeleton of a story, a bare framework to build off of. And considering I don't have a great history with trying to make up a story as I go along, these days the less I know, the worse the problem becomes. It's almost like I need to have every single detail lined up before it feels okay.
But the worst part is when I'm actually getting into the writing and I find myself faced with a challenge. Things like the story naturally evolving in a way I didn't expect, or I realize something about the situation I hadn't taken into account when plotting it out. That's when the paralysis kicks in.
It feels like anxiety, because I start off just being afraid that I'm going to make a mistake trying to solve this, that I'm going to choose the wrong words, that I'm going to make things worse and ruin the story. The anxiety gets so bad that I find it hard to do anything at all, and the longer it lasts, the worse it gets because by not doing anything, I'm not making any progress in the story.
A friend of mine described it as an Ouroboros, the snake that bites its own tail: "You get frustrated, it affects your work, the work slows down, you get frustrated."
Even if it's a small detail no one will ever notice, I become fixated on it and find it very difficult to move on, and then I get upset and it becomes even harder to think clearly enough to actually fix things. I very much have a problem seeing the forest for the trees.
I don't know, maybe this increased level of stress is normal for writers as their skill level increases. I once heard a quote from a famous novelist who said "Today was a good day. I wrote a sentence." But the level of stress this puts me through is quite disheartening. u_u
Maybe I'm going crazy, maybe I need to get out of the house more and it's allllll in my head, or maybe there's something I can do to make it easier to make words happen, but I must admit, for the first time in my life, the infamous blank page isn't the most intimidating part of starting a new story.
That isn't to say I'm giving up. Writing is the air I breathe, the fire in my heart (and because of my country of origin, the ice in my veins), I'm not about to give up now, especially when I'm so close to finally being able to share this whole project with you guys. That'll be a good day. n_n
Well, that turned out a bit darker than I intended, but I suppose the important takeaway is that even with these issues popping up, I've still written some stories I'm really, really proud of, and I fully intend to continue doing so.
I'm gonna keep writing these journals to let you know how things are going, but since I feel like there will be times when the sum total of the update consists of "progress continues", I thought I'd ask if there's anything in particular you guys would like to talk about here. So! Are there any topics you'd like me to cover in these Writer's Logs in the coming weeks? They can be regarding the bundle itself or previous stories and series, I'm open to suggestions at the moment (unless that suggestion is in the form of "you could write a story about my OC! :3")
Have a good one, Tasties.
Until next time.
LOG UPDATE OVER.
Things are progressing okay, I've gotten started on re-doing "A Family Affair". Originally, I'd had this idea that I could touch up and release the original one I wrote and post it online as a sort of free sample, maybe call it the 'shareware version' because my mind is stuck in the 90s. Then I went over that story to harvest good lines and concepts for the remake, and I learned that I've gotten waaaaaay better since I wrote it, and abandoned that plan, because that story sucks. n_n *sweatdrop*
I'll just have to make the new version fantastic so it really deserves to be the title story in the bundle, then. But I have to admit... I'm a bit worried about getting started.
I haven't publically talked about it before, but for a long while now, at least as far back as "The Road Less Travelled", writing has been growing more and more difficult for me. I doubt myself, I second-guess every single thought that enters my head, and I find it difficult to even plan out the skeleton of a story, a bare framework to build off of. And considering I don't have a great history with trying to make up a story as I go along, these days the less I know, the worse the problem becomes. It's almost like I need to have every single detail lined up before it feels okay.
But the worst part is when I'm actually getting into the writing and I find myself faced with a challenge. Things like the story naturally evolving in a way I didn't expect, or I realize something about the situation I hadn't taken into account when plotting it out. That's when the paralysis kicks in.
It feels like anxiety, because I start off just being afraid that I'm going to make a mistake trying to solve this, that I'm going to choose the wrong words, that I'm going to make things worse and ruin the story. The anxiety gets so bad that I find it hard to do anything at all, and the longer it lasts, the worse it gets because by not doing anything, I'm not making any progress in the story.
A friend of mine described it as an Ouroboros, the snake that bites its own tail: "You get frustrated, it affects your work, the work slows down, you get frustrated."
Even if it's a small detail no one will ever notice, I become fixated on it and find it very difficult to move on, and then I get upset and it becomes even harder to think clearly enough to actually fix things. I very much have a problem seeing the forest for the trees.
I don't know, maybe this increased level of stress is normal for writers as their skill level increases. I once heard a quote from a famous novelist who said "Today was a good day. I wrote a sentence." But the level of stress this puts me through is quite disheartening. u_u
Maybe I'm going crazy, maybe I need to get out of the house more and it's allllll in my head, or maybe there's something I can do to make it easier to make words happen, but I must admit, for the first time in my life, the infamous blank page isn't the most intimidating part of starting a new story.
That isn't to say I'm giving up. Writing is the air I breathe, the fire in my heart (and because of my country of origin, the ice in my veins), I'm not about to give up now, especially when I'm so close to finally being able to share this whole project with you guys. That'll be a good day. n_n
Well, that turned out a bit darker than I intended, but I suppose the important takeaway is that even with these issues popping up, I've still written some stories I'm really, really proud of, and I fully intend to continue doing so.
I'm gonna keep writing these journals to let you know how things are going, but since I feel like there will be times when the sum total of the update consists of "progress continues", I thought I'd ask if there's anything in particular you guys would like to talk about here. So! Are there any topics you'd like me to cover in these Writer's Logs in the coming weeks? They can be regarding the bundle itself or previous stories and series, I'm open to suggestions at the moment (unless that suggestion is in the form of "you could write a story about my OC! :3")
Have a good one, Tasties.
Until next time.
LOG UPDATE OVER.
Writer's Log #1
Posted 7 years agoHeya, Tasties!
Have I really not written a journal since I came back from the surgery in February? Man. Sorry for going radio silent like that.
So I was very delighted to be able to announce my formerly secret project, the story bundle "A Family Affair", earlier this month, and I realize you must have many questions, chiefly among them 'when will this be available', 'how exactly are we going to purchase this', and 'but Green, you dashing champion of literary erotica, you've been hinting at this secret project for years now, is it really just ten stories bundled together'?
No? That last one is just me? Fair enough...
Well I'll answer that last one first anyway, minus the shameless flattery. I should mention that for the first Forever or so that I was working on this project, I was only doing it 'part-time'; six days a week, I would work on my own stories, or on commissions, but on Fridays, I would drop whatever I was doing and focus solely on the bundle. I have to admit, this wasn't the smartest way to go about it, since in proofing it's lead me to discover obvious inconsistencies between sections that existed solely because I was working on those parts of the story weeks instead of days apart. Ultimately, I started this fairly quiet time in my history by dropping commissions and for-fun work to focus solely on finishing the bundle. Sorry about that.
Of course, the Friday-only blunder was nothing compared to an innocent mistake I made in the form of moving on to the next story in the bundle as soon as I finished writing the one before it, because it has lead to a monumentally stressful time in my life I referred to as the Proofening, which has stretched out to cover the lion's share of both 2017 and 2018, doing nothing but proofreading. I took breaks to write some of the recent stories, like Seven Minutes in Heaven, in order to prevent my brain from exploding with stress. Next time I'll be smart enough to proof as I go along... <_<;
So yes, this has been in the making for a long time, but this journal is not just me writing out my woes, oh no. You see, there's another reason it's taken so long. When I said these were ten "full-sized" TastesLikeGreen stories, I was not kidding. I did a count before I started the Proofening, and at that point, if you added the entire bundle together, it consisted of 404,484 words spread across 681 pages (in Microsoft Word, anyway). And almost all of those stories have since gotten longer as I edited them! So oh yes, you'll be getting your money's worth with this one.
As for the other two hypothetical questions, well, here's the thing: I'm afraid I'm not actually finished yet. I wanted to make that big announcement on the 10th anniversary of my first furry story, since it was a grand occasion and seemed like a perfect time (even if it did take attention away from the Dave and Kelly story I posted on the same day, whoops), but at the time, there were still three stories yet to be declared Ready for Primetime. Just before I started writing this journal, I finished proofing "All I Want for Christmas is You", so that leaves two: Inheritance and A Family Affair.
Inheritance is pretty solidly put together, that should just be a case of going through it and fixing typos and grammar errors and stuff. But since A Family Affair was written before I even had the idea to do a bundle, before I had any of the other stories to compare it to, I no longer feel it matches up entirely with the others in the bundle. As a result, tuning it up to the standards I've set for myself will take a bit more work than I'd like to admit.
So, since I don't want to make a big announcement and then leave everyone twisting in the wind, I thought I would start this series of journals to keep you guys up to date on my progress, and try to be more open and sociable than I have been in the past, and to answer any questions that you might have along the way. Perhaps even have a bit of fun.
I would also like to give a very, special shout-out to
RoninDrake. All throughout this process, he's been my partner in this, whether I needed some help working out exactly how to do a scene, needed a second opinion for an alteration during proofing, or just needed a shoulder to lean on so I wouldn't go completely loony when the stress got to me. Thank you to the heavens and above, Drake. This bundle wouldn't be a thing if it weren't for you. n_n
Hopefully, this update will be the first of many, and I look forward to sharing more of the journey with you guys.
'til then.
LOG ENTRY OVER.
TL;DR - Go back to the top and start reading, you putz, I can't summarize all that in one pithy sentence. :B
Have I really not written a journal since I came back from the surgery in February? Man. Sorry for going radio silent like that.
So I was very delighted to be able to announce my formerly secret project, the story bundle "A Family Affair", earlier this month, and I realize you must have many questions, chiefly among them 'when will this be available', 'how exactly are we going to purchase this', and 'but Green, you dashing champion of literary erotica, you've been hinting at this secret project for years now, is it really just ten stories bundled together'?
No? That last one is just me? Fair enough...
Well I'll answer that last one first anyway, minus the shameless flattery. I should mention that for the first Forever or so that I was working on this project, I was only doing it 'part-time'; six days a week, I would work on my own stories, or on commissions, but on Fridays, I would drop whatever I was doing and focus solely on the bundle. I have to admit, this wasn't the smartest way to go about it, since in proofing it's lead me to discover obvious inconsistencies between sections that existed solely because I was working on those parts of the story weeks instead of days apart. Ultimately, I started this fairly quiet time in my history by dropping commissions and for-fun work to focus solely on finishing the bundle. Sorry about that.
Of course, the Friday-only blunder was nothing compared to an innocent mistake I made in the form of moving on to the next story in the bundle as soon as I finished writing the one before it, because it has lead to a monumentally stressful time in my life I referred to as the Proofening, which has stretched out to cover the lion's share of both 2017 and 2018, doing nothing but proofreading. I took breaks to write some of the recent stories, like Seven Minutes in Heaven, in order to prevent my brain from exploding with stress. Next time I'll be smart enough to proof as I go along... <_<;
So yes, this has been in the making for a long time, but this journal is not just me writing out my woes, oh no. You see, there's another reason it's taken so long. When I said these were ten "full-sized" TastesLikeGreen stories, I was not kidding. I did a count before I started the Proofening, and at that point, if you added the entire bundle together, it consisted of 404,484 words spread across 681 pages (in Microsoft Word, anyway). And almost all of those stories have since gotten longer as I edited them! So oh yes, you'll be getting your money's worth with this one.
As for the other two hypothetical questions, well, here's the thing: I'm afraid I'm not actually finished yet. I wanted to make that big announcement on the 10th anniversary of my first furry story, since it was a grand occasion and seemed like a perfect time (even if it did take attention away from the Dave and Kelly story I posted on the same day, whoops), but at the time, there were still three stories yet to be declared Ready for Primetime. Just before I started writing this journal, I finished proofing "All I Want for Christmas is You", so that leaves two: Inheritance and A Family Affair.
Inheritance is pretty solidly put together, that should just be a case of going through it and fixing typos and grammar errors and stuff. But since A Family Affair was written before I even had the idea to do a bundle, before I had any of the other stories to compare it to, I no longer feel it matches up entirely with the others in the bundle. As a result, tuning it up to the standards I've set for myself will take a bit more work than I'd like to admit.
So, since I don't want to make a big announcement and then leave everyone twisting in the wind, I thought I would start this series of journals to keep you guys up to date on my progress, and try to be more open and sociable than I have been in the past, and to answer any questions that you might have along the way. Perhaps even have a bit of fun.
I would also like to give a very, special shout-out to
RoninDrake. All throughout this process, he's been my partner in this, whether I needed some help working out exactly how to do a scene, needed a second opinion for an alteration during proofing, or just needed a shoulder to lean on so I wouldn't go completely loony when the stress got to me. Thank you to the heavens and above, Drake. This bundle wouldn't be a thing if it weren't for you. n_nHopefully, this update will be the first of many, and I look forward to sharing more of the journey with you guys.
'til then.
LOG ENTRY OVER.
TL;DR - Go back to the top and start reading, you putz, I can't summarize all that in one pithy sentence. :B
I survived, you guys n_n
Posted 7 years agoHeya Tasties.
I just wanted to let you know that things went very well with the surgery, and even though they had to keep me another day after an unexpected complication on Thursday, I'm back home now and focused on recovering.
There was a little nerve damage, so most of my right ear is numb to various degrees. I was told to expect that, so it's not a big deal. Considering that the worst case scenario involved the entire right side of my face being numbed and drooping like a stroke victim's, I can absolutely deal with not being able to feel the outside of a perfectly functional ear. I never thought it would feel so good to be able to smile and blink. :B
So now I've got a great big scar running down the entire side of my face (bigger than was strictly necessary, actually, since it makes it easier to avoid nerve damage, which I was totally on board with), there's a small drain in there to help the swelling go down, but which means I need to keep gauze over it to keep the grossness to a minimum, and I am, as a general rule, as weak as a kitten and very tired. Keeps happening where out of nowhere, I'll suddenly have zero energy and need to lie down for a few hours. I'm getting better bit by bit, though, and sleeping in my own bed last night sure did help the old ego.
I wanted to thank each and every one of you for your support and your well wishes. It means a lot to me in a trying time like this, and once I get back to feeling more like myself, I look forward to getting back on track to bring you guys delightful stories of love and perviness. n_n
JOURNAL OVER.
recovery continues.
I just wanted to let you know that things went very well with the surgery, and even though they had to keep me another day after an unexpected complication on Thursday, I'm back home now and focused on recovering.
There was a little nerve damage, so most of my right ear is numb to various degrees. I was told to expect that, so it's not a big deal. Considering that the worst case scenario involved the entire right side of my face being numbed and drooping like a stroke victim's, I can absolutely deal with not being able to feel the outside of a perfectly functional ear. I never thought it would feel so good to be able to smile and blink. :B
So now I've got a great big scar running down the entire side of my face (bigger than was strictly necessary, actually, since it makes it easier to avoid nerve damage, which I was totally on board with), there's a small drain in there to help the swelling go down, but which means I need to keep gauze over it to keep the grossness to a minimum, and I am, as a general rule, as weak as a kitten and very tired. Keeps happening where out of nowhere, I'll suddenly have zero energy and need to lie down for a few hours. I'm getting better bit by bit, though, and sleeping in my own bed last night sure did help the old ego.
I wanted to thank each and every one of you for your support and your well wishes. It means a lot to me in a trying time like this, and once I get back to feeling more like myself, I look forward to getting back on track to bring you guys delightful stories of love and perviness. n_n
JOURNAL OVER.
recovery continues.
Going Under the Knife
Posted 7 years agoHey there Tasties.
Just wanted to put an update here and let you know that I'm going in for surgery on the 14th. See, there's this lump under the skin on the side of my jaw, next to my right ear, and after approximately a zillion tests, they've determined that it's totally benign, it's not cancer, but it could become cancer in the long term if we just leave it there. Most uncool.
This probably won't impact my writing much, thankfully, aside from the obvious issue of not being able to do any on the 14th since they'll be keeping me for observation overnight, but I just thought I'd tell you guys since it's an important event in my life. There are of course potential side effects, some of them decidedly unpleasant, but I'd rather not dwell on those at the moment. I'll just suggest that all the people complaining about being single next week might want to keep things in perspective, since I'm celebrating Valentine's Day by getting my face cut open and risking nerve damage. :B
That's about the long and short of it, I'll be sure to update you guys and let you know how things went once I'm home convalescing. Here's hoping everything goes just fine, knock on wood. Wish me luck!
JOURNAL OVER.
Just wanted to put an update here and let you know that I'm going in for surgery on the 14th. See, there's this lump under the skin on the side of my jaw, next to my right ear, and after approximately a zillion tests, they've determined that it's totally benign, it's not cancer, but it could become cancer in the long term if we just leave it there. Most uncool.
This probably won't impact my writing much, thankfully, aside from the obvious issue of not being able to do any on the 14th since they'll be keeping me for observation overnight, but I just thought I'd tell you guys since it's an important event in my life. There are of course potential side effects, some of them decidedly unpleasant, but I'd rather not dwell on those at the moment. I'll just suggest that all the people complaining about being single next week might want to keep things in perspective, since I'm celebrating Valentine's Day by getting my face cut open and risking nerve damage. :B
That's about the long and short of it, I'll be sure to update you guys and let you know how things went once I'm home convalescing. Here's hoping everything goes just fine, knock on wood. Wish me luck!
JOURNAL OVER.
2017, Year in Review
Posted 7 years agoHeya Tasties.
Sorry this is so late. I've kinda been putting it off this year, since there are some weird circumstances involved with my output in 2017. Since I spent the lion's share of last year working on this project of mine, there are a number of months where I didn't post any stories online, and most of the ones where I did were chapters of Unless. It's kind of a far cry from my review of 2016, which was a pretty good year in terms of writing even if it was a dumpster fire in most other ways.
I also regret to inform you that, as you prolly guessed from the date, I don't have anything to post for January this year, so I'm not off to a great start.
There's actually a bit more of Unless coming, but I thought since it had been eight chapters in a row, I would take a break both from Unless and from my project in order to write something straight. I think some good old-fashioned M/F would be a nice change of pace, eh?
But for right now, I thought it was important to continue this tradition, even if I'm modifying it slightly this year. Since I was working like crazy on this project, I thought that instead of just putting FAIL on months where I didn't post anything online, I'd just post ????, maybe come back and change them once I'm ready to make the public announcement.
That being said, here goes!
January
Behind Closed Doors: A nice, fun story about a pair of leopards named Roberta and Peter, and how the former reacts when the latter bursts into her room to confess that he's in love with his little sister. I quite enjoyed that one, and the experience of turning certain standards of my gallery on their heads. n_n
February
Backroom Dealings: The very first cousincest story I've ever written, this one skips the courtship and confessions and picks up with Alan and Barry McIntyre when they're already comfortably in a relationship. The problem is, they fooled around at work and got caught on camera, so now they need to sneak into their boss' office and delete the footage. This was also a fun story to write, though I have to admit, it wasn't until I posted it that I realized I inadvertently named both protagonists after the Flash. I guess nerdery goes bone-deep with me... <_<;
This is the part where I decided to focus on my project full-time instead of just here and there, so it wouldn't take four million years to complete.
March
????
April
????
May
???? (I was especially saddened not to have anything for you guys on my birthday)
June
????
July
Unless, Part One: The story begins! Introducing Nigel and James Ellison, twin otter brothers who are vacationing together at their family's lakehouse, and who happen to be desperately attracted to each other.
August
Unless, Part Two: After years of playful teasing, Nigel and James decide to upgrade the one rule that helps them avoid committing incest to allow them to ogle each other to their hearts' content.
September
Unless, Part Three: In what's starting to become a theme, the twins adjust their rule to allow themselves to go just a little bit further, touching themselves to the brink of ecstasy. Also, Nigel has a really frustrating dream.
Credit where credit's due, I also managed to post Unless, Part Four, a shorter, cleaner chapter in which the twins keep their pants on for once, and have a party with their friends.
October
Unless, Part Five: After James accidentally pushes himself too far and becomes deeply upset, Nigel helps to soothe his frantic brother by reminding him that one person cannot commit incest by himself. It makes sense in context, I swear. :B
I also posted Unless, Part Six, in which things continue to slide ever closer to their inevitable destination as the twins find they simply can't resist touching each other, even if it is getting into a grey area.
November
Unless, Part Seven: Now that they're on board with the idea of making each other come, it doesn't take much before James and Nigel agree to move on to oral lovings. We're nearly there, folks!
December
Unless, Part Eight: Unable to resist for even a moment longer, James confesses his love for Nigel, and when he learns his brother feels the same way, the twins finally throw caution to the wind and make sweet, sweet love. Awwww yeaaaah. This was a fun one. n_n
So there you have it! One year, ten stories, and while there were four long months without content, there were extenuating circumstances this time around, so I don't feel so bad about it. I wish I could say 'hey, I'll be ready to announce the project next Tuesday' or something, but the truth is that after working non-stop on it for so long, it's kinda kicking my ass. That's why I'm taking a little break to focus exclusively on this M/F story, y'see. Get those creative juices flowing again, get a little re-energized for the final push to the end. Six segments down, four to go, and I was making pretty good headway on the next one before I decided to do something else before I went incurably insane. :B
I felt like 2017 needed work, since I was so focused on the project that I kind of turned into a hermit and barely interacted with you guys. I hope to improve on that this year (he said, after being silent for 30 days of January).
Either way, I feel like I made some real progress in 2017, and I hope that 2018 will be even better. With any luck, next year's review will have a lot fewer question marks on it, and a section where I talk about finally finishing that project. Knock on wood!
Thank you for reading this longer-than-usual, somewhat rambly journal, Tasties, and I hope you have yourselves a fantastic day.
ANNUAL TRADITION OVER.
Future Edit: You can see how I ultimately did in 2018 right here.
Sorry this is so late. I've kinda been putting it off this year, since there are some weird circumstances involved with my output in 2017. Since I spent the lion's share of last year working on this project of mine, there are a number of months where I didn't post any stories online, and most of the ones where I did were chapters of Unless. It's kind of a far cry from my review of 2016, which was a pretty good year in terms of writing even if it was a dumpster fire in most other ways.
I also regret to inform you that, as you prolly guessed from the date, I don't have anything to post for January this year, so I'm not off to a great start.
There's actually a bit more of Unless coming, but I thought since it had been eight chapters in a row, I would take a break both from Unless and from my project in order to write something straight. I think some good old-fashioned M/F would be a nice change of pace, eh?
But for right now, I thought it was important to continue this tradition, even if I'm modifying it slightly this year. Since I was working like crazy on this project, I thought that instead of just putting FAIL on months where I didn't post anything online, I'd just post ????, maybe come back and change them once I'm ready to make the public announcement.
That being said, here goes!
January
Behind Closed Doors: A nice, fun story about a pair of leopards named Roberta and Peter, and how the former reacts when the latter bursts into her room to confess that he's in love with his little sister. I quite enjoyed that one, and the experience of turning certain standards of my gallery on their heads. n_n
February
Backroom Dealings: The very first cousincest story I've ever written, this one skips the courtship and confessions and picks up with Alan and Barry McIntyre when they're already comfortably in a relationship. The problem is, they fooled around at work and got caught on camera, so now they need to sneak into their boss' office and delete the footage. This was also a fun story to write, though I have to admit, it wasn't until I posted it that I realized I inadvertently named both protagonists after the Flash. I guess nerdery goes bone-deep with me... <_<;
This is the part where I decided to focus on my project full-time instead of just here and there, so it wouldn't take four million years to complete.
March
????
April
????
May
???? (I was especially saddened not to have anything for you guys on my birthday)
June
????
July
Unless, Part One: The story begins! Introducing Nigel and James Ellison, twin otter brothers who are vacationing together at their family's lakehouse, and who happen to be desperately attracted to each other.
August
Unless, Part Two: After years of playful teasing, Nigel and James decide to upgrade the one rule that helps them avoid committing incest to allow them to ogle each other to their hearts' content.
September
Unless, Part Three: In what's starting to become a theme, the twins adjust their rule to allow themselves to go just a little bit further, touching themselves to the brink of ecstasy. Also, Nigel has a really frustrating dream.
Credit where credit's due, I also managed to post Unless, Part Four, a shorter, cleaner chapter in which the twins keep their pants on for once, and have a party with their friends.
October
Unless, Part Five: After James accidentally pushes himself too far and becomes deeply upset, Nigel helps to soothe his frantic brother by reminding him that one person cannot commit incest by himself. It makes sense in context, I swear. :B
I also posted Unless, Part Six, in which things continue to slide ever closer to their inevitable destination as the twins find they simply can't resist touching each other, even if it is getting into a grey area.
November
Unless, Part Seven: Now that they're on board with the idea of making each other come, it doesn't take much before James and Nigel agree to move on to oral lovings. We're nearly there, folks!
December
Unless, Part Eight: Unable to resist for even a moment longer, James confesses his love for Nigel, and when he learns his brother feels the same way, the twins finally throw caution to the wind and make sweet, sweet love. Awwww yeaaaah. This was a fun one. n_n
So there you have it! One year, ten stories, and while there were four long months without content, there were extenuating circumstances this time around, so I don't feel so bad about it. I wish I could say 'hey, I'll be ready to announce the project next Tuesday' or something, but the truth is that after working non-stop on it for so long, it's kinda kicking my ass. That's why I'm taking a little break to focus exclusively on this M/F story, y'see. Get those creative juices flowing again, get a little re-energized for the final push to the end. Six segments down, four to go, and I was making pretty good headway on the next one before I decided to do something else before I went incurably insane. :B
I felt like 2017 needed work, since I was so focused on the project that I kind of turned into a hermit and barely interacted with you guys. I hope to improve on that this year (he said, after being silent for 30 days of January).
Either way, I feel like I made some real progress in 2017, and I hope that 2018 will be even better. With any luck, next year's review will have a lot fewer question marks on it, and a section where I talk about finally finishing that project. Knock on wood!
Thank you for reading this longer-than-usual, somewhat rambly journal, Tasties, and I hope you have yourselves a fantastic day.
ANNUAL TRADITION OVER.
Future Edit: You can see how I ultimately did in 2018 right here.
Guess What This One's About
Posted 8 years agoMerry Christmas, Tasties. n_n
I know there are a hojillion seasonal messages in the journals today, but I couldn't let the day go by without giving you and yours a heartfelt wish for a lovely holiday. I hope I helped do my part by uploading the latest chapter of Unless, which I swear wasn't planned ahead of time. I just pushed myself to finish proofing yesterday because I realized how delightful it would be to share that on Christmas, even if it is a summery story. :3
Today was very nice for me, spending time with my family, getting a number of very thoughtful presents, sharing in the experience of some delightful board games with the people closest to me, dining on a delicious dinner, and perhaps most importantly, enjoying the sight of the first white Christmas we've had round these parts in years.
I hope you and yours had just as lovely a day, I hope my fellow Canucks have a nice relaxed Boxing Day tomorrow, and if you don't observe Christmas, then I also wish you a Happy Kwanzaa, a belated Happy Hanukkah, or just a delightful Monday, hehe. n_n
SEASON'S GREETINGS OVER.
I know there are a hojillion seasonal messages in the journals today, but I couldn't let the day go by without giving you and yours a heartfelt wish for a lovely holiday. I hope I helped do my part by uploading the latest chapter of Unless, which I swear wasn't planned ahead of time. I just pushed myself to finish proofing yesterday because I realized how delightful it would be to share that on Christmas, even if it is a summery story. :3
Today was very nice for me, spending time with my family, getting a number of very thoughtful presents, sharing in the experience of some delightful board games with the people closest to me, dining on a delicious dinner, and perhaps most importantly, enjoying the sight of the first white Christmas we've had round these parts in years.
I hope you and yours had just as lovely a day, I hope my fellow Canucks have a nice relaxed Boxing Day tomorrow, and if you don't observe Christmas, then I also wish you a Happy Kwanzaa, a belated Happy Hanukkah, or just a delightful Monday, hehe. n_n
SEASON'S GREETINGS OVER.
Dusting This Thing Off
Posted 8 years agoHoly butts you guys, I haven't done a journal since June. :o
Sorry about that. I've just been working on this project for what feels like four million years, and it's difficult to work up much enthusiasm for updates when I'm just pushing forwards towards the same Goal. I am making progress, if it helps. 6/10 segments completed. I'd be further along, but I decided that segment six needed to be done over from scratch, so that didn't help matters any. It's done now, at least, and I'm moving on to segment seven. I'm closer to the end than the beginning, so that's cool.
Since I've been quiet this whole time, I hope you guys had a good summer and fall, and I belatedly wish you a happy Thanksgiving (Canadian and American) and a happy Halloween, hehe. n_n;
Really, my bad, guys. It's not much fun to be quiet for so long, because then nobody says anything back. It's quite lonely at times. :c
I didn't even post on my 11th FAnniversary on Sunday (because I forgot, sweatdrop).
Still poking at Unless on the side, though I've been thinking it would be nice to get some straight content in the gallery, it's certainly been a while...
Hope everything's been cool on your ends. Rest assured, progress is being made, Tasties, and we'll get through this. :3
JOURNAL OVER.
Sorry about that. I've just been working on this project for what feels like four million years, and it's difficult to work up much enthusiasm for updates when I'm just pushing forwards towards the same Goal. I am making progress, if it helps. 6/10 segments completed. I'd be further along, but I decided that segment six needed to be done over from scratch, so that didn't help matters any. It's done now, at least, and I'm moving on to segment seven. I'm closer to the end than the beginning, so that's cool.
Since I've been quiet this whole time, I hope you guys had a good summer and fall, and I belatedly wish you a happy Thanksgiving (Canadian and American) and a happy Halloween, hehe. n_n;
Really, my bad, guys. It's not much fun to be quiet for so long, because then nobody says anything back. It's quite lonely at times. :c
I didn't even post on my 11th FAnniversary on Sunday (because I forgot, sweatdrop).
Still poking at Unless on the side, though I've been thinking it would be nice to get some straight content in the gallery, it's certainly been a while...
Hope everything's been cool on your ends. Rest assured, progress is being made, Tasties, and we'll get through this. :3
JOURNAL OVER.
Rolling Right Along
Posted 8 years agoHey there, Tasties.
Not much new to report since last time, still dilligently plugging away. Finished part five of ten earlier this month, now I'm well into part six. It'll be nice to be "more than half done", though I'm not sure that's actually true, since I left some of the longest segments for the second half of The Proofening. :B
Still, I'll be thinking of it as more than half done, and that's very encouraging. Some days it felt like I'd be proofing for the rest of my life, but there is an end to this project, and every page I check through brings me a step closer to that goal. Looking forward to sharing it with you. n_n
I hope things are going equally well with you guys, and that you're having a lovely summer.
JOURNAL OVER.
Not much new to report since last time, still dilligently plugging away. Finished part five of ten earlier this month, now I'm well into part six. It'll be nice to be "more than half done", though I'm not sure that's actually true, since I left some of the longest segments for the second half of The Proofening. :B
Still, I'll be thinking of it as more than half done, and that's very encouraging. Some days it felt like I'd be proofing for the rest of my life, but there is an end to this project, and every page I check through brings me a step closer to that goal. Looking forward to sharing it with you. n_n
I hope things are going equally well with you guys, and that you're having a lovely summer.
JOURNAL OVER.
