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After a long — excruciatingly so — journey through the great plainlands, I’ve returned home. Sadly this isn’t for keeps, and I have to make the drive again Sunday night. The work of a hyper-reality engineer never ends.
Hopefully, this time the power cord for the laptop will get packed, and I’ll get chances to wander online. Three days was long enough to go without.
Prior to my little trek into the void that is cow-farming central, I submitted a new story. In truth, it’s an old story, but it’s gone through enough reworking that I hope it’s worth another look, just to see how my writing has changed/improved over the time I’ve been in hiding.
What started as a simple Thursday Prompt has morphed into a fun series. Each is a story told from one of the characters participating in a gypsy-esque dancing troupe, and the adventures of their love lives. There’s lots of characters to play with, and in theory I could write these stories, for as long as I find them entertaining.
This are also another opportunity to explore all sorts of exotic species, and I have a long line of creatures waiting to have their tale told. The next will be from the fruit bat, Azalee’s POV.
One thing’s for sure, bats are extremely hard to put clothes on properly. Bats are complicated in general, since I’m insisting on sticking to realistic body types ie. Hands encased in wing membrane with thumbs as the only free appendage.
It took hours (and some rather interesting miming gestures) to figure out how much one could do with limited use of the fingers — a thumb is not a finger. As a result I’ve got a rather complex bat culture. Figuring out how to dress them became a query into how they evolved enough to wear clothes.
Realistically, most of this planing won’t show up in the final story — but it helps me understand the characters more, and lets me explore their world. Plus, the endeavor provided for a fun brain teaser.
Because of my obsessive nature, I won’t post until I’ve achieved some level of happiness with it, and it’s far from that stage. Though progress is good, it’s still slower than I’d like, but at least I’m moving forward.
Thanks again to those who’ve read thus far. Working on these stories take quite a while, so I love to see that there are those that seem to enjoy what I do.
Take care,
Tyvara
Hopefully, this time the power cord for the laptop will get packed, and I’ll get chances to wander online. Three days was long enough to go without.
Prior to my little trek into the void that is cow-farming central, I submitted a new story. In truth, it’s an old story, but it’s gone through enough reworking that I hope it’s worth another look, just to see how my writing has changed/improved over the time I’ve been in hiding.
What started as a simple Thursday Prompt has morphed into a fun series. Each is a story told from one of the characters participating in a gypsy-esque dancing troupe, and the adventures of their love lives. There’s lots of characters to play with, and in theory I could write these stories, for as long as I find them entertaining.
This are also another opportunity to explore all sorts of exotic species, and I have a long line of creatures waiting to have their tale told. The next will be from the fruit bat, Azalee’s POV.
One thing’s for sure, bats are extremely hard to put clothes on properly. Bats are complicated in general, since I’m insisting on sticking to realistic body types ie. Hands encased in wing membrane with thumbs as the only free appendage.
It took hours (and some rather interesting miming gestures) to figure out how much one could do with limited use of the fingers — a thumb is not a finger. As a result I’ve got a rather complex bat culture. Figuring out how to dress them became a query into how they evolved enough to wear clothes.
Realistically, most of this planing won’t show up in the final story — but it helps me understand the characters more, and lets me explore their world. Plus, the endeavor provided for a fun brain teaser.
Because of my obsessive nature, I won’t post until I’ve achieved some level of happiness with it, and it’s far from that stage. Though progress is good, it’s still slower than I’d like, but at least I’m moving forward.
Thanks again to those who’ve read thus far. Working on these stories take quite a while, so I love to see that there are those that seem to enjoy what I do.
Take care,
Tyvara
I'm posting my stuff here first, just because all the action has died on SF since they updated.
From the Dancing Trails, is the furry series I'm working on now, with To Woo a Feline as the first chapter in the book.
I do wish you the best on your trip and your story. Keep up the great work, you have a style that is rare and it really pulls the reader into whatever your reading.