It's not particularly exciting, but as part of my ongoing attempt to improve the look and consistency of my writing, I've been edumacating myself. While I have access to and familiarity with (a lot more than that in some cases) various word-processing software, I'm trying to think long-term and avoid (where possible) file-formats that may become obsolete. Hence, my ongoing effort to convert the native format of my scribblings to something that, in all likelihood, will be around for a good while, as well as being distribution-friendly: HTML. Unfortunately, HTML, with good reason, doesn't readily lend itself to publishing formatting. Add CSS, however, and you quickly get a LOT closer to the goal.

So, I've spent this week (in my copious spare time) reading up on CSS, and have created my basic style sheet, applied that to my two "in-progress" works, and confirmed that it does what I want it to do. While it's still a bit of a nuisance to have to convert to PDF to get them up HERE, having them natively in correctly-formatted HTML will make it much easier to update my main story page (once the stories are in a "finished" state of course). HTLM also will allow me to include links to useful internet resources, which will be important a little farther down the Road.

In the short term, there's no update coming until at least some time next week, but once I finish proofing the hard-copy of "Marian's Road" that I'm carrying around and get those changes keyed in, I'll get the cleaned-up version posted. There will probably be a little new content included, but nothing major (yet). Once I've gone over the existing text and fixed it up a bit, I'll probably change gears again and work on a couple of other pending projects before I get back to working on the Road in a major way. I also need to get the "Journeying" rewrite done soon, now that I've got all the technical issues out of the way.

Rochndil, who never lacks for something to do...