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Writer's Log #1
7 years ago
Currently closed for story commissions! See this journal for details if you want to look anyway.
Heya, 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
Will we be seeing more of Dave and Kelly, or is their timeline complete?
No, we will definitely be going back to fill in the blanks, friend, I just thought it would be a fun way to celebrate the 10th anniversary.