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Let me bare my heart to you guys, for just a few moments.
Posted 7 years agoWell done me. It's March, and no update for Integration? What the heck happened? Brace yourselves, this is gonna be a bit long. Don't worry, it's nothing sad or depressing. I'm a happy person.
Nothing happened, really. I could make excuses about school, and it has been dragging me down hard. (Who knew art school was work intensive!) But truth be told, I do not believe for a moment that it's hindered me enough to not write Integration. That's on me.
Something... is stuck. I have 10,000 words give or take of chapter fourteen. Now see, the problem with that, is I've never stopped writing halfway through a chapter. Once I get going, I always had it complete within a short time. But I stopped, and I can't quite tell why. Writer's block? Part of it, maybe. I read through all of Integration recently, to better reconnect with my old work. It helped, I feel more confident approaching Integration now. But apparently, I still feel stuck.
Is it the plot? I'll be up front with you folks, practically the entirety of Integration was written by the seat of my pants. I never really know what's going to happen in each chapter until I write it. I've honest to goodness been surprised by own plot numerous times. Surprised by my own characters. It's a fun way to write, but definitely not sustainable. I've reached a point in the story where I'm not entirely sure how to proceed in a natural feeling way. Chapter twelve in particular hit me with this really hard back when I wrote it. It felt forced to me, in some ways. When I reread it, it still feels a bit like that, but the feeling has waned some.
Sometimes I feel like Integration does a lot of pussyfooting around, thanks to my lack of any outline to the story. Like perhaps the plot could have advanced quicker if I knew what I was doing. I just don't know what's going to happen next at any given moment. Sure, we have a situation coming with Maduk, where Dylan will have to show he can handle being with Yirshan, but... what then? It's really a crazy way to write. I've dabbled into some potential outlining for where to take the story now, but not nearly enough of it. I need to look into that again.
Integration honestly feels like it's on the brink of an ending to me. This segment of Dylan and Kira's story is so close to wrapping up. I feel it. And endings are scary to write. Could that be the problem I'm having? I sense the end is so close, and I panic that I don't know what to do? One of the Pixar Rules of Storytelling is writing your ending first, before the middle, for exactly this reason.
Whatever the problem is, I want you all to know Integration isn't going to die. I love this setting, I wish I could dream it and experience it. I wish so many things for it. But ultimately, right now, it's not so high of a priority for me. I'm in a very happy place in my life right now, I feel good. But it's focusing most of my creative effort elsewhere. Again, I don't think that's an excuse, but it has some affect. I was a college dropout, but now I'm back years later for round two, passion coming along with me this time. Apparently, I suck at evenly dividing up my passions.
Goodness, I remember years ago, while delivering pizza, the idea for Integration just hit me. Like a friggin freight train, swept me right off my feet. I was so, so excited. I couldn't wait to get off work and start writing. I truly never felt such an inspiration for any other story before. Or... maybe even anything? I wrote the first chapter in a sprint in two days. It was the start to my idea, and I had no dang idea what I was going to do with it. But that was the fun part! It was time to explore this new, lovely universe. Or as new as a reboot could be, just better realized than what I could write as a high schooler, all those years ago.
You know, I went into this story so completely blind. It was an idea, that was it. It was, 'What if humans and friendly, macro anthros, aliens to each other, had to learn to coexist?' A military setting was a tentative idea at first, but it had a lot of potential in the way it would force anthro and human to figure each other out. So I went with that. I wrote Kira first, thought it was a decent start. Then came Dylan... what to do with the human. A medic? Oooh, that could be fun to explore. Personality... I needed something that would not lead to affections with Kira too quickly. PTSD? Oooh, that could lead to the best affections? And then, hoo god, I went down the PTSD rabbit hole in a way I did not expect AT ALL. People love Kira, I love Kira, but I feel like Dylan might be the best character I ever made. I'm so proud of him and what he's doing.
Anyway, I digressed. Integration SHOULD have been finished years ago now, if I approached it like a proper writer. It makes me ache whenever I think about Integration, and these absolutely obscene gaps in updates. But I also appreciate you lot for the love for the story, apparently strong enough to come back and read my rare updates. It's incredible the interest seems to hold like that. And it scares me that with these rare updates, I'm losing readers and fans. I let them down, and that's just.... wrong. I grew up in the fandom trawling for stories like Integration, these wild, escapist stories of fantastic anthros, some as big as buildings, and their interactions with us, humans. Stories like Integration hold a special fondness in my heart, and I remember the times I was let down by dead stories. Wonderful tales that I couldn't eat up faster, only to find a cold, dead end of a cliff. The writer had given up.
I'm not gonna give up, guys. I just can't. I know my rare updates don't make it seem like it, but Integration, the UTO verse, is a big part of my life. I think about it every day, I see it in the music I listen to, the videos I watch, the games I play, the tiny stories that crop up in my head. It's not left my imagination once over these years, but my drive seems sapped of something. Yeah, talk bout obvious there, right? No kidding.
Part Fourteen will come. I know it. My life is in a good place, but I still gotta sort myself out. If I can't do it for myself, then I gotta at least do it for you all, right? The people that love what I do and don't want to see Integration putter out either. Again, it's incredible that so many of you put up with my crap. The love for the story is so strong? It's heartwarming, guys. Wanting to bring you all a wonderful story and make you happy is what got me into writing in the first place. I let my readers down, I didn't just fail myself, I failed all of you. Something must be done.
I don't know when, and goodness it has to be soon with how frayed my nerves feel, but Part Fourteen will be done. Worse comes to worst, I'll make a Discord server so you all can come in and yell at me to stop being a lazy butt!
I love you guys. Thank you so much for putting up with my crap. Hope this ramble was comprehensible.
Nothing happened, really. I could make excuses about school, and it has been dragging me down hard. (Who knew art school was work intensive!) But truth be told, I do not believe for a moment that it's hindered me enough to not write Integration. That's on me.
Something... is stuck. I have 10,000 words give or take of chapter fourteen. Now see, the problem with that, is I've never stopped writing halfway through a chapter. Once I get going, I always had it complete within a short time. But I stopped, and I can't quite tell why. Writer's block? Part of it, maybe. I read through all of Integration recently, to better reconnect with my old work. It helped, I feel more confident approaching Integration now. But apparently, I still feel stuck.
Is it the plot? I'll be up front with you folks, practically the entirety of Integration was written by the seat of my pants. I never really know what's going to happen in each chapter until I write it. I've honest to goodness been surprised by own plot numerous times. Surprised by my own characters. It's a fun way to write, but definitely not sustainable. I've reached a point in the story where I'm not entirely sure how to proceed in a natural feeling way. Chapter twelve in particular hit me with this really hard back when I wrote it. It felt forced to me, in some ways. When I reread it, it still feels a bit like that, but the feeling has waned some.
Sometimes I feel like Integration does a lot of pussyfooting around, thanks to my lack of any outline to the story. Like perhaps the plot could have advanced quicker if I knew what I was doing. I just don't know what's going to happen next at any given moment. Sure, we have a situation coming with Maduk, where Dylan will have to show he can handle being with Yirshan, but... what then? It's really a crazy way to write. I've dabbled into some potential outlining for where to take the story now, but not nearly enough of it. I need to look into that again.
Integration honestly feels like it's on the brink of an ending to me. This segment of Dylan and Kira's story is so close to wrapping up. I feel it. And endings are scary to write. Could that be the problem I'm having? I sense the end is so close, and I panic that I don't know what to do? One of the Pixar Rules of Storytelling is writing your ending first, before the middle, for exactly this reason.
Whatever the problem is, I want you all to know Integration isn't going to die. I love this setting, I wish I could dream it and experience it. I wish so many things for it. But ultimately, right now, it's not so high of a priority for me. I'm in a very happy place in my life right now, I feel good. But it's focusing most of my creative effort elsewhere. Again, I don't think that's an excuse, but it has some affect. I was a college dropout, but now I'm back years later for round two, passion coming along with me this time. Apparently, I suck at evenly dividing up my passions.
Goodness, I remember years ago, while delivering pizza, the idea for Integration just hit me. Like a friggin freight train, swept me right off my feet. I was so, so excited. I couldn't wait to get off work and start writing. I truly never felt such an inspiration for any other story before. Or... maybe even anything? I wrote the first chapter in a sprint in two days. It was the start to my idea, and I had no dang idea what I was going to do with it. But that was the fun part! It was time to explore this new, lovely universe. Or as new as a reboot could be, just better realized than what I could write as a high schooler, all those years ago.
You know, I went into this story so completely blind. It was an idea, that was it. It was, 'What if humans and friendly, macro anthros, aliens to each other, had to learn to coexist?' A military setting was a tentative idea at first, but it had a lot of potential in the way it would force anthro and human to figure each other out. So I went with that. I wrote Kira first, thought it was a decent start. Then came Dylan... what to do with the human. A medic? Oooh, that could be fun to explore. Personality... I needed something that would not lead to affections with Kira too quickly. PTSD? Oooh, that could lead to the best affections? And then, hoo god, I went down the PTSD rabbit hole in a way I did not expect AT ALL. People love Kira, I love Kira, but I feel like Dylan might be the best character I ever made. I'm so proud of him and what he's doing.
Anyway, I digressed. Integration SHOULD have been finished years ago now, if I approached it like a proper writer. It makes me ache whenever I think about Integration, and these absolutely obscene gaps in updates. But I also appreciate you lot for the love for the story, apparently strong enough to come back and read my rare updates. It's incredible the interest seems to hold like that. And it scares me that with these rare updates, I'm losing readers and fans. I let them down, and that's just.... wrong. I grew up in the fandom trawling for stories like Integration, these wild, escapist stories of fantastic anthros, some as big as buildings, and their interactions with us, humans. Stories like Integration hold a special fondness in my heart, and I remember the times I was let down by dead stories. Wonderful tales that I couldn't eat up faster, only to find a cold, dead end of a cliff. The writer had given up.
I'm not gonna give up, guys. I just can't. I know my rare updates don't make it seem like it, but Integration, the UTO verse, is a big part of my life. I think about it every day, I see it in the music I listen to, the videos I watch, the games I play, the tiny stories that crop up in my head. It's not left my imagination once over these years, but my drive seems sapped of something. Yeah, talk bout obvious there, right? No kidding.
Part Fourteen will come. I know it. My life is in a good place, but I still gotta sort myself out. If I can't do it for myself, then I gotta at least do it for you all, right? The people that love what I do and don't want to see Integration putter out either. Again, it's incredible that so many of you put up with my crap. The love for the story is so strong? It's heartwarming, guys. Wanting to bring you all a wonderful story and make you happy is what got me into writing in the first place. I let my readers down, I didn't just fail myself, I failed all of you. Something must be done.
I don't know when, and goodness it has to be soon with how frayed my nerves feel, but Part Fourteen will be done. Worse comes to worst, I'll make a Discord server so you all can come in and yell at me to stop being a lazy butt!
I love you guys. Thank you so much for putting up with my crap. Hope this ramble was comprehensible.
Who here remembers Integration?
Posted 8 years agoBecause I do!
Hellooo, long time no see. It's been a busy time, but I've found myself getting more and more sick of Integration not being done. I know I'm bad at updating, goodness knows it gnaws at me every time I think about it. But! Here we go. We're gunning for an update sometime around the new year with the winter break.
That's right, I'm making a goal and telling the lot of you. This needs to get done. Those of you that know me more personally, you know who you are, I'm counting on you to angrily throttle me if I slip up.
(This includes you especially, Miles.)
Perhaps as a distraction from my terribleness at finishing my stories, here's a Macro story I've recently read, and it's actually COMPLETE! It was awesome, brought me back to my youth and the kind of stuff that first got me into macro, and really the fandom as a whole.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24553625
Give Becky some love.
Hellooo, long time no see. It's been a busy time, but I've found myself getting more and more sick of Integration not being done. I know I'm bad at updating, goodness knows it gnaws at me every time I think about it. But! Here we go. We're gunning for an update sometime around the new year with the winter break.
That's right, I'm making a goal and telling the lot of you. This needs to get done. Those of you that know me more personally, you know who you are, I'm counting on you to angrily throttle me if I slip up.
(This includes you especially, Miles.)
Perhaps as a distraction from my terribleness at finishing my stories, here's a Macro story I've recently read, and it's actually COMPLETE! It was awesome, brought me back to my youth and the kind of stuff that first got me into macro, and really the fandom as a whole.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24553625
Give Becky some love.
I owe you lot an explanation.
Posted 9 years agoHeya folks. Once again, I've failed to update Integration in a timely manner. I'm sorry... but I think it's about time I divulge to the lot of you just what's taken my attention off of it so heavily.
In March 2015, I started on an endeavor. I wanted to learn to draw. A few months in, quite happy with my progress, I decided to go back to school for art. I'm a university drop out, formerly Criminal Justice and a slew of other things I briefly dabbled in, desperate to find something that would spark my interest for school. So, me wanting to go back to school... this was big. It was only my old Community College, but these past two semesters I had an absolute blast and for the first time in my life I've been a straight A student. It's consumed a lot of my creative energy.
I've taken a smattering of drawing classes - Basic Design, Beginner Drawing, Intermediate drawing, and a couple other classes like Graphic Design, which have been just as exciting. Next up on my platter over the next two semesters, plus the summer, are three Advanced Drawing classes and Digital Illustration along with a few more classes like photography and graphic design.
It's hard to say where my skill will be this time next year. With any hope, I'll be posting furry art by then. I've drawn some furry stuff, but nothing I'm willing to share just yet. And I'd rather do digital, and eventually coloring. Those two have been hard to work with for me, but hopefully that will change by next year.
But it looks good. I have been fantastically pleased with my progress. It's been much more than I thought it would be. So, I'll share some with you good folks, a bit of proof behind these babbles if you're interested.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/psywi6sa.....p6t_ePGYa?dl=0
I know it's nothing like what you're used to seeing on this website, but I'm happy with what I have and am eager to see what more will come once I work more in the digital medium.
So, this all has been sapping Integration out of me, but, I'm looking to get another chapter out this summer. It's proving tough... admittedly, the story has gone into a bad place, somewhere I'm having trouble writing out of. I'm sure many of you noticed the storytelling in Part 12 was fairly... forced. I see many problems I would surely need to fix, if I were to rewrite.
Now, finally, I want to give a shout out to a good friend of mine,
Wyldsyde. Wyld helped me through the first fragile stages of learning to draw, and has been pushing me, helping me, and encouraging me all the way to where I am at now, and shows no signs of stopping. Without Wyld...
Well, without Wyld Integration would probably be done by now! Argh! WYLD!
In March 2015, I started on an endeavor. I wanted to learn to draw. A few months in, quite happy with my progress, I decided to go back to school for art. I'm a university drop out, formerly Criminal Justice and a slew of other things I briefly dabbled in, desperate to find something that would spark my interest for school. So, me wanting to go back to school... this was big. It was only my old Community College, but these past two semesters I had an absolute blast and for the first time in my life I've been a straight A student. It's consumed a lot of my creative energy.
I've taken a smattering of drawing classes - Basic Design, Beginner Drawing, Intermediate drawing, and a couple other classes like Graphic Design, which have been just as exciting. Next up on my platter over the next two semesters, plus the summer, are three Advanced Drawing classes and Digital Illustration along with a few more classes like photography and graphic design.
It's hard to say where my skill will be this time next year. With any hope, I'll be posting furry art by then. I've drawn some furry stuff, but nothing I'm willing to share just yet. And I'd rather do digital, and eventually coloring. Those two have been hard to work with for me, but hopefully that will change by next year.
But it looks good. I have been fantastically pleased with my progress. It's been much more than I thought it would be. So, I'll share some with you good folks, a bit of proof behind these babbles if you're interested.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/psywi6sa.....p6t_ePGYa?dl=0
I know it's nothing like what you're used to seeing on this website, but I'm happy with what I have and am eager to see what more will come once I work more in the digital medium.
So, this all has been sapping Integration out of me, but, I'm looking to get another chapter out this summer. It's proving tough... admittedly, the story has gone into a bad place, somewhere I'm having trouble writing out of. I'm sure many of you noticed the storytelling in Part 12 was fairly... forced. I see many problems I would surely need to fix, if I were to rewrite.
Now, finally, I want to give a shout out to a good friend of mine,
Wyldsyde. Wyld helped me through the first fragile stages of learning to draw, and has been pushing me, helping me, and encouraging me all the way to where I am at now, and shows no signs of stopping. Without Wyld...Well, without Wyld Integration would probably be done by now! Argh! WYLD!
Integration News
Posted 10 years agoHeya folks! Yes yes... I've been an inactive jerk again, I know. D:
But I have good news! Part 12, after having been rewritten once, subject to the worst writer's block I've ever had, and partitioned only a small amount of writing time after my return to college (I dropped out some time ago, eep), is finally near completion. I do sorely hope it will be well received, as it's been a massive hurdle to get done, and not just because I'm mega lazy. (Though that's a big part of it!)
I can't say when it'll be ready for posting, but if it takes me more than a week to finish writing the words for it, I'd be very surprised. I'll then have to give it the initial edits and assessments from my alpha readers' input, then get a beta reader on its case, then give it the last edits before posting, including the proofreading hunt. I don't have anyone editing this chapter, so I'll have to do it all myself. But if anyone would like to volunteer to lend your eyes to editing for spelling, grammar, word choice and phrasing and all that, do say.
Right! That's a quick word before I go sleep. Apologies for being so damn slow lately, but shoot... life's been pretty busy lately, and for the best. I'm happy to be back in school, and hopefully you lot will see the fruits of my labor one day. :)
But I have good news! Part 12, after having been rewritten once, subject to the worst writer's block I've ever had, and partitioned only a small amount of writing time after my return to college (I dropped out some time ago, eep), is finally near completion. I do sorely hope it will be well received, as it's been a massive hurdle to get done, and not just because I'm mega lazy. (Though that's a big part of it!)
I can't say when it'll be ready for posting, but if it takes me more than a week to finish writing the words for it, I'd be very surprised. I'll then have to give it the initial edits and assessments from my alpha readers' input, then get a beta reader on its case, then give it the last edits before posting, including the proofreading hunt. I don't have anyone editing this chapter, so I'll have to do it all myself. But if anyone would like to volunteer to lend your eyes to editing for spelling, grammar, word choice and phrasing and all that, do say.
Right! That's a quick word before I go sleep. Apologies for being so damn slow lately, but shoot... life's been pretty busy lately, and for the best. I'm happy to be back in school, and hopefully you lot will see the fruits of my labor one day. :)
Status on Integration as of April 10th, 2015.
Posted 10 years agoHello folks! As you can see by my recent submission, I'm still around. Things have been busy, but I've finally settled down and started up Part Eleven of Integration! It's currently 6k words in, so those of you that have been hoping for a continuation, rejoice!
If you read my last journal, you may also recall mention of a one off story and a universe codex. I'd like to post them with Part Eleven for one heck of an update for my readers, but I may end up posting them sooner than that, as I really need to get some writing to you guys. It's been what, half a year? Holy crap it's been half a year. A bit of editing, and they should be good to go. I'm not sure how I'd post the codex, though. By nature the thing can be updated at any time!
I'm so sorry for the lack of updates! Just know that I can finally say updates are coming. :)
If you read my last journal, you may also recall mention of a one off story and a universe codex. I'd like to post them with Part Eleven for one heck of an update for my readers, but I may end up posting them sooner than that, as I really need to get some writing to you guys. It's been what, half a year? Holy crap it's been half a year. A bit of editing, and they should be good to go. I'm not sure how I'd post the codex, though. By nature the thing can be updated at any time!
I'm so sorry for the lack of updates! Just know that I can finally say updates are coming. :)
A couple of stories in the Integration verse, from a friend.
Posted 10 years agoDidn't I say I was a horrible person in my last journal? I did, and here's proof! - I forgot to share with my FA readers stories set in my Integration universe, written by my good friend Mish Mouse. See?! I'm a monster.
They are only found on SoFurry, so that's why I only have SoFurry links for you:
'Out There' (Complete) - http://www.sofurry.com/view/797484
'Subjugation' (In Progress) - http://www.sofurry.com/view/804961
Enjoy!
They are only found on SoFurry, so that's why I only have SoFurry links for you:
'Out There' (Complete) - http://www.sofurry.com/view/797484
'Subjugation' (In Progress) - http://www.sofurry.com/view/804961
Enjoy!
Status on Integration as of January 11th, 2015
Posted 10 years agoI should have posted a journal regarding this sooner, but I'm a horrible person. I apologize.
Integration went on a hiatus in favor of a couple of other projects, both related to the universe. These projects are:
1) A one off story, currently sitting as a finished draft at 14k words.
2) A universe codex, currently sitting at about 17k words, and is not yet even considered a draft just yet.
These two projects have a few purposes. They will be shared with you all for your enjoyment at some point. (I don't give ETAs) The codex gives me more solid material to work with, as I didn't plan a thing when starting this. They are also serving as a break from Integration and allowing me to fill in information about the universe I've failed to convey. Even the story does this. It's practically an info dump disguised as a story.
Now, as for Integration itself... there is a distinct possibility that part ten may be considered the end of this part of Dylan and Kira's time together. I've thought about and discussed this with friends/readers that come to the IRC, and while I've made no final decisions, it is a possibility. These two projects should allow me the time away I need to take a look back at Integration and hopefully see exactly what I want to do with it. There are absolutely no guarantees on what's going to happen now. It's all up in the air as of right now. I may continue, I may skip ahead to a different time in their story, I may crack at it with a giant editing stick in preparation for publishing, (Wouldn't that be great if it made it?!) or any other wild idea I may come up with. Who knows.
I do apologize for saying, when I posted part ten, that I did not want to end it there. I don't, really, but the writer in me says I risk dragging out a good thing, after a satisfying ending. You are all welcome to share your thoughts on this matter. :)
I thank you all for reading the things I post. It means so much seeing people enjoying it all.
Integration went on a hiatus in favor of a couple of other projects, both related to the universe. These projects are:
1) A one off story, currently sitting as a finished draft at 14k words.
2) A universe codex, currently sitting at about 17k words, and is not yet even considered a draft just yet.
These two projects have a few purposes. They will be shared with you all for your enjoyment at some point. (I don't give ETAs) The codex gives me more solid material to work with, as I didn't plan a thing when starting this. They are also serving as a break from Integration and allowing me to fill in information about the universe I've failed to convey. Even the story does this. It's practically an info dump disguised as a story.
Now, as for Integration itself... there is a distinct possibility that part ten may be considered the end of this part of Dylan and Kira's time together. I've thought about and discussed this with friends/readers that come to the IRC, and while I've made no final decisions, it is a possibility. These two projects should allow me the time away I need to take a look back at Integration and hopefully see exactly what I want to do with it. There are absolutely no guarantees on what's going to happen now. It's all up in the air as of right now. I may continue, I may skip ahead to a different time in their story, I may crack at it with a giant editing stick in preparation for publishing, (Wouldn't that be great if it made it?!) or any other wild idea I may come up with. Who knows.
I do apologize for saying, when I posted part ten, that I did not want to end it there. I don't, really, but the writer in me says I risk dragging out a good thing, after a satisfying ending. You are all welcome to share your thoughts on this matter. :)
I thank you all for reading the things I post. It means so much seeing people enjoying it all.
Someone wrote a story in the Integration universe.
Posted 11 years agoIt's a short little thing, and it's based around a character I use in rp. 
padfootsm wrote it! Many of you probably heard of him.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15037241/
Check it out! I feel so giddy that someone would do this. :D
padfootsm wrote it! Many of you probably heard of him.http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15037241/
Check it out! I feel so giddy that someone would do this. :D
I'd like to commission art. Any suggestions?
Posted 11 years agoThere's a lot of artists out there. Do any of you have any thoughts on who would be good for creating images from my story? I like Strype's style a lot, and he's done some macro art before. T-Bone is great too. So is Cougr. But! Only Strype is sort of open for commissions. He posts journals, apparently. But I don't think he'll be taking any anytime soon.
So any suggestions on artists would be appreciated.
I also need a new avatar. This one was made as a joke many years ago. Something like, 'Oh, a picture of me? Online? Sure!' And then bam, there I was. Covered by a mask. I've been rather tired of it for a long time. Thoughts on where I could get a new icon would be great as well!
Sorry for sounding lazy about this. I'm terribly inactive around this website. I have no idea what I'm doing. :I
Finally, I would like thoughts on what you lot would like to see in art of Integration. Specific scenes from the writing, or something made up involving the characters, or even just something set in the universe and not based around the story itself. I just want to hear what you lot want before I start spouting off ideas to an artist, if I get a hold of one.
So any suggestions on artists would be appreciated.
I also need a new avatar. This one was made as a joke many years ago. Something like, 'Oh, a picture of me? Online? Sure!' And then bam, there I was. Covered by a mask. I've been rather tired of it for a long time. Thoughts on where I could get a new icon would be great as well!
Sorry for sounding lazy about this. I'm terribly inactive around this website. I have no idea what I'm doing. :I
Finally, I would like thoughts on what you lot would like to see in art of Integration. Specific scenes from the writing, or something made up involving the characters, or even just something set in the universe and not based around the story itself. I just want to hear what you lot want before I start spouting off ideas to an artist, if I get a hold of one.
I uploaded the wrong version of part eight.
Posted 11 years agoIf you read the newest installment before 03:00 EST, or likely before this journal was posted, then you read the beta version. There are fairly large differences between it and the final version. The final version is also nearly a thousand words longer. If you do not wish to reread, then here is a Google doc that I used to track beta edits. The differences between it and the version some of you read have been highlighted with comments for easy finding. I'm so sorry for this mistake. D:
A quick test to know if you read the final or the beta: If you read the final, you know what a head brusher is.
Google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/.....it?usp=sharing
A quick test to know if you read the final or the beta: If you read the final, you know what a head brusher is.
Google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/.....it?usp=sharing
Wondering how readers prefer to see material.
Posted 11 years agoSo! Part six is with 
incongruency now for editing. That leaves me wondering about my story without actually doing anything!
What's been bouncing around in my head lately, is how readers would prefer to see stories. As you all know, I use PDFs. I've recently taken to putting the story in the description as well - if it fits. Part five didn't and neither will part six.
The alternative I've been looking at is using the BBCode method. As in, it will be right there, all in text, in the submission field. Nice and simple, and you don't have to download a PDF. All you need is a web browser to read it.
Would you guys prefer that? I've heard arguments that some people may back out of a story if they have to click download to get the submission. I prefer to have more faith in people than that. But, I started putting the story in the description because one of my readers mentioned being unable to view the PDF on their tablet. Even with the alternative links I provided, that does push in favor of putting it in normal text.
So what do you lot think on this?
incongruency now for editing. That leaves me wondering about my story without actually doing anything!What's been bouncing around in my head lately, is how readers would prefer to see stories. As you all know, I use PDFs. I've recently taken to putting the story in the description as well - if it fits. Part five didn't and neither will part six.
The alternative I've been looking at is using the BBCode method. As in, it will be right there, all in text, in the submission field. Nice and simple, and you don't have to download a PDF. All you need is a web browser to read it.
Would you guys prefer that? I've heard arguments that some people may back out of a story if they have to click download to get the submission. I prefer to have more faith in people than that. But, I started putting the story in the description because one of my readers mentioned being unable to view the PDF on their tablet. Even with the alternative links I provided, that does push in favor of putting it in normal text.
So what do you lot think on this?
Been over a month since an Integration update.
Posted 11 years agoYeeeah, I'm going to apologize for that.
Don't worry, I'm still around! Latest word count was 9721 words for the first draft. I've been a lazy git that's gotten heavily distracted by this thing called 'rp.' It will get done, and it's gotta be soon. The thing is near the end. Then it needs to get beta read, adjusted, and finally edited.
Sorry for being a lazy bum. This should not have taken more than a month. D:
Don't worry, I'm still around! Latest word count was 9721 words for the first draft. I've been a lazy git that's gotten heavily distracted by this thing called 'rp.' It will get done, and it's gotta be soon. The thing is near the end. Then it needs to get beta read, adjusted, and finally edited.
Sorry for being a lazy bum. This should not have taken more than a month. D:
Dumped all the old stuff into scraps.
Posted 11 years agoEverything before Cambrai has been moved into my scraps folder. That stuff is many years old and is not representative of my writing today and I did not want it in my gallery. But I do not want to delete it either. So there they are.
Also I found that Igneus Terra Chapter Ten had at some point lost the text. I have fixed this.
Also I found that Igneus Terra Chapter Ten had at some point lost the text. I have fixed this.
