*girds self for war*

But let's get this out of the way. I've not found Jesus and renounced my heathen sinful ways, I'm not dating anyone nor am I getting married, I'm not moving to Tahiti, I don't need my thetans purged, and I will not be voting for Trump. Oh, and I won't be becoming a sparklelizard or clearing out my gallery or leaving the internets forever. And I'm not sick and dying as far as I know, and nor is any of my family or loved ones. I think that covers the usual topics.

For those who don't know me, I hate this day, and that's not a joke.

Something nice and big, maybe pillow sized, soft and a bit squishy (again, like a pillow). Any ideas of good places to find something like that?

He was a shortstop.

Do a barrel roll!

This isn't a joke, it's a bit of trivia for you about the Star Fox series. Fox's dad commissioned it before he died, and he paid for it with an ultra-low eighty year loan. Fox and the Star Fox team are still paying it off, and that's why they're mercenaries. To pay off the loan for their spaceship.

Dead serious.

This has been your random trivia for the day.

(Okay, fine: he got it from Krystal.)
(If you don't get it, say it out loud…)

Eh, what the heck? I didn't get any questions last time, but if anyone wanna asks, go ahead.

Time for this again. Go!

… then are they feeling under the wah-ther?

Slightly later in the day, but I haven't asked this for a while, so let's go for it!

Okay, so this is going up a day later than I'd hoped, but here's what's been going on, and what I'll be working on for the near future, specifically up to the end of the year.

So, a few quick status updates. Novel! It's done! At least the rough draft is. I've only been talking about writing a novel since first grade, and I succeeded, so yay! Now I've just got to rewrite it, get an editor, and figure out this self-publishing and self-advertising thing, yay! This is a huge milestone for me, and even though I've got a lot of work to do on it, it's been one of my life goals for a long time. Let's see, what else? Um, I moved! Yeah, I've moved and I'm in a new place, been here for almost two weeks now and I love it. Got three roommates, only one of whom is a baby fur, and the other two are varying degrees of okay but aren't in on it, so that makes for an interesting balancing act. Working on a job/source of income, I'll come back to that shortly. It's a big change and transition, but it's a good one. It also distances me slightly from one of my major stress sources, so that's a good thing.

And yes, this is why I've been so quiet the past few months, I've been spending most of my energy writing and moving/getting ready for the move. Fortunately, I didn't have to deal with any nameless play productions this year, so I was also able to get some sleep.

So, let's see, list of things.

Item 1: my novel! At 301 pages and 191,600 words, the rough draft is a little longer than I originally anticipated. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. For the immediate moment, I'm going to put it to one side for a few weeks and work on other projects, to let it settle in my head. I will be writing an outline of planned changes and where the story is going from here and other stuff like that, before I get started on draft 2. But the plan is to have a finished version of the book ready for publishing by the end of the year, as well as an outline for the future volumes.

Item 2: my other novel! Okay, so, not a novel, but in all seriousness, I've got a bunch of story ideas I want to work on, so I'm also going to work on my children's book series concept this year. I'd like to have one of those books done by the end of the year, and possibly a second based on how much time it takes to write it.

Item 3: work! Job, jobs, commissions, whatever, I'll be doing a lot more of this soon too. Got a lot more bills to take care of. This does unfortunately mean that my time is going to be even tighter, between writing and working, but I'm sure I can make it all work. And yes, commissions! They will be opening very soon, and I'm going to use these partially as an exercise in improving my writing speed and skills. So, I'll put up a journal in the next few days to announce these being open. Still ten bucks per thousand words.

Item 4: drawing! It's been a long time, but I want to do this again. Milo's been encouraging me to draw more, so I'm going to be doing sketching and doodles and stuff on a more frequent basis. No guarantees on digital art, I've never been that good at it, but we'll see what sort of stuff I'll be doing. If I get good enough, I might even do requests or commissions eventually, who knows?

Item 5: cons! Are not happening. Sorry, anyone who was hoping to meet me out there in the big world (there might be, like, one of you), but I am not going to any cons for the foreseeable future. This is a combination of multiple factors, including a lack of time, money, and honestly not having much fun at the past few cons I've gone to. And no, this has nothing to do with the RainFurrest controversy, I'd reached this decision before that stuff really started blowing over. I am hoping to do some traveling and trips in the future, just none of them will be to cons.

Item 6: exercise! I want to lose some weight, so I'm gonna start walking again, and be more careful with my food intake. Which should be easier, since I'm now on a tighter budget. Goodbye eating at Wingstop every week, hello ramen packs. Not that I ate at Wingstop once a week, that would be gross, but the point still stands.

Item 7: With all those ho ho ho's and him knowing where the naughty girls live, it's no surprise Santa Claus is cuming to town.

That is all.

Gods above and below, I'm tired. Years of planning, over two months of writing, and my novel's first draft is finally done.

Further status updates and future plans coming later today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BifeO1mGaU

I'll give a quick update on my status later. In the meantime, have a great day, one and all. :)

It's a triple-header, ladies and gentlemen, so let's get right down to it!

So, NaNoWriMo has ended, and my final word total was over 102,000 words written on my novel's rough draft in the past 30 days. That's a lot of writing, but I've got a bit to go on the book - I estimate I'm about two thirds to halfway done with the book, depending on how things shake out - so I've gotta get on shit and start welding parts together to get the rough draft finished by the New Year! So, awesome!

A nickname for the penis: Count Zeppelin and the Montgolfier brothers.

And TMI Tuesday questions go!

Time for this again!

For anyone who was wondering why I've been fairly quiet the past several weeks, I've been participation in National Novel Writing Month as a way to force me to finally write my damned novel, and I just hit my 50,000 word minimum. 50k words in 20 days isn't too bad, but I'm still maybe only halfway to a third through the first draft of my novel.

This has been a hell of a process, but it's not done yet. I'm planning/hoping to have the first draft done by the end of the year.

By which I mean, the Chocolate-Kit survey!
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18292106/

Seems these are the only things I've been posting recently, but I've been working on a big awesome project for a few weeks and it's been keeping me busy. So, ask your questions, ladies babies and gentlemen! :p

Go!

That time again? Ask away!

That's a bit unwieldy. XD

Basically, if I was commissioning a pic, and I had no idea what to get, what would you want to see me commission? It could be anything involving one or more of my characters, it could involve yours, or weird situations that would never happen otherwise. Just, what would you like to see involving Jay?

note: I am not currently commissioning anything right now, I do have plenty of ideas regardless, and I probably wouldn't use any of these ideas anyway. This is just my curiosity.

Yeah, nothing to post yet, it's been busy over here. Soon, though!

So, yeah, TMI Tuesday. GO!

Just gotta put some thoughts in order, figure out what's going on up here. *taps my skull* Don't worry, I'm not gonna do anything dumb or stupid, I just… need to think about things. I know I haven't been that active recently, I've been really busy with work and a few longterm projects. I won't be away long, I think. Might even have some stuff to post when I get back.


Also, if a mysterious tomb is covered in slime, does that make it crypt-ick?

It was a pretty good day, and I finally had time to get some new Lego sets. For the record, the new First Order Troop Transport is very nice. But again, thank you everyone!

New stories going up soon.

And that makes 28. No idea what I'm going to do today. Probably buy a Lego set or something. Anyway, yay, made it another year. It's been an interesting and rough one. Let's see how the next one goes.

No, that's Hylian likely.