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Trying something ambitious and new
Posted a year agoSo I post a ton of journals... but did want to put out there that I have been working on something.
While it's been a push to try and finish off a full story (still working on a few exciting ones! :) -- I've found a new way to try and 'write in bite-sized chunks'
Basically, I'm creating a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style story. One that features most of my major kinks, to a point, but also adds some randomness to it so that it never just plays out one way. I'm working on that on the side because whenever I don't have a lot of time but do have some motivation, it lets me make some small progress - that I can pause and return to later.
The network is fleshing out with lots of paths and events, so hopefully when it's done you will enjoy it. I'm building it using Twine (which, for a story with a lot of bondage - is a very fitting name ^.^)
I figure if it can help me get back the inpsiration I need to work on my bigger stories, then that's a good thing. Plus, it will be fun to write a bunch of 'game over' scenes and how you end up there. :D I'm doing what I can to build in some loops so that particularly good points can either 'build up' in intensity, or to offer a chance for readers to just picture scenes playing out for as long as they want (within reason).
Not sure where I will host it when it's done, but we'll see. That's an easier problem to fix for something like this, I think :)
While it's been a push to try and finish off a full story (still working on a few exciting ones! :) -- I've found a new way to try and 'write in bite-sized chunks'
Basically, I'm creating a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style story. One that features most of my major kinks, to a point, but also adds some randomness to it so that it never just plays out one way. I'm working on that on the side because whenever I don't have a lot of time but do have some motivation, it lets me make some small progress - that I can pause and return to later.
The network is fleshing out with lots of paths and events, so hopefully when it's done you will enjoy it. I'm building it using Twine (which, for a story with a lot of bondage - is a very fitting name ^.^)
I figure if it can help me get back the inpsiration I need to work on my bigger stories, then that's a good thing. Plus, it will be fun to write a bunch of 'game over' scenes and how you end up there. :D I'm doing what I can to build in some loops so that particularly good points can either 'build up' in intensity, or to offer a chance for readers to just picture scenes playing out for as long as they want (within reason).
Not sure where I will host it when it's done, but we'll see. That's an easier problem to fix for something like this, I think :)
Merry Christmas and Happy Endings to 2021
Posted 4 years agoI just wanted to wish everyone that a festive Seasons' Greetings, Happy Holidays, Merry Yule and Merry Christmas. This has been an interesting year of changes for me and thankfully it seems to be ending on a high note... While the year wasn't without pain (with losing my cat of 13 years probably ranking as the worst thing of 2021...), there were definitely some big gains and big plans made for the years ahead.
I look forward to sharing laughter, puns, stories, bondage and "dinner plans" with all of you in the New Year!! Have a safe, wonderful time with those you care about this Season.
I look forward to sharing laughter, puns, stories, bondage and "dinner plans" with all of you in the New Year!! Have a safe, wonderful time with those you care about this Season.
How does it start? When does it end?
Posted 4 years agoWarning: just a bit of a vent journal ahead. I just need to get these thoughts out and wanted to share them with anyone who cares.
I haven't recently posted anything to this account... but not for lacking of wanting.
I have a number of commissions that were done over the past while, as well as several adopts (to be new characters or to fill in the blanks on existing ones) that I purchased which I should put up to share.
But how?
I wish I had a new tale to tell. I have worked on at least 3 stories since the pandemic started, and a couple have a good deal of content. I just can't bring myself to finish them; I'll sit in front of my laptop to write - and then let myself get dragged down a distraction hole, until it's sucked the motivation dry and an hour has passed.
I'm someone who writes best when he's inspired. But Inspiration is fickle with her attention, and fleeting. She never stays long when She visits. Even if She gives me the full story to tell, and I know how it goes, it's still another thing to write it all down and then spend some time polishing it.
The only thing I've managed to complete in the past year was taken one of my existing stories and changing up the ending to give a different twist for my own personal gratification (sorry, this one's not being posted.) It was something, at least... but apparently not enough to sustain me or to get me going again.
Reiver's Legacy isn't done, and I'm not giving up on my tales - not by a longshot. It's the curse of being stubborn: I won't say it's over, but how do I drag myself forward until the stone begins to role again?
How do I court sweet Inspiration to come dance with me? Or do I simply dance alone until She comes around again?
I haven't recently posted anything to this account... but not for lacking of wanting.
I have a number of commissions that were done over the past while, as well as several adopts (to be new characters or to fill in the blanks on existing ones) that I purchased which I should put up to share.
But how?
I wish I had a new tale to tell. I have worked on at least 3 stories since the pandemic started, and a couple have a good deal of content. I just can't bring myself to finish them; I'll sit in front of my laptop to write - and then let myself get dragged down a distraction hole, until it's sucked the motivation dry and an hour has passed.
I'm someone who writes best when he's inspired. But Inspiration is fickle with her attention, and fleeting. She never stays long when She visits. Even if She gives me the full story to tell, and I know how it goes, it's still another thing to write it all down and then spend some time polishing it.
The only thing I've managed to complete in the past year was taken one of my existing stories and changing up the ending to give a different twist for my own personal gratification (sorry, this one's not being posted.) It was something, at least... but apparently not enough to sustain me or to get me going again.
Reiver's Legacy isn't done, and I'm not giving up on my tales - not by a longshot. It's the curse of being stubborn: I won't say it's over, but how do I drag myself forward until the stone begins to role again?
How do I court sweet Inspiration to come dance with me? Or do I simply dance alone until She comes around again?
Adopts incoming!
Posted 6 years agoWell, I don't normally use my journal for anything other than year-end summaries - but I figured it wouldn't hurt to shake things up a bit.
Being a writer, my mind is filled with people of multiple species and temperaments. The problem is that I have a mind for character traits and behaviour - not design. I could tell you how someone from one of my stories acts, what motivates and drives them - but couldn't tell you what they look like other than very general features (unless something in their story gives them a specific feature, ie. the Lotus Empress's fur pattern includes a lotus).
To that end, I've started to watch adoption sales a bit more to watch for designs that could fit current or future characters. I'd love to one day have one of those banner-style images with all of the principal people from Reiver's chronicle - that will be neat. It will also give me the benefit of future artwork where I can have more detailed scenes with more characters - and trust me, there are MANY of those I could commission, if I had the money and designs to match. :)
In any event, don't be surprised if I post a few ref sheet from time to time, as the stable and packs grow.... :)
Being a writer, my mind is filled with people of multiple species and temperaments. The problem is that I have a mind for character traits and behaviour - not design. I could tell you how someone from one of my stories acts, what motivates and drives them - but couldn't tell you what they look like other than very general features (unless something in their story gives them a specific feature, ie. the Lotus Empress's fur pattern includes a lotus).
To that end, I've started to watch adoption sales a bit more to watch for designs that could fit current or future characters. I'd love to one day have one of those banner-style images with all of the principal people from Reiver's chronicle - that will be neat. It will also give me the benefit of future artwork where I can have more detailed scenes with more characters - and trust me, there are MANY of those I could commission, if I had the money and designs to match. :)
In any event, don't be surprised if I post a few ref sheet from time to time, as the stable and packs grow.... :)
2019 here I come!
Posted 7 years agoWell, amazingly I just realized that the last journal I posted was at the end of 2017... So I guess it's high time to replace it. :)
I'll keep this one brief, since I'm about to head out to a local fur's NYE event: to all those that I interacted with over this year, it has been a pleasure. There have been a lot of laughs, a lot of lewdness (yay!) and sadly, from my end, a lot of loss.
The good: worked with many amazing artists on commissions, wrote some fun/sexy stories. Helped our local furry con achieve a few records. Played some fantastic games (and am finding that indie titles now appeal to me a lot more than mainstream/AAA games). Did a bunch of work around the house that I'd been putting off
The bad: The loss of 3 pets within the space of a month (2 fancy rats and one of my cats whom I've had for 13 years.) Working my tail off in many different ways and letting myself get overworked and over-stressed. Not pushing back on things, even when I should.
The realistic: 2019 is likely going to be just as much work as 2018, although I will continue to do my best to use my experiences from this year and better prepare and analyze things before tackling them. I want to complete at least a couple more in-canon tales this year; it's fun to come up with new storylines and definitely will keep with that, but some of the bigger stories in my mind want their turn in the sun. :)
If I could complete all the canon stories this year, that would be amazing... and then I could see where else the trail would take me. :)
Oh, and one more thing, before the year is out... there is a big kind-of-secret in the works, that with any luck will be revealed in the next few months... ^.^
Happy New Year, everyone! May your days be filled with laughter and joy, and rope and apples!
I'll keep this one brief, since I'm about to head out to a local fur's NYE event: to all those that I interacted with over this year, it has been a pleasure. There have been a lot of laughs, a lot of lewdness (yay!) and sadly, from my end, a lot of loss.
The good: worked with many amazing artists on commissions, wrote some fun/sexy stories. Helped our local furry con achieve a few records. Played some fantastic games (and am finding that indie titles now appeal to me a lot more than mainstream/AAA games). Did a bunch of work around the house that I'd been putting off
The bad: The loss of 3 pets within the space of a month (2 fancy rats and one of my cats whom I've had for 13 years.) Working my tail off in many different ways and letting myself get overworked and over-stressed. Not pushing back on things, even when I should.
The realistic: 2019 is likely going to be just as much work as 2018, although I will continue to do my best to use my experiences from this year and better prepare and analyze things before tackling them. I want to complete at least a couple more in-canon tales this year; it's fun to come up with new storylines and definitely will keep with that, but some of the bigger stories in my mind want their turn in the sun. :)
If I could complete all the canon stories this year, that would be amazing... and then I could see where else the trail would take me. :)
Oh, and one more thing, before the year is out... there is a big kind-of-secret in the works, that with any luck will be revealed in the next few months... ^.^
Happy New Year, everyone! May your days be filled with laughter and joy, and rope and apples!
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and everything inbetween
Posted 8 years agoThis has been a big year of change for me. 2015/2016 each had their own major events (buying a house, marrying the woman I adore)... 2017, for all that it was, was more about a lot of small, but significant, changes for me and the ones I loved. Taking chances, trying new experiences, and learning a lot along the way. Some things I learned, well... the truth can be bitter and ignorance is bliss, but bliss never lasts forever.
I can foresee a lot of what is to come in 2018. It is a year that will have its own challenges, that hopefully I'll be able to use to grow into an even prouder stallion. I look forward to sharing more of the canon tales in my legacy (First Burn, in fact, is starting to brew heavily in my mind...) and look forward to being presented in all sorts of compromising situations. ^.^
To all who took the time to read this journal, I wish you the best of the season - stay warm, eat well, and spend time with those you love (whether virtually or in person.) Happy Yule, Merry Christmas, and here's to a Happy New Year!
I can foresee a lot of what is to come in 2018. It is a year that will have its own challenges, that hopefully I'll be able to use to grow into an even prouder stallion. I look forward to sharing more of the canon tales in my legacy (First Burn, in fact, is starting to brew heavily in my mind...) and look forward to being presented in all sorts of compromising situations. ^.^
To all who took the time to read this journal, I wish you the best of the season - stay warm, eat well, and spend time with those you love (whether virtually or in person.) Happy Yule, Merry Christmas, and here's to a Happy New Year!
Fearing change, Changing fear
Posted 8 years agoOn August 19, I did something I've never done before in my entire life. And to say it was nerve-wracking isn't to exaggerate.
I decided to change my fursona.
More precisely, I decided that Windrunner, the wolf, wasn't really who I wanted to be so much anymore, and it was time to exit the forest and enter the plains as Reiver, the horse.
It was terrifying decision to make publicly, given that only a few of my friends even knew I had a horse character, but I was tired of stressing about what I felt was a change already in progress.
[Dramatic paws-turned-hooves for effect]
My horse fursona is only a few years old; my wolf side, as old as my presence on the Internet (FYI: 3 years versus 20.) My stallion self is very much my adult desires let loose in every way, whereas the lupine is mainly a beautiful, noble, yet tame, fursuiter.
Reiver was only ever meant to be a character that I could use as an outlet for my imagination in stories and art... But my imagination is vast and while I love my wolf self, as the equine my mind has felt like it's started to run free. Free of the past, in some ways, but also free to joke around or tease or play in ways I never would before. No longer coming across as tough predator, but not being necessarily passive prey either - enjoying the chase, as well as the (usually inevitable) outcome. In essence, just letting me have more fun in ways that matter to me.
I've had a number of people (who know me IRL) compliment me on my decision, saying they think I'll make a great horse. I'd like to think they are right. The wolf will always be a part of me; I will never forget what I was. But life has decided it's time to decide, and my mind and my heart have told me how to get there:
Take the terrifying, frightening prospect of change and turn it to your advantage. Instead of staying forever in the dark, hiding from the hunters, use the fear to try and outrun them to a glorious future. Succeed or fail, I gain nothing by not trying.
My hooves are already pounding across the plains of the present.
Join me or chase me - I'll be a stallion standing tall either way.
I decided to change my fursona.
More precisely, I decided that Windrunner, the wolf, wasn't really who I wanted to be so much anymore, and it was time to exit the forest and enter the plains as Reiver, the horse.
It was terrifying decision to make publicly, given that only a few of my friends even knew I had a horse character, but I was tired of stressing about what I felt was a change already in progress.
[Dramatic paws-turned-hooves for effect]
My horse fursona is only a few years old; my wolf side, as old as my presence on the Internet (FYI: 3 years versus 20.) My stallion self is very much my adult desires let loose in every way, whereas the lupine is mainly a beautiful, noble, yet tame, fursuiter.
Reiver was only ever meant to be a character that I could use as an outlet for my imagination in stories and art... But my imagination is vast and while I love my wolf self, as the equine my mind has felt like it's started to run free. Free of the past, in some ways, but also free to joke around or tease or play in ways I never would before. No longer coming across as tough predator, but not being necessarily passive prey either - enjoying the chase, as well as the (usually inevitable) outcome. In essence, just letting me have more fun in ways that matter to me.
I've had a number of people (who know me IRL) compliment me on my decision, saying they think I'll make a great horse. I'd like to think they are right. The wolf will always be a part of me; I will never forget what I was. But life has decided it's time to decide, and my mind and my heart have told me how to get there:
Take the terrifying, frightening prospect of change and turn it to your advantage. Instead of staying forever in the dark, hiding from the hunters, use the fear to try and outrun them to a glorious future. Succeed or fail, I gain nothing by not trying.
My hooves are already pounding across the plains of the present.
Join me or chase me - I'll be a stallion standing tall either way.
