NaNo Day 6: “I’m with those guys,” she said, jerking a thumb at two hefty lads guffawing amongst themselves. “They got me covered.” They didn’t.

"I’m with those guys,” she said, jerking a thumb at two hefty lads guffawing amongst themselves. “They got me covered.”

They didn’t.

 - Write This Down -

So, I managed to FINALLY finish (albeit rushed) Chapter 8 as well as a rewrite of the ending for Chapter 7. I posted both to wattpad.

Now for Chapter 9, wherein we step into the rather rough and ragged boots of Keenah as she sets to meet Kah and his Falgarith master up North in Icefall, which if y'all remember, was around the same spot where Garnet was in Chapter 3.

It's been a while since I did the Kah-Meruse/Keenah arc, so it's nigh time we got back to it.

NaNo Day 5: “Kill anything that shines too bright!” Lohk shouted. “Extinguish this false light from the world! Return the darkness to itself! Ride!”

“Kill anything that shines too bright!” Lohk shouted. “Extinguish this false light from the world! Return the darkness to itself! Ride!” 

- Write This Down -

19:03 PM
I finally did it!
So, on the third day of NaNo, I had no brain power whatsoever. Determined to meet a word count of some kind, I typed out plot. That was it. It was the saddest thing ever. It looked something like this.

It was big and scary. He stabbed it. It screamed and lurched back, then swiped at him. He decapitated it. "Curses," he cursed, because he totally missed the thing's jab at his side and now it was hurting like crazy. It was bleeding too. But not much. Just a little. It still sucked. He was not happy about it.

Eew.
So I have been spending the past two days rewriting aaaaaaaallllll of that stuff. Ya know, making it longer and pretty and actually worthwhile.
I FINALLY finished. It was long and arduous and exhausting and I'm never doing that again. Ugh.
Oh wait, December is revision month shiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeet.

In other news, this is the longest fracking chapter ever. Holy crap. It is just about halfway done and guess how long it is? Guess.

You props did/n't guess it. It's exactly (as of this moment in time) 13,700 words.
That's 200 words longer than Chapter 7, and Chapter 7 is a completed chapter (give or take the very last scene which needs some tweaking up to actually sound better).

*ugh*


I still have about 3669 words left to write tonight, so I must now go.

NaNo Day 4: Lohk took a step back as the men around him dispersed into the madness.

Lohk took a step back as the men around him dispersed into the madness.

- Write This Down -

You know what I love about my phone?
Ringtones and shiz.

Like this plays whenever I get texts and emails

Yep. Texting time is time for Hannes ^^

NaNo Day 3: But Ihnk was not to be dismayed.

But Ihnk was not to be dismayed.

- Write This Down -

So, that being said, NANOOOOOOO!!!!

I HAVE been diligently writing every day and meeting my word count, but I have been too busy to actually get blog posts written up for it. So here is ONE.

xD


Okay, a real short blurb on anime.

I finished Knights of Sidonia, then watched Walker Romanze, a shameless harem anime that really makes fun out of every bit of it. And it had a very good ending to boot. It's about an ex-Knight who works as a stablehand in a Jousting School, and all the Knights (the harem) are fighting over him to be their strategist for the tournament in the summer. It's cute, it's fun, it's funny, and of course, lots of fan service. I just love how it embraces itself. A lot of harems out there try to almost hide the harem, as if they can pull the wool over our eyes and be all "it's not reeeaaaaally a harem...." Baka. That's sort of how Knights of Sidonia felt to be honest. Like, there was action and stuff, but it didn't feel like anyone was REALLY in danger, the characters were kinda flat, and EVERY female (just about) wanted to get in the main guy's pants. *sigh*

I digress.

Walkure Romanze just embraced its own genre and had an absolute ball. You can really feel it too. It was great for a short, weekend binge ^^


And theeeeen there was Gokukoku no Brynhildr (aka Brynholdr in Darkness). It's kind of a mix of Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Code: Breaker. I don't want to say anymore because anything else would feel like a spoiler. But WOW. It is bloody, gory, sad, depressing, but good. Aaaaand it's kinda harem-ish. There's a harem there, but that isn't the focus. The romance and fan service bits are actually kept to the parts where there is no major action or anything, so it actually works. It's not like "ooo, cool fight scene fighting and stuff PANTY SHOT". It's actually kept to its own scenes where you won't be distracted by it randomly.

So yah. It was good. Oh, and the opening sequence is v cool. O.O Go check it out ^^

The ending was very... unfulfilling though. But definitely give it a watch despite.


After that, it's kind of a toss up. I started Fate/Zero which is HELLA AWESOME HORY SHIIIEEEETTTT!!!!

But then I kinda stopped, forget why, and I started watching Yu Gi Oh. No, not the children's card game. That's Duel Monsters. I mean the very first Yu Gi Oh where Kaiba has green hair.

And on that note, I leave you with these memes I made. Enjoy ^^ Maybe next time i'll talk about my actual book, but no chance of that tonight.

This isn't a meme, but worth showing.

I intend to make more. There's just too much material here xD

I finish the day with 3379 words. That's about 800 below my target goal for the day, but I started far too late. My word count per day is now at 4071. My NaNo total is now 13,575.

Attack on Sidonia

So, I started Knights of Sidonia today and have seen five episodes so far. In the words of some youtuber or other, it's Attack on Titan... in space.

Sort of.

So, the similarities would be that it's the last scraps of humankind just trying to survive while they fend off impossible enemies. They don't know the origin of the enemies, and their own history has been diluted over the past hundred years. But that's pretty much where the similarities end. The characters are vastly different. I mean, Nagate is no Eren.

I'm really enjoying it despite the different animation style. It is a very good storyline, and even just five episodes in, I'm pretty hooked. I can't wait to see what else is in store.

So This Time I Did A Thing

Been a busy week really.
Got evicted Tuesday, quit my job and packed everything Wednesday, then went to WI at 3am Thursday. Gotta go back this weekend to get my stuff and my cat.
It's been very stressful.

But I am happy to be back in the beautiful and amazing Wisconsin. Even if it is so gosh dang cold as butt all the time. Eesh. I missed the woods and the lake and my amazing friends ^^
Speaking of, just on, eh, Friday, my friend TheJazzPony and I did a photo shoot in the woods: formal dresses and varied props.

The JazzPony

Me

So yah. Fun.

As expected, I have had a horrible time keeping caught up at working on Write This Down. I shudder to look at my Daily Word Count to reach the goal on time...

6476

Okay, not THAT bad.

I also binge watched the rest of Kemono no Soja Erin. It is an EXTREMELY AMAZING anime! Holy cow. Go watch it! Yes, it is extremely slow, but it is so good, and I loved it. Except, well, that ending could have been done a liiiitle differently cause they didn't answer a question or two in the end. But my ship set sail, and that's all that really matters.

It's about Erin who works as a beastinarian to save the life of a creature called a Beast-Lord (Ouju). Unfortunately, by raising it in a non-traditional way, as in by the codes laid down by humans, she develops a relationship with the beast that some rather greedy people would just love to take advantage of.
It has heart warming and depressing moments with plenty of sadness, problems, comedy, and adventure to balance everything out. And I just love the drawing style. There's something so nostalgic about it. Don't be fooled though. While kids could definitely watch it, it's not a kids show. It has some heavier political plots to it that they probably would not understand.

Anyway.

Writing This Down

I am back in the groove of working on Write This Down. I have given myself a goal: if I can finish 75% of the novel at the very least, then I will reward myself by starting a new book for this year's NaNo.

I found a WONDERFUL word count tracker for books. These things are bae. It is a lot like the one used for NaNo, but you can track the progress of multiple projects at once and all sorts of other things. So if you like to write, go check it out! CLICK HERE!

So far I have written 2000 words today! WHOOT! I have set the word tracker of my book to get me aaaaalll the way to the end of the novel. If I write 5k a day, I can finish it by October 31st. The whole book, not just 75%. That would be super cool. It would be my first ever completed novel. I am going to try this best as I can.

Familiars Workshop is coming together all right. I am rather torn about the Avatars though. Will people get bored if all they are collecting are different faces generated by the exact same avatar maker? I am looking into bringing other avatar makers in to see if that will help add some diversity.

Speaking of avatar makers and rinmaru, I have not updated Whence Midnight Comes. I am a naughty poob. Oh well. The plot is very messy right now and I might need to remake the early chapters and things. Plus the limitations of scenery and stuff is really getting to me. *sigh* I shall try to salvage everything.... later...


SIMS IS DA BOMB . COM! I have officially sold my soul! I love it so much, I missed it too much. *sigh*
Maybe if I feel up to it I will share some of them here. Idk what people are interested in though. My blog is a lonely corner of the internet. Mostly cause I am a very uninteresting person who never updates xD