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Guys. I'm still alive. My writing state has been appalling lately - mix of workload, lack of inspiration and general sloppy self-discipline - and it has been two months since I last uploaded something. I am still a writer. Here is what is happening with all my works!
- Main Pokeumans series!
Having just finished four chapters (technically six chapters, since one was a three-parter) worth of Perception, I'm coming back to Pokeumans next. Parallel processing will continue from here between Pokeumans and Perception, but the very next full chapter I'll start working on is - for a change - Back And Forth Ch. 6.
- Perception!
Pretty much said it above, but: It's not going to be the next thing I write, but rest assured that I WILL keep writing it. Even if it looks like I'm busy writing something else as well. I don't just cancel series like that.
- Fighting Talk The Second!
A lot of people said 'This is great, but could you not have done a version with some of the more recent characters as well?' when I posted FTTS. Well you clearly all tl;dr'd the description, because I said directly that I'm doing an update to do exactly that thing. This post will be brought up to date, and may updates roll from there! Hopefully. I am working on selecting the new characters right now, and once that is done I will start work on new dialogue. And to prove that this is so, here are all the characters I have chosen so far: Patrick the Lucario (Crossroads), Elijah the Blaziken (Divided I Stand), Subject-III the Espeon (A Dark Epson's Guidance), Tad the Delphox (Fire of the Delphox), Sophie the Gardevoir (Pokeumans French Story), Onym the Sableye (Gem Hunter), Anthony the Charmander (In Plain Sight), Cameron the Typhlosion (The Renegade), Anna the Glaceon (Separated), Dashielle the Dragonite (The Society), Oliver the Rpaidash (The Society - may take him out, not sure), Raaz the Hydreigon (A Price To Pay), Liorna the Dragonair (A Price To Pay), Jason the Sandslash (Story of Cubone, representing Book II). I am currently reading Remember Mortality:Lion's Rise to find a representative or two from there. This IS going to happen.
- Things Not To Do In A Pokeumans Base!
It never dies, it just comes back stronger. However, it may have to wait until I'm done amassing characters for FTTS. Then again, I might just blitz it and do a bunch before then, I honestly don't know. But that's not dead either. Also, for the second time ever since the post began, I've run out of audience suggestions for the post. Don't leave me hanging guys, I know you've still got some absolute gems out there somewhere!
- Watchlist backlog!
Let me finish amassing for FTTS first, again. That goes for Pokeumans too - I haven't ignored your spinoff, I'm just busy reading other spinoffs. I can only do so many Pokeymans at once.
- Nuzlocke!
Wait, what?
- Other stuff!
I'll be publishing the stuff I was using as writing-block-beaters soon, once they're actually finished and stuff. I am also, and I swear I'm actually going to work at it somewhat this time, trying to get back into the swing of drawing and art. It's fun - it's just also time-consuming, and time a precious resource for engineering undergraduates. It'll mostly be short posts and quick pics, but I am accumulating ideas for art to draw at a ridiculous rate. So I'll get started, then.
That is the current state of play! I have far too much to do, but I have a vague plan and a determination to do it regardless! Resume your Internets, all! Peace out.
- Main Pokeumans series!
Having just finished four chapters (technically six chapters, since one was a three-parter) worth of Perception, I'm coming back to Pokeumans next. Parallel processing will continue from here between Pokeumans and Perception, but the very next full chapter I'll start working on is - for a change - Back And Forth Ch. 6.
- Perception!
Pretty much said it above, but: It's not going to be the next thing I write, but rest assured that I WILL keep writing it. Even if it looks like I'm busy writing something else as well. I don't just cancel series like that.
- Fighting Talk The Second!
A lot of people said 'This is great, but could you not have done a version with some of the more recent characters as well?' when I posted FTTS. Well you clearly all tl;dr'd the description, because I said directly that I'm doing an update to do exactly that thing. This post will be brought up to date, and may updates roll from there! Hopefully. I am working on selecting the new characters right now, and once that is done I will start work on new dialogue. And to prove that this is so, here are all the characters I have chosen so far: Patrick the Lucario (Crossroads), Elijah the Blaziken (Divided I Stand), Subject-III the Espeon (A Dark Epson's Guidance), Tad the Delphox (Fire of the Delphox), Sophie the Gardevoir (Pokeumans French Story), Onym the Sableye (Gem Hunter), Anthony the Charmander (In Plain Sight), Cameron the Typhlosion (The Renegade), Anna the Glaceon (Separated), Dashielle the Dragonite (The Society), Oliver the Rpaidash (The Society - may take him out, not sure), Raaz the Hydreigon (A Price To Pay), Liorna the Dragonair (A Price To Pay), Jason the Sandslash (Story of Cubone, representing Book II). I am currently reading Remember Mortality:Lion's Rise to find a representative or two from there. This IS going to happen.
- Things Not To Do In A Pokeumans Base!
It never dies, it just comes back stronger. However, it may have to wait until I'm done amassing characters for FTTS. Then again, I might just blitz it and do a bunch before then, I honestly don't know. But that's not dead either. Also, for the second time ever since the post began, I've run out of audience suggestions for the post. Don't leave me hanging guys, I know you've still got some absolute gems out there somewhere!
- Watchlist backlog!
Let me finish amassing for FTTS first, again. That goes for Pokeumans too - I haven't ignored your spinoff, I'm just busy reading other spinoffs. I can only do so many Pokeymans at once.
- Nuzlocke!
Wait, what?
- Other stuff!
I'll be publishing the stuff I was using as writing-block-beaters soon, once they're actually finished and stuff. I am also, and I swear I'm actually going to work at it somewhat this time, trying to get back into the swing of drawing and art. It's fun - it's just also time-consuming, and time a precious resource for engineering undergraduates. It'll mostly be short posts and quick pics, but I am accumulating ideas for art to draw at a ridiculous rate. So I'll get started, then.
That is the current state of play! I have far too much to do, but I have a vague plan and a determination to do it regardless! Resume your Internets, all! Peace out.
Retrospectivity!
Alright. Time for a change of scenery. I updated my journal twice in 2017, good grief.
Truth is, I never left dA at all. It just probably looked like it. I know people aren't that fussed, but I would like the record of why I didn't write very much last year-and-a-bit to be visible for anyone who wishes. Partly, it's cathartic for me. It turns out there was more to it than 'dA doesn't interest me anymore', and I want that to be shown:
Autumn 2016 - February-ish 2017: I decided old chapters from Perception needed re-writing, and so I needed to work out what they should be changed to. This was surprisingly difficult. I then had a go at actu
Woop Woop, Fiction
I'm feeling a lot better about my writing at the moment, and indeed in general, and a massive thank you to everyone who waited patiently for me. This journal is primarily to say that I am officially cancelling my original fiction series, Perception. I um-ed and ah-ed over this, but I realised that I just don't like it as a series. Having spent roughly November to February rewriting large chunks of the plot (if you're wondering why I didn't submit anything within that time period, that's why), there were still things I really wasn't happy about with it as a series. This wasn't even small details, this was things in the nature of the setting an
Why I'm Taking A Break From Writing
It's simple, really. It was much too stressful.
I'm keeping this simple. I had taken, for some time now, a very unhelpful approach to my writing. I wasn't really enjoying it that much. I felt obliged to meet non-existent deadlines to maintain the interest of people I had projected my own impatience onto. I felt the need to be involved with every admin discussion in Pokeumans, to be reading as many things as possible, to re-create what I still feel were my glory days of having read the entire Pokeumans gallery and every new member having known my face. And I can't do that. It's changed. I'm at uni now, that makes me busy. But even just writin
Where I've Been Lately
I think this is what I write the majority of my journals about lately, but I like to keep people posted.
In a sentence, uni work has been trying to very, very hard to rob me of all my free time ever, mostly attributable to two solid weeks of assignments knocking my revision note schedule out the window.
In two sentences, my planned re-work of some of the plot elements for Perception is also taking a lot longer than I thought it would (see above), but I still want to do that before I write anything Pokeumans-y because I'm not good at parallel processing this stuff.
Yup. The good news, though, is that I'm in more of a lull period of assignme
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Good to see you back, dude. Looking forward to stuff.