So, because I'm struggling to write new stories, I've taken to browsing through old stories and seeing if I can repair some and make them postable. I've found a few winners, so I'll be editing those as inspiration strikes and slapping them up on dA/FFnet/SkyeHawke.

w00t.

With family you hate, of course :D

My mom's side of the family is coming over for the 4th of July. I have all sorts of issues with those people, but it's all old news by this point; I do my best to be a presence during family gatherings despite my overwhelming urge to curl up in a ball and hide somewhere but I at least like my dad's side, so that makes it more bearable. To have to forcibly overcome my shyness for people I hate? Not so easy.

I really hope some kind of epic excuse comes along where  I won't have to be around for the day. My mom and brother have bronchitis - maybe I'll catch that just in the nick of time, because illness >>> interacting with mom's family.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'mma go nuke a cookie so it's all warm and gooey and yummy. Om nom nom.

I made a new set of LJ icons of King Dedede from Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I need to make more, but the seven I have for now are good enough. I was getting tired of the old set.

So! The first chapter of the final draft of Where Words Fail will go live in less than twenty-one days. I'm so absolutely excited! It'll be crossposted all over the goddamn place: my writing journal, (teis_stories) , the LJ Smellershot community (shootingbees), my DeviantArt account, my SkyHawke account and my Fanfiction.net account. Sio has drawn up the first four chapter covers, which will likewise be posted with the chapters. Once June 20 rolls around, I'll also be taking down all of the rough draft chapters for permanent-like, because I'm ashamed of most of them (particularly the first 15 or so chapters). The editing process has been a drag, but I'm almost through with the Hell Chapters (the aforementioned early ones, the ones that require the most invasive work), and having gone through some of the later chapters to break up the tedium, I know once I get past the Hell Chapters the rest will be smooth sailing.

I've also been working a considerable amount on Plight of the Freedom Fighters with the rest of the team, which is nice and time-consuming, too. So, creativity is happening. :D

Between bouts of fandoming, I've been working on overhauling my original stuff. I've just realized that I have far too many OCs; just thinking about working with that many is intimidating, so I've decided to pare down what I don't want and consolidating traits from similar characters into one sort of amalgamated type deal. Long-term mainstays Tobias and Raph have met the Creative Axe today, having (much more interesting) counterparts on other fronts, but I have yet to go through and pick out who I really don't need. (I do know I'll be killing off a few of them, though....>X3 )

And on that note...I have no connections whatsoever in the professional writing world. That makes me really nervous, which makes me shy, which makes it harder for me to make those connections :X I don't even know where to start looking! Sio's told me that my writing could take me places, and her being such an incredible artist slated to become a freelanced leads me to believe she's right...and it always has been my dream to become a novelist...but, aghgweh0iwegbb43. D: I feel in so far over my head D:

Tags: *faceplant*
Current Mood: aggravated

Yeah, I still exist X_X I've just been wrapped up with so much of my creative projects that I kinda, er, forgot to check up here.

Right now I'm doing mostly work on Where Words Fail's revision interspersed with contributions to Plight of the Freedom Fighters 2; I've already scripted out two scenes, one of which is finalized and the other is pending a second opinion from my colleagues, and then a potential third one that depends on some ideas Sio and I have brainstormed passing through aforementioned colleagues. It's fun, but time consuming.  I also gotta re-watch Avatar Book 3 since I haven't seen it after its initial airing, and I need it for reference involving Pipsqueak, The Duke, and timeline issues for WWF.

I'll do my best to catch up here, but it's a lot of FList I've missed. Sorry people X_X I'm not gonna comment on everything, it's just too time-consuming - but I am gonna read it XD

( LJ Meme from Tallulah )

So, that's a meme thing. Now here's my good news (copypasta'd from dA 'cuz I'm lazy):


May as well make this official, since it ain't any secret...

Ladies and gentlemen, I have finally done something that makes me feel truly accomplished. :D

I mean - yeah, I finished Where Words Fail, but that was just the rough draft, and I get the feeling I'll be more elated when the first chapter of the final draft goes live. (June 20th! Keep your eyes peeled, Avatar and Freedom Fighter fans!) But right now, I'm on absolutely Cloud-Fucking-Nine because I have made myself matter in a way that is relevant to me.

If you've been watching my gallery and checking out the Avatar: The Last Airbender works of recent months, you'll notice how a lot of it was done for SioUte's Plight of the Freedom Fighters 2 comic, a truly epic story created by a team of truly epic writers and authors. As a person who fell in love with Avatar's dirty little secret, the Freedom Fighters, I was inspired by SioUte's original Plight of the Freedom Fighters comic, as well as the works of the rest of her team, SylvaCoer's WildChild fanfiction, and DoodleBuggy's fancomic, Jet-Lagged. They helped push me to write Where Words Fail vicariously, and over time, we all became acquaintances and, eventually, actual friends. :D They're a cool bunch of people over there, believe you me.

But - with Where Words Fail in the editing stages, the girls and I have found some...common ground to stand on. And with that in mind, I have officially joined the staff for Plight of the Freedom Fighters 2.

8D

I'm so incredibly honored to be working on the project with them, to be part of the team; I'm officially the "Adjunct writer and mascot," but I also serve to fill in plot holes in the script and provide some brainstormy ideas. It's so much fun.

I'd say wish me luck, but honestly, I feel like the luckiest guy alive right now. So feel free to use your luckwishes on yourselves. :D

Plight of the Freedom Fighters 2

SioUte

SylvaCoer

DoodleBuggy

It's official now. :D

*bow*

WANT TO: 
Catch up on the friends entries I've been missing for the past month or so
Continue work on editing Where Words Fail
Sleep
Listen to The Brave Little Toaster soundtrack again
Draw

HAVE TO:
Go play DnD X(

*gets bricked for the awful awful pun title*

So, I have about two weeks worth of friend entries to ketchup catch up with, and I swear I'll do it...I've just been busy with stuff. @_@

Also, here's Idina Menzel (Maureen Johnson) singing a cover of I'll Cover You from RENT.

I call quadruple fucking zombie bullshit.

I just finished Where Words Fail, my Avatar: The Last Airbender fanfiction. At forty-one chapters and somewhere-in-the-range-of-300+ pages long (exact total subject to change upon second and final draft completion), this is the single longest story I've ever written <i>ever</i> and is the first big story I've seen through to the end in a long time.

Hence the title.

Oh, and I also have this swanky new LJ icon. Just to show how awsome I am.

Tags: tei is awesome