<–The State of the Writer: 4/7/18         The State of the Writer: 5/5/19–>

A post updated every other Sunday discussing my current writing projects and any completed the prior two weeks.

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Finished Projects: 1

• Game Review: Piczle Color – 4/18/19

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Project: Story
Title: The Broken Rose
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Type: Fanfiction (FFVII) Novel
Current Word Count: 254,376
Prior Word Count: 254,471
Word Difference: -95
Status: Editing
Progress: First edit of Chapter 16

I did so much organizing of the notes for this chapter and the next two.  They were blended together in OneNote, and I had to try to separate things out.  I actually used the “wrong” picture last week, since that’s not relevant until the next chapter, which concerns obtaining a flower basket.  The current one is about the garden mentioned in Chapter 15, and then Chapter 18 has a little bit of action.  It’s not quite THAT scene yet (sorry Lightning Ellen), but I promise it’s coming 😀

It’s been a wild few weeks because I was in a wedding yesterday (I’ll post a picture below!).  It took a lot of energy but was totally worth it for the pay off.  Now I can get back to my mundane life of writing fantasy stories/fanfic as well as the magical voyage of looking for a new apartment.  I haven’t had much time to edit, so Chapter 16 is in very preliminary stages. I’m hoping to remedy that this week.

Project: Story Audio Recording
Title: Northern Lights
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Type: Fanfiction (FFVII) Novel
Status: Recording
Progress: Preparing to edit Chapter 1

I’m still prepping to edit, but I did make an edit file for the first part of Chapter 1 containing only my reading of the text and not my random babble before and after.  Let me tell you…it was  bit of an adventure.  In my infinite wisdom, I moved some of the audio files.  This is a huge no-no with Audacity since it can’t play back what it can’t find.  This led to lots of googling and attempts to put the files back exactly as they had been.  I went from it being unable to locate over 300 to only missing 8, and I took that as a win.  If I have to, of course I can re-record, and hell, I may have to do that anyway.  The next step is finding the time/energy to begin the edit, which will hopefully happen sometime this week.  This is what I’m hoping the timeline will look like:

• Edit Part 1 through Part 4
• Put all audio files together into one big one
• Listen to/edit full chapter
• Add music/sound effects
• Add images

Since I don’t really know what I’m doing, I’m happy this is one of the shortest chapters.  It’ll give me an idea and a start on learning the process.

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On Hold

• TV Show Review: The Umbrella Academy – I just stopped caring.  I had a lot to say right after I watched it in a sort of counterpoint to what I’d been seeing, but it just doesn’t feel as relevant to me anymore.  I might revive this when the second season comes out, as it’ll be more in the zeitgeist again, but I’m going to “shelve” it for now.

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In Progress

• Book Review: The Habitation of the Blessed by Catherynne M. Valente – I may be finished this, but I still need to edit/proofread it.

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I. Am. Tired, y’all.  I had the honor of being a bridesmaid in my BFF’s wedding yesterday, and it was hella amazing, fun, heartening, and hilarious.  I fulfilled the fat girl stereotype and broke a chair lol.  I leaned back and suddenly I felt it…the world coming closer, and I knew I was going down.  I felt really bad because suddenly I was the center of attention, which I didn’t even want on my own wedding day, but there I was…one the floor…with tons of people around me.  The floor was pretty comfy, too, and I wasn’t hurt (lots of cushioning back there…probably why the chair broke).  The place’s staff was worried I was hurt, and I was sorry I broke the chair!  In other news I would’ve totally gotten this guy’s number if I wasn’t married lol.  We all were in cahoots though to get him and the wedding photographer together, and I just heard they’ve been texting all day ♥

That’s Ally, another of the awesome bridesmaids!  I not only got to be in a wedding, I got to make new, amazing friends ♥

Oh shit, I almost forgot. Happy Easter to all those celebrating!  I didn’t get out of bed until 4 this afternoon because my entire body hurts #lolsob  It’s like “Aw sweet!  It’s that ‘I got exercise’ burn, but also I wanna die.”  I also know I use humor WAY too much as a coping mechanism, but what am else am I gonna do?  Cry about it?  If I make people laugh then that’ll make ME laugh.

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<–The State of the Writer: 4/7/18         The State of the Writer: 5/5/19–>