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Catching up... slow style

You know, it's a good thing I was thirteen weeks ahead on writing Clockwork Souls [because shiny plotbunny] because it means I can pull shit like:

  • Devote my work hours to the book that should be finished already
  • Let the book I'm already working on go hang, and thus
  • Let my poor, flaring wrists fucking heal for a change.

I'm never letting this happen again, by the way. The instant a novel is finished, a raw copy goes onto my Drobo. Y'know. Since Google Drive and assorted other softwares including Stackedit irrevocably ate some.

I have 115K out of 120K done of this novel, so it will take me the better part of two weeks to get that noise over with. And so I don't stress myself out about word count quotas, the latter half of the second week shall be devoted to...

(drumroll)

Fanfic!

You knew it. I know you knew it. Yes, dear readers, I shall be plunging myself wholesale into working on Babes in the Woods and if I finish that inside of two weeks, work will resume on When We Were Us.

I shall not be attempting to cram novels, and thuswise hurting myself and impoverishing my dear, dear readers of the works of my bizarre brain case.

TL;DR - Normal services will resume shortly, following a rescheduling crisis. We apologise for the inconvenience.

Huzzah!

I now have a legit copy of Adobe Animate CC. I'm using my Beloved's account, because why pay for things twice? Beloved has the thing, and has updated all the associated nonse. And I can animate with NO TIME LIMITS.

Which is just as well because it seems that I take about two weeks to draw a shot. Because OCD.

I just finished Shot #3, which was needlessly complicated for a very few seconds of time. But it is worth it. Beloved

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They're ready!I finished them all, this morning. Huzzah.Alas, I currently don't have the funds to buy the proper postal parcels, so they're...

They’re ready!

I finished them all, this morning. Huzzah.

Alas, I currently don’t have the funds to buy the proper postal parcels, so they’re all going to be sitting quietly until I have money again.

Sigh. O, fuel… why do we keep needing you?

Since the finings came in gunmetal and black [it was that or silver and gold] I did my best to hide it behind silver and gems. You just can’t get gunmetal stuff that’

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Progress at last! Thanks to my new tools, it took roughly five and a half minutes to file the nipples off the back of each stud. So the...

Progress at last! Thanks to my new tools, it took roughly five and a half minutes to file the nipples off the back of each stud. So the line-up in picture 2 represents the better part of an hour’s work.

Cumulative, of course. I had to take frequent breaks because, though it’s a small thing to do, it’s a lot of work. My wrists were complaining by the third pair.

I finished the final pair this morning, and now

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Eureka! To the right, an ex-stud earring with the dreaded 'nipple'. To the left, the ex-stud earring with the 'nipple' almost gone.The...

Eureka! To the right, an ex-stud earring with the dreaded ‘nipple’. To the left, the ex-stud earring with the ‘nipple’ almost gone.

The solution to the cursed ‘metal nipple’ problem is to have two very important things: a hand vice, and a set of fine metal files.

The hand vice pictured here has some foam pieces cut off a bit of leftover underlay so nothing nasty happens to the bit that’s going to show.

The back of the piece in the

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I found a blank art book, so I’m drawing my universe.It’s not like anyone else is doing it.I’m still working on all the...

I found a blank art book, so I’m drawing my universe.

It’s not like anyone else is doing it.

I’m still working on all the detail of the station. Trying to make it look like it was patched together out of whatever was close at the time.

Amalgam Station is technically in Cuidgari space, being in the Kuiper-belt range of the Cuidgari Primary Solar System. It has, however, had numerous owners in its expansion-pack past…

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This photo set actually covers months of dithering. I got the crackle coat on very quickly. I needed two coats of base paint because the...

This photo set actually covers months of dithering.

I got the crackle coat on very quickly. I needed two coats of base paint because the first coat dried too grey for my liking.

Then the mask sat in my craft room for months while I pondered my next step.

It was only after I found a couple more spare masks at the dollar shop that I felt confident enough to actually cut.

You need GOOD scissors if you’re going to

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I can’t art. It’s obvious. Alas, I also lack the resources to purchase pro-level art for a book that will never pay me back. My...

I can’t art. It’s obvious.

Alas, I also lack the resources to purchase pro-level art for a book that will never pay me back.

My usual design consultant [aka best-beloved SO] is too busy to help me before the October 4 publication date.

So. Speaking as someone who lacks design skills to everyone who actually has them: What do I need to do to make this cover look cool?

My goal is simple, but slightly “off”

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Building Bitzer part 4. I found the hat once upon a Halloween in a dollar shop and thought "Ooo! This looks like fun to play with!" And so I...

Building Bitzer part 4.

I found the hat once upon a Halloween in a dollar shop and thought “Ooo! This looks like fun to play with!”

And so I am.

Not shown is the really tacky rectangular buckle that, thanks to the simple fact that it’s plastic, we cut off with side-snips before I could document it. If I find a similar, pre-buggered hat, I shall photograph it for educational purposes.

The white feathery thing was a hair comb, purchased the

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Building Bitzer part 3 The trick to getting an even crackle, I am told, is to get an even surface. This is harder than it looks on a paper...

Building Bitzer part 3

The trick to getting an even crackle, I am told, is to get an even surface. This is harder than it looks on a paper maché mask.

Especially when that mask is divided into sections for testing.

The final method used involved daubing paint mix on with cloth and then lightly rolling it back/smooth with the roller.

Further irritations were met when it looked like the damn paint wouldn’t crackle anyway, since the mask was

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I just saved 100K words

At 500 words a day, that’s 200 days of effort. I have 40 days worth of writing left to go.

That is, before I get to my target. I may go over.

Then I have editing and only three reliable beta-readers. Should I ask for more? Would I be asking for trouble? I’m pretty certain three is not enough.

Ugh, editing sucks.

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Steam Quest [SPRPG] (unfinished) [ACTUAL]

Steam Quest [SPRPG] (unfinished) [ACTUAL]

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Steam Quest [SPRPG] (unfinished) [ACTUAL]

Steam Quest WIP remastered. Enjoy.

Reblogging because I’ve edited more in and now I’m once again stuck on the fight scene.

AKA: How the flip do I write turn-based JRPG style combat and how much do I break the fourth wall doing this thing?

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