Cancelled?!

Hey, everybody. I know we were planning on going to the downtown library to listen to a reading thingy for our meeting this week, but as it turns out, A) They're not having one this week because of Thanksgiving, and B) I'm going to be gone on Wednesday for Thanksgiving. So unless you guys want to organize something yourselves, writing group this week will have to be cancelled. I know, crazy. Plan on going to the library the next Wednesday, which is December 2nd. I'll get back to you all with more info when the time comes. Thanks for being awesome, Somnambulists. Write away!

Demo Is Complete

Exciting news, everyone. I just finished the first demo version of my game-based-on-my-book, Orphan Wars. I've tested it out and I'm happy to report that everything works, even though a few things are missing. This demo should be good for about an hour and a half of solid, fully functional play.

BUT! I'm not going to release it over the internet. Instead, I'm going to put three (count 'em, three) copies into the prize bag for those of us who have met our weekly writing goals. So set yourself a goal and achieve it if you wanna get your paws on one of these CDs.

See you guys on Wednesday, at Rachel's house!

Rachel's Book

So I decided that what I'm going to do is post my book on GoogleDocs, and allow everyone in our writing group view it. Then if you have any questions or comments, you can email me. But first, I need everyone's emails in order to share my folder with you. I guess Jaron has those.

I guess I'm just a bit paranoid about idea thieves. I know it's unlikely that anyone would steal my book, per se, but that other writers would take my ideas and turn them into something I don't want. I'm okay with FanFics after it's published (if it ever became popular enough) but I'm not ready for the world to see my story yet, especially in rough form. When it's ready, I'll work to publish it so that I'm getting paid for my time instead of having ideas/names/plots/other ripped off for free.

Happy camping.

Zidaiku Pictures

For those of you who might be interested, here are a few recent pieces I've made of Zidaiku. These are for the game version of my story. (If anyone has any interest in trying that out, by the way, let me know and I'll see if I can make a demo. I have maybe an hour and fifteen minutes of play time so far.)



(Don't worry, he's not dead! This is how Angel finds him at the beginning of the game. When he heals and wakes up, he doesn't remember anything about himself and they decide to travel to Vaskel to figure it out.)

Meeting #14 - 10/21/09

Tonight's meeting went pretty late. Everyone was a little distracted and/or sleepy. But we got a lot accomplished, I think. I'm happy with the levels of feedback we've been giving each other on our pieces. I think we're getting more comfortable and developing a better feel for each other's styles and ideas, which helps us know what we need to work on or what we're good at.

We didn't decide on a meeting place for next week, but Rachel said she would talk to her parents about having it at her house. Plan on that for now. If all else fails, my house would probably work as a backup... I just hope my mom won't remember that we had it over here today. :D

If you set a writing goal for yourself and accomplish it--no matter how large or how small, whether it's based on word count or pages or some other more abstract idea--you will receive a prize. I'll go to the dollar store or something and find some fun stuff. Never fear, a lot of it will probably be candy. Maybe some bubble wrap, too. ;)

Happy writing, Somnambulists. Bring more of your stories! Everyone is getting to some really good parts.