Dance Dance Revolution!
Chapter one is ready. I’m happy with it, as I usually am with things I never ‘plan’. It was going to be a long conversation ending with a ship looming out of the clouds and breaking the mood between Savant and Espi, but suddenly I was stuck at Savant saying “Pretty” when Espi, completely out of the blue, said:

“I don’t charge for sex.”

And Savant replied:

“Neither do I.”

From there the story just found its way to the chapter cliffhanger. I might go back in next month and add details, but right now it -- though rushed, sucky crap -- is pretty okay.

I’m even hyped for writing chapter 2 now, and I probably will, after this. Damn, this is going to be a fun, hectic, crazy month.

Current Projects:
Bender - 6739 words
The Tale of a Thousand Savants(NaNovel) - 1,685 words
The Intangibles - 51 posts (unedited), 7647 words (edited)

Standing on the Edge of November
It's about half an hour to go. November. I'm trying to pass the time away with Bender, but that isn't working. In fact, instead of writing, I edited some stuff out. Muse permitting I might write the entire pre-harem and harem scenes tomorrow. Of course, she might want me to go straight to The Tale of a Thousand Savants, Bender might have to be put on hold for a few days, at least to burn up the pent-up pre-nano energy.

ToaTS looks nice with its 48pt bold Trajan title. I put my name under it, as well as "01 November 2001 ~ 31 November 2001" -- I don't know whether to consider that as a sign of smugness or just wishful thinking. Even Bender looks nice with a 48 bold Trajan title. Heck, everything looks good with a Trajan Title.

Trajan needs to be big. It's alright as a small font, but you really need to see it huge and up-close, I feel.

E-commerce was a mixed bag today. Okay, so it wasn't fun at all. In addition to the already albatross-like Kaboom Project I have to do another 15 minute presentation next week on the role of graphics in e-commerce. Never mind that nobody from my group showed up today. Geh. I think it's about that time to point a big finger at the rest of 'em and do thing the good old Vishal Bharadwaj way -- Solo.

Well, 30 minutes to kill. Might listen to some 'mood music' -- Tank! from Cowboy Bebop most probably. Tale of a Thousand Savants, though I don't even know how it starts, seems to strike me as something that would start loud and cool and very stylish.

The Intangibles is still going though its initial gestation period. Have to get it ready tomorrow and let the punters in.

Current Projects:
Bender - 6,757 words
The Tale of a Thousand Savants(NaNovel) - 0 words (unless the title is counted ^_^)
The Intangibles - 51 posts (unedited), 7,647 words (edited)

¡Vb!

11th Hour
This sucks. Bender isn't even halfway done. Tomorrow's the last free day before the NaNoWriMo starts. Tomorrow is E-Commerce. Tomorrow I have to shave. Tomorrow I have to write the juicy bits of the business proposal.

This sucks.

Oh well, at least I got the Intangibles group set up. Not ready to accept people yet, but more on that tomorrow. ^_^

Current Projects:
Bender - 6739 words
The Tale of a Thousand Savants (NaNovel) - 0 words
The Intangibles - 51 posts (unedited), 7647 words (edited)

¡Vb!

An Unstuck Bender
As the title says, Bender is back and flowing, though an edit will be needed -- once it's done, once it's done. Swimming along at 5350 words, not even halfway done, maybe as little as a quarter -- and I'm loving it. Sansaarika will be starring in a lot of future things, methinks. Now if only I could draw...

...speaking of drawing, the Cube-i-fying work continues at an okay pace -- not doing a lot, but it's better than nothing. I'll probably refine single figures and stuff for the next month, then move onto cubed scenes (Roman Senates in Cubes seems like a nice thing to try).

Dreamweaver is surprisingly fun, and I did some sketches for the project website today -- looks good, something I'd be proud of. The e-commerce project is stuck in neutral, I might do something tonight, maybe even some graphical work. Not that that's the first thing on my mind... I'm a little sick of deciding what not to put into the final draft. I need to cut my emotions from this and think of it as -- shudder -- homework. That may help

People seemed to like Mote and The Old One on Fantasybits-- wonder what they'll think of later bits when Val gets a-twining. I may be dangerously close to fulfilling my "origins may kill characters" viewpoint.

¡Vb!