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Here are some of what's been happening to me :)

1. Eragon
I've finally stopped detouring Eragon and started to read it. For real. And I'm utterly blown away by his language and description. I'm already on its second book, Eldest, so you know that this time I'm not going to stop until I reach the end. Hope to finish Eldest by this week. Yes, my work has been compromised because of that. I read at work :P

2. Writing "Days of Exile"
With what limited time I have, during the weekdays I try to write at two times: Once in the early morning before I dash out for work. The other when I'm home from work, assuming I'm not dead tired or I have remaining work to do. By this system I can squeeze in around 500-700 words a day. You must understand that unlike "I Want To Be A Turk!", the sequel has little dialogue from FF7 so most content is original :P Still, I'm happy that I'm ahead of the uploading schedule. Being a few chapters ahead is a great buffer for me on weeks that I don't have time to even proofread :(

And that's all for now, I'm rushing off to work. See you :D

Oldies are Goodies?

In this entry? I suppose... nah.

I was looking at my author profile (yeah, i know. i'm probably the only one who does that.) and I thought that my repertoire of stories looked impressive... until I saw the last two stories at the bottom of my list and I wonder: What happened?

Basically, I can't remember much of FF8 already so... *sheepish smile*

I mean, when I first started writing, I only knew Final Fantasy 8. So naturally, I began writing using that fandom. that turned out as a disaster (even though nice reviewers said it was good). bad characterisation, out-of-character, sloppy sentences... the version that is online was edited much later. I wish I had the old version to read and laugh at myself with!

Well, it is obvious that I no longer remember the details of Final Fantasy 8. Plus, it will take me another month or two to research on FF8 again so... maybe I won't be writing it, not until I'm done contributing all I can to the FF7 fandom. After "Days of Exile", there are at least two more fics that I want to write and upload before I look into any other fics. So it'll be a LONG time before I even think of writing these.

So anyway, I thought I'll explain a bit more on those two fics, just for fun.

Romeo and Juliet in Balamb Garden - Used to be hideously dubbed as 'Romeo and Juliet (FF8 style!)' because I had no better name for it. It's after the gang defeated Ultimecia. Everyone was living happily except for Squall and Rinoa. For some reason they drifted apart. Meanwhile, Selphie bugs Squall let her organise a Shakespearean play for the Balamb residents. During which, Rinoa's childhood friend, Firzen, appears. The story will continue in a frenzy of mad preparations, love triangles, and Squall realising how different he has been compared to in the past.

... On to the next story!

Be My Knight! - Alternate Universe. Princess Rinoa was given permission by her father to go anywhere she likes outside the Deling Castle... on the grounds that she must have a bodyguard (Guess who?). The story will continue in a love story of different social classes and all that jazz.

Sounds great? I'm not too sure if I can deliver it well!

So yes, I hope that some day, eventually, I can finish all the plot bunnies in my head!
But we all know these are just velleities.

New Word (4): Velleity

It has been a while since I found a new word. Dictionary.com has a small game called "Word Dynamo", which I play here and there. I pick up words from then.

vel·le·i·ty/vəˈlēətē/

Noun:

A wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.

I'm proud to say that I've used reticient/taciturn and travesty quite nicely. Divulse is not a very common word that I use, thankfully.

Let's hope I can find ways to use 'velleity' soon. It shouldn't be hard... right?