Cats, Muslims, Memes

[letterblade]

So I had already been fond of Muslims Wearing Things (a dryly awesome photoblog started in response to somebody being an asshat about muslims), but this post won the internet. All arguments are invalid.

In other news...writing, writing, and more writing.

- mllelaurel and I are nearly done, overall, with the revision pass on The Sound of Drums. Well, except for one case...

- We're also putting together the last few pieces of the casting, and it's become pretty clear that we're going to have to genderswap one character to accommodate for the high male sign-ups, which players are falling in where, and which guys are okay being cross-cast. So there's that.

- At some point soon, we shall write The All Crotchety Old Men With Shotguns Game. Some point before the con. Drunkenly.

- NANO STARTS TOMORROW. Hoboy. My project has names for most of the characters, a fairly solidified plot, and no title whatsoever. So for the meantime, its working title is Oh, Look, A Demon. I may post a few public teasers as I go, but my plan is to be writing it largely in private, except for sending chunks to one or two draft readers. Because if I can't show my work to somebody, my attention whore attention span gets antsy.

In the non-writing category, I go to court in four days. Aiiiii.

Comments

Sound of Drums

[khyros.livejournal.com]

I forget, did I ever give you the detailed feedback I wanted to about the combat mechanics?

[sixthbrightest.livejournal.com]

How come you're going to court?

Good luck with NaNo! I'm doing it too, and plan on posting updates with how I'm going. It's nice to know other people doing it.

BTW, I know you haven't visited MYSTCommunity in awhile, but there's a thread in The Blah Place with a *lot* of oldtimers coming out of the woodworks, and I'm sure they'd love it if you stopped in!

[nevacaruso.livejournal.com]

I also wonder why you are to court in four days, but understand if you do can't or don't want to share details. Hope it's something that's quickly smoothed over.

Also HOBOY NANO. Bestest of luck!

Re: Sound of Drums

[wired-lizard.livejournal.com]

mllelaurel told me about the conversation you two had in her LJ, which is an excellent suggestion, and boils down to the simple practical question of what sort of timers I have on hand. :) Was there something else besides that?

[wired-lizard.livejournal.com]

The short version is that I forgot to fill out paperwork on my car. The long version...is long. :P

Yay NaNo! I've got probably four or five people on the f-list who're doing it this year. Hopefully I'll actually finish this time around...NaNo has so far defeated me.

Thanks for pointed me there. Have wandered in.

[wired-lizard.livejournal.com]

NANO! *hugs*

Long story involving forgetting to do paperwork on my car. -.-

Re: Sound of Drums

[khyros.livejournal.com]

That's the only thing I can really recall at the moment. Some of the later (special combats) seemed to drag, even for the combatants, and I loved the concept of someone who was not as naturally talented wearing down an opponent over multiple rounds, but no one seemed to challenge for more than 2, and later story based ones were generally 1, I think in part for time reasons. (though uh.... not sure that eagle's would've made much difference...)