2022 Writing Log 09
Mar. 18th, 2022 07:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingGreetings from Box Hell.
- I’ve been writing The Demon King. Or rather, I’m working on rewriting. I now have five polished chapters. Nice.
- I went ahead and did another Demon King comic panel. I posted the rough draft on Dreamwidth (here) and the finished version on Tumblr (here). At some point I decided that elf ears are silly, but I’m going to keep the sharp teeth because it’s fun to draw.
- I started my fifth Wiztober illustration like a month ago, and I finally went back and finished it. I don’t know when I’m going to get around to posting it, but (here) it is if you’re curious.
- Now that I know how to draw murder forests, I’m working on some Legend of Zelda fan art. (This) is what the rough draft looks like.
- Because I’ve been tied up with moving, I haven’t had any new art to post, so I went ahead and posted my first two Wiztober illustrations (here) and (here). I’m trying to figure out how to draw eyes in a way that isn’t Disney but also isn’t anime. I think I’m okay with the Studio Ghibli eyes in the first illustration, but the Sailor Moon style eyes in the second illustration just don’t look good to me anymore.
- I finished an original short horror story called “The Flower Ritual.” It’s surprisingly decent!
- I submitted a writer application to a horror movie fanzine. I hope they like Japanese horror movies from the 1990s, because I sure do.
- One of my acquaintances on Twitter is organizing an academic symposium in conjunction with the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, so I submitted an abstract along with a nice cover letter. I have thoughts and feelings about “the Zinecourse,” and I figure that maybe it would be worthwhile to organize them into a formal essay.
- Some good news! My review of the indie comics anthology Comrade Himbo was published on the Women Write About Comics website (here). TLDR: This book slaps.
I took a break from Elden Ring to finally finish Furi, and it made me feel like a boss. Unfortunately, this does not change the fact that I’m still stuck in Box Hell. I guess I live here now.
- I’ve been writing The Demon King. Or rather, I’m working on rewriting. I now have five polished chapters. Nice.
- I went ahead and did another Demon King comic panel. I posted the rough draft on Dreamwidth (here) and the finished version on Tumblr (here). At some point I decided that elf ears are silly, but I’m going to keep the sharp teeth because it’s fun to draw.
- I started my fifth Wiztober illustration like a month ago, and I finally went back and finished it. I don’t know when I’m going to get around to posting it, but (here) it is if you’re curious.
- Now that I know how to draw murder forests, I’m working on some Legend of Zelda fan art. (This) is what the rough draft looks like.
- Because I’ve been tied up with moving, I haven’t had any new art to post, so I went ahead and posted my first two Wiztober illustrations (here) and (here). I’m trying to figure out how to draw eyes in a way that isn’t Disney but also isn’t anime. I think I’m okay with the Studio Ghibli eyes in the first illustration, but the Sailor Moon style eyes in the second illustration just don’t look good to me anymore.
- I finished an original short horror story called “The Flower Ritual.” It’s surprisingly decent!
- I submitted a writer application to a horror movie fanzine. I hope they like Japanese horror movies from the 1990s, because I sure do.
- One of my acquaintances on Twitter is organizing an academic symposium in conjunction with the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, so I submitted an abstract along with a nice cover letter. I have thoughts and feelings about “the Zinecourse,” and I figure that maybe it would be worthwhile to organize them into a formal essay.
- Some good news! My review of the indie comics anthology Comrade Himbo was published on the Women Write About Comics website (here). TLDR: This book slaps.
I took a break from Elden Ring to finally finish Furi, and it made me feel like a boss. Unfortunately, this does not change the fact that I’m still stuck in Box Hell. I guess I live here now.
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Date: 2022-03-22 12:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-03-23 12:10 pm (UTC)In On Writing, Stephen King says that he writes every day, no exceptions. I am not Stephen King, obviously, but I try to write every day too, just because it's fun and I enjoy it. But some days just vanish.
I would venture a guess that it's probably easier to write every day if you have a staff of personal assistants.
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Date: 2022-03-24 09:43 pm (UTC)It's easier to write every day the more of your like....daily life fatigue can be outsourced, I think. Whether that's in the form of hiring a cleaning service, doing a meal delivery thing, trading off with a partner so each of you only has to Do Stuff on certain days.....but at the end of the day that all boils down to either money or a specific kind of understanding with your partner, and that can apparently be hard to find.