2026 Writing Log, Part Fifteen
Apr. 17th, 2026 08:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynling- I finished Chapter 10 of The Archives of Hyrule, a Tears of the Kingdom Modern AU story. Zelda thinks about what she wants in her life, and she decides to get herself involved in Ganon’s morally dubious research into magical technology. And that’s the end of Act 1. Hell yes.
- I posted Chapter 6 on AO3 (here). In this chapter, Zelda does the responsible thing and talks about her concerns to her boss Impa, who shuts her down. Then she meets Link, who’s working for Ganon and also happens to be the most charming person in the world. Hooray for steering this girl into bad decisions!
- Speaking of archive horror, I edited my story about the Shinra Manor basement library one last time before making my final submission to Gloriosa: A Sephiroth Zine. The writing mod for this project returned some amazing comments that really helped me out, and I’m very grateful. A million kudos to good editors honestly. And my writer spotlight is now on Tumblr (here)!
- I wrote two pieces of flash fiction in my series of stories about a postapocalyptic plague doctor. In one, he searches his library for books about walking skeletons before deciding to write one himself. In the second, he makes wine from the fruit of horrible corpse-devouring vines and declares it to be excellent.
- My review of Delay, an anthology of comics by SE Asian creators, is now live on Comics Beat (here). As in any anthology, the stories are hit and miss, but the good ones are really interesting. I’m happy that I had an opportunity to review this collection. I’m also happy the publisher made the decision to give the book a North American release, and I hope it gets the love it deserves.
- I’m currently working on a review of The Art of Slay the Princess, which is less of an art book and more like a graphic novel version of the game. Given the game’s branching paths, you might be asking how the developers managed to pull this off. The answer is that they’ve done it in a very clever way, and this is a very cool book.
It’s the end of the semester, and I’m running on fumes. The absurdity of the current worldstate isn’t helping. Still, I’m going to make a serious effort to vent less and be more chill and normal going forward. I set up my Wii U to play Wind Waker, and hopefully spending some relaxing time on the Great Sea will help. But I won’t lie, a productive eight-hour workday with a Death Note would help more.
- I posted Chapter 6 on AO3 (here). In this chapter, Zelda does the responsible thing and talks about her concerns to her boss Impa, who shuts her down. Then she meets Link, who’s working for Ganon and also happens to be the most charming person in the world. Hooray for steering this girl into bad decisions!
- Speaking of archive horror, I edited my story about the Shinra Manor basement library one last time before making my final submission to Gloriosa: A Sephiroth Zine. The writing mod for this project returned some amazing comments that really helped me out, and I’m very grateful. A million kudos to good editors honestly. And my writer spotlight is now on Tumblr (here)!
- I wrote two pieces of flash fiction in my series of stories about a postapocalyptic plague doctor. In one, he searches his library for books about walking skeletons before deciding to write one himself. In the second, he makes wine from the fruit of horrible corpse-devouring vines and declares it to be excellent.
- My review of Delay, an anthology of comics by SE Asian creators, is now live on Comics Beat (here). As in any anthology, the stories are hit and miss, but the good ones are really interesting. I’m happy that I had an opportunity to review this collection. I’m also happy the publisher made the decision to give the book a North American release, and I hope it gets the love it deserves.
- I’m currently working on a review of The Art of Slay the Princess, which is less of an art book and more like a graphic novel version of the game. Given the game’s branching paths, you might be asking how the developers managed to pull this off. The answer is that they’ve done it in a very clever way, and this is a very cool book.
It’s the end of the semester, and I’m running on fumes. The absurdity of the current worldstate isn’t helping. Still, I’m going to make a serious effort to vent less and be more chill and normal going forward. I set up my Wii U to play Wind Waker, and hopefully spending some relaxing time on the Great Sea will help. But I won’t lie, a productive eight-hour workday with a Death Note would help more.
