Things I contemplated during my two-hundred-and-fifty (250!) mile roundtrip commute in the ice today:

1) If Archanea/Valencia/Jugdral take place on the same planet as Tellius (which I personally don't believe), then the destruction of the other continents can't happen at anytime remotely close to the gameplay era.  IIRC, the math works out so that ( Read more... )

So, way back when in this post, I outlined for a massive Archanea fic-project dubbed "Tales of the Unified Kingdom," a good-faith effort at showing a positive, if complicated, outcome for the continent after the War of Heroes.  The idea first arose from the 'fic "Homecomings," an Abel-centric story that takes place a whopping four decades after the ( Read more... )

 So, I got a tentative agreement (ie, an agreement with the company) on the second of my two contracts today and consequently went on a White Russian spree before stumbling home.  I walked, btw-- picked a drinking hole within walking distance for that reason.  Yay.  Now I just have to sell all the hardliners and malcontents on the merits of both ( Read more... )

 
I have said before that while Deviant Art is not an ideal place for posting fiction, it does expose one to a slightly different crowd of fans than does ffnet or LJ.  I have garnered some very thoughtful and worthwhile feedback from DA readers, and recently I received something that made my day.

This and this.

The former is fanart for my story " ( Read more... )

 Over on my DA journal I keep an archive of TL;DR "Author's Notes," but I literally do not have time for this at present so I'll just natter a bit instead.  "Homecomings" is probably my favorite story to date, and if it had come out in 2009 I might have earmarked it as "most satisfying thing to have bashed out" for the year.  Having it complete ( Read more... )

Dear lord, I'm at it again.

WTF, Mark of the Asphodel?  You haven't even reviewed all your friends' new stuff yet!  Yeah, but I'm going on vacation in a week and expect to be busy thereafter, and I've been working on this since June.  Of 2009, mind you.

It's the story that ballooned into the whole "Tales of the Unified Kingdom" project.  It's also ( Read more... )

 So, I finally finished one part of "Tales of the Unified Kingdom."  Unfortunately, it's out of order; "Forsaken" is a prequel to "Homecomings," which is the final story in the arc, but IMO "Homecomings" ought to be released first.  So I'll sit on "Forsaken" for a bit.

ETA: I posted it on ff.net anyway.  It doesn't really matter if the "Tales" are ( Read more... )