( Thoughts about the use of symbolic actions in writing, specifically lip biting )

Today I posted the official announcement of the end of Scarlet Spiral. I've set a close date of the end of the year, so that we can tie up open threads.

It's been a good thing for a good long time. Thank you, everyone, for making it a wonderful place.

Now on to Fallen Leaves.

I stayed up ALL night. And I created Fallen Leaves, the new collaborative writing and RPG community that is the successor to Scarlet Spiral, at least in concept.

Please take a look at the Info page and all the links there. Everything but the maps and a reference to Haruichi's profile is new, rewritten, shiny and up to date ( Read more... )

After lengthy discussions with several players, we've come to this: close Scarlet Spiral, start a new comm with some similar ideas.

( Here's what I think we want it to be )

( To do or not to do: that is the question. )

( What makes a good story? Man vs Man, Man vs Himself, Man vs Nature, and possibly Godzilla vs Tokyo. )

( Cryptic ramblings at 3:30 in the morning when I'm still upset and ought to just be sleeping )

( Why that icon? Because I make my friends bleed. Another morning page about dreams. )

I finally got the Scarlet Spiral Thread Index and Readers' Guide updated. Extra special thanks for Em and the other players who helped with the summary writing ( Read more... )

I have had enough drama for now. I am tired. Please take your drama elsewhere today. Possibly for a long walk on a short pier.

A few days ago I started taking some medicine to try to make sure what happened in Kyoto does not happen again. It is PMS in a bottle. I got so upset over things in Scarlet Spiral that I cried today. Not just a little ( Read more... )