Sick Day Post · 7:25pm Nov 24th, 2014
Well, I'm still sick. Which is kind of ... wow. Whatever this is, I've had it for just over a week now, which is ridiculously long. It kind of reminds me of Bronchitis, except not as nasty. Then again, the last time I had Bronchitis I happened to have Strep Throat at the same time, which led me to coughing so hard I blacked out.
Yeah, that wasn't fun. Regardless, whatever I've got now is pretty stubborn, but it's not that bad. And thanks to some Nyquil I was finally able to get some good, solid sleep last night. But, I'm still sick. I'm not entirely better yet. And so today I'm putting off the weekly writing guide post. Sorry guys.
But all is not lost! See, I actually need some new topics anyway. Right now I'm down to four:
Pacing
Killing Characters
Developing Villains
What was done right with Guardians of the Galaxy Hint, it's a lot.
That last one will have spoiler issues, obviously. So if you somehow haven't seen Guardians yet (for shame!) then either skip that one when it arrives or be prepared to have one of the better movies out there this year spoiled.
But that's only four current topics. Which means I need to expand my list once more. So if you've got something about writing you'd like to me to discuss at some point, post it in the comments! I'm now open for suggestions!
And lastly, last week I mentioned to some of you that the newest chapter of Arad's "Mente Materia," a bonus chapter detailing the post-crossover story's aftereffects in-universe, probably seemed a bit familiar to most of you. And some of you immediately called it. I wrote it. It was a guest chapter. Arad and I worked out a few details it could and couldn't cover and then I put the chapter together. As for why it wasn't credited, well, Arad and I decided not to credit for a week or so, to see what kind of reaction was had—and to see what a few specific fans would say. Because there's been a few readers of Arad's stuff that wouldn't stop slamming my stuff every time it came up, complete with commentary about how terrible a writer I was compared to Arad and how he shouldn't be bothering promoting my stuff. So I suggested we pull a switcheroo and see if those few readers could put their money where their large mouths were. Plus, it'd be fun to write some fanfic not so tightly steeped in Dusk Guard lore (it was very relaxing to be able to not have to worry about my spiderweb for once).
Anyway, end result? Those few readers couldn't tell the difference. Don't mess with authors, people. We've got tools at our disposal for striking back. 
Anyway, onto the week! It's time to bundle up and kick this cough OUT!
Get well dude
Hmm I know a nice recipe to get you up and baking again... but I think you won't get the needed ingredients.
Or have you access to:
1. German Beer.(preferable Oettinger Weizen, Erdinger or Franziskaner. Jever Dunkel would do fine too.)
2. Stroh80
and last but not least: mead.
Mix the first two, warm it up to ~40°C and drink while still warm.
or hear the mead, mix a little bit sage-honey in it, warm it up to ~50°C and too drink while its warm.
the next day you'll be fine... or feel much much worse
and, I didn'T really get that it was you writing that chapter. Then again I like both of you, so I don'T care that much when you two work together.
Ok I'll go to bed now and I hope you're getting better soon.
Have you ever considered posting a sort of super-post with links to your previous writing workshops to make them easier to find and to make new topics that don't go over the same thing easier for readers to suggest?
(Not sure if run-on — sorry if run-on)
Trolling readers like that and messing with their preconceptions is always great. I didn't actually notice it wasn't Arad writing, but I will claim that Steel Song seemed extra in-character to me.
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Thank you!
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No, but if you check my profile page and scroll down a bit, on the right side you'll find a mega-post of all the current writing guides to date.