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  • 1 week
    Author update!

    I'm editing stuff! But also incredibly dried out of writing power atm. I'll get going again soon, but just bear with me for a bit. I'm publishing a chapter of XCOM today, then start on the daily writing (not publishing) again tomorrow morning. In the meantime, always remember:

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  • 4 weeks
    Remembering Koji Wada

    Like every year, I like to remember the man/legend responsible for the theme songs of one of my favorite shows of all time on the anniversary of his death.

    So if you were wondering about the timing for the latest Isekai chapters? There you go.

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  • 5 weeks
    Welp, here's a life update

    These last couple of weeks have been a bit of a rollercoaster. Good things have happened, and also bad ones. No wonder I could relate to both Furina and Navia in the latest Isekai chapter. Sometimes pretending things are fine is really exhausting, even if they do get better.

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  • 7 weeks
    Welp, another year older and...

    ...still writing ponies. (Among other things, granted.)

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  • 7 weeks
    Update to the Isekai coming tonight! And some additional details and change of plans.

    First, to everyone waiting patiently for the next Isekai chapter, I apologize for the delay. I know there are a lot of people that want to see another visit to Hell happen soon, and it will, I promise. However, due to some circumstances, I decided for a different pair of visitors to visit the bar this week.

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Nov
8th
2012

FAN FICTION RANTS · 9:09pm Nov 8th, 2012

People have mentioned to me that they found the following blogs useful for some reason, so, here's a list of them.


A RANT ABOUT FAN FICTION

WHAT FAN FICTION BRINGS

ANOTHER FAN FICTION RANT

WHY FANFICTION IS LITERATURE

ONE MORE FAN FICTION RANT

CAN CANON DESTROY FAN FICTION?

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Do be honest, I feel bettered having read those blog posts, D. Good on you.

I read these four 'rants' and they have given me a lot to think about...
I wish to eventually write fanfiction. This will be in essence, a hobby, doing nothing more for me than to keep myself from wasting ideas, 'evolving my state of mind', providing some form of entertainment for others while at the same time, entertaining myself, and improving myself.

What I aim to improve are at the basic level: my writing skills, and at an advanced level: my ability to tell a gripping story, improve my ability to string words together in order to creatively, or even intelligently, write/speak about something. I enjoy being a little more verbose from one week to another (day to day is a bit much to aspire to). I don't like sounding like a fool when trying to explain a complex concept to someone when I understand it perfectly in my head, but lack the vernacular to describe it.

I enjoy a lot of what qualifies as 'fanfiction' a lot more than some published stories. I enjoy fanfiction and the music counterpart in roughly-equal amounts, but I enjoy fan-art somewhat... less. For example: I download a work by some artist to use as a wallpaper and enjoy it until it becomes 'stale'. This is delayed by having a large selection of wallpapers and having them switch every 30 seconds.

On second thought, the only difference between the three is the method in which each becomes stale. Fan-art as explained above, is relatively simple, but fanfiction and music are different in their own ways. Music will be listened to much in the same way I use backgrounds; in large swatches and until they get stale. Fanfiction is subtly different and yet, much the same as the others. I read it once through and enjoy it or not. I may happen upon a mood in the future where I want to re-read said fanfiction, but it is never a sure or consistent thing. Music can come 'back into style' eventually, but often after a much longer period of time than a story.

I thank you for writing these rants, as they inspire me to improve myself, not just what content I may create.

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