Summer and Checklists and News. Oh, my! · 2:05am Jul 22nd, 2012
I love summer! Well... except for excessive heat. Fortunately for me, we haven't had a lot of that where I live... and I usually have access to air-conditioning anyway, so even when it does get hot out, I'm usually fine.
To the point. The bad news is that I still haven't made any progress on getting StDoT from "On Hiatus" stage to "Back to Being in Progress" stage. The good news is, it's on my checklist. My epic, twelve page (8 1/2" x 11", one sided per paper because the other side was used for something that is no longer important, hand-written) checklist that is on my Clipboard of Accomplishing. (I've taken an old, beaten-up clipboard. duct-taped the entire board part, and placed an index card on the back that says "Clipboard of Accomplishing" in red and Old-English style calligraphy, so that is what it's actually called.)
Are you proud of me, Twilight Sparkle???
(I'll take that as a yes. Awesome.)
The bad news? The story is located somewhere around page four, and the list is (somewhat) prioritized by importance, so it'll be awhile yet. The good news? I've had some more time to plan stuff in my head... and I have managed to check some stuff off...
More good news: My desk is essentially cleared off and definitely ready to work from. I'm typing this from my computer at my desk. This is good news because if I want to include illustrations (I'd like to at least try), I'll be able to draw them more easily. I've already got an idea for some cover art bouncing around in my head. I just hope it looks as good on paper as it does in my mind. Sigh.
More bad news: I still need to get one more program on my computer (kind of a mapping/tree diagram tool) before I can really get going on things. Fortunately, it's free. I just have to sit down and get it. Don't worry, it's on the checklist. Perhaps I should start capitalizing that. The Checklist. Yeah. That's better.
Unrelated but still pony news: Did you guys see the sneak peek preview of Season Three? Spike's singing!!! YouTube it!
Completely unrelated news: I finally got a bow! (Archery, not hair stuff.)
Spike singing: one of the greatest things I've seen yet. (ONE OF mind you, This Day Aria still sits at the top of my list.)
242577 It'll take quite a bit of doing to knock This Day Aria down off of my top three. Not that I've actually decided my top three for certain, but I know for a fact that that song is solidly one of them.
I still squee-ed. Squeed? Any idea how the hay the past tense of 'squee' is supposed to be spelled?
242760 Squee-ed, Squeed, Squid. ...Tomato, Tomahto
242807 ...Squid???
...OK... 