A Miserable Pile of New Stuff · 6:03pm Aug 2nd, 2012
Well, it's finally August: the month of the new Artists Training Grounds, National Pony Writing Month, and my first few days in college. A lot of people will be participating in those events, and some might even be doing two at the same time. But predicting the prodigious plans of the world's premier pony penners are not why I'm making this post, nor am I making this post to inform you that some of them might be participating in more than one event.
I'm making this post to tell you that I'll be taking part in all three of them.
It probably comes as little surprise that I'd try my writing hand at NaPoWriMo, even if it won't be Harmony or Breaking Bricks I'm working on. Instead, I'm taking this event and going one step further: I've had a new multi-chapter story project in mind for a couple weeks now, and my goal for NaPoWriMo is to get the whole thing written, edited, and ready to post by the end of the month, regardless of whether the word count misses or eclipses fifty thousand.
Complicating that issue, though, is the fact that, despite my complete and utter lack of any artistic talent whatsoever, I'm also going to see if I can't do the ATG prompts every day as well. Today's prompt only took me about an hour and a half, so it hasn't cut into my writing time too dramatically yet, but in any case, this should be an interesting month with everything that's going to be happening in it.
So, tl;dr summary: expect a brand spanking new story from me by the end of the month or possibly sooner, and a deluge of increasingly crappy hand-Sharpied artwork on the side. Also, college. College will be involved at some point. Should be fun.
Oh, and in case anyone here is interested in my ATG stuff (which, if my calculations are correct, should totally be all of you), here's my response to the Day 1 prompt:
"Draw an idle pony."
Well, I thought it was funny, anyway.
Someone needs to color that.
Hehe i had a good chukle out of that
PS. Any hints what the new story is about? ;)
Well, it looks an awful lot better than my submission anyway. Much more creative, at least.
I almost want to say I'm sorry.
... almost.
Ah, I've been waiting for the perfect timing to release something that I actually was serious with. Setting aside the 50+ stories I wrote, and most of them being unfinished, I will write at least one full story, straight from the deepest parts of my soul, in this month. I will not fail this goal, I refuse, and as stubborn as I am, you can expect it to be done either really late, or in teh next few days.
Challenge accepted...
When does college start for you kids?
In other news, you're about two days out from being able to demand commissions on DA for your art...
266729
>commissions
>for my art
gifsoup.com/view4/2332127/j-jonah-jameson-laughing-o.gif
Pfft. Lined paper...
How much you want for 7 pieces? Price is no object, and I can put as many zeroes on this check as possible.