Yes, I'm alive and JBL is getting the next chapter for translation in the next hours.
I waited a little bit because I wanted this to be finished first, cause it's relevant in said chapter:
As some of you may have heard, the Windows 10 October Update has a very big flaw.
I got to experience it.
I lost a lot of data and while I have backups, they are a month old or even more. I'll need a week
to work on the next chapter of Journey, again. Sorry folks, but this time, blame Microsoft...
As I stated in the authors note in the latest chapter of Journey, I took a break from said story. After working for so long on the same project, I needed to do something else. The results were "Love Conquers All" and it's sequel. But I did write a lot more. Mostly only one or two chapters of a concept for a new story. One of those I want to share with you guys today. I already talked about this idea years back, but why don't you look four yourselves:
Well, its done: The new cover is here.
Done by: http://devinian.deviantart.com/
Chapters will also come soon...
I know you guys are waiting for a new chapter, and I'm really on it. But I just started a new job a few weeks ago and I'm totally beat when I come home at the moment. I also finally moved into my new apartment, but there is also still work to do. My schedule looks something like this at the moment:
5:00 - Waking up, breakfast, shower, etc...
7:00 - Off to work
8:00 - 16:00 - Working
17:00 - Coming home, eating, cleaning my apartment, etc...
20:00 - going to bed, read a few pages, sleep
Well, the titel already says everything. I think.
I talked with JBL the other day and I came to the conclusion that Journey will continue in January 2016. I'm writing on act 19 as we speak. I hope to get the act ready completely, so that we will again have a weekly release schedule.
Changelings.
Since their first appearance in the show I liked them. I mean, whats not to like about them? Little black hoovsies, green soulless eyes and the cutest little wings. OK, you got me. I don't like them because they are the cutest thing ever, I like them as a race. They are like Celestia and Luna: Without an origin story, shrouded in mystery and open for everything an author can imagine.
I was writing on 18.5 when I remembered something I wanted to talk about a long time now:
Lying
Lying is a big part in our daily lives. May they be small or big, everyone lies in his live at some point for various reasons. That also includes every character in Journey so far. Thiemo lied to himself for a long time. About his motives and very reasons to do what he does.
Amaryllis talked herself into believing that Chrysalis was a good mother.
... and she is here to stay:
I took only around 1 and a half year to finally hold her in my hands. I know there are a lot of people out there these days who make custom plushies, but the difficult part is to even get on their waiting list. After a year of waiting I finally was on one and now I have her. Today is a good day.
Made by Varonya
Some would think I’m used to thinks like many people liking my stuff and getting attention. It’s something that’s normal in my line of work, after all. For you who don’t know what I do; I’m a YouTube Director. I make Videos. Let’s Plays, Commentaries and so on. Today that’s nothing unusual anymore, but when I started doing that, it was. And I got a little famous very fast. I say a little because I do everything in German and you can only come so far with a German channel.
What could I possibly celebrate? Well, I was planing to celebrate reaching 1000 likes. Well, who knows if I will ever reach them? It seems likely at least. But in the end, people are expecting a author celebrating something like that and then they expect extra chapters and what not. I don't have those lying around. JBL guards them like they are candy and he his the fat kid that doesn't share...
Any of you any idea who the villain in Journey is? No one? Good.
We will meet him the first time in intermission 16. I writing on that right now. Of course there were hints. Not only from me, but in the story itself too. Anyway, it will take some time until intermission 16 will hit fimfiction so for now, take this two songs. The first is the "theme song" of our villain and the second something like what Thiemo is saying to him.
Well, I was bored and sketched a bit around. And I noticed there was never a proper image of Auralia. Maybe I will color it in the future. I love this semi-realistic art style some artist have and I tried to copy it. Is not my first time doing that. Did it for a picture of Blue Light awhile ago too.
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So, it's time for a blog entry again.
It's now 11pm here in Germany on the second of October and in an hour the new Smash Brothers for 3DS will be released. Well the retail version was released today but the downloadable (is that a legit word?) version is released on the third of October starting midnight. So I'm up and about because the third is also a holiday akin to the Americans fourth of july. "Day of German unity" or "Tag der deutschen Einheit". So I don't have any work tomorrow ^^