Got some more news for y'all regarding my upcoming epic, Dimension Hoppers:
-The DiH supplement I mentioned earlier, which will feature the Dark Hunter Raider, is officially titled The Other Tale. I may possibly call it, Dimension Hoppers: The Other Tale, but for now it will just be TOT (a weird acronym, but not as weird as Tapestry of Evil's, anyway)
-I am going to go through Dimension Hoppers itself one last time. Once I have that done, I will begin posting it one chapter a week
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Should I nominate my own comedy, BIONICLE: The Legend Reloaded, for some nomination (not sure which one yet) for the First Annual CCC Awards?
On one hand, I think it's good enough to be nominated for something, but on the other hand, I am afraid of looking conceited for nominating my own comedy (even though it is allowed). I just want to know what other people think before I take action, although the final decision will ultimately be mine to make.
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The weather has been wonderful today. It's been in the early to mid 70s almost all day, which is a bit unusual for January but hey, I'm not complaining.
I spent about an hour and a half outside writing the first chapter of my previously mentioned original fiction series, Two Worlds. I wrote it on a large writing tablet, which worked out pretty nicely. There's just something different about writing on paper than on a computer, although I admit typing is a bit easier on the hands than normal wr
So I'm about halfway through editing Dimension Hoppers for the second time. Going to go through it at least once more before it'll be ready for posting.
In other news, although the ending of An Unlikely Alliance heavily implied it, the Dark Hunter Raider will not be appearing in DiH (he will be mentioned, however). I simply could not logically work him into the story and to be honest I don't want to add a whole new sideplot that'll make the story longer than it should be just to feature every
Maybe I'm a bit late in ringing in the New Year, but you can celebrate 2011 by reading the seventh installment of the Glatorian Chronicles series here.
Or not. It's not necessary to celebrae the New Year by reading GC#7, but I'd really appreciate it if someone out there would read it anyway.
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Okay, so at like 2:00 AM today I got back home after a long drive from a ski resort. I slept for like three hours, got up, and then a few hours later went after Christmas shopping with my brothers, which took up most of the day.
Bought a lot of interesting things today, but the most interesting would have to be the new Hero Factory set, Fire Lord. Searching the toy aisle of Wal-Mart, I was surprised to find four Fire Lord sets sitting amongst the rest of the HF sets. As I was interested in th
As I have said before, I will be gone this week, from Monday to Thursday, which means no TLReloaded updates this week. I wanted to repeat this so people will know why I am going to absent and why I will not immediately answer any PMs I may receive during that time.
Also, I have finished the first stage of editing for Dimension Hoppers. I will probably edit it at least two more times before posting it, perhaps have someone look it over for me, too, though that is unlikely. All I can say is tha
Merry Christmas, everybody (and happy holidays, too). Been having a great Christmas so far, but I think I'll only list my Christmas presents this year (in no particular order):
1) Rotor. He's an awesome set and my first ever HF set. Really happy to have him, since I've had an eye on Rotor ever since he first came out
2) New earbuds. They work great on my CD player, but I do not yet know how TV shows sound with them
3) Yu-Gi-Oh! Legendary Collection. It's pretty snazzy, especially the bi
Tomorrow I will be posting Chapter 4 of TLReloaded, but there will be no chapters next week because I will be gone Monday through Thursday without any Internet access.
Also, any PMs I receive from the 27th to the 30th will not be answered immediately because again I will be gone during that time period and without Internet access. When I get back I will try to answer them as soon as I can, however.
Just a heads up so people will be less confused when the time comes.
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Starting next week, I will be posting two chapters of BIONICLE: The Legend Reloaded a week, the first on Monday, second on Thursday.
For those who don't know, BIONICLE: The Legend Reloaded is my NaNoWriMo novel and first full-length BIONICLE comedy since My Bionicle Sets Stories. It is essentially a parody of the movie, BIONICLE: The Legend Reborn, but it only loosely follows the plot of the actual movie. Plot coherency and characterization were sacrificed for more comedy, but I am sure we ca
I added a new content block in the upper right hand corner of my blog a few minutes ago. It basically shows what books I have read, what books I am reading currently, and what books I will read. I will try to update it whenever I can, but considering how fast I read books it'll probably become outdated very quickly.
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A cold is passing through my family and I appear to have caught it. It's not too bad. My nose is stuffy and I feel fairly weak, but I'll probably be okay in a few days.
Actually it's better I get sick now rather than later anyway. This way I'll be able to enjoy Christmas and the youth ski trip at the end of the month without having to worry about getting sick.
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My oldest brother bought "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" a few days ago and - because you can use Gamecube controllers with it - my brothers and I have been playing it non-stop since.
So what do I think about the game overall?
The best Smash Bros. game yet. Possibly one of the best video games ever, IMO.
I mean, it's just about perfect to me. Lots of different stages, characters, items, and attacks. I even like the Final Smashes and Subspace Emissary, both of which I thought were going to be
That's right, folks. I reached the 50,000 word minimum for my NaNoWriMo novel, BIONICLE: The Legend Reloaded. However, the story itself is not yet finished, although it is extremely close to the end.
So yay and stuff. My third year of NaNo is a success. To celebrate, I shall go to sleep soon .
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As I promised, here is the preview for my upcoming epic, Dimension Hoppers, coming early 2011. It is the first four paragraphs of the prologue, so it isn't much. However, I believe it is enough to get people excited for DiH.
So, without further ado, here is the long awaited preview for Dimension Hoppers (from Isarot's point of view):
I awoke dazed and confused, wondering what had disturbed my slumber. Looking around the room for the disturbance, I could tell that it was around midnight e
The main plot for my NaNonovel, BIONICLE: The Legend Reloaded, technically ended about 4,000 words ago, 20,000 words short of 50,000.
So what have I been doing to stretch it out to 50k all of this time?
Threw in ninjas, of course. Sheet and goat ninjas, that is.
Thus far it is has worked about as well as everything else has, although I fear even sheep and goat ninjas may not be enough to stretch this baby out to 50k. We'll just have to wait and see.
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As I said a couple of entries earlier, here is a list of old ideas that were present in previous drafts of AUA but never made it into the final story. There is also some information here that is technically canon but never made it into the story due to my own forgetfulness .
WARNING: There are MAJOR spoilers for An Unlikely Alliance here. If you have not read that epic yet, then I suggest that you do not read this. Or, first read AUA and then read this. Whatever you do, DON'T read this blog
Could someone explain to me what Japanese honorifics such as san, sama, chan, kun, and perhaps any others I might not know about mean?
I know san is attached to the name of someone you respect and sama means something like master, but I cannot for the life of me remember what chan and kun mean. I think chan has something to do with girls and kun applies to boys, but I am still not sure of their exact meanings.
If anyone could explain this to me I'd highly appreciate it .
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Ugh, I think I'm sick. It's probably just my allergies, but it's still annoying. I just hope I'll get better enough to go to youth group tonight.
In other news, I will try to post the "What Could Have Been" for An Unlikely Alliance next week and a week after that I will probably put up the DiH preview I mentioned last entry. The Shika Trilogy retrospective won't happen until December, most likely, if it happens at all. Depends on how busy I'll be by that time.
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So today I finally put up the epilogue of An Unlikely Alliance, officially wrapping up the Shika Trilogy and setting up Dimension Hoppers.
In this chapter, after the recent events on Shika Nui, the Dark Hunter Raider arrives on the island of Stelt to answer a mysterious summons. Will he be prepared for his new mission? And just what is really happening on the island of Tanjo Nui anyway?
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So the Shika Trilogy - my fanfic project that's been going on for a little over two years now - is
Perhaps a day late, but because I didn't want to overshadow yesterday's AUA update I decided to post this entry today rather than yesterday.
So anyway, I started work on my NaNonovel last night. It's been fun so far, but I have a feeling it may end up being shorter than 50k considering the current direction of the story. Or maybe it won't. Who knows?
As I promised, here is a summary of my NaNonovel, BIONICLE: The Legend Reloaded:
Ten years after the great war, Mata Nui, an ex-war hero,
So today I posted the denouement (I keep using this term 'cause it sounds fancy) of An Unlikely Alliance, Chapter 30. Here's a brief summary of it (as non-spoilerific as possible):
In this chapter, Toa Akuna reflects on what has happened since the defeat of the Tuikas a week ago. She also has a discussion with Turaga Joha about the trustworthiness of the Dark Hunters and Toa Oggakia.
Bland summary, I know, but like I said I tried to keep it as nonspoilerific as possible and this was the be
I will watch Fat Albert's Halloween Special with my bros while eating from a large bag of candy corn. Best way I can think of to celebrate, since I'm too old/too uninterested to go trick-or-treating and no one has invited me to any costume parties or anything like that.
And tomorrow is November 1st, the first official day of NaNoWriMo! Are you excited (if you are entering, that is)? 'Cause I am.
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