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EDIT: So technically midnight is the deadline but I realised I am going to be in bed by then and then up at 6am tomorrow, out all day and not back until 6pm by which time being bothered about closing the contest will not be a thing so it's most likely that Friday morning will be the actual deadline.
Just thought I'd better say... I guess June did magically acquire another day XD ..kind of. Okay, not really but have an extra day.
Unless June magically acquires another day, tomorrow is the last day to enter my 'No humans here' contest.
THEN I CAN COMMENT, AAAAHHH. Thank you so much for all your entries so far.
I'm probably going to have to resort to a poll again because I love everything and I hate having to choose.
It's so weird, this was a contest to celebrate Miss Prince being out for a year, but it's quite a bit over a year since publication now... hmm.
There is a special mystery prize for the winner, btw. I wasn't sure what I could add before, but prizes are now finalised. Second place will get a Miss Prince sticker sheet.
In other news...
So the Manchester Children's Book Festival is over and I don't have another con for 2 months.
You know what that means~
...It's time to catch up on all that stuff I didn't do while I was preparing for it.
-cough- Nah, it means comics. I still have to catch up on all the stuff I didn't do while I was busy with festival preparations, but I am at least not in a rush to do it, so I will space out my catching up with comics and what have you.
The first thing I've started on is redrafting Joshua's book. I did chapter one yesterday and I will most likely do a chapter a day while also doing comics, but the chapters are quite short so it's easy to do more. Which is nice, because I am DYING to get these two books finished SERIOUSLY can they just be done now, please. I want people to be able to read them already. But they aren't ready and sitting on my butt not editing them won't get them done so let's do that.
I've really missed writing... I just haven't been able to and I feel a little disconnected from my characters which is something I hate. Joshua's is the easiest book to edit.. well.. okay, it's the shortest. It's actually the hardest to edit right now because it's still unpolished and I think I actually stopped in the middle of spot-editing a scene and I am going to get there and it's going to be really confusing and I hope I remember what I was doing when I get there. Something about two keys instead of one and an island not being an island any more...
I have also missed doing comics and as soon as I feel like I have some proper free time I will be getting on with them. I've started doodling the asks as a warm up, so you might get a few of those first.
Finally... guys, I don't really wanna part with my changeling cloak ;_; But I have to announce the winner today (I was supposed to announce it yesterday). I think that's why I am sat here putting it off.
I just remembered something I need to add to the start of the journal, I'll just go do that...
Thanks for reading,
Alicia
P.S: As usual, grump warning while I'm editing. It makes me very grouchy.
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To-do list:
-Redraft Joshua's book - chapter 1 done
-Redraft Tyrian's book
-find patterns for and make Victor plushie - started
- announce changeling cloak winner on Facebook
-finish unit 1 of grammar course
-finish unit 1 of proofreader course - STARTED
-finish headshot freebies - 2 of 4 done
-finish art trade with Eruva
-art trade with Bambi's Paranoia
-finish twitter comp chibis
-Read and review The Medium
-Read and review Primal Storm - up to chapter 12
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Looking for someone to commission or a contest to enter? See here: Commissions, etc.
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Progress:
Tyrian's book:
Status: Redrafted. Awaiting feedback.
Version 8.
Joshua's book:
Status: Redrafting.
Version 3.
Word count: 46000
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"Ambrosia. The Drink of the Gods. Thick, syrupy and vanilla flavoured, for some reason. It also contains enough calories to kill a mortal on the spot, so it's just as well that mortals are no longer mortals by the time they finish drinking it. Like Seralina, for example. She hadn't really meant to become a god. She hadn't taken the warning 'This will make of ye a god' seriously. It was her general policy not to trust any claim beyond 'It tastes all right, really'. She certainly didn't trust anything that sounded made-up or used words like 'dynamic'. Going round trusting words like 'dynamic' could get you into trouble. As it turned out, so could ignoring warning labels."
~ from Eggs, Butter, Sugar and Disaster
You can download a sample chapter of EBSD here: tannbourne.com
Buy it on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Butter-Sugar-…
Just thought I'd better say... I guess June did magically acquire another day XD ..kind of. Okay, not really but have an extra day.
Unless June magically acquires another day, tomorrow is the last day to enter my 'No humans here' contest.
THEN I CAN COMMENT, AAAAHHH. Thank you so much for all your entries so far.
I'm probably going to have to resort to a poll again because I love everything and I hate having to choose.
It's so weird, this was a contest to celebrate Miss Prince being out for a year, but it's quite a bit over a year since publication now... hmm.
There is a special mystery prize for the winner, btw. I wasn't sure what I could add before, but prizes are now finalised. Second place will get a Miss Prince sticker sheet.
In other news...
So the Manchester Children's Book Festival is over and I don't have another con for 2 months.
You know what that means~
...It's time to catch up on all that stuff I didn't do while I was preparing for it.
-cough- Nah, it means comics. I still have to catch up on all the stuff I didn't do while I was busy with festival preparations, but I am at least not in a rush to do it, so I will space out my catching up with comics and what have you.
The first thing I've started on is redrafting Joshua's book. I did chapter one yesterday and I will most likely do a chapter a day while also doing comics, but the chapters are quite short so it's easy to do more. Which is nice, because I am DYING to get these two books finished SERIOUSLY can they just be done now, please. I want people to be able to read them already. But they aren't ready and sitting on my butt not editing them won't get them done so let's do that.
I've really missed writing... I just haven't been able to and I feel a little disconnected from my characters which is something I hate. Joshua's is the easiest book to edit.. well.. okay, it's the shortest. It's actually the hardest to edit right now because it's still unpolished and I think I actually stopped in the middle of spot-editing a scene and I am going to get there and it's going to be really confusing and I hope I remember what I was doing when I get there. Something about two keys instead of one and an island not being an island any more...
I have also missed doing comics and as soon as I feel like I have some proper free time I will be getting on with them. I've started doodling the asks as a warm up, so you might get a few of those first.
Finally... guys, I don't really wanna part with my changeling cloak ;_; But I have to announce the winner today (I was supposed to announce it yesterday). I think that's why I am sat here putting it off.
I just remembered something I need to add to the start of the journal, I'll just go do that...
Thanks for reading,
Alicia
P.S: As usual, grump warning while I'm editing. It makes me very grouchy.
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To-do list:
-Redraft Joshua's book - chapter 1 done
-Redraft Tyrian's book
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- announce changeling cloak winner on Facebook
-finish unit 1 of grammar course
-finish unit 1 of proofreader course - STARTED
-finish headshot freebies - 2 of 4 done
-finish art trade with Eruva
-art trade with Bambi's Paranoia
-finish twitter comp chibis
-Read and review The Medium
-Read and review Primal Storm - up to chapter 12
----
Looking for someone to commission or a contest to enter? See here: Commissions, etc.
---
Progress:
Tyrian's book:
Status: Redrafted. Awaiting feedback.
Version 8.
Joshua's book:
Status: Redrafting.
Version 3.
Word count: 46000
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Booked conventions-
Mancstercon - 29th August
Leicester Comic Con - 11th October I think...
DokiDoki Festival - 7th November
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'I'll get a job', she'd thought. 'Earn my own ticket,' she'd thought. Lucinda's parents had agreed that it was a good idea. 'It'll teach you some responsibility,' they'd said.
Lucinda was currently staring down a dragon, dressed as a man, on only her first day in gainful employment. She suspected her parents would not think it such a good idea if they knew.
~ from Miss Prince
You can read a sample here - tannbourne.com
On Amazon - www.amazon.co.uk/Miss-Prince-A…
Amazon.com - www.amazon.com/Miss-Prince-Ali…
"Ambrosia. The Drink of the Gods. Thick, syrupy and vanilla flavoured, for some reason. It also contains enough calories to kill a mortal on the spot, so it's just as well that mortals are no longer mortals by the time they finish drinking it. Like Seralina, for example. She hadn't really meant to become a god. She hadn't taken the warning 'This will make of ye a god' seriously. It was her general policy not to trust any claim beyond 'It tastes all right, really'. She certainly didn't trust anything that sounded made-up or used words like 'dynamic'. Going round trusting words like 'dynamic' could get you into trouble. As it turned out, so could ignoring warning labels."
~ from Eggs, Butter, Sugar and Disaster
You can download a sample chapter of EBSD here: tannbourne.com
Buy it on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Butter-Sugar-…
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I wish I could participate, but I also like the entries very much and wouldn't root for myself, so I guess it wasn't a problem. XD
Good luck everyone. ^^
Good luck everyone. ^^