ellenmillion

Business as Usual:

Don't forget to spread the word about the newest anthology:

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A new article is up at Torn World: Musical Instruments of Torn World. Many thanks to

mizkit for judging our latest contest - the story posted yesterday was an honorable mention, and Deirdre's Reed Trees and Wind Chimes won the instrument design, while her prayer bells illustration won the art portion. Stay tuned for the writing results, tomorrow!

And of course, enjoy the October issue of EMG-Zine!

Still stewing about the conlang program... to be frank, I'm not sure the interest is there to crowdfund it the way I proposed. Doing it the 'selfish way' and hard-coding it specifically for Torn World would be about 7 times easier, and be done a lot sooner. That's probably the direction I will go.

Art and Authoring

Have a Halloween-y sketch. I'm sure this is at least partly inspired by Selina's recent big skirts trend!

Home and Health and Stuff

Staying upbeat is becoming a serious struggle. The darkness is starting to return, but more than that, some business-y stuff has been happening that is seriously, really, horribly depressing. Like, 'give up everything and go work at McDonalds' depressing. A less stubborn individual would have given up long ago. I have been investing serious mental energy in staying positive, remembering the nice things, focusing on rewards, thanking the people who are helping and encouraging me, and generally coping. It's mostly working, if I keep busy and don't think about things too hard.

So, back to work!

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ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com

>>Doing it the 'selfish way' and hard-coding it specifically for Torn World would be about 7 times easier, and be done a lot sooner.<<

Is there any reason that couldn't be done first, and then adapted for wider use afterwards if more support becomes available?

kelkyag

<sends warm fuzzies> I hope to be back to editing after this weekend. I don't know if there's anything else I can do to help. Jumping up and down and waving my fists at the big dark clouds doesn't usually do much.

ellenmillion.livejournal.com

Editing is very welcome, and even just offering jump up and down waving fists is more help than you might think! Thank you!

pixiewildflower.livejournal.com

Awesome sketch!

laylalawlor.livejournal.com

Neat sketch! :) I need to start looking through the Torn World stuff -- I keep meaning to, but there are only so many hours in the day ...

I think you've done pretty damn good, especially in this economy, to run a business and, even more than that, to build projects to benefit other artists and creators while you're at it. :) I really like the idea of the conlang project ... but I think you're right that, as far as something that might pay for itself, it sounds like a lot of work for a dubious financial return.