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I lovelovelove how light it's getting in the morning. I dread daylight savings next month. It's the saddest thing in the world to start getting up in the dark again that week.

I didn't get Sketch Fest payments out yesterday, because things. Okay, mostly one thing, with BRIGHT RED CHEEKS who wouldn't go down for her nap until nearly 5. *facepalm* Also, I made an epic shopping trip, because I had a 10% off EVERYTHING coupon to use before Friday. We stocked up on lots of staples that never seem to be on sale.

I did get the completely revised article on the snow-unicorn riders posted. The original article was terrifically out of date... a few things were even inaccurate! This is a much, much better introduction to the society. (Reminder, there's a Muse Fusion Friday!)

I also got a group for Portrait Adoption started on Facebook. I miss our PA forums, but I really don't want to deal with starting up the EMG forums again, and... evil or not, everyone is on Facebook. It's a closed group for contracted members only - if you'd like to be added, please apply: https://www.facebook.com/groups/691234977600005/

I've already started some discussion about additional rights options, and I updated the artist FAQ extensively: http://portraitadoption.com/afaq.php

I had a very odd dream last night about having to pick an appropriately colored owl chick for a long journey. I had selected a dark one, but was warned that it would stand out too much in the mountain passes I would be traveling through, so I was sorting through all these fluffy, fluffy little owls looking for the whitest one, spreading out their wings and ruffling the feather around their ears.



Breakfast now, laundry, and at some point, I am going to have to face my ridiculous writing block. It's not a creative block, just a crisis of writing confidence, made worse by continuing to avoid it. I should make bread today, too. I have a new toaster, and the novelty of toast I don't have to make under the broiler has not worn off.

Here's some artwork that you may not have seen unless you're a River Twine member!


Farscout and Brightwood - my first foray into Copics! Yay!

I also had a story go up that I don't think I've linked to - a flash fiction about Evervale discovering her plantshaping abilities: Hypnotic Bark.

Business as Usual

I did make some progress on Mere's paperdolls - not as much as I would have liked, but I've got all the files together and just need to make the instruction page and generate the ISBN.

I've also started fine-combing the anthology, though I seem to never have more than 10 minutes at a time. It's going to be a good one!

Art and Authoring

I have a new story up at River Twine today: Imperfect.

I'll be honest, I feel a little awkward pointing to this story. I mean, it's fanfiction. Elfquest fanfiction. Is it because I feel like I ought to be working on professional projects? Is it because I'm not as 'into' Elfquest as I used to be? Is it because Elfquest was something I equate with high school (and all the satellite drama that comes with high school).

"Go Around" is also a piece for the same fanclub. Maybe it's the prefix of 'fan' that I disagree with. I'm not that big a fan of the canon work. It will always have a soft spot for me, but I wouldn't tell you I was a 'fan' of Elfquest anymore. I like it well enough, but what I really like are the other members, and the whole shared world experience. The roots of Torn World are readily apparent here and in Kadanzer - not in the world setting, but in the idea of shared worlds and the structure of the site and membership (with my own scaly capitalist tweaks).

Torn World is Serious Stuff. I have to be on the top of my game, and produce work to specific quality. With River Twine, I can experiment. I can work with characters I wouldn't normally work with. I can try new techniques without being too concerned for the final product, and if I fall short of what I was aiming for, ah well, shrug. The experiments have been largely useful and successful; I'm not sorry I tried any of them. Torn World comes with more pressure.

Maybe the lesson here is to remember to have fun with Torn World and not take it too much to heart, and that I SHOULD take risks with it. Maybe there's no lesson to be had.

/ramble.

Home and Health

It's too warm. Now that it's ugly out and fall is well and truly past, I'm ready for some snow already.

Planning

A handful of orders, and paperdoll work tonight. I have new (to me!) StarGate; Atlantis season 5 was on sale at Freddies and I was weak.

Linking

piotrov did the 24 hour comic challenge. Check out what he did here! I'm in awe that he managed that in one day.