@JonathanKonopka
I intended to work on my next story, but decided to do another round of edits for Cloudchild. I recently got a review for chapter 1 on Substack which had useful feedback, so I gotta make things a bit less mysterious and provide more subtle clues. I finished updating chapter 1, will make more updates in later chapters.
The Exuvia Initiative, Beastface, Deathpeace, Cloudchild (aka Skyhook), Rose & White... I wanna work on all these stories, but don't have the time or energy XD looks like I gotta focus on one story at a time from now on, just not sure which on to pick.
Anyways, next month will be important regarding the animation project, our idea may become a strategy game, depending on if we can get a friend from France involved. Hopefully, the next step happens then!
my second meeting with Matt went well! looks like, next month, I'm gonna be involved in making Aqua Cats into a Steam game and comic book, with the help of my animator friend, of course. Matt also said he will try to get his friend in France involved. I'll be the guy doing the music and audio SFX, which'll be fun.
I have two more songs to finish remixing for my Bomberman 64 tribute album, once I finish remaking the album, I will return to writing more often. In the meantime, hopefully I can find another job, labour really drains me physically and mentally.
OK! my Google meeting with Alex and Matt went well, my story has impressed two producers thus far (Eric Calderon and Matthew Schwartz)! As time passes, we plan on making a 2D Steam game, a comic, an animation show, and maybe some chibis and vinyl toys. Just gotta wait to find the right people, those who know how to engineer games and all.
my friend is the animator, but I'm the writer + music composer + audio engineer, while Matt will be the editor sooner or later.
It's funny because I released the album almost two years ago, expecting nothing to happen, but lo and behold, Aqua Cats has revived! cats have nine lives, right? XD
if anyone's interested, the first half of the album below,
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nTnTIsLGFiCYda0VfRWwEpL1aqOURSUnM&playnext=1&index=1
My life has been very hectic past few months, I had no time for writing. I'm trying to improve my writing by reading from authors like Dostoevsky, Nabokov, Cormac McCarthy (who I hate), and David Foster Wallace (who I hate even more). The best novels in the world are also the most boring I've ever read, but I can see their value and quality in word usage and syntax. Though, I still have so much to write out to share in audio engineering, I wanna finish expanding my Mixing & Mastering guide to explain everything a beginner needs to know. If only a day had like fifty hours! XD
I'm trying to balance my writing, music production, audio engineering, reading, and manga drawing, but I can't seem to get anything done. To make things more complicated, my animator friend finished his meeting with Eric Calderon, an early pioneer in marketing anime in the 90s in the West. I still gotta finish gathering and chopping firewood for the winter, finish replacing the crumbling floor in my spare bedroom, and finish leveling my mobile home then cover up the sides.
I've got my hands so full while working full time that I may remain busy for another month or two.
It's like no matter what I do, there's more and more work to do, and more and more of it never finishes XD
@JonathanKonopka well I had the unfortunate experience of reading your work. I noticed many telltale signs and patterns of ai writing. I left some comments to help you out. My advice - use AI for your art and try to write without it. Then submit your work to the ai for editing and hand correct the mistakes. Or maybe take a class idk. Good luck bro. I’ll be surprised if you hit 1k like my first novel did in 2 months.
Secondly, if you do read it, you’ll see very quickly that it’s hand written. Heck you’ll see that by the description alone
OK, back from Vancouver, my dad's anginagraphy went well (which isn't a surgery, I had misinterpreted it). His cancer stats have also decreased. Overall, he should be alive for at least several more years, which is nice.
I am also returning to work next week, finally got a job to put me on forklift, skidsteer and, next month, on excavator. With my finances soon to be stable, I should be able to focus on writing more consistently. I am also hoping to continue audio SFX and music for my friend's animation project.
@AM-Prabeswar thanks! My dad's getting better so that's nice. Funnily enough, my new workplace has not put me on excavator yet, not have their trained me on forklift or skidsteer XD I think they were just trying to hire me anyway they could, seeing as I'm the only one doing most manual labour. Lifting pickup truck rims, radiators, and motors can be hard on the body, but oh well, still a job. If you're from the bottom, you stay there XD
@JonathanKonopka Congrats on the new job! I'm sorry to hear about your dad's cancer, but glad to hear his lab results are promising. Best wishes for him and your new work (and good luck on your projects, of course)!
OK, I'm gonna start re-posting my older stories in the coming months. I feel I have reached a point in my writing where I cannot learn any more, nor can I improve anything anywhere. since I've reached the climax of my writing abilities, I feel I can edit my older works one last time, and from there, I will appreciate what skills remain and make do with what little I have.
@Clockworks_Drag0n you're welcome! I took my stories off as I thought nobody was reading them, so wondered if i was just spamming Wattpad. I also wanted to feel free to edit them a bit. I've since concluded to have longer chapters, around three to five thousand words, which I feel is my preferred length. Sorry to hear of your issues! I never finished my college, I was never a good student XD wishing you the best vibes as you work through higher education! I couldn't do it myself, but if you can read my stories, you can get through college! Glad to hear I can have a positive impact! I don't think I've ever had more than one temporary reader, but I will definitely keep my stories around. I just wanna edit them some more, rework them into a more thorough product. I've been a bit busy working on my music and a short story contest. I will also be posting in substack (eventually) as I heard it's the best place to post stories. thanks again!
@JonathanKonopka I'm glad you reposted Skyhook (Cloudchild). I was wondering why it was taken down but I wasn't confident enough to ask. Also, since I've been really stressed out due to college and chronic health issues, I'm not here much, but I want you to know that I love your work and I still look forward to your story updates. You're one of the reasons why I still have Wattpad on my phone XD.
updated chapter 3, added around 1500 words to finish the scene with Enliil
finished editing chapter 1 of Exuvia Initiative, updating especially the description of Ollorix's face which was compared to a dolphin's though this was rather out of place for an insectoid. to avoid any possible confusion, I have now accurately stuck with how I imagined the species with tighter, slightly longer sentences.
Will work on editing chapter 2 soon