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So how is everyone else doing?

I've been very meh lately, sleeping way too much and not getting anything important done beyond going to work. And that cycle is enough to drive anyone crazy.

Good luck to you all.
-Nephy.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/25236863/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/25236863/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:47:43 PDT
So I will no longer be updating anything here. In fact, within a week or two (when I manage to find the time) I'll be removing my work. If you would like to know my website's address, feel free to post a comment.

To all of you that have commented: you have my undying appreciation. To everyone whose taken a look at my pieces: thank you. To everyone else: peace.

Edit: I've removed everything from Deviantart. I'll check this site out for at least two months from now, just in case someone's interested in checking out my site. Otherwise, consider me gone.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/23054961/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/23054961/ Sat, 07 Feb 2009 06:51:05 PST
… Ou mes exemples d'employer de vieux mots Anglais ?

Comme le " ; Alas" ; et " ; Whom" ; ?

Je suis simplement curieux.

Also, if your wondering why all of that is in French: That's because I'm just practicing. I hope I didn't butcher the language with my lack of practice.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/22993064/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/22993064/ Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:22:09 PST
I'll start with my beliefs.

I believe that every emotion and feeling we can experience is a form of energy. Energy is indestructible, can not be created, and can only be altered into new (or different) forms. Our emotions are forces that impact how we think and ultimately how we feel about everything.

However, that means that they are also non-conscious, unthinking elements. Happiness doesn't choose people to be happy, people choose to become happy and: I believe they can maintain it. It's the same with Sorrow, or depression: there is no one looking down on you to make you feel the way you do: you do.

Life is often likened to a roller coaster ride: with plenty of "ups" and "downs". In nature, everything goes from High to Low. Feelings, as I'm sure everyone has experienced: is similar. A "good" day can turn sour within an instant, leaving you with a "bad" or "low" feeling that could persist for quite some time.

My reasons, if I had to justify this is simply how laughter, happiness and all other emotions or feelings are infectious. People laugh in crowds, at the same joke: even if there is some variance.

Which leads me to my next little point: not everyone is going to be as happy as another person that's happy. That's because I believe, that the forces at work can't or aren't able to extend to everyone with equal force. We all have our own natural well of emotions and feelings: enabling some of us to be pessimists or optimists. Some people are naturally unhappy, and the opposite is also true, but that's just how we cope with our lives.

In the end, my outlook leaves me with a choice and a question: How do I feel?

I've chosen to be happy, and I'm aiming to keep a hold of it. No matter what happens.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/22343126/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/22343126/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:46:55 PST too carried away with my Teaser and posted pretty much everything I've written up until this point.

Well I hope you enjoy 24 Chapters of varying lengths and topics. Plus, just as a side-note if you do actually read through the entire story thus far: that's pretty much 90 (or a little less) in terms of pages.

So congrats to those that make it that far.

I put a lot of effort into it, and I hope it shows.

-Neph.

...

Yay! I managed to get back to under 100 deviations tonight. I'm tired, but I at least viewed all of the artwork (and tried to comment when and where I could) and tomorrow I'll be out in force reading through the remaining 99 (plus whatever's added in my absence).

I hope my comments were helpful.

Good luck to you all...

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/22270171/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/22270171/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:22:31 PST
Although I presume at this point many of you would probably have thought that. Seeing my lack of attendance and commentary. That I apologize for.

This year was different for me, I couldn't really get into the season. Christmas and everything, even the snow really didn't perk me up.

In the end though, I'm getting there with Frailty. I have several places now where I know I could stop the story and have something worthwhile to say about it.

However, as there is always a "but" I'm not quite finished to say "the end" with any of those. No matter how soon or far out they may be.

I'd like to post a teaser (Approximately Chapters 1 thru 8), if your interested. I know I said I'd post it when it was finished, but who knows; maybe one of you kind people would give me a push to work even harder on it.

I want to see my story on the shelf, and if it's going to take thousands of restless nights and awkward days to get it all down: then so be it.

I hope your enjoying the end of the year. Good luck to you all.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/21590910/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/21590910/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:27:31 PST
I'm still working on Fraility of Glass. It's at a whopping 66-67 pages and still growing.

I'm not exactly happy with what I think is the middle part, but oh well. I'll just put some more effort into working on smoothing those Chapter's out later on this weekend.

The cool part is that I'm finally adding new stuff comparatively to where I left off on Page 10 of my Initial Draft. So it's needless to say, entertaining.

In other news:

I've been enjoying my 360 Lately with Eternal Sonata and Dead Space. I can't really think of two more antipode games then those two.

Eternal Sonata is a brightly colored highly imaginative "dream" set within the three hours before Master Composer Frederic Francois Chopin's death. Despite the very lengthy and very immersive breaking instances of actual history about good Sir Frederic, it's nice to know the man that they based the character Frederic off of.

Dead Space to the contrary is a darkly lit gunmetal gray science fiction survival horror game that also disturbingly makes me think of a "Human blender Simulation". Dead Space is a little faster paced and more "actiony" then most slower paced Survival Horror games I've seen/played. Like the initial Resident Evils.

So far, I haven't managed to beat Eternal Sonata, but I am on my second playthrough of Dead Space. I'm not quite sure why, but Dead Space just drew me in. I wanted to know more about the Necromorphs and what makes them, what causes them to tick (so to speak).

Well, I got my answer and several other ones as I beat Chapter 12.

Oh yeah, and speaking of Chapters in Dead Space. Copy the first letter from each Chapter. Just be wary, it might spoil a plot-twist near the end. So do so at your own risk.

In other news: I'm alive and well, trying to transfer over to First Shift's waking up at the crack of Dawn shift starting time (and trying not to arrive an hour early...)

It is very, very, very nice to be able to leave while the Sun is out. For now, while it's snowing I don't really have to worry about brushing off the snow from my car when I leave work. Which is a really nice benifit besides leaving @ 3pm.

And finally, I've seemed to have acquired one of my roomate's cats. A tiny black cat that's just as reclusive (but friendly) as I am. It's nice to have company that's like you but not entirely like you.

Well I think I ranted on long enough, good luck to you all with your endeavors.
-Neph.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/21135144/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/21135144/ Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:03:54 PDT
Well I'm nearly at the half way point now, with thirteen chapters to Fraility of Glass. I'm just trying to tackle two more chapters till that point.

That one middle chapter which will essentially be the long single block in tetris that might just cascade my entire story to completion.

I'm really tired right now, but I'm trying to make sure that everything is just right.

I've rewritten my introduction 19 times now and I feel I've gotten closer to capturing the true hectic situation that the character's find themselves in.

I've also rewritten every chapter besides 11 thru 13 at least six times now. Adding a little more here and there, taking out a scene and adding in a new one. Or just general stuff like that.

I'm well on my way towards reaching the halfway point this month, so I should be able to finish the peice by sometime in December. I'm not going to make any sure bets on that, knowing my track record for such things. But I'm just happy to be getting closer to having something finished.

Additionally, the cast has grown quite a bit from my original zero draft for Creative Writing I. Instead of merely two major characters, I now have at least six maybe seven. All of them with unique backgrounds that strech sadly a tad further back then this story will go into, but my hope is that this story will pique the interest of others so that when I do get the time to write backwards, chronologically, that they'll have an interest in knowing not only what happened in their pasts: but also what happens to them in the future.

I'm happy to say this is a story of stories with a lot of potential.
A very tired- Neph.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/21055424/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/21055424/ Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:13:33 PDT
My problem with getting there was that I couldn't think of any way to explain what's going on without having to just blantantly jump into the story (myself) and tell you.

Then, Friday night as I was working on one of the slower machines... it hit me. Pretty hard. It was difficult not to just stop working on the job to write it out.

It's currently 28 pages long, with 11 chapters and growing.

In other news, I'm finally getting my scares out of my system with Dead Space. It's a third person shooter with an almost perfect blend of other good horror movies/games.

It's one part System Shock, one part Resident Evil, one part Alien, one part Silent Hill (the games not the movie), and very well balanced with respect to what made those games/movies great.

It does have it's own original aspects to it and the depth of the background information is pretty staggering once you get to it.

A part of me that keeps pushing me forward through the game is simply not having any idea what the connection between "the X" and the "Y's".

There are some cheap scare moments within the game, but for being about 12 chapters long (no I haven't beaten it yet). This game goes for the long haul, which is nice. I still jump at these moments, but they did a really cheap and almost chessy nod at horror movies very, very early on.

I'm trying not to ruin anything, just in case someone is thinking of buying it. Almost all the fun is in not knowing what's around the next corner.

Well I hope everyone else is doing alright. Got any plans for Halloween?

-Neph.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/20775071/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/20775071/ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:09:14 PDT
There's seven chapters planned for my current project. To which I'm still about half way through Chapter 2.

But at least I have the knowledge on how the story will complete itself, and now, all I have to do is write it out.

Granted, I'm not trying to railroad my work along a linear path. The storyboard that I've written could take drastic changes at any given point depending upon where the story wants to go (rather then how I want to write it).

So I'm going to see how much I can get done before December and see where I am at the end of the year.

All in all, I'm making quite a lot of progress with the peice. Every day I'm writing a good three to four sheets of notes, all of which transforms itself overnight (or after several hours, either way) into four to five pages worth of progress.

In terms of my life, I'm getting stronger in terms of my social skills, maybe even returning back to being the extrovert I used to be.

After being a depressed introvert for so long, it's nice to be able to talk to people. Plus, it's great to have something to actually say.

Both of these I can say is a product of just working. I don't like my job, but I'm doing my best to learn from it.

I hope everyone else is doing alright. Good luck to you all.
-Neph.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/20382832/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/20382832/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:54:19 PDT
In four days it'll be the seventh year since the 9-11 attacks on the WTC complex, the Pentagon, and the Capital Building.

I feel I might never be so eloquent to put this to words, so please forgive me if I transgress anything.

I'd never be so cold or unforgiving to people if it was within reason, but the animosity that certain sects of Islam promotes against my nation is by far out of line.

How one religion can take a national organization and indoctrinate others into the belief that my nation is a symbol of evil is beyond my knowing.

My question is: What did we do to deserve that?

I can't forget the images of seeing people leap from the building, the stories of a woman praying before leaping outward with her arms outstretched. Or a man trying to climb down the face of the building, only to slip and fall to his death. The elevator music in the WTC plaza as the sounds of cracking bone and the deaths of other perfectly normal people crashing against concrete.

The onrushing clouds of smoke and debris.

Terrorism is a joke. An immortal fallacy of misunderstanding and ignorance.

Call me what you will, but I don't understand the point and belief in terror.

You can only make people afraid up until a certain point, then they like the animals that we are so level with: will fight back violently to survive.

Is terrorism some barbaric countermeasure to the global enlightenment that's slowly and steadily spreading?

The only advent of the modern day which transgresses and surpasses the technological advantages developed by ancient civilizations is that of the Information Age and the Computer Networks of the world.

If it truly is a radical sect of Islam, than why haven't they done something to bring this sect back into the fold. Islam is one of the worlds most practiced religions, why aren't they doing anything to stop them?

I want to know why. That simple question. Why. Why did they do this, why didn't we stop them, why couldn't we...

I'm just quaking, I don't get it. I just want to do something more about it than merely sit here.

Words are a strong diplomacy, and are the hands that can march soldiers off to war. I just want to see the turmoil of this world come to an end.

-Neph.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/19801196/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/19801196/ Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:41:22 PDT
Which means I'll have to watch my spending and limit it only to the important stuff. Like gasoline and well food.

I've also managed to finish Orson Scott Card's "Keeper of Dreams" a conglomeration of short (what a misnomer) stories by Card, in a nice format with some words of advice before and sometimes after the peice. It's a very nice, but very lengthy (around 1k+ pages) and hefty tome.

I've also started reading "River of Gods" by Ian McDonald. It's set in a "demi-future" between the modern day and well, the cyberpunk future that predominates most speculative Science Fiction. If you do go out and purchase it, I suggest skipping the first chapter: although it's nice to know the city, the details will bore you to tears. There's not much besides description anyways.

I've been using my slow, boring jobs at work to write and continue to work on Fraility. Since the lack of distractions really, really helps me get my mind together and well... I actually get more work done at work then at home.

I'd like to encourage everyone whom takes the time to read this to seriously consider reading what I've posted concerning "Via Salvatus" because I really do appreciate the commentary. It's technically the only way I'll be able to correct things that you don't understand and (usually) I'll be too oblivious to realize thier a problem.

I can aslo guarentee to you that I have an ending for the story, and that it might come faster than you think.

In terms of my life, I've been slowly and steadily changing. I guess being forced to rely on my co-workers has begun to remove some of my feelings of misanthropy and general distrust of people. My co-workers are a cast of characters that could fit into any story nicely. You've got your bright "know-it-alls" mixed in with your occational stubborn oddball with a "I can do anything" attitude. I'm just thankful there's a few normal people mixed into the batch to kind of round it out a bit.

I guess I can say I'm gaining some considerable faith in humanity. No matter how dim-witted we tend to be sometimes.

Now I'm off to add a few more peices to Fraility before signing off. Not that I'll update it just yet. I'd like to think that by spacing it out a bit, you guys and gals can focus on other people's works or at least try to catch up. Like I'm trying to do.

Good luck everyone.
-Neph.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/19422866/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/19422866/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:49:36 PDT
Well it seems DeviantArt's in Version 6, which seems to be quite lovely. If I can update anything. I have a song I play for every single time I download or upload a file. It's 33 minutes and 45 seconds long.

Needless to say, it shouldn't take that long with a high speed broadband connection. Alas, that seems to be the case. Even if my addition is minor. So I have to say, and I guess everyone has this in mind: what gives?

So I guess my best recommendation is to simply ignore "Fraility of Glass Edit 5" until I make another journal to give you the heads up that it is actually updated.

Which is a shame, I cut the pace down really nice, made it slower, and hopefully got a few expositional things into the open that'll help to explain things later on.

In other news: I'm pursuing my shot at writing as opposed to my recent attempts at pursuing Computer Animation at FullSail University in that sunny hurricane and aligator country we call Florida.

My motivation lies with my work. I spend 8 hours a day looking at plastic bottles in a Factory. It pays well, but the merit of the job isn't worth making it into a career. If there even is one to begin with.

I've spent quite a lengthy period of my life searching for the one career I can achieve my dreams without being pigeon-holed into a pecking party of needless and mindless ladder climbing and kiss-upping to achieve what I want in the first place.

(If you catch the book reference in there, give yourself a cookie you loony.)

So far my solace lies again with my writing.

I can do so much if I can just put the time and effort into it.

I don't know about the rest of you, but as I was going through High School I didn't think I was a writer. I thought I was and could be everything and anything else. I pretty much pursued everything, I even thought of the military as a career option.

I didn't believe my good english skills and freaking dictionary level vocabulary was worth anything more than the law-speak and jovial goodness (from leaving my classmates with migranes) that came from it.

Oh boy was I wrong.

It might very well be a good foundation to make a stable, healthy and creative career off of. And that's fantastic.

Best of luck to the rest of you,
-Neph.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/19138667/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/19138667/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:29:42 PDT
Well maybe not.

I'm just writing this mostly because I feel I should write something the day before my B-day. I dunno. I guess I feel random.

RANdom ranDOM. POWER OVERWHELMING CHICKENS OF DOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!

Okay, I hopefully got that out of my system.

Well in other news, I've been reading a book on Japanese. Speaking the language doesn't seem too terribly diffiicult: but reading/writing it is pain incarnate. It'll be a tough language barrier to cross, but I've done pretty well with French and German so it shouldn't take me too long.

I hope.

I've also begun messing around with Macromedia Flash, and having no luck whatsoever when it comes to getting a presentable animation going. But I'm not out of enthuasim or hope yet. I'm just having trouble remembering everything from a five week course I took almost a year ago.

Additionally I've been working on my drawing skills, drawing things that are a bit out of my normal range and trying something new and something old. ImpulsivelyLiving has inspired me to revert back (at least once) to my pre-graphics tablet days with a pixel by pixel peice.

Finally, life's been pretty good so far. I'm not particularly happy that I have to work on my birthday, but everyone and thier grandmother tried to get wednesday off, and it seems where I work they'll only allow the first four to go.

Well I hope everyone else is having a good time, and best of luck to you all.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/18979297/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/18979297/ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:08:36 PDT [link] (ImpulsivelyLiving) started this as I'm required to do.

In this journal I'll:
a) tell you why I friended you,
b) associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etc.,
c) tell you something I like about you,
d) tell you a memory I have of you,
e) ask something I've always wanted to know about you,
f) tell you my favorite pic of yours,
g) in return, you must post this in your journal.

Additionally, I'll follow suit with my reply:

Impulsively Living:
A) I personally revel in how you write, it's radically different from how I go about it. Reading your peices makes me think, and I love that. Not that I'm any good with the he said she said prospect though. Which turns out to be excellent grammer.

B) You remind me of the First Flight Theme from Ace Combat 4. It starts off quietly but gains momentum and keeps on, rolling on, hitting high and low notes: but manages to pull through in the end.

C) You take what you have at your diposal and accomplish peices that have emotion without the fancy, the over-stimulated, and flat look of other peices on Deviantart.

D) It's hard not to think of the person behind the art, when I'm reading one of your peices or looking at one of your accomplishments with Paint.

E) How do you in Microsoft Paint manage to accomplish so much emotion in your sketches?

F) There's two peices that stand out to me, The Boy's/Girl's Story and Grays. The Boy/Girl stories because of the use of perspective, dialogue and pacing. And Grays because, in all it's simplicity: It conveys how divided and complex we are on in the inside.

G) For anyone whom puts this in thier Journal: I'll return the favor with my reply. Good luck to you all, and have fun with this!

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/18622138/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/18622138/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:33:25 PDT
Appearently not.

Also, I appologise in advance if I favoritize your work but I don't leave a comment, my time seems more limited now with the slew of things I have do everyday.

Beyond that, I'm pooling my time and resources again into expanding on Edit 3 of Fraility of Glass (again, for the XXIXth time). This time, I'm hoping to post a greater revision of the story with what I've learned from the books I've been reading concerning Grammer and Punctuation.

That's the hope anyway.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/18281985/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/18281985/ Sun, 11 May 2008 23:05:50 PDT
A movie about a robot that strives for freedom and recognition of non-mechanical, but essential aspects of identity. The character “Andrew Martin” struggles throughout the film always and steadily approaching his destiny. It is not so ironic that in the end he dies before he even receives the validation of his freedom and its following recognition, but that he in the end felt he accomplished it.

That I sorely miss.

I am a Transhumanist, it is within my belief that humanity will reach a point in which a Post-Human phase will occur and humanity will technologically evolve into a new form.

And Bicentenial Man gives me the hope that when the time comes for such a transition that, we as a species can adapt and follow through with it and retain our identity.

Maybe I’m just lying to myself. Delusional with the mechanical dreams of replacing my biological body with a mechanical shell. Trading the inevitable biological failure for a chance at a mechanical replacement.

I’ve always put myself under the belief that I’ll “go down wailing” so to speak, kicking and screaming for my last few breaths and moments of life.

But that is not all that makes up my identity: I am also a Technogaianist. I believe that as Technology improves, so will its benefits and its symbiotic qualities with the planet will continue to grow.

Maybe I keep way too much of my optimism about humanity to myself, I don’t know.

My Identity is something I don’t quite know. I can be anything, I can become anything. When you can only read the words I type, I can come across as any one of innumerable things bound only by the limited classification of having to be human to type.

Bound and Limited. I really hate those words. I hate them for they limit and bind us to a vocabulary and a way of thought that when spoken or written… it Confines. We encapsulate ourselves with thousands of limiting words in comparison to an ever expending and ever improving universe of information.

It frustrates me. Our we so imperfect that we must confine ourselves, vocabulary, intellectually, and by way of speech in such mundane ways?

I do not see our world as a bleak, monotone void. There is a color and there is a nature that can be enhanced and improved. Must we always prance around the issues and the confinements that make up our existence only a few times every few years?

It is not just the political and social natures that I am frustrated at. It is also the terms of human identity and consciousness. I care not so much for the answers to my questions as to see if our human beings are also capable of processing such a silly thing as advancement.

But what am I to speak?

I am an obsessive envious glutton of knowledge. Knowledge, I crave to learn everything I can about everything. I don’t even know why I obsess over it and how I am driven to learn. I see what I do not know and I pursue that knowledge with reckless abandonment of whatever time it might take to acquire it.

Maybe it’s that, that is what brings me to where I started. I am envious of the machine, of the initial form of “Andrew Martin” in Bicentennial Man. I am envious because I want to have all that I have learned in my life to not be wasted upon my death. I want what form of immortality I can claim for myself so that my life will not be wasted with a messy biological death. The Ignoble and brutal honesty of the failure of the human mind and body. That final ugly moment after the eyes close and the body system finally and fully fails.

I want to live forever and not in the form of the DNA that I can share with another human being. Maybe I’m still screaming at myself. Trying to figure out why the hell I didn’t do anything when I knew it.

That would be something I would have to deal with for an eternity. Hating myself. I hate myself because of with all my knowledge; I can’t express everything that I know.

When I look at another human being, I see more than what’s there. I don’t know how to describe it but I just look through them. I just instinctively look through things. I can see how something is built without ever taking it apart. I can see more than what people want to show me.

And I don’t want to abuse that. What good can come of being able to make friends with other human beings if you’ve got an edge they don’t have?

I swear that my code is killing me. I can be anything, and I just don’t want to dishonor myself. When that interpretation is ancient and antiquated, how can I really adapt to a society that has lost any sense of morality or reason?

My tenants:

To Protect my Family. I question my first tenant, for what honor is to be had in that was lost with my knowledge and with... ]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/18063835/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/18063835/ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:58:25 PDT
I swear sometimes my headaches feel like getting hit by a planet.

At any rate, I've got a piece of artwork that's been absorbing as much attention as I can give it. I believe I might've finally found my own style. I want to post something that I can honestly say is "Finished".

I want to at least accomplish that feat so I feel I can actually do it. Every peice in my gallery is just a starting shell of a grander dream that I can't seem to ever bring it to the point of completion.

*Sigh* I just want a finished peice I can put into this gallery so I don't have to put the W.I.P. tag or post something incomplete and never build on it. It's frustrating and I'm going to take as much time as I can to finish this one peice of artwork before posting it.

But that doesn't mean I'm not going to post my comments about your works, I'll get to as many of those as I can and I promise to read/view them all. That's the least I can do, right?

Good luck folks.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/17847630/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/17847630/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:07:15 PDT
I wrote several peices throughout that haitus (and I will be getting commenting on the 50+ deviations this week) and many of them were incarnations of previous stories in my gallery. That's something I didn't want to do but I felt I had good stories I could finish with just as much merit and intent as I started them.

So I kept pushing myself night after night to keep plucking along, page after page and then it hit me. I wasn't writing with a truer motive in mind, I was writing to accomplish a milestone: a goal. It sounded trite, it wasn't how I write. I write to tell stories that I find explains just a little bit of the world around us in a setting that is alien and exciting. (Feel free to tell me your interpetations on that one).

So I saved those stories (which I might post later) and started anew. Two days ago.

I tried to write something different and I feel I accomplished that. I'm by no means proud of the two day peice I'll be posting later tonight. I feel it doesn't match up to my prior pieces, if they hold any true merit at all.

I should stop telling and I should just start showing, shouldn't I?

A flawless canvas crashes against a metallic star hurtling ahead at 50 mph over the limit and sends one victim colliding into a twisted mindgame of three personas versus one man's intent to save her for his own fiscal reasons.

That is the story of "Ortensia Moriae".

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/17263714/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/17263714/ Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:51:48 PDT
Sorry if I haven't commented... *whimpers at the 40+ deviations left* I'll get to them as soon as I can.

Also since I'm going to be constantly updating past works, be on the look out for older posts with "Edit#" in the title. The number refering to as many edits as I've currently had the opperunity. So "Edit 1" is the first revision, "Edit 2" the second, and so on.

Additionally, about my unidentified gender. I opted out of choosing one because I thought it might generate some kind of subconscious bias and I wanted to prevent that. If you think I'm male or female, either way I'm still going to post my stories and poems on this site. I'm just not going to confirm which, and I ask those of you that do know to just keep that to yourselves. Please.

I doubt it would change very much, but it's still worth it. I think.

As for the "mood" I've been working on revisions when it comes to almost every story-related peice I have posted. So I'll have those up soon. I also believe I've finally found my style of writing and what works for me; personally.

How goes life on your end?

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/17101583/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/17101583/ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:27:34 PST
I'm sorry that I couldn't post on time, and I've learned from my lesson. I'm simply going to post whenever I get the opperunity and not try to force myself into a schedule that I'm not capable of honoring or keeping.

Again, I am sorry.

In other news, I'm getting closer to getting the fabled "job". I'm starting to look foward to possibly working for a place I worked at before in the past. Even though I hated the facility with a passion akin to the inner core of the sun, but at least it's money. Not that I'm motivated by it, I'd rather just get paid to do what I want and love to do: which is creating fictional worlds.

So one thing I am going to try to do is to finish a short story in five weeks. As a personal test to myself and to prove that I can actually finish what I start. If there's a story you people have read that would like to see finished as best I can in five weeks: let me know.

That's one thing I'm honestly determined to accomplish. I have to do it. Also I choose the mood for this journal because I felt it fit.

Good luck folks.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/16808729/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/16808729/ Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:01:23 PST
I'm sorry to anyone whom I favorited thier works but didn't leave comments, some of you just left me completely awestuck and I coudn't find the words to reply.

I'm hoping that with this huge backlog finally back at ground zero I might be able to start working on my own peices and posting them appropriately. As of right now though, I think I'm just going to get some sleep.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/16234179/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/16234179/ Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:10:28 PST
As for the books:
1. "Writing Dialogue" by Tom Chiarella.
2. William Strunk jr and E.B. White's "The Elements of Style".
3. The 10th edition of the "Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation" by Jane Straus.
4. "The World of Disgaea" by published by Brocooli Books and drawn featuring the art of Takehito Harada.

As for future plans, expect a wild update (and promply me getting to the 20+ something deviations I havent got to) at a point in the near future.

-Thank you for reading.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15984981/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15984981/ Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:33:59 PST
Then I'll just kind of sit back and get to work on updating my own stuff.

Thank you for reading, even if it's a little short.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15790553/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15790553/ Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:52:21 PST
I had a minor accident this morning and it's throwing me for a loop. No real major damage either side, really two scratches tops. I was at fault and I regret not listening to the little voice in my head saying "Switch to 4 wheel drive" and "you should've hit your breaks 3 meters ago" and so on.

*sigh* I'm not even going to say it. I hope the rest of you don't have any accidents in this shoody weather. Well at least the lake effect that's been falling around upstate New York.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15687860/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15687860/ Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:12:53 PST
Just as a list (for the sake of it):

1. Odinsphere: Only got half way through it, on easy.
2. Xenosaga II: 3/4ths of the way, got stuck...
3. Shinobi (PS2): Still trying to beat it on Hard...
4. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Still haven't gotten out of the forest.

In other news, my Professors are starting to slowly but steadily giving us hints of when and what the final exams will be pertaining to. Oh joy. As usual, I should only have two maybe three Finals this semester. At least that's my hope anyway.

Despite that, I'm quite pleased with myself. I've been working and on my way to finishing quite a lot of projects as well as finishing up my Final Semester @ MCC. Which is certainly good. Not that MCC isn't a bad community college, it just feels like it's a slightly more advanced High School. Akin to 13th grade.

I have the respect of several of my Professor's and Peers. Which certainly helps. I just hope I can make the rest of this Semester really count.

-Thank you for reading.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15467538/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15467538/ Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:05:29 PST [link] entry a while back, titled "home and glad to be here" I couldn't help myself this sounded fun. So here goes.

Besides that, people, give this one a try!

- Pick your birth month.
- Strike out anything that doesn't apply to you. (Note: I don't know how to cross out, so I'll just put an underline)
- Bold the five-ten that best apply to you.
- Copy to your own journal, with all twelve months.
- Tag 12 people.

JULY:
Fun to be with. [b] Secretive [/b]. [b] Difficult to fathom and to be understood [/b]. [b] Quiet unless excited or tensed [/b]. Takes pride in oneself. Has reputation. Easily consoled. Honest. [b] Concerned about people's feelings [/b]. Tactful. Friendly. Approachable. Emotional temperamental and unpredictable. Moody and easily hurt. Witty and sparkly. Not revengeful. [b] Forgiving but never forgets [/b]. Dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things. Guides others physically and mentally. Sensitive and forms impressions carefully. Caring and loving. Treats others equally. Strong sense of sympathy. Wary and sharp. Judges people through observations. Hardworking. No difficulties in studying. Loves to be alone. Always broods about the past and the old friends. Likes to be quiet. Homely person. Waits for friends. Never looks for friends. [b] Not aggressive unless provoked [/b]. Prone to having stomach and dieting problems. Loves to be loved. Easily hurt but takes long to recover.


JANUARY:
Stubborn and hard-hearted. Ambitious and serious. Loves to teach and be taught. Always looking at people's flaws and weaknesses. Likes to criticize. Hardworking and productive. Smart, neat and organized. Sensitive and has deep thoughts. Knows how to make others happy. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Rather reserved. Highly attentive. Resistant to illnesses but prone to colds. Romantic but has difficulties expressing love. Loves children. Loyal. Has great social abilities yet easily jealous. Very stubborn and money cautious.

FEBRUARY:
Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislikes unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizes dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.

MARCH:
Attractive personality. Sexy. Affectionate. Shy and reserved. Secretive. Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic. Loves peace and serenity. Sensitive to others. Loves to serve others. Easily angered. Trustworthy. Appreciative and returns kindness. Observant and assesses others. Revengeful. Loves to dream and fantasize. Loves traveling. Loves attention. Hasty decisions in choosing partners. Loves home decors. Musically talented. Loves special things. Moody.

APRIL:
Active and dynamic. Decisive and hasty but tends to regret. Attractive and affectionate to oneself. Strong mentality. Loves attention. Diplomatic. Consoling, friendly and solves people's problems. Brave and fearless. Adventurous. Loving and caring. Suave and generous. Emotional. Aggressive. Hasty. Good memory. Moving. Motivates oneself and others. Sickness usually of the head and chest. Sexy in a way that only their lover can see.

MAY:
Stubborn and hard-hearted. Strong-willed and highly motivated. Sharp thoughts. Easily angered. Attracts others and loves attention. Deep feelings. Beautiful physically and mentally. Firm Standpoint. Needs no motivation. Easily consoled. Systematic (left brain). Loves to dream. Strong clairvoyance. Understanding. Sickness usually in the ear and neck. Good imagination. Good physical. Weak breathing. Loves literature and the arts. Loves traveling. Dislike being at home. Restless. Not having many children. Hardworking. High spirited. Spendthrift.

JUNE:
Thinks far with vision. Easily influenced by kindness. Polite and soft-spoken. Having ideas. Sensitive. Active mind. Hesitating, tends to delay. Choosy and always wants the best. Temperamental. Funny and humorous. Loves to joke. Good debating skills. Talkative. Daydreamer. Friendly. Knows how to make friends. Able to show character. Easily hurt. Prone to getting colds. Loves to dress up. Easily bored. Fussy. Seldom shows emotions. Takes time to recover when hurt. Brand conscious. Executive. Stubborn.

JULY:
Fun to be with. Secretive. Difficult to fathom and to be understood. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Takes pr... ]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15414645/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15414645/ Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:58:36 PST
I intended to post them Tuesday, however Deviantart seems to plan thier maitenance times around my posting habits. So here's the important stuff.

I've decided to break The Triad into smaller segments "Phases". They're just a habit of mine to designate shifts in scenes and other things of that sort. How it works in your favor (for those that read it) is that you'll get more frequent updates (I promise) in shorter blocks of text.

I'm also breaking them up so that I can expand on the scenes without pushing half or otherwise breaking apart other scenes into seperate files. For your convienance as well as mine.

In other news, My final semester at Monroe Community College is winding up pretty fast. I'm both elated and quite afraid. On one hand I receive a paper that says "Associate" and I get better starting pay. On the other hand, I have little to no direction to go (educationally speaking) to other more advanced colleges for other degrees.

That's been looming over my head for the past few days. The questions I keep asking myself now is "Where do I go from here? Can I make it?" and many more. It's frightening in so many ways.

-Thank you for reading.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15300571/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15300571/ Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:28:17 PDT
My story was reviewed fairly favorably by my fellow peers in my English 285 class (aka Ceative Writing II), however they were a bit divided on thier responses. Some of my classmates loved certain sections but the other half utterly loathed the same section. I'm still mulling over the idea of what exactly I should do, but at least I have a few things to feel good about.

I did well,

I. Appearently my best overall scene was the battle between Tefina and Steele.
Ia. That was followed up by the scenes introducing Ilker, and his abilities.
II. My socio-political backdrop seems interesting, as well as the characters but isn't as well done as they would've liked.

The best comment by far was that a classmate simply said "Look for a publisher or an agent. Because this is good".

On the contrary,

I. My descriptions were either overdone in some areas or severely lacking in others.
II. My "head-hopping" point of view switches weren't as well handled as my classmates appearently understood.
III. Some classmates argued that I didn't explain the technology enough.

Considering the space and my feelings of overdoing it, I'm quite proud of this story and I intend to expand on it. Since this is related to Fraility.

So in that regard,

I. I'm planning on rewriting "The Triad" following their advice and see if it makes more sense or at least is less confusing. Mostly by focusing on the P.O.V's of Tefina and Vassago. Since thier more developed.

In other news,

In terms of other classes, my workload has finally stopped being so overwhelming. Which is a breath of fresh air, I just hope it stays this way for the rest of the semester.

Expect a rewritten Triad sometime next week.

-Thank you for reading.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15137816/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15137816/ Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:23:17 PDT
It just seems to me like everyone (including my good friends) has some kind of bone to pick with me. Additionally I must've done something that got my entire Creative Writing II class up and at arms against my way of writing. Beyond that, two math midterms in one week with hardly enough sleep inbetween them.

Again, I hate bitching. I really honestly do, someone I know does it like it's his full time paid with benifits, AND vacation kind of profession. Most of the time I can freely ignore his endless onslaught of bitchiness, but right now I just want to get some free time to sit down and work on the things I like to do. Not follow through with homework, projects and other requirements.

On the brighter side then from what I currently feel, I gave my classmates ample time to read "The Triad" as my Professor moved the day it was supposed to be read to next, next Tuesday. Instead of next Thursday. Which is good I guess. Plus it is the weekend, if I can get around to enjoying it.

It seems the moment I said "I got free time" everything decided to come crashing down around me. And that's really irritating. Hopefully this'll all pass and I'll have something infinitely better to write about for entry 31...

Thank you for reading though.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15086356/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15086356/ Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:31:02 PDT
At any rate, I'm just relieved that my printer had enough Ink and I had enough paper to feed it for the class. I killed an Ink Cartridge and 309 pages in a single day, and I feel a little bad about it. But it does allow my classmates an extra few days to read it, if they don't have the time. It's a kind gesture, I just wish that it didn't have to make me on bad terms with the E.L.C.

Beyond that, I've also got some free time to enjoy for once during the week. I might (For the first time since the semester started) be able to sleep on a Wednesday night. Also that I might be able to play some FlyFF too, I miss my characters.

Plus once I manage to hand out these copies, I'll have something to look foward to: Thier review. Peer Reviews are probally one of the most awesome things to have for a wanna-be writer, I'll savor every moment while I have it in anticipation. Then probally suffer just as much fear and anxiety when it gets to be the day.

Thank you for reading, and good luck.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15037225/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/15037225/ Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:54:40 PDT
I'm afriad because I dont' write "Short Stories" to any extent, I like to flesh my worlds out with words and however long it takes to do so: I do it. My Professor didn't put any restrictions on size so I don't feel limited to ten pages, like I did last semester. However, and I hate to admit it: but I'm also more intimidated this time round.

Don't take that the wrong way for those of you that check this from last semester, your works is and still are intimidating in ways. It just feels like Creative Writing II has truely brought the best and brightest writers of MCC together in a classroom with a professional atmosphere: There's only two writers in the class that haven't written something of considerable length for publication.

Even then, they've produced works that've gotten high praise from my Professor and peers alike.

My newest work "The Triad" is what I'm going to present, four proto-stories came before it. If there's one deviation in my entire gallery that you take a look at, please look at that one. If you find it worthwhile to leave a comment: Do so, construtive or deconstructive. I'd appreciate it all the same. It's due next Thursday.

-Thank you for reading.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/14832411/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/14832411/ Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:54:15 PDT
It seems I can't come up with something adaquate for my Creative Writing II class, which obviously sucks as Fraility of Glass is unavialable. The one story I want the most to be reviewed and critiqued my professor banned. To be honest that really, really #$%#$% me the #$(% off.

I guess it doesn't matter too much in the end, since well: I haven't added anything new to Fraility beyond revising what I allready have. So expect to see some frustrated writing in the future.

-Thank you for reading, and sorry about bitching.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/14659106/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/14659106/ Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:08:34 PDT
Your real name: Kory
Age: 21
Height: 5'11
Natural hair colour: Brown
Eye colour: ...Green/Blue/Yellow My eyes are weird...
Skin color: ...Caucasian (White)
Glasses/contacts?: Nope
Piercings: Nope
Tattoos: Thought about it, Nope.
Braces: Not anymore!
Mannerisms: I'm quiet, and a bit reserved.
Other distinctive markings: I've got a scar on my lip, and a couple on my arms.

FAVOURITE
Colour: Silver/Gray
Band: Trust Company
Video game: Kartia, Pokemon, and Harvest Moon SNES.
Movie: Idk.
Book: Elaine Cunningham's "The Blood Red Harp"
Food: Tomato Soup
Game on a cell phone: None
Flower: Delphiniums or Larkspurs
Scent: Cherries
Comic book: Claymore
Cereal: Fruit Loops
Website: I honestly don't have one.
Cartoon: Claymore or Rozen Maiden

DO YOU
Play an instrument?: Piano
Watch TV more than 60 hours a week?: Nope
Like to sing?: Only when I'm alone.
Have a job?: Did for the summer.
Have a cell phone?: Nope.
Like to play sports?: Soccer.
Have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: Nope
Have a crush on someone?: Not recently.
Live somewhere NOT in the united states?: Nope.
Have more than 5 TVs in your house?: 2.
Have any special talents/skills?: I have a phenominal spacial memory. Even if I keep forgetting my phone number...
Exercise daily?: Yep, biking.
Like school?: Yep, I love to learn new things and meet people with simular interests. To be part of several clubs and be more than what I was during High School. Plus I found what I want to do with my given life in college, so I'm totally for the yes answer.

CAN YOU
Sing the alphabet backwards?: Half of it anyway.
Stand on your tip toes without wearing shoes?: Yep.
Speak any other languages?: Je Parle le Francias, und etwas Deutscher. (French and German)
Go a day without food?: Done that quite a lot.
Remember your dreams: Almost too vivid to the point of creepy.
Read music, not just tabs?: Not anymore.
Roll your tongue?: Yep.
Eat a whole pizza?: Yep, but only when I'm really, really hungry.

HAVE YOU EVER
Won something in the lottery?: Nope.
Snuck out of the house?: Yep.
Lied to get out of trouble?: Yes, although I loathe to admit it.
Had a computer crash?: Yes...Four times so far.
Gotten lost in your city?: Yep, I hate Rochester sometimes.
Seen a shooting star?: Four times.
Been to any other countries?: Yes.
Had a serious surgery?: Yes, on my shoulder-blade.
Stolen something important to someone else?: Nope.
Solved a rubiks cube?: In about 3 minutes when I was six.
Gone out in public in your pajamas?: I have, sometimes.
Cried over a girl?: Yes.
Cried over a boy?: Yes.
Kissed a random stranger?: No.
Hugged a random stranger?: No
Been in a fist fight?: Yes.
Been arrested?: No.
Done drugs?: No
Had alcohol?: Very little, since I turned 21. Dandelion wine sounds awesome, but I don't recommend it unless you want it's taste in your mouth for a week.
Laughed and had milk come out of your nose?: Nope, but I've been around a few that have. It's disgusting.
Pushed all the buttons on an elevator?: Yep.
Sneaked into the opposite sex's bathroom?: No...But I did go in on accident.
Gone to school only to find you had the day off because of a holiday/etc?: I walked to school half a dozen times because they "never close" most of the time.
Swore at your parents?: Nope, although I have had many instances I almost did.
Kicked a guy where it hurts?: One of my Siblings and an old neighbor of mine.
Been to a casino?: I don't like losing hard earned cash: so no.
Ran over an animal and killed it?: Nope.
Broken a bone?: Gotten to the threshold, but nope.
Gotten stitches?: Three times, all older sibling related.
Had a water balloon fight in winter?: That sounds like fun!
Made homemade muffins?: Yes.
Bitten someone?: Yep.
Been to disneyland/disneyworld?: Disneyland: Yes, World: no.
Burped in someone’s face?: Never.

WHENS THE LAST TIME YOU
Brushed your teeth: This Morning.
Cried: Few Weeks Ago.
Went to the bathroom: This Morning.
Saw a movie in a theatre: A few months ago.
Read a book: This morning
Had a snow day: Last Year.
Had a party: Yesterday.
Went to a doctor: A few months ago.
Tripped in front of someone: Last Friday, 3 times.
Went to the grocery store: Last Wednesday.
Got sick: Several years ago *crosses fingers*
Got cursed: ????
Called someone: Friday Night.

DO YOU PREFER
Fruit/vegetables: Fruit
Black/white:... ]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/14575241/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/14575241/ Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:02:17 PDT
In other news my Final and I repeat FINAL semester of MCC has begun. Well it will be my final provided I pass all five of my classes.

1st off: Math Classes, two of them in fact; pretty simple pre-college stuff since I don't feel like testing my luck at something I've been stuck in for the past five years.

2nd off: Two Dimensional Design, which I would like if my Professor wasn't crazy about painting: which I loathe with a passion. Any mistake in painting is a permenant one, and that just outright conflicts with my perfectionism.

3rd off: Learning Animation with Alice, a programing class so I might be able to use programs like Hexagon and animate 3 dimensional objects. Which is pretty cool and quite fun, although I don't know if the class will remain as easy as it is now.

Finally in this regard, and the best for last: Creative Writing II (as I like to call it) or rather Writing Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. I LOVE this class, I honestly do: the Professor is an amazing, intelligent and a writer. My classmates are brilliant people with thier own quirks and styles that only after two classes we've already gotten to know quite a bit about each other and our own styles.

I'm hoping that this class will turn out much like my last Creative Writing class: a perfect mix of those with talent, those with aspiring talent, and those that are just aspiring to write. The sheer difference amongst everyone in the class made it a fun thought-experiment to see how the poems and stories would turn out. Thoughtout the good and the bad (not much of the bad) I've made some good friends, and I hope for the same with this class.

Speaking of Creative Writing II, we've be assigned to write our own story for this semester. So it's a good thing I've allready begun my project "Memoirs of the Unsung Circle" (aka Project 3).

Keep on the look out for posts in the future.

Thank you for reading.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/14434078/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/14434078/ Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:09:42 PDT
However, I've also finally decided on what I'm going to write as my "Third Project". Repliod Chronicles just doesn't work, it's too simular to the other works I'm in the process of producing.

So in that circumstance, time to try something new.

I'm going to try my hand at a hybrid genre story involving the horror of sacrifice. Also, I've decided to post the questions that I'm using as a framework for this story. Mostly for the hell of it, but your welcome to comment if you'd like.

-What would you sacrifice for ultimate power?

-What would that sacrifice ammount to? (The final/actual outcome)

-Why is that sacrifice important? (The immediate importance)

-Who would you sacrifice that for?

-What technological level is this society/world going to have?

-What biological constructs are going to be present in this world?

-What is nessessary for the sacrifice?

-Is there going to be "magic' in the sacrificial concept?

-How is this sacrifice or sacrifices going to impact universal balance?

-Will the sacrifice mean anything in the end? For whom?

That's enough questions, now I think I should start on actually getting to work answering them. heh.

Thanks for viewing/reading.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/14402055/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/14402055/ Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:54:01 PDT
I'm about to give up on this "Storm" thing and just post stuff when I'm ready to. Because several of those things I didn't want to happen, well happened.

At least I have till next wednesday.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/14284641/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/14284641/ Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:14:40 PDT
Without work for a week and the semester starting said week away, with my books and stuff already prepared. I've got a week to write/finish up the stuff I was trying to do throughout all the time I was working.

On that regard, I plan on FINALLY finishing the "Storm" I keep talking about and post everything I've been working on by that deadline. So in a weeks time I'll post everything I've been working on.

If I'm not distracted by the stuff I've purchased over the summer, my friends, or my sibling.

Wish me luck.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/14092967/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/14092967/ Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:50:47 PDT
I watched almost all of the episodes to the Anime "Claymore" in a day, that is a feat for me: I rarely get an opperunity to watch that much anime in one go. Although between watching the anime and reading the manga, I recommend the Anime: it follows the manga with pin point accuracy which is nice. For a story, it shocked me: I couldn't adauately keep up with the events long enough to "know what's coming" so if your looking for a tough show that'll leave you glued to your seat: this is one of them.

Finally, there's only six days left of work. YAY! I can't wait to get out of there and enjoy two full weeks to myself before going back to classes. Speaking of classes, I'm going to graduate from Monroe Community Colledge this semester: which is awesome to say the least. I'm not looking foward to two math classes and being on campus for almost the entire day, every day: but it'll be worth it in the end.

So yeah, Thanks for reading.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13932930/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13932930/ Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:52:53 PDT
Beyond that strange situation, I'm quite happy with how my coloration of Eriance's lineart came out. However, I still have this feeling that I can do better. So I'm going to keep at it till I statisfy that goal, no matter how long it takes.

Fraility of Glass has become problematic, I feel I've got the storyline/plot/events all setup: but I think I'm going through it way too fast. If it does end up short pagewise, I might have problems presenting it: which I'm very afraid of that happening. I really, really want to publish it; not only to get my name out in the world, but also to see it on the shelves. That would redefine my use of the word "awesome" for quite some time.

I feel really just odd I guess. All I can do is hope this passes...

-Thanks for reading.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13686488/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13686488/ Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:39:16 PDT
Beyond that little tidbit, I've decided to write "The Reploid Chronicles" as my third little project. For those of you that actually read this, It was originally intended to be a pen and paper RPG set in the Megaman Zero timeline from the perspective of a elite group of Pantheons fighting against Zero and the Rebels. I've always liked the idea of writing from the other perspective when it comes to an established universe, if you only see that one side: it's like your missing the motivations and goals, and trials that take place on the side that isn't as detailed. So it might be wise to read up on/play through the Megaman Zero series if you don't want to be left in the dark when I get this story up and running.

As for those of you that read my work for Fraility of Glass, I've got two chapters written up; they just don't seem to be coming out right. Something's amiss and I can't quite pinpoint exactly what I'm doing wrong. So I'll hopefully clear that up quick and have them posted shortly.

The Second wave is coming, just that it might take a bit longer before it starts to loom over the horizon.

-Thank you for reading.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13609084/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13609084/ Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:25:34 PDT
My next posted story bit is a fairly "epic" battle that is out of context (in terms of when it takes place) compared to my intro to The Chronicle of Mobieus: Doma War. In fact, it takes place during the third part of it: TCoM: Endgame. So this is just a journal notice to, if you don't want to spoil the battle: You might want to avoid this new post. If you want to read one of my better battle scenes: feel free to do so at your own risk.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

It'll be titled: "TCoM: Frozen Skyline" ]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13504736/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13504736/ Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:00:44 PDT
Since I've gotten at least some attention on this site of thousands of writers/artists/creative people I've decided that I'd like to do something for the people that check out my work: as such here's a makeshift poll.

I have a habit of working on 3 projects at once in just about anything that I do, so: since I have Fraility and The Chronicle of Mobieus going: I need a third story to keep my ideas fresh and interesting. So here's some options:

1. You only want me to work on Fraility of Glass, to the exclusion of all other story projects.
2. You only want me to work on The Chronicle of Mobieus, to the exclusion of all other story projects.
3. You want me to just keep working away at both F.o.G. and T.C.o.M. and not try to add something else in.
4. Rewrite Krisuvial's Tale or Bitter Lesson: because you ended it wrong, you stupid jerk!

Or some stories that aren't a part of the above:

Game based stories (because many games have really rich worlds to work with, and it's easier on me...)
1. Cyrstal Chronicles
2. Pokemon (Pearl Version)
3. You decide!

Or finally:
3. I could Revise an old story: Like "Across" or "The Repliod Chronicles"
4. You decide!

I'd do a standard poll, but I don't know if I can or how to nessessarily do it. So please, I need some commentary on where to go.

So yeah, I'd love some feedback on this one.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13456910/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13456910/ Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:54:10 PDT
I appologise for not getting to posting my work, I have a habit of writing all my posts by hand so I can take advantage of well two sections of my brain instead of just the one that does the typing. I'll post the two chapters on Fraility of Glass later tonight and I'll post at least the introduction to The Chronicle of Mobieus (TCoM) as well.

Thank you for your paitence, it also doesn't help that work consumes a good portion of my day...

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13412710/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13412710/ Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:51:16 PDT
Webcomics:

One can not deny that webcomics come in all flavors, styles, and designs. I only check out 2 maybe 3 of possibly an infinite number of them.

A. Endling's (from Deviantart) Ever After: Think of all your old fairytales, put them in a high tech insane asylem with a epic plot and you have a exceedingly brief synopsis of Ever After. [link] This comic also has one of my all time favorite statements, it's not hard to laugh at once you get to it.

B. Bleedman's (From Deviantart) Sugar Bits/Grim Tales/PPGojinshi. Bleedman seems to have the habit of only getting to half way through a story before moving onto the next project but I suggest checking it out as well. Follow the link above and you should be able to find it fairly easily.

C. Chris Hazelton's Misfile: Think if the entirity of existance was run by god, much like most religions except that it's also a buisness. Your file contains everything you are, put it in the right spot and nothing goes wrong: unless you have an angel smoking crack that places it in the wrong place while trying to hide it from his bosses. Misfile is about two such people who (because of said pot smoking angel) have to deal with his mistake.[link]

Thank you for reading, and I hope you check out the sites.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13379156/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13379156/ Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:36:29 PDT
Also to further that, I'm going to provide reference material so your not out of the loop when a character refers to events in part one. I'm also going to provide character bios due to the larger cast of characters. So be on the look out for "Chronicle of Mobieus: The Doma War" or "CoM: The Doma War" or something that looks close to that.

In terms of Fraility, it's not a forgotten story: I've been toiling away at it for quite a while: making sure it's up to my standards and conveys what I hopefully want it to. So expect an update to that as well.

In terms of my other stories: I'm working on them, just not as much as I'd like to. So the next wave of my little storm might not happen for a few days.

-Thank you for reading, and my appologies about removing the files.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13335876/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13335876/ Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:10:10 PDT
In addition: I've also found my background information, 729 pages worth (single spaced, size 10 times new roman font) of it. Which I have to explain, when I make a character I go through a list of pregenerated thoughts on both the character's mentality, purpose, goals, aspirations, abilities, and several other factors.

For example:
Mentality can be broken down into the processes that make us think and respond to stimuli in various ways. I use the word for my own meaning, which encompasses emotional responses and several things I've pointed out above.

Or to make life convienant, here's twenty "heroic ideals" to keep in mind when making a character's mentality. As I've said before, aim for contrasts: not everyone is perfect and thusly your hero's can't be heroes by being saints. Give a high score to a trait, try to balance it out with a lower score in something else. This really helps when making a huge cast of characters and keeping thier differing opinions straight.

1. Calm Temper
2. Cheerfulness
3. Courtesy
4. Curiosity
5. Forgiveness
6. Generosity
7. Helpfulness
8. Honesty
9. Loyalty
10. Optimism
11. Patience
12. Self-Sacrifice
13. Valor
14. Wit
15. Humbleness
16. Integrity
17. Intuition
18. Persistence
19. Resiliency
20. Unconditional Love

Now this isn't solely for heros, you can also use this for villians with unique traits: not every villian needs to be totally evil. Having a high score in one of these traits would give them a "touch" of humanity. Enabling a reader to symphasize with the villain if you want that to come across: if not, forget about this list.

You might notice I don't have any "sins" or deliberately "evil" stuff on my list, there's a point to that. That is, well: a Villian with Optimisim might go to insane ends to accomplish thier goals since they believe in themselves. A villian with Integrity might lend a hand to the hero in some unexpected moment, like picking them off the floor instead of landing a killing blow. Villians, I find are more interesting when they have a fleeting grasp of thier humanity and it makes it also all the more harder for the heroe's to put them down when the time comes.

Be wary that I'm not saying put too many good scores in the various 20 above unless you're not making a villian but rather the "outcast/traitor" archetype that switches sides constantly but eventually becomes a heroic character. Villians that are "too good" tend to make bad villains for obvious reasons.

But wait! I'm not quite finished, next is thier Aspirations, Goals, and Purpose. Purpose is mostly what your plot is going to uncover, meanwhile Aspirations are long term chains of goals leading to that final purpose. As with my commentary on Events, Goals should coincide with minor events and lead the path towards the next stage in the overarching purpose. I implore you to make the purpose of your character direct in your mind and most importantly: Stick with it. The parts that are much more flexible is how the character gets there, but the ending should be what your character set out to do.

Another important part of the background is aptly; Alliances. Without additional support heroes and villains lack the resources to properly conduct the natural balance of good and evil. It's best to assign the 20 traits to the Organization/Alliance/NPC's of the background group a "overall score" so you can get an idea of how, what, and why they're doing what their doing. When it comes to individual members; do another run down and if they're high up on the latter, change the original score a bit over time to reflect this shift in ideals.

-Thank you for reading.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13309039/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13309039/ Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:02:54 PDT
So yeah, Thanks. It's greatly appreciated, though it'd be even more greatly appreciated if somebody'd comment once in a while. Not that I don't mind the pageviews.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13295562/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13295562/ Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:38:12 PDT
Granted it's not all in one nice bundle, but I've got work to deal with. Anyways, here's probally the best youtube video I've found yet: [link] . Believe me, I have yet to find something to top this.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13247791/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13247791/ Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:00:56 PDT
So yeah... be prepared.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13133106/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13133106/ Tue, 29 May 2007 02:13:37 PDT
1. I feel for once I never have quite enough time, plus today I start work again: lovely. Anyways, I intend to push myself to the maximum (not like I don't do that with my habits allready) and see what I can do at that level.

2. What does that mean for me? Well, 2 hours of sleep a night (minus 1 for those of you who don't know) and essentially removing all caffiene content from my system for optimization purposes. Believe me, when I remove caffiene from my system: I'm quite psycho.

3. What that means for you: Lots and lots of updates.

4. Well work starts in an hour, fun.

-Thank you for reading.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13070867/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13070867/ Thu, 24 May 2007 01:48:19 PDT Aka: To keep with Tense

In all of human history there are those events that shape and define us as a species, atrocities and of great accomplishments. Wars and peace agreements, revolutions and the setup of dictatorships. Stories and worlds of fiction should (and typically are) no different then our own history.

1. When it comes to events to write about, keep in mind this simple little fact: There's generally three types of events: Major, Minor, and finally insignifigant. This is your plotline simplified into three types of connectable chains that allow a reader to keep pace and for you to audit and edit your work without too much stress.

1a. Major events are those that solely effect and affect the characters in the story and take primarily the entire story to resolve (sometimes they're never resolved). Major events usually involve a guantlet of minor events to achieve that one major goal. Major events can also have several sub-major events within one major goal, creating easily tenfold the capablities of providing reasonable minor events.

1b. Minor events are those that can be readily resolved quickly and serve as a means to keep the storyline and plot moving. This is the usual area for a quick plot dump (revealing some kind of information) or a way to insert some action into the story to keep reader interest.

1c. Insignifigant, although the point of a insignifigant event might not be readily appearent the goal of such an event is to still keep the major and minor events moving swiftly. At best these should be minimal transitions from one minor event to another.

1c2. "Minimal" being the operative word, too short and your likely to do the same thing most FPS do with some gamers: wear down the reader quickly. Or the opposite: Take too long between minor events and again you risk losing your reader (boring doesn't cutt it appearently).

2. Another thing to keep in mind is History and the flow of events. A "Cascade Scenario" as I like to call it, one event should flow into another event (or several) to make sure the plot keeps moving. This is where "Tense" gets to truely matter with your work.

2a. For example, "Ancient Untouchable" This tense as I like to call it are those events that is entirely insignifigant and has absolutely no readily available reason or application to the plot. However, you can easily use this phase as a way to devise a "creation mythos" or otherwise explain how and why your particular setting exists. Use this phase as a way to come up with various ideas on your world that doesn't impact your story nor your characters. Fall-back ideas, basically.

2b. "Ancient Cascade" This tense involves truely ancient events that actually have signifigance to the plot. These characters and events relate to the present day storyline through direct or indirect ways. In the direct sense, these characters are absolutely responsible for the present day situation and it's because of thier actions that it exists. In the indirect sense, they still created the present day scenario, however; they were not aware of the consequences of thier actions. In blunt terms this connects through history the events that are happening in the present.

2c. "Memories" This tense involves the main characters and everything that has happened in thier lives (that's relevant to the story) to lead them up to the overarching major storyline event. This should however only be revealed in small doses through minor events to avoid completely pulling off an entire plot dump.

2d. "Immediate Past" This tense involves events that have just recently occured to such a point that they are readily effecting the characters in the story and are unchangeable.

2e. "Instantaneous Past" This tense involves an event that was just completed in relative time to the next event, in which it's effects are currently unknown.

2f. "Immediate Present" This tense involves an event that is occuring, and much like 2e it's affects on the character or group (insert important thing here) is unknown.

2g. "Short-term Instantaneous" This tense involves a character's thoughts on the very next event that is to occur. This event does not actually take place in the concept of a timeline. Any event occuring in a character's head doesn't conform to the basic ideas of linear time, however although they are thinking: events still are occuring outside of thier "head-space".

2h. "Present Future" This tense involves a 2f Tense that is only now having a effect being known by the characters. By "a effect" I mean the potential of a single event creating several other events should always be in some way or another a goal. Fall-back ideas are always a good thing to have if you run into a dead end with an idea.

2i. "Planned Future" This... ]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13058482/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/13058482/ Wed, 23 May 2007 03:04:08 PDT Aka: To create names.

Some people just have a natural gift for coming up with unique and interesting names suddenly on the spot, right out of the blue. Other people struggle for hours furiously writing away trying to get a name to come to them. Then of course there's those in the middle ground that have good days and bad days.

1st Rule: "Mirror your world, not reality" Avoid the everyday convienance of average names, unless that's the type of story your writing. Mundane names work for mundane stories, in my honest opinion. So my recommendation is to avoid the usuals at all costs.

The Exception: Sometimes the supermundane names work, however I have a severe displeasure when it comes to stories written in the context of "mundane reality". I still recommend to choose uncommon names if you must go with average ones, but that is always of your own volition.

2nd Rule: "Concept Corellations", aka "Deeper Meanings" most people associate a name to a meaning, creature, or concept to provide a meaning. My prior journal entry I provided the meanings (but not my name) becuase I felt like it. Here's where that logic might apply, if you have a character that protects another: look for words outside of the norm (german, french, or even old avalon works well) for this.

3rd Rule: "The Almighty Mirror", if the concept doesn't work and the average just doesn't suit the story: try this; reverse a word or a mundane name. For example: Mundane when reversed becomes obviously Enadnum, which could work as a name for some wizardly character or something of that sort. It's best to keep the reversed words short, something like "Intercolumination" just doesn't work reversed: "Noitanimulocretni" is just way too long.

4th Rule: "Keep it short stupid", a mock of the Keep it simple stupid strategy. Memorable names are based on the concept that it's short. Think about it, most people can only remember 7 sequences and most of you telephone/cellphone, whatever users exemliphy this situation. So keep a name short, and it also provides a bonus of being pronouncible.

5th Rule: "Off Tangent Ideas", If push comes to shove and you still don't quite have a name your looking for, look for interesting items that have a sound that mirrors the concept of the character. For example, Satalisha comes from the root word Satalite with some minor alterations. My reason for going with "sound" is that a word must be pronounced to be a part of language, spoken word came before written word and the same goes with names.

Fall Back Rule: "Pull the Sourcebook", If all of the above fail take a popular name from culture and then apply one of those rules above to make it your own.

Other then that, I don't really have anything to really comment on. Last (and only) final today.

-Thank you for reading.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/12996585/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/12996585/ Fri, 18 May 2007 03:21:48 PDT
1. As that title points out, yes: Today is the day my classes are absolved in the saving grace that is summer vacation. I have only one final to speak of: Geology 101, beyond that I am free.

2. I wrote a paper about my thoughts and feelings pertaining to this semester, and most importantly I realized that my passion lies in writing and that one day my stories will be published.

3. Beyond those two factiods, I wish those of you from my class that actually check my page (but for reasons unknown don't write any comments...) Thank you for everything. Truely, I'm going to lament the ending of that class with probally a speechless attempt at a thank you. We've really grown as a collective group, compliments and dissents aside. It was a blast.

4. I intend to work on Fraility of Glass throughout the summer. However I'm getting a bit ahead of myself, I intend first to finish Chapter 1 and hopefully get over this problematic situation involving my drive to describe everything and leave this situation appropriately in the minds eye.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/12971811/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/12971811/ Tue, 15 May 2007 22:35:13 PDT
1. I'm lamenting the loss of my journal in Creative Writing. Why? Every time while I had spare time on campus I'd write a little in it, progressing Fraility with whatever came to mind for the story. Now I find myself sadily lost without it.

2. My nickname on Campus when it comes to the MCC EGS is "Peach" short for none other than Princess Peach of Super Mario Brothers Fame. Which I should explain, my original choice in Super Smash Brother's Melee is by far my favorite Nintendo Character: Samus Aran. However Samus's best moves, hello Powermissle and Chargebeam... (something I can time to the level of art) is entirely useless against Mario's Cape.

2a. Thus in my dispair at the loss of my most powerful and beloved character, I opted out for Princess Peach becuase I thought her taunt was (although adorable in some ways) horribly annoying. As I got used to using her, I found her fast doding, quick attacks and almighty "Super" turnip based throwing attacks to my liking. Plus few forget to close in after a quick (and often devastating) down-B strike, oh how I love that move.

2b. Beyond Samus and Peach, I'm also talented with the use of Roy, Kirby, Yoshi, Link, Fox, Falco, Marth, and Young Link. I'm also learning Zelda/Shiek, Ganondorf, Mario, and Mewtwo. I can't wait for Super Smash Brother's Brawl (or Dojo depending on where you are in distribution).

3. I'm still advancing along my thoughts on Fraility of Glass, hopefully it'll all come to fruition shortly so I can update Chapter 1 accordingly. I'm still having trouble trying to convey Kiyona's current condition without drawing attention to the sexual aspects of nudity. I'm sure I can come up with something that'll work out in the end.

4. If your wondering why my profile name is called "Nephyknight" and under that is "The Lonely Raven" well here's my shot at explaining that. My AIM Screename is "Nephaelim" which I use nearly everywhere on the internet as a generic screename. My friends on a old forum story "The Sonic Adventure RPG!" shortened "Oni Nephaelim" to Neph, then one such member of the group attached the ending "y" to it and I've been called it ever since by them in particular.

4a. The "Knight" part stems from my ancestry, that more or less hints at my family coming from the French Nobility that fled prior to the French Revolution.

4b. My real name translates into "The Raven from the Hallow". So that's the inspiration behind "The Lonely Raven".

5. Off tangent link: [link] I love this song, so just mark this as "what I'm listening to.

6. My last comment for tonight, I'm going to hopefully post during this weekend (if not sooner) a Macromedia Flash Image I've been working on for my Intro to Macromedia class this semester.

-Thank you for Reading

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/12948777/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/12948777/ Mon, 14 May 2007 04:53:17 PDT
1. I intended to post/edit my works right before they started maitenance, and I didn't get to it in time. Anyways, Fraility just got a swift kick in the direction of being more understandable (I hope). Introduced and explained a core concept and a few other things. I advice rereading Chapter 1 so everything makes a bit more sense. (If anyone does... that is).

2. Played FlyFF almost all weekend long... I got to stop playing for a while, otherwise it might kill my study/writing time. Got my want-to-be Magician to level 19 over the weekend, plus had a few good bouts against my friends.

3. Worldbuilding 101 (The World-Scape)
Think about how the Earth works I recommend getting a book on geology or pooling inspiration around you. Take a walk in that circumstance. Once you have a firm grasp of how our world works, use your imagination to come up with a fictional place of importance to your story.

3a. It doesn't have to be a place, it could be a person (Fraility is an example of this...) Or a concept (Bitter Lesson) or just a off tangent idea (Krusivial's Tale).

3b. Once you have that down, try to build up the surroundings with supports. This is best served by asking the good ol' questions of who, what, why, when, and how.

3c. A good thing to remember when building an interesting world is to provide places of heavy contrast. By "Places" I mean everything can have a good contrast, character personalties (especially so if thier enemies), equipment (dagger versus Greataxe), and of course places ( below sea level valleys versus mountain peaks).

3c1. A good note is not to take contrast to an extreme, while a little is good too much can create a world that fails to make sense or requires an explaination that you might not be able to actively give nor explain. While this can work in Fantasy and Science Fiction, if your trying to create a more realistic world: it can rapidly become exceedingly problematic.

4. Last week of the Semester! WHOOO! I'm allready missing my Creative Writing Class, a lot of good, capable writers and willing (or unwilling) reviewers that have helped me (as well as themselves) become better writers. Therefore I have to thank everyone in the class at least a few times. Thank you.

5. With the lovely Final Week comes Finals shortly after, I only have one. Which calls for another Whoo! Just Geo-101, which I've used to help me with Worldbuilding in my stories and to enrich my life with ever more tidbits of knowledge.

6. Finally, I'm aiming to make Chapter 1 for Fraility come to a close (ever-mindfull of the word count limit...) and begin Chapter 2. Chapter 2 is looking to elaborate on Autram (thier city) and the mysterious enemy Coral and possibly why those two forces are fighting it out to the death. As well as showcasing some of the deeper concepts of Fraility (at least what I'm aiming to do with it) and introduce Steele, my attempt at a overly sarcastic robot.

-Thank you for Reading.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/12936348/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/12936348/ Sun, 13 May 2007 00:50:51 PDT
1. Discussed some interesting things friday in Creative Writing. I can allready tell I'm going to miss some of the people in that class. Marissa, Susan, Shanon, Eric (or was it Erik...) and a few I don't ever (stress the word Ever till it becomes redundant) want to read thier works ever again. Though out of common curitousy I'm not going to type thier names.

2. Had some of my associates over, and they effectively killed most of my weekend that I was going to devote to studying/writing. Oh well, friends are friends. Can't be all that bad if I (potentially) got one of my buddies into playing FlyFF and another gave me an opperunity to try C&C3.

3. That so called "massive update" expect that sometime tomarrow, I've really got a lot of work ahead of me for my assorted classes. So it might not be as massive as I'm trying to hype this to be.

4. Speaking of Fraility, I don't know if I'll have to change the warning to "mature content" or not depending on how well I can handle writing the next section. I've rewritten it several times now and I have yet to get it where I want it to be.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/12916868/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/12916868/ Thu, 10 May 2007 22:29:11 PDT
Why that's a for once situation is I'm the kind of freak that read the dictionary (not entirely without motivation but that's a different story) and is currently studying several languages. Those being (besides English) Deutsch, Français, 日本語, and some Latin (the dead language, not spanish).

Beyond that, Today was good. I managed to get my third character in FlyFF to level 13 in the span of about 3-4 hours. I'm aiming for a Elementer with this one, pending I can ever actually get the time to play for longer than that. Although I'm not going to deliberately give out my character's SNs, just look for character's with simular (if not exact) names to my characters and you might encounter me.

My mood overall for today is as my characters are in the various Pen and Paper RPG's I occationally get the opperunity to play with my associates. It's fun experimenting with personas, archetypes, and creating a character that has the potential to truely be memorable.

However I degress, although a character can be memorable that doesn't mean the campaign can be. An inexperianced storyteller should stick to writing stories instead of trying to do something thier not quite ready to do. Personally, if you can't muster enough creativity to come up with a unique name that might mean your definitely not the kind of material for worldbuilding.

I'll save my opinions on worldbuilding for another time, as for now I've still got work to do.

]]> ~NephyKnight http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/12906419/ http://NephyKnight.deviantart.com/journal/12906419/ Thu, 10 May 2007 00:46:39 PDT
I've noticed that although I don't recieve much when it comes to people actually visiting my page, I'd greatly appreciate it if people would actually take a little time and add a comment.

I'm aiming to improve my lot when it comes to writing and I can't very well do it alone.

Beyond that, this semester is finally closing down into the dreaded Finals Week. Not that hasn't ever drastically affected my enthusasim towards my classes. I'm at college to learn.

One thing I am happy for, my life doesn't suck. Nothing has terribly gone wrong, (well at least not badly) and I feel I can make it as a writer.

]]> ~NephyKnight