http://browse.deviantart.com/journals/?order=5&q=by%3Abonusparts deviantART RSS for in:journals sort:time by:bonusparts en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:35:40 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/1MC-Rewrites-of-a-sort-361047809 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/1MC-Rewrites-of-a-sort-361047809 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 04:02:06 PDT 1MC! Rewrites, of a sort nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
Just a quick note, for those of you who enjoyed 1 More Chance! the first time around:

First, thank you for taking the time to read it - any of it. I appreciate the support!

Second, I'm doing some revising of the text. Nothing major to the plot, just cleaning up a lot of the extraneous verbiage (of which there is quite a bit). How does this affect you? It doesn't, actually, since I'm updating only my stored version and the FF.Net one, for the time being. Once the whole thing is fixed - assuming that happens - I'll likely pull it together in an easier-to-read format, perhaps for ePub. Don't worry, you won't have to pay to read it ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/NaNo-madness-not-so-much-335683452 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/NaNo-madness-not-so-much-335683452 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:19:36 PDT NaNo madness, not so much. nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2012-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
For 2012, I've written a 22-chapter (23 if you count the epilogue that may or may not stay) outline - so I know exactly where the thing is going - something I haven't done in a while. It's a strange experience to work from an outline again. I often put a lot of detail into my outlines (comes from doing research papers), so I feel like this story is mostly written already. The unfortun ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/What-to-do-318986654 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/What-to-do-318986654 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 12:13:08 PDT What to do? nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2012-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
Speaking of not being around, I've noticed a lot of folks who used to hang here at dA have moved over to Tumblr. I've got a Tumblr, as well, though I post there even less frequently than I do here. Tumblr - much like dA, of late - is more a place to glance and move on. It's more suited to visual art, I think, than storytelling. So, it's less of a match for someone like me, who's more interested in what I craft with ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Happiness-and-Sorrow-312919656 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Happiness-and-Sorrow-312919656 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:05:07 PDT Happiness and Sorrow nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2012-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
Many stories dwell on the conflicts that arise from anger, misery, and hate. Those can be very powerful stories, as they resonate with men and women who have felt those same emotions in their own lives. I enjoy those stories, too, at times. But I have to be honest. I prefer seeing the light, rather than dwelling in the dark.

Many of my stories deal with the darknesses of the human heart: jealousy, fear, vanity, hubris, and more. My protagonists suffer from them, in the way that I've suffered and seen people around me suffer from them. But, while that darkness brings a certain necessary drama to stories, ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Out-307125350 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Out-307125350 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:45:46 PDT Out. nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2012-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic I'll be back in two weeks.
In the meantime, be excellent to each other. ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Floating-301242357 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Floating-301242357 Thu, 10 May 2012 10:46:41 PDT Floating nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2012-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
But that's not important.

The point is, my entry was chosen by one of the contest judges, Guy Bergstrom, creator and handler of the massively entertaining Red Pen of Doom blog, to critique on his own pages. Quoted my name and everything! And, even better, he said that he liked what I wrote!

I love the support I've received from friends here at dA, no doubt. This was super-exciting for me, thou ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Dark-and-lonely-vs-Light-and-fluffy-292698637 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Dark-and-lonely-vs-Light-and-fluffy-292698637 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:55:55 PDT Dark and lonely vs. Light and fluffy nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2012-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
As you know I like to be topical so I'm thinking Easter. However, I'm thinking a little outside the box! The prompt is quite simple but the trick this week is to prepare for NEXT week!
I want you to write a piece with
….'What was the rabbit late for,' wondered Alice…..
in it. You have 100 words making a total of 108. However, the last 10 words are going to be used to start a piece by someone else next week!!

This was a tricky one for me, and I came up with two versions. One is rather dark and ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Away-away-285729609 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Away-away-285729609 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:52:01 PST Away, away nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2012-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I did recently do another photo shoot with which I'm pretty pleased; I received the proofs earlier this week, and now need to narrow it down to my two or three favourites. In the meantime, I'll upload a couple of older ones, for those of you who enjoy classic pinups.

I'm also in the process of making 1 More Chance! available for download, for e-readers, in the coming weeks. Pr ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/For-your-reading-pleasure-281938945 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/For-your-reading-pleasure-281938945 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:09:46 PST For your reading pleasure(?) nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2012-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
The (first draft) teaser and first chapter for Fearless is up at FictionPress.com:
http://bit.ly/xLkciF
I've enabled anonymous reviews for this particular story, since not everyone out there probably has an account with FictionPress, and it would be great to get some feedback. (Thank you to :devShade-the-Raven: for the initial impetus, and to :devzero-damage: for taking the time to do so, already!)

I'm not certain how many chapters I'll be posting (especially at that site), since the story is still in a draft phase. But since a few people expressed interest, I thought I would at least give them the chance.

I'm not expect ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/How-Clothes-Make-the-Man-280694150 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/How-Clothes-Make-the-Man-280694150 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:32:09 PST How Clothes Make the Man nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2012-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I don't think that the reader needs to be informed on every little dangle of hair or change of clothes in every scene, but there are some moments when I think it can really help bring the reader into the world if I can let them "see" what someone looks like, and what feelings or impressions that look may evoke. A clumsy boy in ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/No-happy-endings-276429375 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/No-happy-endings-276429375 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:44:55 PST No happy endings nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
In the adaptation of Peter S. Beagle's The Last Unicorn, the character Schmendrick (the magician) tells Molly Grue, "There are no happy endings. Because nothing ever ends." In some ways, that's true of ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Fearless-271607967 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Fearless-271607967 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:48:42 PST Fearless nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
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Not only did I finish Chapter 6 (and Arc I) at lunch today, but I also completed my NaNoWriMo goal of 50,000 words written in November!

It feels a little bit anti-climactic, since I know there is more of the story to write, but that will definitely not stop me from enjoying this feeling until I get the chance to write again. :)

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Thanks to everyone for your patience and understanding while I've been away. I didn't mean to neglect the few of you who are reading 1 More Chance!, but I needed some time to concentrate on the novella. Rest assured, updates of 1MC! will be more regular from n ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Hiatus-266392459 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Hiatus-266392459 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:49:12 PDT Hiatus nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I know that there are still some chapters to go in "1 More Chance!", and I have pretty pictures on which I must comment in my Inbox, but I just don't have the time to devote thoughtful feedback to them until after the hectic novel-writing project month of November is over.

I'm so sorry (in advance) for the delays in posting and response times, but this pseudo-contest is something that I haven't been able to do in a couple of years, and I know that I need to devote a lot of my concentration and energy to it in order to do well.

I'm ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/T-minus-10-264521502 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/T-minus-10-264521502 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:57:38 PDT T-minus 10... nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
There are now only ten days left for me to finish up my current writing projects, before NaNoWriMo hits and I devote my primary energies to the story of Finch and Baelin and the rest.

For those of you following 1 More Chance!, my huge Persona 4 story, I am currently putting the finishing touches on the final chapter. That last chapter likely won't appear on this site for another few months, while I make edits to the chapters between, but I do want to thank you for your interest and your attention (and thus your support). 1MC! is without a doubt the biggest, most complicated, most convoluted, most enjoyable, most personal ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/quot-And-so-it-begins-quot-262186569 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/quot-And-so-it-begins-quot-262186569 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:31:13 PDT "And so, it begins." nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
The new semester has been in full swing for several weeks, now, but it's just hit me over the last few days how much I have to do this year. Projects, assignments, presentations, new build-outs...! We're putting together a new live TV studio (don't ask), and while it's always fun to play with new gear, I have to keep asking, "Why? Why are we doing this? Do we really need it? There are at least a dozen better equipped studios not three miles away!"

In addition to the new studio, we've spec'ing a new data delivery system, overhauling our existing tech, an ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/The-Dreaded-M-257399013 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/The-Dreaded-M-257399013 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:52:46 PDT The Dreaded M nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
But I've also written stories where there is sex, but it's written in a way that I consider pretty tame. It's more explicit than waves crashing against the beach...though not much more. And it's for these stories tha ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Laboring-Day-256929014 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Laboring-Day-256929014 Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:33:38 PDT Laboring Day nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I've been writing a lot, lately. 1 More Chance! is coming to a close, so that is taking up a lot of my concentration and effort, but I've also been spending time working on what I've been calling The Songbirds Series of stories, too. (These are my current passion-bordering-on-obsession. And I don't get much feedback for them, so I never really feel any neglect over them, which makes f ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Prismacolor-trials-252321393 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Prismacolor-trials-252321393 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:43:44 PDT Prismacolor trials nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I love these pencils, as I've said, though the blending of several colors really d ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/We-now-return-to-our-regularly-scheduled-program-245835670 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/We-now-return-to-our-regularly-scheduled-program-245835670 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:13:59 PDT We now return to our regularly-scheduled program nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic Many apologies for the spamming to your Inbox over the last week. I was working hard to contribute a load of submissions to a fan group theme week, and I didn't want to miss out. The good news is that I wrote each of those new pieces ("Love Bento", "Lulling Lullaby", "The Unhidden Truth", as well as today's "1000 Words") in just a couple of days, the biggest spike I've had in my output in a long, long time. It also gave me the impetus to finish one short story ("Adaptation"), and edit a much older piece for posting ("Don't Rock the Plane: Claire"). The bad news, of course, is that it probably annoyed a bunch of you. :blush: ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/quot-Smuff-quot-244843394 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/quot-Smuff-quot-244843394 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:48:32 PDT "Smuff" nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
My Persona 4 stories - especially the big "1 More Chance!" story - deal very intimately with adult relationships, and a large part of adult relationships have to do with sex. That is not to say that two people canno ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/1MC-Update-216768024 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/1MC-Update-216768024 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:00:27 PDT 1MC! Update nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
Love and its myriad complexities have always intrigued me, and this story has been a way for me to examine the inner workings of love - and all of its equally beautiful and terrifying facets - in detail. In a way, it's been an opportunity ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Thank-Yous-and-Delays-218518046 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Thank-Yous-and-Delays-218518046 Thu, 26 May 2011 10:10:09 PDT Thank Yous (and Delays) nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
...But I don't think I'll be able to update the story again for a little while. Only for an extra week, because I'm off to the southern states for a bit, but I didn't want anyone to th ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Any-Fool-Can-Start-a-Story-218990775 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Any-Fool-Can-Start-a-Story-218990775 Thu, 05 May 2011 14:01:26 PDT Any Fool Can Start a Story... nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
Today started out as one of those days where I not only wished I hadn't gotten out of bed, but I wished that I had no computer, no cell phone, no demands to be anywhere or do anything. I've been concentrating on my writing for several days, and I suddenly felt like I was doing it all for shit; the elusive, sought-after fish of satisfaction just wasn't biting at my bait, no matter how much I dangled and jiggled the line.

Now, I communicate with a fair amount of people online. Many of them are passing virtual acquaintances, but some are friends, and some are even friends I've known and had for a long time, ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Hm-Ye-e-eah-219165779 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Hm-Ye-e-eah-219165779 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:07:15 PDT Hm. Ye-e-eah. nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
...

Okay, I'm just going to come out and admit it:

I'm a horny individual.

Sex (and writing and drawing about sex) is very attractive to me. I don't know if it's because I've gotten to a point in my life where I can be free and open with my partner, or if I'm compensating for my younger years spent studying and working and dealing with two rambunctious girls who, even now, are pestering me to get dinner on the table. If you've read any of my stuff from the last, oh, ten years, you probably already know this about me; ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Prismacolor-219329675 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Prismacolor-219329675 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:07:33 PDT Prismacolor! nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing, though. I've always been more of a writer than a visual artist, and I think that writing is what I do best. But I also really enjoy drawing, when the mood strikes me. For a while, I was doing about a drawing per day, and I felt like I was really getting into the swing of things with my pencils. Then, I took a hiatus for a long time (two years? three?), and I lost a lot of momentum. Luckily, getting roped bac ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Brief-break-219465107 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Brief-break-219465107 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:39:55 PDT Brief break nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I haven't been idle by any means, though! I've been playing around in my sketchbooks and getting back into working with the tablet, and I hope that you've been enjoying looking at those little drawing divers ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Back-to-Beautiful-Business-219977944 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Back-to-Beautiful-Business-219977944 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:24:49 PDT Back to (Beautiful) Business nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I owe a lot of that resurgence of interest to my readers, supporters, and (dare I say it?) friends here at dA, who've buoyed me up with kind words and lovely photos a ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Reality-hits-220318687 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Reality-hits-220318687 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:02:16 PST Reality hits nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
It makes me feel stupid, to be writing silly stories about my second home, when I could be doing so much more than that to really make a difference. I've donated to the Red Cross, which has ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Skin-thoughts-possibilities-220345525 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Skin-thoughts-possibilities-220345525 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:48:41 PST Skin, thoughts, possibilities nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I'm still editing and writing...and also trying to clean up some more of my sketchier sketches, for possible posting.

Readers of "1 More Chance!" already know that I've flash-forwarded the Persona 4 cast by about five years, and when I first started plotting and writing this story a little over two years ago, I had done some very loose sketches of what the characters would look like, five years on from the end of the game. Most of them haven't changed except in superficial ways ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/It-s-All-Right-220532412 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/It-s-All-Right-220532412 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:25:05 PST It's All Right...? nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I think it turned out pretty well, for not inking and not wiffling too much about how it should look. I've only got some old Berols (very cheap colored pencils), so I wasn't expecting anything too impressive. But it felt nice to do some art-type stuff just for the fun of it again. Lately, I've been keeping my head down with my editing and writing (which is fun, no doubt!), but it doesn't give that instant gratification that visual art does. I think because I'm so wordy, and people ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Thanks-1MC-220880896 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Thanks-1MC-220880896 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:26:41 PST Thanks! [1MC!] nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
This project has been a long labor of love for me, and I am so grateful for your interest and support thus far. I don't want to keep you waiting much longer, and I'm hoping that this will be the longest hiatus between updates, as most of the rest of the story is already finished (the last 3 chapters still have to be written, but ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Status-update-221021973 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Status-update-221021973 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:07:16 PST Status update nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I need a bit more time to edit Chapter 32 ("Listening Skills") to be presentable to my satisfaction. Basically, the chapter needs to be completely re-written from its original, and I need to take some time to concentrate on it. It will go up - there's no way I'll stop updating this story of mine with Chapter 31. But I hope you understand that I want to make this story as good as it can be, for you and for me.

I'm also tapping out another little love story, in celebration of Valentine's Day, that takes place in the Doctor Who universe. This one just nagged at my bra ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Your-maze-of-relationships-221486576 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Your-maze-of-relationships-221486576 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:32:22 PST Your maze of relationships nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I definitely enjoy the labor of writing and crafting a story (and it can be labor, believe me!), but I usually don't get to interact with readers in the same way that I get to interact with my research sources. Getting that kind of personal insight into a plot point or conversation or conflict is always so interesting to me. Translating it into prose is not always an easy task, but at least in my head I can more clearly tell who's coming from which direction in an argument or a confrontation of person ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Oh-those-troublesome-gods-221494573 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Oh-those-troublesome-gods-221494573 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:22:20 PST Oh, those troublesome gods...! nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
He's often portrayed as the god of evil, but I just don't see him that way. He's certainly puckish (and very domineering and jealous of his sister Amaterasu), but there's also a great deal of misunderstanding about him, too. The violence stems from his short temper and insecurities, which is a dangerous combination in a god, but everyone else around him is just so regal and stuffy that he's actu ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/quot-There-s-nothing-I-would-rather-do-more-221639091 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/quot-There-s-nothing-I-would-rather-do-more-221639091 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:42:03 PST "There's nothing I would rather do more... nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
Words spoken by my loving danna. :roll: :heart:

And people question why my characters talk the way that they do. :lol: ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Amazed-221914621 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Amazed-221914621 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:04:14 PST Amazed nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I was having a pretty shitty day, and all I wanted to do was just curl up on myself and bury my thoughts in my computer or my sketchbook... And then I came here.

I looked at the picture that :iconKRINGaling: made for me (still in my Inbox, just for that purpose!), and I read a very sweet comment that :iconTiffy961: made on a drawing of mine, and suddenly my own little corner of the world didn't seem like such a crappy place anymore.

I think that all artists - whe ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Perfect10-222020294 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Perfect10-222020294 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:32:20 PST Perfect10 nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-New-Year-222072619 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-New-Year-222072619 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:51:03 PST Happy New Year! nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
The Japanese way to wish someone a happy new year is
あけましておめでとうございます！ Or, in Romaji: akemashite omedetou gozaimasu!

Happy new year, 2011, everyone! ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-holidays-222270034 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-holidays-222270034 Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:59:10 PST Happy holidays! nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I plan to work on my writing and drawing (because the art is what it's really about!), and I look forward to having another great dA year with you all in 2011! :love: ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Word-hound-222427672 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Word-hound-222427672 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:45:33 PST Word hound nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
Today, I tried to upload a prose deviation http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/art/1-More-Chance-Ch-22-1-of-2-189788136?q=gallery%3Abonusparts%2F24861904&qo=0, and the site kept rejecting it. (Well, that's not entirely true. The site wouldn't preview it, leading any potential reader to have to download said deviation before they could read it.) As someone who enjoys the thrill of seeing what readers think about my work, and knowing that this could very well become a stumbling block, I knew this was not going to work for me. So I did what I usually do in such cases, at my job: take apart the process step by step, to figure ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/It-s-holiday-time-222627577 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/It-s-holiday-time-222627577 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:13:15 PST It's holiday time! nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I'd like to get back into drawing, but that means focusing more of my energy away from my writing, which is sorely in ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/National-Novel-Writing-Month-223222422 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/National-Novel-Writing-Month-223222422 Sat, 06 Nov 2010 17:54:21 PDT National Novel Writing Month nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I really enjoyed writing Peter and Alanna, the protagonists of Sixes and Sevens, and for those people who read that story, there are an awful lot of similarities betwee ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Rambling-revisionist-223445304 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Rambling-revisionist-223445304 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:19:41 PDT Rambling revisionist nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
One of the equally wonderful and frustrating aspects of being in the middle of a long-form story is that it often feels like it is constantly a work in progress.

The huge, novel-length (not kidding with that description; this baby is over 600K words) "1 More Chance!" is a good (or perhaps bad, depending on how you feel about language) example of this.

I'm closing in on the last chapter, but I've also had quite a bit of fun going back to edit and re-write the earlier chapters as I post them at dA. For th ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Inspiration-drabble-223574332 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Inspiration-drabble-223574332 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 05:06:33 PDT Inspiration drabble nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I've always loved this kind of "surprise" declaration of affection, as Rukitella does so well here...
...although, why do I get the feeling that the seconds immediately following this would be comprised of something like:

Despite his arm around her waist, Chie yanks herself away as though pulling her hand from a fire.

"Mm-wha-?" Yousuke starts, and the next second later she nearly takes his head off, with a stinging slap across his cheek that he can feel is already leaving its hot imprint on his sk ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Practice-223596674 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Practice-223596674 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:47:36 PDT Practice nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
(Maru, I don't really blame you, you know that. Let's call it inspiration, instead. :hug:)

That said, I know that I am not - n ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/One-more-quot-1-More-Chance-quot-outlet-223979011 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/One-more-quot-1-More-Chance-quot-outlet-223979011 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:23:29 PDT One more "1 More Chance!" outlet nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I'm currently working on Chapter 60, and there are s ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Another-year-wiser-224064613 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Another-year-wiser-224064613 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 05:10:42 PDT Another year wiser nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I've got so much for which I'm thankful already: my family, my home, my job, my health, my Danna, and the girls. My parents asked me a while ago what I wanted for my birthday, and I had to really think about it. It was a chore to update my Amazon wish list! :D

I'm still into studying Japanese folklore, and while some people don't like reading all of those titles in the prose, I find it really fascinating. It's a style in which people don't write at all anymore, and while part of it is nostalgia for my university days spent reading Olde and Middle English, part of it is finding an appreci ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Anime-match-up-224440431 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Anime-match-up-224440431 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:05:00 PDT Anime match-up nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
Souji and Yukiko were easy: Tuxedo Kamen (Tuxedo Mask) and Sailor Moon. Yukiko more closely resembles Sailor Mars, of course, but I figured it would fit better with their relationship if they were the couple of the story. The look is so classic in some ways, and they actually sort of resemble the anime characters' likenesses.

I wanted Yousuke and Chie to be kind of stylish but also kind of silly, so they were Mifune Go and Shimura Michi: Speed Racer and Trixie. That's still a little drawing I'd like to do, i ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Smartening-readers-224529947 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Smartening-readers-224529947 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:17:55 PDT Smartening readers nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
So, I started writing this "Bayonetta" story, "Mirrors." I played the game somewhat recently (and had a blast with it - so much crazy action!), and I just got this idea for a story. Mostly dialogue (which I think I do well), and about relationships. It's just a distraction/practice piece, which I thought would be fun to write while I tackle other projects more seriously.

Anyway, two of the characters - Bayonetta and Luka - have this interesting relationship throughout the game. Luka is kind of grudgingly attracted to Bayonetta, but she doe ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Rant-224737400 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Rant-224737400 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:51:40 PDT - Rant - nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
O.O

Seriously, how fucking busy are you that you can't remember to take a tiny pill at the same time every day? Just pick a convenient time that you can remember - let's say, 12noon - and stick to it. How much easier does that have to be for you to remember? Most people who are on the pill probably have some means of reminding them: Google calendar works, or an alarm on your phone. Keep the pill with you through the day, like in your purse, or your wallet, or your cel p ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Translation-skills-not-up-to-snuff-apparently-226625499 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Translation-skills-not-up-to-snuff-apparently-226625499 Mon, 10 May 2010 12:29:11 PDT Translation skills not up to snuff, apparently. nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
...But still kind of worth it, to make him sound like an old-timer trying to steer my protagonist on the right path. :)

I keep getting my modifiers mixed up, though. So many descriptive phrases that I think should be translated one way but instead are translated in another. Like the 王女の悪魔 issue. I ha ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Vignette-possibilities-227527773 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Vignette-possibilities-227527773 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:22:51 PDT Vignette possibilities nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
"1000 Words" started out as a one-shot, an experiment to see if I could write from a boy's point of view again, and I think it was reasonably successful. (I think I'm far better at Chie, but it helps that Yousuke is such an emotional dork.) I try to keep the vignettes in this series to events that would occur i ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Back-into-writing-227947080 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Back-into-writing-227947080 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:03:08 PST Back into writing nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
Tomorrow will see Chapter 52 posted, one week in advance of the 52-week mark (because my first post on March 11, 2009, was with Chapters 1 and 2, and I updated Chapter 9 before it was due). I think that's still something to be proud of, even if I did miss a week of ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Valentine-s-Day-story-228246396 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Valentine-s-Day-story-228246396 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:12:02 PST Valentine's Day story nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I was going to try and finish "Fireflies and Snow" in time for Valentine's Day (and because the story mostly takes place at that time, in 2012), but it looks like "1 More Chance!" will need the time before the regular Wednesday update (now working on Chapter 51! As Strong Bad would say, "Ah, holy crap!").

I'm starting to think more and more that the sequel to "1 More Chance!" should be told from Yousuke's point of view, since it's been a long time since I've done a male character's perspective. I was also fooling around with an idea that I was calling "1 More Chance! Reprise" that would have been some of th ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Bamboo-Fun-228915601 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Bamboo-Fun-228915601 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:38:56 PST Bamboo...Fun? nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I just ordered myself a Wacom Bamboo Fun, so that I can get back into drawing.

I had taken up my sketchbook again a couple of years ago, and I had gotten better with drawing every day on my train ride commute...but that fell by the wayside when I started writing again with a weekly update schedule. I'm hoping that the new tablet will get me back into my drawing, though. I've really missed putting my pen to paper (or, in this case, virtual paper) for some non-prose "art."

My original concept for "1 More Chance!" (the exceedingly long and involved ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Writing-or-drawing-233708526 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Writing-or-drawing-233708526 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:27:59 PST Writing or drawing? nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2009-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
1) My art kinda sucks, and I'm way out of practice. I picked up a pencil again the other day, and I feel like I (again) lost a year of potential skill. I work a lot from photo stock and still life, and the opportunities to do that are not very common with a full-time job and getting married and all of that.

2) My writing is...um...sort of adult. Ever since NaNoWriMo 2007, I've been exploring adult sexuality and how partners react to each other when they're faced with certain sexual decisions. The research has been interesting for the most part, ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Gah-237286946 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Gah-237286946 Fri, 09 May 2008 08:08:42 PDT Gah! nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2008-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I'll try to post some recent stuff very soon. (Should really get a scanner for home....) ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/NaNo-has-ended-238983266 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/NaNo-has-ended-238983266 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:22:34 PST NaNo has ended! nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2007-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I managed to hit quota, but I found that I enjoyed writing these characters too much to put them away just yet.

I know that I said I was going to try and post some concept art of the characters, and I did not do that at all. I really am going to try and get back into drawing now that the craziness of 50,000 words in 30 days has ended. Hopefully, I will have something new to add to the gallery in the coming days. ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/National-Novel-Writing-Month-239431527 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/National-Novel-Writing-Month-239431527 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:32:12 PDT National Novel Writing Month nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2007-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic
I would really like to do some sketches of my main characters, and post them here, to keep my interest going, and to help me see my characters in a new light. I had visual reference for my main characters in last year's NaNoWriMo, but that's because it was a fan fiction. This year, it will be a bit different, as I'll be focusing on generally modern characters in a gene ]]> http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Coloring-239967778 http://bonusparts.deviantart.com/journal/Coloring-239967778 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:15:42 PDT Coloring nonadult journals/personal bonusparts http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/o/bonusparts.png?3 Copyright 2007-2013 *bonusparts @bonusparts_fic