Quick Thoughts
1/11 I think tie prices are the clothing industry’s way of saying, “We don’t make enough money off men.”
1/6 Ruptured ovarian cyst(s) keeping me in bed for days on end is driving me toward financial disaster, but at least I have time for Skyrim binging The Clone Wars writing!
1/2 So lots of random crap around this place suddenly isn’t working. Sorry about that!
1/1 Happy new year!
12/29 Faffing about with site stuff. Sorry if anything’s illegible.
12/25 Happy Christmas to anyone into that!
12/20 Should I be starting another long story? Absolutely not. Am I? I’ll let you guess.
12/19 Geez, how do you explain “I’m out of spoons” to 3- and 5-year-olds?
12/18 Editing a story in the morning instead of watching an episode is very effective! I’ll never catch up on the Arrowverse that way, though XD
12/16 After-Dinner Brandy is almost done! Get ready for Trowa’s long story in way more detail!
12/15 It’s just occurred to me that Cap’n Crunch’s hair is white and he’s never been promoted beyond cap’n. Incompetence? Prejudice? What’s been holding him back so long?
12/14 New writing is easy now; editing I still don’t have a lot of time for XD
12/11 I’ve reached linear completion on After-Dinner Brandy!
12/10 New method for consistently writing even while working a lot.
12/08 SoOoOo busy. Gotta figure something out.
12/07 NQF has gone very poorly on both ends this year. *sigh*
TWIP: Selfies, animals at work, lunch!
05/28: Here's another work selfie, I guess? Not sure why I took this one: 05/29: My co-worker (whose name is also Robin) has been fostering some kittins, and they are the cutest things. Here are some pictures of thems: OK, so, after 9 months or so of bringing a salad...
Haute Coauteur
DC Animated Universe: Clark can’t figure out why Lois, not usually given to writing gossip articles, has just come up with this fluff piece about a couple of villains at a nightclub.
TWIP: cats, man-dick, selfies, dog, rescue blanket
TWIP: Cats, cats, cats, tattoo, low-key cosplay
To Rise Unseen
Harry Potter: An acquaintance from school, who happens to be a Death Eater now, highlights everything wrong with all of Peter Pettigrew’s relationships.
Voice of Experience
Sofia the First: Sofia has a dilemma concerning her sister, and there’s only one princess that can give her exactly the advice she needs.
AEL: The Dragon Quartet, 9 From the Nine Worlds, Mansfield Park, The Hundred Days, The Riddle-Master Trilogy
The Dragon Quartet by Marjorie B. Kellogg -- Once upon a time I found the first book of these four at a used bookstore. I believe I was in my mid-to-late teens at the time, and I will frankly admit that it was the beautiful cover that caused me to buy the thing for,...
TWIP: Mostly cats, but also check out my green and black dress
PL: Pain, CS, TLY, To Sketch: To Suggest, Haunted House, BC 24
State of the union -- My joint pain has still been very bad, especially in the hands and wrists. I tested negative for Rheumatoid Arthritis and a variety of autoimmune disorders, so fibromyalgia is the next possibility we're looking at. Taking a new drug that I...
TWIP: Just a quick few
TWIP: LA’s, vanity, silliness
AEL: The Collegia Magica, King Solomon’s Mines, Oz briefly, The Haunting of Hill House, Sofia the First, two O’Brians, The Outlaws of Sherwood, The Wind in the Willows, Misery, two Austens, To Kill A Mockingbird
The Collegia Magica by Carol Berg -- This was my second time through these books, and I find them a very interesting experience. The world the author has created is solidly conceived, makes sense, and fascinates. The characters she populates it with are excellent,...
TWIP: LA’s and some silly stuff
02/18: You may protest that I have taken and posted this precise photo multiple times in the past. The only thing I would have to say in response to that is that my dog is incredibly cute, and it's fun to see my character wall progressing. Then look at these two...
To Sketch: To Suggest
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir: On seeing a new set of Nathaniel’s drawings with a new subject, Chloé’s at it again.
PL: TLY, NQF, A Lois Date, ASZz, BC, HoH, ABCDEFG, websitely, Rose Pale, palette drawings
Well, it's been, like, six months since my last Productivity Log, so I hardly know what to say XD There's no way I'll remember everything I've wanted to mention about everything I've worked on, so this is likely to be a little random and scattered. To start with, the...
TWIP: Disneyland and some cats
01/20: I try not to take pictures of every single cute outfit I wear; I really do. But this scarf matched my springy green dress soOoOo well, I just had to document it. OK, we went to Disneyland, the way we do. This time Mostle and Jakebii came with us, but brother...
Aku Soku Zan(za) (6)
Rurouni Kenshin fanfiction by kuroiyousei: How might things have gone if Saitou, rather than Kenshin, had beaten some sense into kenkaya Zanza and become his guiding force?
TWIP: Animals and selfies and lots of Piper
12/29: I pulled out of the garage and saw this guy just chillin' beside the fence. He was there for so long, sometimes asleep but sometimes startled by human comings and goings, that I kinda worried about him. It was super cold that day, and the spot didn't seem...
A Lois Date
DC Animated Universe: Lois is too sick to join her boyfriends on the date she had planned. And though they, of course, enjoy each other’s company in any context, can they enjoy the type of evening she had in mind without her?
TWIP: Cats, ties, and random crap (long post to catch up!)
11/13: It looks like I forgot this one in the last TWIP entry. I just thought these clouds looked cool on the way to work: 11/18: And here's my adorable dog enjoying the bed in various states of the linens being changed. And wot about Piper sneepin' on the laptop!! I...
Paperback now available
The proof copies came a lot sooner than I expected (that is, than Amazon originally said they would), and I love they way they look. I think for a future edition I will make the gutter margins a little wider, and there is at least one spot where the word processor did...
My relationship with RK
Because of the hideous behavior of its creator, I have stepped away from Rurouni Kenshin. I don't have active plans for new stories in that fandom except as pertain to my ongoing stories Aku Soku Zan(za), Blood Contingency, Heretic's Reward, and my His Own Humanity...
IT’S TIME YOU GUYS YOU GUYS
Yes, that's right: my darling sister finished drawing the cover illustration for this novel, which is now in the process of publication. The link above leads to the official site, where there are purchase links to Amazon and Barnes & Noble. At the moment only the...
AEL – The Wine-Dark Sea, SW I-II Novelizations, The Tin Woodman of Oz, Bambi/Bambi’s Children, Netflix, The Clone Wars, VLD, Miraculous, Castlevania
The Wine-Dark Sea by Patrick O'Brian -- One thing that's really sweet about these books is that they're unexpectedly slice-of-lifey. The lives happen to be very unusual by the standards of the modern American reader, but we get looks into the everyday and often...
The Longest Year: Monsters Like Me
Matías Soto Perez, a very normal human teenager from Earth, suddenly finds himself living a double life, but not the cool kind where he’s a superhero or something; instead, he’s just one of several “monsters” magically summoned every night to another world by a power-hungry alien to help in conquering neighboring villages… and in more mysterious pursuits. Awake in one world whenever he’s asleep in the other, Matías is first catastrophically distracted and then approaching the verge of mental exhaustion. He and the rest of the monsters must find a way to stop the summoning before it makes an even bigger mess of their lives!
PL: Life update, C&A (and other HOH stuff), Animal-Handler, HR 33, Nighttime Post
Well, folks, I yet live. But everything has changed. Of course my darling Waybee died, and that was tragic. Then I had a fibromyalgia flare-up so bad it made me realize I had to leave the veterinary field. Yesterday was my last day at the clinic. My future is...
His Own Humanity: Cockatiel and Armadillo
Ze likes fashion, football, and social justice. He likes Star Wars, friends, and tabletop roleplaying. Can this meeting between totally dissimilar strangers go anything but badly?
Animal-Handler
Though the circus has settled in for its winter break, Trowa Barton (acrobat, animal-handler, and werebeast beta) still has his hands full — with a newly acquired lion he’s sure is more than it appears, the return of former romantic partner and current alpha-friend-with-benefits Heero, and tiny niece Relena growing up much too fast.
A Tribute To Waybee
On the night of November 11, 2004, I heard from outside my apartment a sad meowing. Looking out the window revealed a small cat running from one apartment door to the next to the next, crying for someone to let her in out of the freezing cold. Immediately I ran to...
Heretic’s Reward 33-
Rurouni Kenshin fanfiction by kuroiyousei: Orchard-hand Sano is pulled from his small-town life to assist royal knight Hajime in restoring the usurped throne to Kenshin, the rightful king, and the two of them may find a connection beyond only this quest.
TWIP: LA’s and work cats
15 days 'til I turn 39! 08/08: Little Animals: 08/11: So often the lighting in my house in terrible for taking pictures. I suppose I should experiment with the settings on my phone camera, and maybe use a flash sometimes? But it's really annoying. 08/12: You know...
PL: Audiobook and pain, exchange fic, HOH, ASZz
20 days 'til I turn 39! Audiobook and pain -- As I mentioned somewhere, working with my narrator on the files of the first TLY audiobook ate tons of my time. I had the Kindle book and the audio files open side by side, and was following every word to check for...
TWIP: Duo, LA’s, work cats, Renaissance Festival, stuff I bought
29 days 'til I turn 39! 07/22: I'm sure many people have seen this, but I felt it needed to be documented: When those folks came up with those names for Gundam Wing, did they know what lasting entertainment they would provide the fans? Two cats in harmony on the bed:...
Birthday countdown 2019 begin!
39 days 'til I turn 39!! I promise I really am working on stuff. Two big projects (exchange fic and helping get this first TLY audiobook finished), which both more or less have deadlines, have been siphoning all my time lately... but I have gotten bits and pieces of...
TWIP: So many work cats, zoo sketches, and the best thing that’s ever happened to me in life
07/07: I was sitting in bed with some cuddlebugs, and Hiko was doing this: https://kuroiyousei.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190707-Hiko-sneepin-next-to-Piper-and-twitching.mp4 What do you suppose he was dreaming about? Eventually I rose and wore my new plaid...