2012 Sketch Dump + Rambles

Sorry about not posting last week. My brother came into town and I ended up spending time with him then I completely forgot to post anything. We had a good time, it was quiet for the most part but we started to plan on going on a vacation which I think we definitely need. I hope it all works out.

Man, I really need to keep these sketch pages more organized. Apparently some of the sketches I've posted are from 2011 and earlier but I take so long to fill up a sketch book that I forget. I don't really check the dates either but for now if you really want to know when I did a sketch you can tell by the date I usually sign on the pages. Also I'm losing my buffer so I'm going to have to start sketching a page a day again. I fell off that wagon sometime at the end of last year. Whoops. lol

Lately I've been trying to focus on writing so I guess that's my excuse. Unfortunately it's not a very good one as I haven't been writing nearly as much as I would like. I wasn't able to finish the outline as I had hoped by the end of January. I've been stuck on it but recently I started to talk to some people about it and that's helping me work out the kinks. I think I really need to talk it out but unfortunately I don't know many who are interested or are readers of this particular genre. lol Still I'm going to do my best to push through it and move on forward.

I've been trying to play with watercolors lately too which you might see later but it's still messy. I'm learning to handle it with better control but it's still not quite where I want it to be yet. I am using student grade materials so that is something but I do think I might be getting better at it. I just need to not soak the paper and to wet the paints longer so that they are easier to use since they dry and crack because I don't use them enough. lol

2012 Sketches + Happy Holiday Season!

Hope everyone is having a great holiday season! Mine is going well so far! Feels good to relax. My family isn't huge on celebrating which makes it easy for us. We just spend time together which works for me. No pressure to have to socialize. lol

Hope you guys got lots of cool presents! :D I got some nice ones from my family. Very practical ones which I like. lol

Still working on my projects. Researching more intently but I'm still not really certain where I'm going with the story. It might be better for me to just go ahead and dive in. lol That's what I've been thinking more lately and just change it once I get a rough draft. haha

We'll see but I am tired of not getting anything done. I know I've been saying that lately. I need to take more of an initiative! Also I need to schedule more posts ahead of time. I need to do a review. I'll try to get one done the next week or so. :) Until then, I hope you guys take care of yourselves and each other!

2012 Sketch Dump + Nanowrimo: Half Way Mark

Hanging in there. Since I'm using the Reverse Nanowrimo Method it should all be downhill from here....but that won't stop me from writing more than I need to while I'm in the zone!

Whoops! Forgot to add to this! Well I've officially wrote over 40k! I was able to pull off another 20k this week by writing 6k yesterday which happens to be my personal best for my daily word count. The official word count for the personal best is 6,224 which beats out the previous 4,330. I wasn't sure I was going to make the word goal but I'm extremely proud to have done it. :D The current official word count to date right now is 41,248. I'm writing a lot more than I thought I was going to do which I think is a good thing.

When I hit 50k I'm considering whether or not to continue writing or stopping and writing a decent outline before I continue writing...I'm torn because I don't really know where I'm going with the story but I also want to keep writing while I can and am in the spirit. We'll see what happens when I hit 50k which I expect to be some time next week. :D

Nanowrimo 2013 + 2011 Sketch Dump

Man, November crept up on me. I had planned on getting a lot of reading done before the start of November. I specially wanted to knock off a few books off the list of ARCs I have. They are supposed to be done for my book review blog. I'm still working on those but I think it might be time to invest in an e-reader. It's harder to read when I'm on the computer but I still personally prefer reading in the printed book format.

Whoot! So Nanowrimo starts today! I'll be using the Reverse Nanowrimo Method where I write a bulk of the word count at the beginning of the month. :D I've scheduled some sketch posts to go up every Friday this month. I'm not sure I'll be able to post any text with it (I'll try if I can) but I should have been doing this all along. Sorry there were no posts lately. Really sort of regretting taking a class this semester hasn't been too fun. OTL

Oh the story I plan on working on for Nanowrimo is "Decryption" which I'm mostly "pants-ing" so I don't really know what I'm going to do with it but hopefully it'll be fun and interesting. I'm considering starting a new sketchbook specifically for it which I want to call a "writer's sketchbook" or something along the lines of that. It'll be to help develop the story as I go. lol The thing is I already sort of have 3 notebooks going. Well 2 but the 3rd might either be a story bible or an "edits" list notebook. lol I've been indecisive lately but the start of the event will get my butt into gear.

Are any of you guys doing Nanowrimo? I'll be tweeting progress on my twitter if you're interested in following me. :D