You may notice a change of decoration! Also, all my writing has been updated with new tags. You can find the tag cloud at the bottom of the page.
Tag: updates
Construction update
You may notice that there is now a “Stories” and a “Modules” tab above! You will find Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea and Love Song in Six Verses under “Stories,” and The Well Below the Valley under “Modules.” Each chapter’s Table of Contents link will now go to the proper new spot.
All the images on the blog should now have descriptions in the alt-text, and there is an extra picture of my cats on the About Me page.
I’ll be working on tags and the color scheme next!
Impending blog construction
I started this blog a little less than a year ago with two large projects in the works: The Well Below the Valley and Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea. Now that both of them are finished, it’s time to revisit the blog’s structure and make some improvements.
- Most importantly, the “Read my writing” tab will be divided into two tabs, one for stories and one for tabletop modules. As I write more projects and make them available, this will make navigation easier for readers.
- Tables of Contents will migrate to their new tabs, and the links at the top of individual chapters will be rerouted to the new pages.
- I will be adding image descriptions to all the pictures on the blog to make them more accessible.
- I will revisit my post tags and try to add more, to make individual posts easier to find.
- The “About me” page will be updated. Possibly with additional cat photos.
- I’ll try out some new color schemes and see if a new one would help with readability and general aesthetics.
New things that will be coming in the next month or so:
- Singer Lake, a one-shot campaign module for the Chronicles of Darkness/New World of Darkness system.
- Something video game related? Possibly videos? I keep saying that I’m going try to start streaming again.
- A new long-form story! It’ll be a surprise! (There will eventually be a sequel to Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea. I don’t know if you’ll read this statement as a reassurance or a threat, but there it is.)
If you’ve been reading the blog (or are here for the first time), and you have thoughts about how it can be more readable and easier to navigate, feel free to let me know!
Song of the Week
Phoebe Bridgers, “Motion Sickness”
Happy Monday! It’s the last week of NaNo! One of the first books I ever read, when I was learning to read, was The Little Engine That Could. I feel a bit like the train in that book: “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!” It’s amazing I still remember that mantra after so many years, and don’t remember stuff like…algebra.
I’ll be finishing up Chapter Two of The Well Below the Valley here on Wednesday. I hope you enjoy it; my players certainly did! They were thoroughly spooked and missed almost all the side plots in Chapter Three, they were so determined to stop the cult.
Some bad news in the Twitch department: my internet connection here isn’t strong enough to be able to stream live. It can more or less upload footage, but can’t do it in real time, which means that I won’t be able to interact with anyone in the chat. Streaming is going to be on hold until I can figure out how to fix it.
I hope everyone has an excellent week!
NaNo Update: For the first time this month, I’m actually not behind
37,590 words! I just have to keep this up for another week.
NaNo Update: All Words are Good Words
It’s been a rough week, and I’ve decided to count basically everything I write this month toward my total, regardless of what project it’s for. The good news is, I’m at 24,550 words today, which means I’m almost caught up! There’s a decent chance I can actually complete the challenge!
This was supposed to be a Friday update…
…so you can probably guess how well NaNo is going for me.
I’m at 8,265 words, which means I’m only about halfway as far as I should be at this point. I’ve also moved myself, my husband, our cats, and nearly every single thing we own across town. This week has felt like several months.
I’ve still got three more weeks in November, so I’m hoping I’ll be able to catch up a bit. I may not get to the 50,000 word goal, but that’s okay. I’m still building a good writing routine and making progress on my projects.
