Melancholic Nostalgia

After reading through my traffic, it seems that everyone is interested in my review of KnK, and even the animation of the Mystic Eyes.

Well, if you’re a fan of the soundtrack (just check out YouTube for some of the best tracks), then perhaps these CD covers will be nice. The first few do exist, but I had to create two of them (numbers 2 and 7) from scratch.

Feel free to download the full size versions for your iTunes or other MP3 player of your choice.

Also, I uploaded an anime music video I created of Hellsing, song is Coldplay – Cemeteries of London.

The second stage of my master plan has begun.

Following a nice article in the Athens News (which Maria kept the page for me), I read up on the Guardian’s Ten Rules for Writing Fiction (part 1 and part 2). Sarah Waters’ advice to write at least 1000 words a day is a good one, and while it isn’t a difficult target to achieve, I chose to start low, 500 words.

At least 500 words, every day, including the weekend. if I struggle, just write any old 500 words, even if it is for a later chapter (sometimes endings to events are easier to write than the beginning or middle of one!). If I’m inspired, there’s no rule to say that I have to stop at 500, so I can even go on to 1000 or more if I want.

500 words, seven days a week, means 3500 in one week, 14000 in a month (assuming 4 weeks), 45500 in three months, and finally 182000 in a year, more than enough for a first book, no?

Of course, i won’t stop writing my fanfiction, and that can be done on the weekend. Case in point, Ranma and the Doctor, chapter 17, and my Haruhi fic The Lost Child updated to chapter 4.

Anastasia’s wedding was nice, a tad stressful, but the landscape chose to let out some beautiful sights for us:

The motif for the wedding, white and blue roses.   

Well, no, not really.

No point in talking about how badly Greece is doing, it’s all over the news.

The BBC has two interesting articles, seeing as I’m getting a lot of hits on my ‘Why Greece is in Debt’ page. This link talks about exactly what happened to Greece, which just about sums it up.

It also paints a scary picture for the future of Greece, with regards to how it deals with the debt. In any case, Greece does not get out unscathed.

Naturally, protests are almost daily now. The Communist Party is loving every minute of it, anarchists want to burn everything, whilst for the rest of population it’s (less) business as usual. I’ve noticed a few more shops has closed near my work, but c’est la vie.

Protesters outside Parliament

Police ready to intervene

Now on Chapter 16, currently standing at 101,754 words, now my longest story I’ve written so far.

My writings have appeared on many sites, most are old, due to obsolescence, others due to not updating properly, and simply mentions by fans of them.

Mediaminer (old site which is fairly boring to use)

WhoFic.com (not uploaded my story yet since it needs to be converted)

Naru’s Diary (site made by a famous fanfic writer, who liked my story enough to put on this old site)

Fan History Wiki (created automatically for all authors on fanfiction.net)

I’m even mentioned on TVTropes.org for Haruhi and Ranma fanfiction.

Gaia Online seems to like my 28 Days Later/Love Hina crossover too.

There are many sites out there which like my writing, which I won’t bother listing here, but just by googling the names of my stories, they can easily be found.

Bought a new chair at Praktiker, finally, a decent office chair with arm rests to replace a white girly chair I’ve been using for over a year (due to my massive leather one snapping in two).

Super comfortable, I’m loving it already.

Also, a creative doorstop, or for me, a cat stopper (to prevent her coming into the room and attacking my mouse cursor and/or blocking the screen during a game), shaped like a quotation mark, Stoppy. Got a red one to match the decor in my room, and Maria got a blue one.

It’s already worked once against the cat, which is excellent news for me!

The first part of my master plan has gone underway, here’s hoping I will see it to the end.

Starting a series of long weekends to use up some holiday leave, which makes it very easy to write huge amounts of the book, and plenty of other things too.

In the meantime, enjoy my series of photos, again taken with my K750i.

Deep blue sea on the 6th April:

Excellent cloud formations from Glyfada, again on the 6th:

Sunset at Piraeus port, April 7th:

Today, parked just randomly in Glyfada (and for sale too), a Cadillac!

Well, that’s an approximate amount, when I wasn’t feeling particularly inspirational. A good ballmark figure I should strive for when I start writing in greater amounts for the next year or so. True, it may not be for my book, just fanfiction again, but any form of writing is writing none-the-less.

Taking some well deserved leave in the form of three long weekends, so April is going to fly by without my noticing it.

Also the new episode of Doctor Who was actually really good, I was wrong about my first impressions of the 11th Doctor, but he is a quirky character, and, dare I say it, more like the Doctor should be than Tennant.

The score by Murray Gold was once more, emotional, a great deal more than the previous series more epic tone to it. I’m looking forward to hearing the new tracks for the next few episodes, and for the soundtrack to be released.

Not a bad movie really. Saw the trailer on my iPod (using the podcast from FilmTrailer.com via iTunes) so we decided to see it yesterday.

Overall, wacky fun, dual personalities and a weird premise all round (even the geeky lead is likeable to a certain extent), makes it for a good viewing.

We were also lucky in that we had the entire cinema to ourselves, no one watched it with us, nice and quiet!

Nothing like a walk along the coastline in Palaio Faliro to really set the mood for the evening…

My unique crossover was updated today, to chapter 5. It seems to be moving a lot faster than the Ranma timeline, with some of crazy Tsukihime events to happen soon.

No reviews though, which is a little sad, but it doesn’t affect me so much, since I like the characters.

Vermilion Concerto No 1 – Nerima By Moonlight