Melancholic Nostalgia

Chapter 4 of ‘In My Arms, In My Heart’ uploaded.

Also, a fan has translated one of my stories into Russian no less!

http://zhurnal.lib.ru/r/rakshas/turbanator__crimson_valentine.shtml

Quite flattered to be honest.

A common part of working in a travel agency, however 1 hour can kill you with boredom.

In between doing my usual complaints and cleaning out the queue, I drew these horrid figments (well, only one really is horrid)

Taken with the Samsung Galaxy S2.

Well, at least that bus stop so won’t be boring any more.

Rents must be going down, because this sex shop was in a dodgier part of Piraeus.

Not that I was a frequent customer of theirs…. Not at…

Just another evening with clear skies…

Looks like I may need a new hard drive sooner rather than later…

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!