Instead of working on my rewrite and extension, I'm fixated on the financial side of things.

Thanks brain. I needed that. /s -_-

Tomorrow WILL be a more productive day. I'm not giving it a choice.

Morning

It's fun bringing Monster Hunter style carving mechanics into Anime5e. I highly recommend Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting for any 5e related table.

And to be clear, I don't hate 5e in and of itself... I just hate Hasbro/WotC for their frequent bullshit and don't endorse giving them money.

I need AO3 to hurry up with my invite, I have stuff I want to post.

FR tho, I get it. They've got a massive backlog. I can wait a couple weeks. Its my fault for not starting the process sooner.

Today was an off day. Mostly spent it reorganizing my Obsidian vault and laying down some basic ideas for extra scenes. Tomorrow I'll get more shit done, even if I'm still debating on turning the first arc into its own novella. Still waiting on Alpha opinions for that.

This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.

In addition to various writing projects I run several TTRPGs through the week (Wed thru Fri). Two of them in GURPS, one in Savage Worlds, and one in Anime 5e.

If you can't tell, I favor sandbox systems where you can highly customize your characters. I like the crunch.

Also, Fuck Hasbro/WotC.

I have officially finished the rewrites of previously done chapters so that they match my current 'voice'. Now to move on to uncharted territory.

Also... still waiting to hear back from alphas about the first arc to decide if I should expand it.

The argument about objectifying fictional characters was always stupid because they are objects. It's also hypocritical because it's okay to put these characters in situations where they're ripped apart and put back together both physically and mentally but not okay to have them in a bikini???

The play by play continued last night and has been helpful. They pointed out things I've been neglecting that I can work in better as I continue working.

Today was a rest day for writing. I did make some time to play Vintage Story with a friend though and discussed a dedicated server rather than an adhoc one I always run.

In writing news... still no word from the alphas on what they think so far. Unfortunately.

Last night was somewhat productive, when I normally have to hammer out writing in the mornings. Finished a chapter and did some internal linking in Obsidian.md. I've been slackin interlinking characters and worldbuilding elements.

Also I gave 3 alpha the first arc of Dark Hunter... I'm anxious now.

New Year, New Pen Name.

I forgot how tedious setting up socials could be for a persona. But I'm giving it an honest go this time, anxiety be damned.