Its a cold...cold day and....time to discuss...

All right, the heat issue was restored due to fiance finding out how much energy that is a draw from the heater, which isn't that much. I am still annoyed by this information now, but I decided to discuss something that is in my book and I am hoping fellow fans actually get this when it comes out.

I am using the fact there are mages in my world that are intersexed, which means they're both male and female at the same time. I haven't discussed this entirely, until I was asked by someone in a writing group about my views of LGBTQ community.

All right, I am going to come clean, I am part of the LGBTQ, I am Asexual, I have been this way since I was a kid and neither gender held much appeal to me. I preferred my reading books and enjoying a conversation. Does this affect my writing? Actually partially as I have decided to discuss this now.

For one, yes, I have intersexed cast members, this person has not been introduced yet and their name will not be coming up until later. The truth is, I am not going to elude a pronoun until I am ready to bring this up. For many reasons, I am not doing this because I am a fan of She-Rah or anything, there has been plans to bring an intersexed character in my writing for awhile. I have just realized I need a time and place about when this character will be brought in.

This is going to be a character that will be vital to the story and I will not cut corners about this character yet and I will not release a profile picture onto my FB page until I am ready. I am hoping to have their name announced in time and also submit them for something special at a local convention, yeah, I'm hoping to entire the character for a demo character for Daku Con considering I am planning something for that con. Yeah, I am getting closer for the book being released, but I am hoping to release it at Daku Con as part of a promotion for this convention and also to bring characters out that will be considered character models.

Will this affect my work? Absolutely, yes, it will considering the characters in the first part of the story are minors, but as the book series goes on, the main cast will turn into adults and it should be all right for the rest of it. I am also looking at releasing some of the Dragon's Library swag ideas for the convention to look into doing. I am not going to pressure them right now, we just finished con season out with a bang.

I am excited though to announce a new character to be joining the cast as soon as I am finished fleshing out the story and finishing up book 1. The fact Book 1 is almost done along with the side story. I am also getting ready to start Book 2 which has no title as of yet. I am also bringing in characters that Belinda and Sam will be running into that will be helping them. I am also going to be throwing in cast members who are yet to be introduced yet.

Also I will be plugging my Patreon and other sites to generate money for promotions. I am also going to be bringing out the ideas for the cast latter on. So this is the general announcements!

Editing in a cold house

Due to a horrible issue with the breaker in our house, we can't run the heater, now I am basically freezing my tail of as I edit. I am basically have two days off and I am starting to wish I was able to find some place that was warmer than this, sadly I am broke as well so I can't just walk over to the local Burger King or Taco Bell to warm up.

It is pretty bad when the house is this cold and I can't concentrate as it was, I was hoping we could do more, but sadly this is discomforting to sit here and do this. I am pretty much freezing my tail off as it were and I saw my fiance snoozing upstairs, there is still no place I can go to warm up. I am basically sitting in a kitchen freezing.

Another Snow Day!

It seems a bit much, but snow is going down earlier and I decided to work on editing and then thinking about books. I am still tired...I have thought about watching a movie later.

I am almost done with chapter 3 of part 2. I am still thinking about yesterday and how I got home. I was dealing with the idea that it is freezing last night. I have been thinking about all the cold crap, but I am still dealing with bus issues.

Day after con, assisting a friend

As I have said I am working with another writer friend on an autobiographical story, he has a lot to say and I want to make sure as I help him that we have all the information. I don't usually work with a nonfiction narrative, but I want to make sure that his story is fully explained and he doesn't feel like he's going to back at square one.

I have thought hard about this and have thought that this could be getting us in trouble, but I doubt it would. He is and always has been an honest guy and I have never had a reason to distrust him. So I am putting forth the fact he and I are working on the book to make clear his own conscience and his own views.

I have always thought it was odd he went to war.

Daku Con 2019

Sorry I am well rested and will be posting about Daku Con and all the greatness I saw as I worked for the convention and being part of the staff experience. For many this con has only been around for a few years.

I have been attending as a panelist and this year working with the programming director was simply a joy and I was floating everywhere other than the fact I was running panels on top of it. Was it stressful? NOPE! It was far from being a stressful part of running around and helping a director with one part of the con and another. Usually spending a minute or two in opts, then hoping to find something or somewhere I was needed. I was mostly hopping between Video Rooms and taking Panels no one was sitting through and doing a critique of them.

The staff were simply the nicest as always and even to volunteers who tried to do the best they can. I will have to say my former roommate was there and I will always stand by him being a good worker. I will not ever room with him, but he's by far a great joy to work around.

I was able to get some time to myself and Saturday, while people partied, I slept through some of it.

I don't like the term Wee-a-boo!

As a writer, I love Anime and manga, but I hate the term Weeb or Wee-a-boo because its a term of bullying and also sour remarks against those who don't do such things. I love certain shows and dislike others, I am more into more story driven Anime and less into the mainstream slap it on the shelf for ratings kind of Anime. I am not a popularity hound, so I don't seek out Anime that is popular to others.

As I write my own stories, I draw inspiration from stories like Natsume Yuujinchou or even Fairy Tale, I am not the kind that goes out and says, "Watch this because its popular." Its a totally a turn off to me when people spout about how I am not a real Anime Fan. Truthfully I bury myself into series that most people have no idea are out at all.

I sat through Naruto and had no connection to any of the characters, it was just so humdrum, then I went for shows that were more my style of story telling. I prefer the high fantasy feel, and even with some modernism thrown in, much like Sword Art Online which has a huge amount of fantasy in it, but with it a sci-fi feel with it being about a video game. People call it a rip off of .hack//Sign without really knowing the entire story.

Personally this is why I stuck to the lightnovels and didn't really bother with going into the Anime too heavily. I am certain most people who read this wonder why I go into this entry talking about Anime and why its such a part of my writing.

My reasoning for saying what I said about Wee-a-Boo is a bully term, it actually assumes that the person like me who likes certain shows wants to be Japanese. That is not true, I actually don't want to be Japanese, I want to go to Japan as a writer, and learn from the culture, not be a total idiot walking into another country. If I become a famous author internationally, I want to be able to adapt to the culture of which I am visiting and be respectful and not like those tourists I see on TV. I also certainly don't want to be like the MORON in office who couldn't know culture if it smacked in the freaking face and was a dog shitting on his shoes. There is a huge difference between myself and someone who fakes it to make it.

The other issue I see and its the one that makes it evident when you watch most people at some Anime cons, they honestly think people in Japan act like they do in Anime. That is hardly even the truth, there are Japanese who actually don't like Anime and like other hobbies, and personally I respect that. I would rather talk to someone from Japan about their favorite book or their favorite movie rather than just about animated show they like.

What I really want to say to those using that term is what does it truly mean? Actually to me and this is a definition I use, a person who is a Wee-A-Boo ONLY watches Anime, has no other hobbies and tends to think and act that they think is Japanese. They have no concept of private space, they don't seem to understand the words of "no" and "I'm not interested in that," they take offense to the idea that someone might not like say Naruto, Bleach, Dragon Ball Z, Attack on Titan, or even One Piece (though in my experience One Piece fans are actually nicer). They also butcher the Japanese language and mispronounce some words, they don't even try to correct it. (While someone who studies Japanese will mispronounce words, they will attempt to correct it politely)

There I opened up a bit about myself and my hobbies, but I am not going to go into a hateful rant about being called a Wee-a-boo, but I will tell you that its kind of annoying. For many reasons I consider myself just a Nerdy Anime Loving person who prefers certain quieter shows and story telling.  So there you go.

Work has begun for Daku Con

I am going to be working on the Daku Con panels for the next few days and I am perfecting one of them for the extreme cases and I am hoping that the fantasy discussion goes well. I am bringing out some of my work and also hoping we have a few other authors joining in.

I am surprising myself again as I went back to working on some fanfiction and I promised myself I wouldn't go back to that for awhile. The truth of the matter is that I am no longer part of a lot of the communities, but there are some  I still love to be part of.

I am working toward getting the book finalized and ready for a real editor. This adventure will soon be over, with the mini-novella in it to get people ready for what else is in the Planor.

Meet up today with a friend and what's going on

I have a meeting with a fellow writing friend who needs some help with a story he is working on. As he was in the Middle East this is more a memoir than a fictional story. I am hoping if he needs me to take his story down, I will, but we may have to have multiple sessions over the next few weeks to get this story out and also find him a publisher for it. I feel this is his chance to be open and honest of the stuff he has seen and also to put his own demons to rest. 

I on the other hand am working harder and harder to finis up the Dragon's Library, get it edited and finished up for publication. I am done emotionally with the way the community here in Colorado at least in the Anime community who are nothing more than jerks. I have met some gems in there and I hope that community doesn't eat them alive. I personally want my book published, but some how people have taken to taunting me about it. Saying I am never going to be done. 

That's not how it works out I'm afraid the topic and terms that people say that are used is that I am nothing more than a liar. Yeah, I'm done with that, I have worked way too long on being a writer to be used and thrown away just because of something I did. 

Small acts of kindness is not going to rescue my reputation, but I decided that one of the few things I have done is turn my back on people who used me. I am glad to have people like the directors of Daku Con who have been the most awesome gems out there and I will forever be loyal to them. 

If anyone in CAC sees this, none of you understand what you put me through and as I am writing the Dragon's Library, I secretly pray I don't have to ever show up for a book signing. The fact is that its just another thing they'd use against me as I am nothing more than cannon fodder for rumors. 

I have always had a faint suspicion that it was a CAC admin who decided to make stuff up about my fiance and spread unflattering rumors. I am just stating these thoughts to paper, but honestly, the drama that exists in that community still inks out. I honestly get hostility no matter where I go in the Anime Events, but never in my wildest dreams that Daku Con is basically the only place that I am not feeling like I am point under fire for not being part of the community that only gives a care about popularity. 

This is what I love about the directors of Daku Con, they don't give two shits about popularity, they basically just speak up and defend themselves so well. I am honored to know these people and will always stand by there sides no matter what. Directors like these make it a joy to work for the con and hope to make this con the best. 

They're my driving force to get the Dragon's Library finished and out to a publisher, for that I am going to have to acknowledge them for what they have done to inspire me. I am inspired by the dedication and also making this con about the fun, not about drama and popularity. I realize that as I sit here, I am going to be working harder and harder to finis up the work I set out to do in 2013 after I was abandoned by a friend. 

The fact that I was abandoned by a friend simply for something I did not come to understand latter and will never forgive the other for their drug use. I am going to stick with a drug free lifestyle, which means no drugs and not even pot. The fact is I have too much riding on the book to be published to even think about something so silly as drug use. I take medication for birth control, but when it comes to stuff that is illegal, my mind is way too free from it.

So honestly, I hope I never have to deal with druggies in the future, the fact that remains clear is that I am a writer first and for most, not a slouch. I need to remind myself that people use these drugs to get some kind of pleasure that they cannot get in reality, I on the other hand use literature, Anime and sometimes even movies as part it. 

To this I say, I will continue writing. 

The editing and transferring fun!

So I am transferring the parts and doing some free editing on the parts I think need more work. I am still slightly annoyed with being called away from some parts of my work. I am also tired to a point dealing with people who keep snooping.

A co-worker doesn't seem to let things go, her discussions are kind of annoying at times and I keep telling her the possibility of me remembering what happens in a new or much less a medical report are slim. I am trying to move onward and upward like my sister wanted, but again I get people asking so many questions.

It is about my writing that I want and do what I can, I am also trying to help a friend with his own story as I am going to be editing his war story. He's a soldier and has a bit to say, so I am going to be working with him on Tuesday to get some work out there for people to read. He has a lot to say and much of it may change people's minds about how they see the war we seem to fallen into.

I try to stay out of those kind of stories, but I am a good friend to this person and I support his idea that maybe we need to speak up more.