http://kilvari.com The trials and tribulations of an aspiring writer.. Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:36:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Its dead, Jim. Out with the PostNuke. In with the WordPress. I have too many pieces of software to maintain and PostNuke bit the farm in the last round of cleanups. I had just barely managed to tweak it into behaving and the last software upgrade just ate many of my customizations ... http://kilvari.com/2006/06/06/where-in-the-world-is-postnuke/ The first very rough draft has been completed for my second story. I know everybody is so surprised to see me finishing it up around 2:30am in the morning. This story is another City of Heroes based fan fiction story. Totally different characters, though. I'm probably going to be dabbling in several ... http://kilvari.com/2005/03/13/first-draft-second-story-completed-1900-words/ This is my first ever posted story, so be gentle. This story and website are free, but I do have one request. Feedback. Preferably constructive feedback. Posting only positive or negative feedback is much less useful than a constructive mix. I'm looking for: What was strong? funny? doing its job. What wasn't doing ... http://kilvari.com/2004/12/29/one-worlds-loss/ Yeah yeah. I know everybody is sooooo surprised to see a 3am post from me. The third and, I believe, final draft is nearly complete. I've run through it a couple times and fixed the most horrible parts as best I can. I'm actually stuck o­n two title chapters at the ... http://kilvari.com/2004/12/28/third-final-draft-nearly-complete/ *yawn* once again I'm writing into the middle of the night. Its a little after 4am, but the second draft is complete. I can't believe it. This version is over four times as long as the first draft! Its true, though. The first draft tried to accomplish too little. I realized ... http://kilvari.com/2004/12/27/second-draft-completed-7400-words/ *yawn* Why do I always seem to write this late at night? The second draft has begun. Its by no means complete and won't be completed tonight, but I have started it. The original story was, in my word processor, a solid 4 pages long. The first third of a page, ... http://kilvari.com/2004/12/22/second-draft-in-progress/ At 2:30am (Wednesday morning) 15 December 2004, I completed my first draft of my first very short story. Total work time was approximately 3 hours and the story ended up being approximately 1700 words long. Overall, I'm satisfied with the tone of the story, but it very obviously needs a good ... http://kilvari.com/2004/12/15/first-draft-completed-1700-words/ The question has been posed. What are you actually up to Chris? People are actually wondering when some stories will appear. It's somewhat gratifying that people who have heard bits and pieces are actively curious, but I'm trying to walk into this as prepared as a novice possibly could be. So what ... http://kilvari.com/2004/11/30/so-whats-the-deal-anyway/