16 April 2011

Time for an update for those who are curious. GSDII is well underway, and I have finally hammered out all of the plot points as well as back story. Now it is just getting the writing done in a timely fashion that I need to focus on. I have a third installment after that which is plain and simply a rewrite tweaked to be deeper than the original. It has never been posted here before in any form so that should be interesting (I think). I hope to work on A Hero's Sojourn in between, but my main focus will be the GSD series aside from my school work. I'm only seven weeks away from graduating from university finally so I don't know how quick or sparse my updates will be. I will try my best, though.

I have also practically dropped working on my Triad saga series. I wanted very much to finish it, but my interest in Tenchi and DBZ died again. I know exactly how I want the rest of the story to be told so it is likely I will come back to it to finish sometime, just not now. Pokemon has kind of taken me over. But that's how I am (I guess I can blame it on being a Gemini). I am sorry to anyone who was following it or waiting for an update. When the motivation returns, so will the updates. I even have another crossover between the two that I cooked up and wrote the first chapter about. It is much lighter in tone, but I will only start sharing it when I have finished it so as not to update so infrequently again.

Until the next time, peace out.

Q: Why do I write in the present tense?

A: I just always have. I don't know why. I realize it is less popular with some people when they read stories, but that is the way I write. I tried changing it, but it just made my story sound like it wasn't me who was writing it. I feel that present tense is more urgent. It allows the reader to be witnessing first hand the action that is taking place. Feel free to disagree with me all you want. That's fine, but I will not be changing that anytime soon. (I like reading stories in both past and present as long as they are interesting to me. Style doesn't necessarily turn me off of something if it's good.)

Descriptions for the older versions of Ash, Misty, Brock, Gary, and Tracey in my GS Distress series

Tracey

tan khakis

light green collar button shirt, long sleeves rolled up to elbow

lab coat (except when outside the lab)

Red headband

Same hair style

Ash

No hat

Baggy jeans (similar to what he wears in Diamond and Pearl)

Hi-top hiking boots, brown-black-yellow

Fingerless gloves, all black

Vest, zipped up, black, no pockets, collar

Three-quarter length shirt, dark blue

Hair still spiky but a little longer

Misty

Long jean shorts (similar to manga counterpart)

Sleeveless shirt, full coverage, red

Outer short sleeve shirt, yellow (same color as outfit from later in anime)

Normal shoes, red and yellow

Hair a little longer but down

Gary

HGSS gym leader outfit

Brock

brown khakis

dark green collar shirt with long sleeves

orange sweater vest

lab coat (when acting as a doctor at the Pokemon Center)