Ryan Leeds

Sketched out a YA sci-fi novel today that covers all of the restrictions of my challenge. It's pretty cute, about a boy and his dog, fixing things that adults have screwed up, like adults do. It's 22 chapters long, which means as long as I keep the chapters under 2000 words, it should come out to a decent size.

I'm having a little trouble starting the first chapter, but I was gifted a copy of Scrivener, so I will have an easier time working non-linearly if I need to. I'll focus on more of it tomorrow when I'm not running around the courthouse again. (Doing last step name change things until my hearing.)

Am thinking about doing some character development work with Loren. I need to figure out some things before I start doing tentative storyboarding for little scenes. The Angel Project has been thrumming in my head for a couple days now. I'm trying to read about writing a graphic novel so I can properly work on some things. It's really different than I'm used to.

I think I'm still going to write my velociraptors story even though it's thematically similar to a lot of my other writing. There are a few sticking points in it that make me really happy. Like the fact that the protag files her teeth. But most of my effort is going to be going into The Clockwork Ghosts.

Today is a gorgeous day. So far, I'm loving LA, even if my situation isn't the best and it's been raining a lot lately.

I want to be outside, but my laptop doesn't have enough battery for me to get anything useful done. (And there's no wifi.) Never mind the fact that it's bright enough I probably wouldn't be able to see my screen anyway.

Going over the commissions I've written for avia I'm happy with most of them. I'm having a little bit of angst today, but mostly I'm happy with the projects I'm working on. I've been meeting my writing goals, too, which is a plus.

I'm full of project ideas right now, but they're so fleeting I don't know what to do. I need to get a notebook so I can write them down as they come, but every time I try that, I never seem to have a pen, or I'm in a situation where it wouldn't be socially appropriate.

I think I'm going to try and sketch some things out today. Gas masks and possibly Victor's face before he lost it. Maybe see if I can get Molly's face down on paper, so I can better understand it. I'd draw twin, but I don't trust myself to get that right at all.