[T'Vog]

Re-greetings everyone who remembers me! No doubt there are quite a few new folks hanging around here; I'm an old member from back in the days (aka Rivenguild if that name still floats around once in a while).

A lot of the my old friends haven't heard much from me (even my fellow Ahro guildies from WoW) for a while. Mostly I've been keeping busy with my day job and desperately trying to get things together with my writing. I like to consider my obsession with detail as a blessing, but coupled with my lack of focus it's turning into a... um...

I was going to say something there. What was it? Pony?

Well, no matter. I've been wanting to get back in touch with everyone and along with my desire to make more time to write, I was forced to re-assess my expenses after finally sucking it up and getting braces. That meant killing my cable and numerous other subscriptions (WoW) plus the most horrifying of cost-saving measures: agreeing to attend even the most boring meetings at work as long as someone brought the donuts.

And they brought bagels instead. Ever try chewing a bagel with braces? They're on to me.

So, I hope you've all been having fun here. You'll probably mostly see me hanging around the Creativity Corner but I just wanted to leave a little "I'm Back" post here.

[A'Reandal]

Welcome back, T'Vog!
Yes, we still use tomatoes as welcome gifts.

[Korora]

T, on 09 March 2012 - 09:10 PM, said:

I was going to say something there. What was it? Pony?

Uh, Fluttershy is best one?

M****cript, it's been a long time since we saw you here. Welcome back!

Eudyptula albosignata

[Free Bird]

Welcome back, T'Vog!
As you can see, things have quieted down a little (=a lot) over here, but don't let that make you feel any less at ease. At least we're still here - which can't be said about UruObsession, to name just one example.

[Capella]

hey T'Vog! It's nice to see you back. You said you were working on some writing- gonna post some Myst stuff?

[T'Vog]

Capella, on 10 March 2012 - 07:57 PM, said:

hey T'Vog! It's nice to see you back. You said you were working on some writing- gonna post some Myst stuff?

Haven't been touching Myst specific writings as much; my focus has been away from fan-fiction and more to original storytelling. I've started trying to get a short Christmas story out each year, and I'm trying to hammer out an actual novel. When I mention attention to detail, I mean to say... um... is there such a thing as Method writers? You know, like Method actors?

[Menelmacar]

T, on 11 March 2012 - 07:59 PM, said:

When I mention attention to detail, I mean to say... um... is there such a thing as Method writers? You know, like Method actors?

Yes... Just as long as you're not writing a mystery. (Speaking from experience? Me?)

[T'Vog]

I was in the middle of writing a full-fledged mystery for fun, but put it on hold to do research on Laconia State School. Considering the dearth of topics on that place on the Internet (which I am cynically not surprised at), I've been in brick-and-mortar libraries looking it up.

Add to that, I've had a bit of a curse when it comes to my writing as far as eerily predicting things. For 2010 I wrote a story set during a winter storm that made the Kancamagus and Route 302 up in northern New Hampshire impassable. Early 2011 winter was a nightmare, followed by Irene... rendering 302 and the Kanc practically impassable. Then my story for 2011 had to do with a fire breaking out in an apartment building. Work crews outside my place ended up nearly blowing the building to kingdom come when they fudged their work and hit the gas line. Heck, once upon a time in college (2002) I was writing about an alien invasion and when they came through New Hampshire the battle destroyed the Old Man of the Mountain (2003's weather did the job instead).

I'm right now in the middle of a story describing how I meet and marry a beautiful woman. This might work out.

[Capella]

T, on 12 March 2012 - 08:51 PM, said:

Add to that, I've had a bit of a curse when it comes to my writing as far as eerily predicting things.

So in spring 2011 I was plotting an RPG I was planning on running for some of my floormates in the fall. It would be set in a World of Darkness-esque fictionalized version of St. Augustine, FL, and involve the activities of hostile spirits causing chaos in the world until finally there was a massive fire outbreak and the head spirit would be demanding the whole town be sacrificed to its flames. Tthat summer, my county had thousands of acres of wildfires. needless to say, I didn't run the campaign.