Early Saturday Morning

Early Saturday and I'm up writing at 1:30 again. Seems like this is getting to be an unbreakable habit. *sigh* I admit that alot of it is my fault since I just spent the last 2 hours reading the second book in Stephanie Meyers' Twilight series: New Moon.
I've realized that once I start reading a book, I can barely concentrate on anything else until I've finished it. Hence why I'm writing instead of picking up the next in line: Eclipse. :)

Ah.. speaking of writing, I probably should actually do that. LOL.. Off to write!

-H

Twittered

Well, I went ahead and did it.. I'm now a tweet. (I think that's the correct term.)
I joined Twitter the other day and have actually found that due to the word-limited comment-space, I've actually been able to keep my updates up.. to.. date. Ahem.
My Twitter name is ReturnedKarma (just for those of you who are Twitter-goers).

I signed onto a new project which is already in Beta form. It's definitely going to be a change for me but I'm pretty excited about it. :) Takes me back to the olden days when the closest form of online gameplay I had access to was through a text-based MUD.
You can actually find the game here for free online play: http://aragon-online.net/
There's quite a bit of history linked to this video-game and it's creators which I've enjoyed researching. Here's the link to a wiki on another game they created back in '89: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_Aragon . Aragon Online is supposed to be loosely based on the previous tactical title; Sword of Aragon.
Anyways, :) Just thought I'd plug that one since it's the first game I can actually link to that I've worked on or will be working on so far.

I'm up late working on Bruno's demo. Just kinda enjoying the relaxation of it. :) The thing I enjoy most about creating content for a humorous Adventure game is exaggeration. I mean, how cool is it when you actually get paid to take an idea and blow it completely out of proportion.. Just as long as you figure out some outlandish way to make it connect to the rest of the story.
Ahh.. I love my job...

*Knock Knock*

Well.. after some sound advice from a concept artist i'm working with on a demo-project (Yes Badger, I'm looking at you) I've come to realize that my poor blog has been sorely neglected.

So here's an update on life as we know it and a few things I've learned these past few months;

• Freelance-Video-Game-Writers who are stay-at-home-moms NEVER publish success stories. In fact, it actually makes me wonder if they even exist.. Bah, surely there's a stay-at-home-mom/video-game-writer out there. Maybe the title is just way too darned long.


• Never mention to your animal-rights-fanatic-Guild-Leader that you have mouse traps in your home. No, I don't really care for causing any more discomfort to an animal then they already get naturally but when it comes to one of my children getting sick from mouse 'loot' or what they carry in from outside.. You can bet your bbqed buttons it's war.


• Top Ramen should NOT be left in it's little 'box' on the floor. (Related to above mentioned mouse) *Sigh* a whole box of ramen noodles.. tossed out. And it was Teriyaki! You NEVER find that flavor anywhere.


• Don't wait for motivation or inspiration to strike when it comes to writing. A set schedule, as inconvenient as it sounds, REALLY is the best way to get your work done. Inspiration will learn to come on your schedule, though it may be hard at first.
• Early Hours Work. Even though 3 am isn't extremely convenient to work, i've written some of my most efficient work super early in the morning.

Updates:

After 4 years of renting, we've finally started really considering purchasing a house. :) Yay! While I'm sure it's not going to be top-notch living, it'll be so nice to actually be paying towards something we're buying rather then towards something someone else is buying.

I've mostly concentrated on Video-Game Writing an have sub-conciousely steered further away from web copy. I'm hoping to get myself back into taking on more genres of work in Freelance Writing soon but have just enjoyed the projects i'm currenty on for now in the gaming-industry.

Working on my portfolio! So excited to finally have some of my work ready to show prospective clients. This will definately make it easier and quicker to apply for projects i'm interested in joining.

And with all that said, my latest piece of 'cheers-for-me' news; I finally picked up a laptop, or rather my husband finally picked a laptop up for me for our anniversary/my birthday. :) I've really been enjoying being able to write in bed whenever the urge hits or even while I'm doing dishes (If your wondering how I manage this, I'll simply say; Ahem.. very carefully)

Tada! Update ala Heather.