Aliens
Some explorations of extraterrestial culture/biology. Expect a lot of shoddy sketches.
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November is dead. Long live Advent. Well, thus ends my first shot at National Novel writer’s month, having hit around 33,000 words overall between both my abandoned and redesigned project! Rather pathetically, I have only shared so far around 4,000 words, despite promises for a second chapter of Noumenal that’s eluded me – I am…
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It is 6:34 as I write this sentence. I am sniffing back a sudden, vicious cold that has kept me from university for 2 days (including today). I haven’t had breakfast, haven’t had much sleep, haven’t done anything to caffeinate myself or stimulate myself. I’ve got two assignments to juggle, a meal to cook and…
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Vote Green for NaNoWriMo! Focal character name – Naerun the Virgadian. Background – An alien labourer residing in the depths of an ancient crater forest: the last stronghold of old life, far above the bemisted lowlands where evolution has long moved onto uncanny giants. Their own kind are rather exotic – they communicate with scent…
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She’s already lord, but lets vote her for NanoWriMo focus anyway! Focal Character Name – Dolninna the (failed) Dorkok Defender Background – Some bungled birth prophecy envisioned her as the saviour of her beleaguered warren, but her alliance with the mighty Nodon menace has put her at odds with the rest of the cavern and…
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Hello all! As I have made very clear in most of my posts, I am an aspiring novellist: I want to write stories, to create characters and to share my bizarre worldview in a palatable form. Thus, there is no bigger opportunity for me to do this than to partake in the grand literary escapade…
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Hey up all!Now, what do you think is missing in today’s post, eh? Notice the concerning absence of a PDF or some pretentious title? Where’s the bloody monday short?! I cannot justify skipping this week’s short story – I admit, nothing I was producing seemed even remotely close to the quality I ought to serve…
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Hello you lot! I’m still in the process of trying to scrape together some more novel writing advice for this week, but I’m a bit behind – I’ll release something tomorrow morning, if I can. I’m going down the route of character design again here; beyond just protagonists. Remember, I have a character-questionnaire resource available…
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