In Working Order

So I've given a lot of thought towards my next big writing adventure (besides NaNoWriMo), and I'm getting excited to start working on it. It's been rather impatiently waiting in my head for quite some time now, and only now am I actually doing anything to put it down on to paper. I've got some character background done and I'll start working on outlining my plot in a few days. After that, it's just applying the characters and some exposition into the outline and I'll have the first draft of this thing going. Speaking of writing, I'll try and have an excerpt for everyone in a short while.

As for my NaNo project, it's a rethought version of a plot I had been planning for NaNo a few years back (when I was unable to participate). It's already outlined, I've gotten my characters all settled, and the only thing left to do is get the first draft done up during November. Shouldn't be too hard. I've been excited about this thing for years now. I've even gotten my excerpt almost finalized, and when I have it typed up and serviceable, I'll be putting it up here. If you're looking for timelines for all of this, expect my NaNo excerpt first. After that, it might be a week or two before I post the other - there's still a lot of work that needs doing on that one.

Then, on top of all that work, I need to finish off my last Warcraft fanfiction before I call my time with that line of work done. Which means that I need to get off my lazy ass and get in touch with my friend who I'm co-authoring it with, and get things moving. So, I have my work cut out for me within the next few months, between my writing, this blog, and that fail thing I call a podcast. That doesn't even include taking breaks for playing some games and getting that damnable job, too. Fun, fun, fun.

I'm thinking about making a section for game reviews here as well. If anyone besides me reads this, lemme know what you think.

I Believe an Introduction is in Order Here.

Hey, everyone, I'm Richard. Or, probably better known to everyone else on the internet, Python862. I like a lot of things. I like to read, I like to write (more on this later), I like to play video games (again, more on this later), and, I like to shamelessly promote myself on blogs that likely won't see much traffic beyond myself comment-whoring.

Now, when I say I like to write, I mean that I really like to write. It's one of my all time favorite hobbies, and at some point or other, I hope to be published, just like any other aspiring author. What do I write? Fiction, usually high fantasy or something along the lines of fantasy. I even have quite a selection of stories based upon well known properties (you know it as fanfiction), which, conveniently enough, are all posted upon fanfiction-dot-net. You can probably guess the username. However, I've since drifted away from that and am now focusing entirely on original material. Some of which I hope to excerpt every now and again here on this very blog.

I also happened to mention that I enjoy gaming. I'd rate this right behind writing in terms of hobbies, and it would likely explain why I wrote fanfiction for the longest time. I've recently gotten over an addiction (yes, an addiction, for that's what it was) to World of Warcraft, and I feel better for it. So much wasted time, it sickens me. Regardless, I continue to play games on various systems, most notably Modern Warfare 2 (for both Xbox 360 and PS3 - I'm just lucky like that) and the Mass Effect series (much <3, BioWare). So, with that said, I'm quite likely to start off on some sort of tirade on one issue with gaming or another. Just don't get me started with games being an issue for children's mental health - that's always been a topic I've been hot about.

So that's me in a nutshell. I hope that whoever reads this will stick with me for what I hope will be a long, fun ride in the adventures of variety.

Be Happy, everyone.