Ages ago I wrote that businesses weren't charities and they shouldn't expect fans to prop them up. This was in relation to publishers who blamed self-entitled fans ignorant of copyright for the decline in manga sales ( Read more... )

This will be my new motto. It comes from an interview with Karl Lagerfeld I read in the local paper:

Appetite comes when you eat, no? The brain is a muscle and the more you do, the better it is. I don't believe in endless vacation, waiting for inspiration. No, I work for the garbage can. It doesn't look okay? Pfft! I do it again, no?
I had to ( Read more... )

I had plans to update my interminable Mu/Tsu fanfic, Blossoms and Blood, at Christmas. I thought that I would have enough time. I was wrong. Apologies to anyone who may have been waiting for it. It is in the works...but I probably shouldn't set a deadline I won't be able to make in future ( Read more... )

My computer is slowing down. The hard drive creaks and groans, the sound stutters, and flash-based applications crash on a regular basis. I personally blame Firefox. I obediently install each and every one of those security updates and I swear it's making my computer performance worse. I'm convinced that each of these software upgrades is part of a ( Read more... )

Blossoms and Blood, a very long YnM fanfic, hasn't been updated for a while. I could give a list of excuses as to why, but basically it comes down to procrastination. I dread writing the next chapter. At the same time, I know I need to write something before the dread becomes full-on writer's block ( Read more... )

A number of people have told me that FF.net is 'purging' MA-rated fanfics. This appears to be triggered by the action of a group of fans known as Critics United, who report fanfics that violate FF.net's terms of use. Some of my fanfics might be affected ( Read more... )

I made some accusations about Kimiko/Shrouded Dancer and her role in the 2010 Libre crackdown on scanlation groups in Nakama's website and Megori's DMG discussion threadI know it looks like I am launching some kind of personal vendetta against Kimiko by bringing up the past. Megori even states in her LJ that the past is irrelevant. To her, perhaps ( Read more... )

Blossoms and Blood, a very long YnM fanfic starring Tsuzuki and Muraki, has been updated. This new chapter is really a long talk-fest. I guess it's a reflection of how my imagination works. I find it a lot easier to imagine characters talking. Dialogue helps me to establish character. I probably depend on it too much though.

Chapter 33: Song of ( Read more... )

I began watching this year with a sense of fragile optimism nurtured by the ever-hopeful commentators on SBS, and found myself glued to the screen. Stage 4 made me so happy - a narrow win at last. The BMC Team were always prominent at the front, working hard. The signs were really good ( Read more... )

It's finished. I already x-posted it to free_manga and yami_no_matsuei. I also tried to include it on MangaUpdates, but they initially refused it because they don't accept unscanlated oneshots. When I told them I had scanlated it (as an Oriya/Ukyou scanlation - visit the site for DL links), they told me to announce it first then add it to the database - and they'll approve ( Read more... )