What do I do?  What do I do?  I was hoping that with the end of the Chimera Ant arc, things would improve, but it seems H x H is heading in yet another direction I can't happily follow.

Inspiration, where art thou?!

I'm getting kinda frustrated here, man, and I'm seriously feeling the stress of not being able to complete the next chapter of Hunt for ( Read more... )

 First, let's start off by thanking and apologizing to my readers who have left me reviews over the past few months.

Thank you!!! Both for your kind words and for your patience in waiting for me.  I'm sorry I haven't replied to reviews.  Part of the problem is that I often read my mail on my iPhone, which I hate writing on.  So, I usually don't do ( Read more... )

Despite being a multi-decade expat, I still think of Japan and the Japanese as being my land and my people (especially since I still have family there).   So, on behalf of the many residents who are affected but can't thank you themselves, thank you all for your contributions, whether through donations of money or your artistic work.  I have been ( Read more... )

 I will be updating in the very near future.  Chapter 15 is almost complete.  However, in order to work on the chapter, I'd gone back and reread my earlier chapters, and, well, it looks like I'll need to go back AGAIN and edit and repost a few chapters.  I was also dismayed to discover that my section breaks had disappeared in a few chapters.  So, ( Read more... )

 Too funny.  Had to share. www.etsy.com/listing/55885273/catcher

 Went to the Distant Worlds II concert last week, the concert featuring music from Final Fantasy!  Very different atmosphere from the last time I was at the SF Symphony, of course.  Thoroughly enjoyable, especially when Uematsu Nobuo appeared on stage during the encore to direct the audience in a sing-along to "One-Winged Angel."  Yes, seriously.   ( Read more... )

 ...is determined to sabotage my progress by not ever getting Kurapika back in the story...

I don't deserve my patient, still-supportive fans.  I am so thankful for the reviewers at ff.net who tell me that they hope I review soon, but who never harass me and are understanding of my predicament of just not being motivated due to the neverending chimera ant arc.  I really, really, really will finish some day - I promise.  I've got the ( Read more... )

So I've more or less finished FFXIII (except for the insane missions I can't seem to become strong enough to complete), so I've taken a hiatus and am currently playing KH Birth By Sleep. You have to play three paths to get the whole story, and I just finished playing with my first choice of character. I just started with the first one on the list ( Read more... )

Pardon me while I become even more of a recluse for who-knows-how-long as I immerse myself in the world of Final Fantasy XIII.

Ah, it's good to be a Japanese.