A peek at my folders

As I may or may not have mentioned before, I'm using Google Docs & Spreadsheets to write with now. I like it a lot, because it lets me write with all the tools I generally need (word count, spell check, etc) and generates simple files when I'm done. It's not perfect, but it's pretty damn good for a free web app. (Biggest limitation is, of course, that it's on the web - but I haven't had much need to do offline writing for a while.)

Today Google updated Docs & Spreadsheets with a new look, which was a pretty big surprise when I logged in, considering I've been looking at the same interface for over six months, I think. So when I saw the new layout I thought I'd give you a peek at what I see every day when I sit down to write - click to make big:


Yeah, I obscured some stuff in there. C'mon, you're not the kind of kid who opened their presents before Christmas morning, are ya? No, of course you're not... just keeping a few things hidden before they're ready to be revealed. Had to rename a few folders too - ain't I a stinker?

Alright, off to bed. I have a feeling I'll be turning over the Brant family tree in my head a few times before I drift off.

Another quick update

Hey guys and gals, just wanted to drop in and let you know how things are progressing.

The muse - not that there is such a thing, I'll tell you about it sometime - has swung over to Spider-Girl recently, so I'm now progressing on Issue #12 again. I had a good hard think about what was bothering me about the issue in the shower one morning (Get my best thinking done there - try it) and I came up with a slight twist that's made it more fun to write. Sure, it's entirely gratuitous, and you'll know it when you read it... but believe me, you'll enjoy the issue more with it. Without it, you might as well just read any Spider-Man comic from the last 40 or so years...!

What's better though is that when I sat down to write that little extra scene, I ended up with another additional twist being added in; a far kinkier one. So that's taken a bit more time to incorporate into the story, but I think it's been worth it. I'm laying groundwork here... it'll pay off.

Apart from that... not much to report. Sorry to anyone who hoped I'd be writing something else, but I find it hard to not finish things that are half-done. God, amazing I can even say that, these days...

Progress and ideas

Bunch of stuff I want to fill you in on, quiz you on, and more... so let's get to it.

First of all... progress on Spider-Girl issue #12 has been pretty slow. If you're keeping score, this is the last issue in the current arc I'm working on - the one after the Green Goblin arc, which just finished.

To be honest, I think I'm a little stalled on it because I'm not sure about the whole issue. It's a pretty simple plot, but there isn't much meat to it. Dramatically there is. Erotically there sure isn't. I know, I know... write for myself. It just isn't doing much for me. I probably need to just get in there and do it, but the fact is, it's not motivating me much. Unfortunately, until it's done, the next arc doesn't get started.

That particular arc - which I referred to previously as 'Crossover' - is going to need a complete re-plot too, I can sense it. The good news is I know where it ends up. The bad news (for me) is the necessity to plot out a whole new run... oy. Not much looking forward to that. It's hard to explain why, really. I guess the best way to explain it is to say that sometimes, too many possibilities make it hard to choose.

However, here's some good news. I got an email from a reader who threw an idea at me involving Susan Storm... it sparked something and before I knew it, I had a mini-series plotted for our Invisible Woman. As you know Susan's discovering how much fun disguises can be, so never fear, it'll be right up your alley. I'm thinking right now I may write that as a break while I'm re-plotting 'Crossover.' I just have to get issue #12 done first.

Of course, I could just go work on Project T. What say you all? Any preferences for where I should be putting my writing energies?

As always, feel free to comment below or email ghostlywriter [at] gmail /dot/ com. Yeah, stupid anti-spam attempts, it'll do bugger all I'm sure. All thoughts welcome anyway.

New release: Spider-Girl, Issue #8

With Susan Storm masquerading as Spider-Girl, and Spider-Girl using the identity of the Invisible Girl... who will finally defeat the Green Goblin? Find out inside...

Issue #8: Seduction of the Green Goblin

Download from Maskingwriter (Yahoo! Group)

This is it, the final issue of the Green Goblin arc... his nefarious schemes and motives are finally revealed. But that's not all... in this issue you'll find out just who wears the Goblin's mask. Is it who you think?? Perhaps yes, perhaps no....

Enjoy the issue, and I'd love to hear about it through all the usual methods. As previously mentioned, there will be a slight delay before the next arc begins, but at least this way, you aren't left hanging.

Hope you like it, folks! Leave me comments and send me good writing vibes!

Confession time

Alright, gotta 'fess up here: I haven't been writing much lately. Okay, to be more specific, I haven't been writing much of the fiction I know you, specifically, are interested in. Sorry.

I've got two plays on the go. The first I've been working on since January, but I took a long break and just recently came back to it. It's close to being finished, so I want to push on through. The second, I just got the idea for this past weekend. As the idea is pretty 'hot' I want to get on with it, so it's been tinkered with recently.

Working on these two things doesn't leave me much creative time for anything else. Sorry.

So, current plan is to release Spider-Girl issue #8 this weekend, which finishes the Green Goblin arc, and then we'll go on a short hiatus while I try and find the time to finish #12. Once that's done, I'll start releasing it as I move on to the very big arc I have plotted after that.

Apologies then, but things might take a while to reach fruition. I haven't stopped though; I'll always come back to this stuff eventually, as this blog sort of proves...

Antonia

I absolutely promise I won't do this very often, but I have to say... this is mighty hot.



Now I wish I knew a little Spanish....