Donnova will keep her name, I think. I just can't come up with a better one. I never wanted an exotic name for her, or anything too "alien." Unless another I like better hits me out of the blue, she's keeping her name.

I've been reading S. A. Ryan's Alternity: Full Circle. It's really good so far. It's the kind of fanfic I like to read. It's serious, interesting, darker than the toon, and just plain well-written (unlike so much garbage on ff.net).

I've been thinking about going back over Threnody and looking for things I want to improve or slightly rewrite. I started writing it six years ago, and I began it in part two. I had to stop and force myself to finally write part one. I think the main reason it's taken me so long to get part one up is because I was never that into part one. Some parts, yes. Most of it, no. I knew the middle and ending from the beginning. I just didn't know the beginning. There are a few details here and there that really should be changed because they don't work or don't apply anymore. And I'm talking tiny details. True or not, I feel like too much of it was forced, but this story simply couldn't begin in part two. It had to be set up.

And the name. Hell, "Threnody" was my working title that I came up with by choosing a synonym for "requiem," since it was based on Requiem. For that matter, "Donnova" was meant to be a temporary name until I came up with one I liked better. *sigh*

The reason these things are coming up for me now is because I've told myself many times that I'd start posting a chapter per week when I finished part one. Well, I'm almost finished with the last chapter of part one, and I've got 9/9/09 in mind for the go on ff.net. Now it's time for me to make a final decision as to whether it will keep its current title and whether Donnova is in for a name change. I hope she doesn't slice my head off if I change it, which she would do if no one was looking.

Ugh. If part one has bored you at all, just bear with it. I like part two, so I'm hoping others will too. Much, much more interesting in part two and on to the end.

I hate how slow I am at it all. It's not a matter of commitment, it's a matter of time and energy and being in the zone when I have the time and energy. I have other fics in progress, stories I really want to write, but it's to the point that I'm becoming bogged down in them.

I'm regretting not having yet finished Unbecoming a Hero, which has been whole in my mind from its beginning. And The Chaos Forge . . . now that's going to be an interesting one, if I do say so myself. I just have to get the fucker written. I post chapters here, thinking it'll make me work faster. Doesn't work.

And I'm wanting to do another video, too. A tribute to Venger. A good one. A befitting one. And if not a true tribute, then at least a deep focus on just who and what he is. I'm already gathering video and audio for it, but it's still very much in its infancy.

The next post here will be my personal top ten favorite Wolfman image manipulations. I've already got them picked out. I'm getting comments together for each one, and calculating sizes to make them uniform in width for when I post them here. I love his work! Amazing and inspiring. Stimulating.

(Listening to music as I write this. The "Prophecy Theme" from Dune [1984] just started. Excuse me as I drift across the desert sands of Arrakis for a moment.)

And I have got to get around to redesigning this place! I'll be doing that in my mind on top of all else. My head's gonna explode with all the stuff stuffed inside that can't find release.