The Patent Dragon's Zone of Soul Retraction

Development News... Chapter 7 of MoN-204 "Mane-of-Night And The Hunter's Game" is done. "Upgrades" to the Epilogue are ongoing - and again and again, new material is spawning; ideas, plot threads, whole concepts previously unimagined. Damn, have I got a whole bunch of work ahead of me...

Talking of which... That's my "spare" day done at New Work, and tomorrow, it's back to Invigilation, for the heaviest day of this session. Yes, it's a Saturday, and hell, it's even Spiritwalk, but the money will, as a result be even better - and I already have that ear-marked for something... a celebration of sorts. If you'll excuse me, I'll go see about that tonight, and have something live before Saturday is over...

Yes, I'm talking that Mission 101 "double-header"

57 - Design and establish new personal web-site, with actual content
65 - Celebrate each and every Spiritwalk (May 22) and Patent Saturday (December 1) like they really mean something (which they do!)

Here we go - check thepatentdragon.com for the latest progress report...

Development News... I really need to limit the length of my chapters somehow. The final chapter of TDD-605 "She Returns" now totals 11 "screens" - and the event the whole story has been building to hasn't happened yet. I have had to "make room" for something that will be important fairly soon, which has added at least three screens to the whole thing - but this will lead to the answer to one of the biggest questions in Season 6: "why are The Unified Response and The Confederacy NOT on the same side?"

I am still aiming to have this chapter, and this story, "in the can" by Sunday's end. I want a "clean slate" (of sorts) for Monday, so that I can focus on Work, and get to grips with it on the first day. However long this lasts, I want to do it right, and this isn't work that'll allow for extended writing breaks. I may have been paid for Work Slot 1, but the income is ALWAYS welcome.

And then there's the whole "Mum's broken shoulder" thing. That has gotten in the way of creativity this week, but helping her deal with the injury is REALLY important. She's had WAY too much stress this last year, and this is another kick up the arse that she DOES NOT DESERVE. If the universe has been trying to tell her to take it easy, this is NOT the way. Bad universe - BAD!

Mission 101... Hmmm, got a small problem. I could be about to score my first failed task...

28 - Watch one "classic" film a month (1/33+1)

'cause I haven't been able to catch a proper classic, one I haven't seen, this month. A couple of times, there have been suitable movies on, but I miss them, either entirely or in part - I could count Brighton Rock as an official movie for this task, rather than a "bonus". I'd prefer not to squib-kick a task just two months in...

Meanwhile, I could be about to officially kick off another task (or two)

47 - Refresh my art skills
50 - Create "proper" pieces of art, fit to hang, or give as gifts

as I very much have something in mind, amply helped by getting the printer/scanner operational again. With the aid of that piece of equipment, I can take a work in progress that never progressed, and turn into a real hangable painting!

Oh, and now I've been paid, I can seriously consider getting hosting for thepatentdragon.com...