Where have I been? (Repost from FA)

Yeeeeah, so where am I behind, and by how much? Let me count the ways:

- I haven't posted a journal entry in almost three months.
- I've been building a new website for my online portfolio sporadically for four months.
- I haven't worked on anything story-wise for nearly half a year.
- I've got a backlog of commissions that need posting.

But other than that... Oh, I haven't been exercising properly for a good portion of the year, which I've only started to fix around mid-October. I'm back on Insanity, but I've not been shifting any weight from that. And I suspect that it may have more to do with putting on muscle than actual weight-loss, which I'm hoping might be the case.

So, what have I been doing instead, then? Doing what ever other furry does - too much gaming, too much junkfood, and catching up on Breaking Bad. Already up to the last four episodes as of writing, so I'll be finishing watching that show by the end of this week. Or at least Monday night, at the earliest.

Next, plans for resuming Chronicles of Gaia (for the third time!).

First, I need to draft an overview of the story. I wasn't that impressed with how it was coming out, and I began to lose motivation halfway through working on the most recent chapter, and it shows. I'm tossing out what I've worked on so far and starting again from scratch. I've got some excellent ideas on how I want to kickstart things that'll throw Declan into the story - it seemed kind of weird for him to suddenly decide to leave Burmecia for no real reason, so I'm working on a way to introduce things that relate to the main plot. I'll try not to reveal much, but there'll be a bit of bloodshed, at least.

Second, I'll need to do a lot of worldbuilding for FF9's setting. The story takes place 20 years after the game, and there's plenty of additional lore that needs to be covered - history, politics, advances in technology, etc - before I can start fleshing out the story's core plot, as they -will- come into play during the course of the story. And for those who like Burmecians as much as I do, you'll be glad to hear that Burmecia will play a much larger role in the story than it did in FF9, as the villain will have ties to it's history. Again, trying not to spoil too much, just giving enough out to whet everyone's appetite.

And finally, at some point, I'm going to have the rest of the main party's bios done. Declan, Serylis and Tristan's bios are already complete; all I need now are three more for the rest of the party - a white mage, a summoner, and a rogue - plus one more for the villain. I may need some artistic help with designing these last four characters, and I'll even pay for anyone willing to do it if needed.

I might even get around to updating the FCS while I'm at it.

Once again, I'm very sorry for the lack of updates these past few months, and I thank all you lovely watchers for your continued patience and support. I've got all these ideas in my head, and I've been doing nothing constructive with them - it's about time I changed all that.

EDIT: Oh hey, I didn't know DA lets you copypaste links directly, text and everything - that's handy!