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alexandraerinPeople might wonder at my decision to have not one but two OT stories in between a cliffhanger and its resolution, short as they might be. There's actually a fairly simple explanation for it. When I got ready to post the interlude with Two and Hazel, I had intended to put the fundraiser message on there... but then I noticed that alexandraerin.com, where I host my fundraiser info, was down.
Yes, I now know that people had reported that on the Zombie Dream post. I actually don't follow my Livejournal notifications, for health reasons.
But I'd already announced that I had a little story that was almost ready to go, so I didn't want to delay it... so I put it up without the fundraiser message and started pulling together another little vignette that's been kicking around in my head. Just as the Two/Hazel interaction contained a small revelation about Hazel's condition and a little background on her culture, this one has some background on the Imperium and a little bit of context for some tangential events in the current plotline.
So why did some of my sites go down for the past few days? This is actually kind of funny: money. I needed to make a payment to my hosting account before I could make my fundraiser pitch. Things are stretched a little tight here right now. The steady trickle that comes from sponsorship has been a huge blessing, but with fewer stories going up, there have of course been fewer spontaneous payments and new sponsors. I'm not complaining about that, it's perfectly natural. But it also came at a time when I'm spending more money on health-related things. As tight as things have gotten, I'm not too worried about next month. I think I've been impressing people a lot more with the quality of the story lately, and the quantity's going to be ticking upwards again. With clear incentives being offered, I expect things will loosen up.
I've got some good progress on the next installment of Tales of MU. If it's not up tomorrow... well, today now... then it should go up on the weekend. My plans for the next week are to keep MU coming, wrap up the hanging plotline in Tribe, and get another story rolling again. Tribe in particular is going to be undergoing some retooling. The difficulty in keeping it coming is not, as some have guessed, hitting the arbitrary 333 word limit every time. It's an easy thing to hit a target number. The problem is more one of vision. I'll explain more in another post. Right now, I really should be getting to bed. I've managed to completely throw off my sleep rhythm in one night.
Yes, I now know that people had reported that on the Zombie Dream post. I actually don't follow my Livejournal notifications, for health reasons.
But I'd already announced that I had a little story that was almost ready to go, so I didn't want to delay it... so I put it up without the fundraiser message and started pulling together another little vignette that's been kicking around in my head. Just as the Two/Hazel interaction contained a small revelation about Hazel's condition and a little background on her culture, this one has some background on the Imperium and a little bit of context for some tangential events in the current plotline.
So why did some of my sites go down for the past few days? This is actually kind of funny: money. I needed to make a payment to my hosting account before I could make my fundraiser pitch. Things are stretched a little tight here right now. The steady trickle that comes from sponsorship has been a huge blessing, but with fewer stories going up, there have of course been fewer spontaneous payments and new sponsors. I'm not complaining about that, it's perfectly natural. But it also came at a time when I'm spending more money on health-related things. As tight as things have gotten, I'm not too worried about next month. I think I've been impressing people a lot more with the quality of the story lately, and the quantity's going to be ticking upwards again. With clear incentives being offered, I expect things will loosen up.
I've got some good progress on the next installment of Tales of MU. If it's not up tomorrow... well, today now... then it should go up on the weekend. My plans for the next week are to keep MU coming, wrap up the hanging plotline in Tribe, and get another story rolling again. Tribe in particular is going to be undergoing some retooling. The difficulty in keeping it coming is not, as some have guessed, hitting the arbitrary 333 word limit every time. It's an easy thing to hit a target number. The problem is more one of vision. I'll explain more in another post. Right now, I really should be getting to bed. I've managed to completely throw off my sleep rhythm in one night.