Hey! Forgot to update the blog when I posted the chapter (and the chapter was a few hours late because every time I thought about it, I'd get distracted by something else). I don't think there's too much to say, though, aside from the NaNo thing (I will be participating, as always, but this year the story won't be posted although I would love to gush about it; Vulpine updates will continue as normal) and the fact that there's a poll up now (just for fun; I find polls a bit entertaining xD). December might be a bit unpleasant because there's a chance I might fall behind (I'm 5 chapters ahead right now if I write one this week, and there are 4 Sundays in November, so I'll only have 1 chapter to hide behind), but I'll try to make sure that doesn't happen.
Not much else to say, I guess!
@Veronica Fay: Thank you! The Sprite/Riven bits have been some of the most interesting stuff to write about so far, mostly because their viewpoints are so different, and things tend to get heated between them rather quickly. Fun times.
@Swyfte: No worries! Better late than never. Sprite does kinda invoke that "I like you but damn girl you stupid" response, from what I can tell; she's a real sweetheart, but just doesn't have good decision-making abilities, and absolutely sucks at holding grudges. Her poor decision-making skills probably hearken back to her first few months, where she wasn't really allowed to do anything on her own, and having Sage around to give her directions hasn't given her much room for growth, either. Whether these things improve (or whether she dies horribly as a result of her complete lack of self preservation) remains to be seen! The full quote is "The best laid plans of mice and men oft go astray," I believe. Basically it means that even if your plan seems solid, there's always the possibility of something messing it up or getting in the way. It seemed relevant. ;)
(Thanks for noting the typo, by the way. I fixed it.)
@Guest: Hah, yeah. Riven shows occasional glimpses of being half-decent, but then it just gets covered up in his overwhelming douchebaggery again. There are very few of my own characters that I really enjoy smacking around via the plot, but he is definitely one of them.
Thanks for the reviews, as always (we beat Abrazame,woot!). See you next Sunday!
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Vulp 7
Sorry for the late update! I wish I could say I had a legitimate excuse, but to be honest it just slipped my mind (I got Pokemon Y on Friday, and it's kinda consumed me! On a side note, I'm open to adding people so if you have Y/X, my friend code is 4098-3599-9474. Post yours in a review or something and I'll add ya back). The new chapter (7: Plans) is posted now, though, so feel free to check it out! I'll try to be better prepared next week.
@Bookworm: Hah, both Trick and Sprite did survive the day...but will they survive the next? (dundundun)
@Lynxeye: Yep, Toma was a lucky ducky last year - and so are the runts, since otherwise they'd be completely screwed! Foxes don't really live all that long in the wild; the average is something like 3 years, but I'd have to look that up again to be certain. In captivity, they've been known to live 10-12 years, but of course that's in a situation where they have no enemies, endless food, and free healthcare, haha. By the wild foxes' standards, 5-6 years is practically elderly! I think it's actually the same thing with feral cats; they don't live much longer than 3-4 years either, because their lives are filled with much more wear and tear. Poor things.
Thanks for the reviews, as always. See you next Sunday (hopefully before 8pm xD)!
@Bookworm: Hah, both Trick and Sprite did survive the day...but will they survive the next? (dundundun)
@Lynxeye: Yep, Toma was a lucky ducky last year - and so are the runts, since otherwise they'd be completely screwed! Foxes don't really live all that long in the wild; the average is something like 3 years, but I'd have to look that up again to be certain. In captivity, they've been known to live 10-12 years, but of course that's in a situation where they have no enemies, endless food, and free healthcare, haha. By the wild foxes' standards, 5-6 years is practically elderly! I think it's actually the same thing with feral cats; they don't live much longer than 3-4 years either, because their lives are filled with much more wear and tear. Poor things.
Thanks for the reviews, as always. See you next Sunday (hopefully before 8pm xD)!
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Vulp 6
Figured I'd post 6: Ambush, since it's 1 am for me right now (technically Sunday!). Unfortunately the is-Riven-going-to-maul-Sprite-alive thread is still hanging, haha. Hopefully he'll be polite enough to at least give her a head start. Anyway, hope you guys enjoy seeing a lil Toma pep-talk, a bit of background on the year before, and of course the events leading up to our (rather disastrous) ambush. Fun stuff!
@Guest: Thank you, glad you like it! Yep, Sprite is really bad at taking care of herself, mostly because she pretty obviously failed to save her brother in the past (and possibly the rest of her family, too, since they're all dead - who knows what went wrong there??). In a perfect world, Sage would charge in at the exact right moment...but then again, in a perfect world, fox kits aren't murdering each other. ;)
@Swyfte: Wow, cold. As lovely as it would be for Riven to get his ass kicked (by peppy girl Sprite, no less), I wouldn't count on it (at least not for now). She's definitely not happy with him, though; Sprite has no patience at all when it comes to bullies. Tbh, "The Fox" kinda gets on my nerves, but it has caused an increase in people watching fox videos to hear their calls, which is pretty amusing in itself. There won't be any ringadinging in this story, though, I can promise you that. xD
@Bookworm: If Riven hurts Sprite and Sage finds out about it, I don't think Riven will be around for an eternity, haha. You could kick his butt in the afterlife, though.
@Woods Warrior: Pssh, you're only a month late. Hardly any time at all, haha. You're here now, though, and that's what counts! I'm super-glad to have you. I did scour the interwebs pretty thoroughly before starting the story, and although a few things will be ignored (coughcolorblindnesscough) hopefully it should stay fairly true to form. Foxes are interesting to write about, in either case, and I'm glad you're pumped for the story. Unfortunately, we won't be seeing any gray foxes, as they're pretty rare in eastern areas (the story is very loosely located somewhere in the hills of Kentucky [i.e., where I live; write what you know, and all that xD]). I didn't even think about it, to be honest! It would be interesting, though, as I imagine their culture would differ from red foxes' in a few ways. Maybe they'd even speak a different "language" (or at least dialect!). Hmm. Now I'd kinda like to push them into a side project or something. It would be tons of fun. For the main story, though, there will be no gray foxes. Unless you count Musk, but he's technically silver. ;)
Please share your theories! You know I'm always delighted to hear them. :D
@Lynxeye: No worries! Hope the move wasn't too stressful; first days are always kinda weird. At least you get to see all your buddies though, right? I really like the "in their own range" thing you mentioned, as that's really a good way to put it. When it comes down to brass tacks, characters are the things that interest me most in a story, and I like to invest a bit of time into all of them as much as I can. Each of our four POVs have their own "circles" to run in, which means lots of minor characters for me to play with, including Koulder. Good stuff. You know me, I love squeezing in little folklore things wherever I can (Sprite gets that from me, I guess xD). And yep, Trick pretty obviously fumbled the ball on this one. She's trying to rush herself, is the problem; those with her sort of nature do much better when they take things nice and slow, but she's too ready to overflow her banks, as it were. Hopefully she'll get that sorted out before it catches up to her. I'm in the opposite boat regarding the Hunger Games, as I've read the books but not seen the movies. He fits any of the Careers pretty squarely though, I think. Funny that you mention him like that, though, since I just finished writing his third chapter the other night....
Anyway, that's all I've got for this week! See you guys next Sunday. :)
@Guest: Thank you, glad you like it! Yep, Sprite is really bad at taking care of herself, mostly because she pretty obviously failed to save her brother in the past (and possibly the rest of her family, too, since they're all dead - who knows what went wrong there??). In a perfect world, Sage would charge in at the exact right moment...but then again, in a perfect world, fox kits aren't murdering each other. ;)
@Swyfte: Wow, cold. As lovely as it would be for Riven to get his ass kicked (by peppy girl Sprite, no less), I wouldn't count on it (at least not for now). She's definitely not happy with him, though; Sprite has no patience at all when it comes to bullies. Tbh, "The Fox" kinda gets on my nerves, but it has caused an increase in people watching fox videos to hear their calls, which is pretty amusing in itself. There won't be any ringadinging in this story, though, I can promise you that. xD
@Bookworm: If Riven hurts Sprite and Sage finds out about it, I don't think Riven will be around for an eternity, haha. You could kick his butt in the afterlife, though.
@Woods Warrior: Pssh, you're only a month late. Hardly any time at all, haha. You're here now, though, and that's what counts! I'm super-glad to have you. I did scour the interwebs pretty thoroughly before starting the story, and although a few things will be ignored (coughcolorblindnesscough) hopefully it should stay fairly true to form. Foxes are interesting to write about, in either case, and I'm glad you're pumped for the story. Unfortunately, we won't be seeing any gray foxes, as they're pretty rare in eastern areas (the story is very loosely located somewhere in the hills of Kentucky [i.e., where I live; write what you know, and all that xD]). I didn't even think about it, to be honest! It would be interesting, though, as I imagine their culture would differ from red foxes' in a few ways. Maybe they'd even speak a different "language" (or at least dialect!). Hmm. Now I'd kinda like to push them into a side project or something. It would be tons of fun. For the main story, though, there will be no gray foxes. Unless you count Musk, but he's technically silver. ;)
Please share your theories! You know I'm always delighted to hear them. :D
@Lynxeye: No worries! Hope the move wasn't too stressful; first days are always kinda weird. At least you get to see all your buddies though, right? I really like the "in their own range" thing you mentioned, as that's really a good way to put it. When it comes down to brass tacks, characters are the things that interest me most in a story, and I like to invest a bit of time into all of them as much as I can. Each of our four POVs have their own "circles" to run in, which means lots of minor characters for me to play with, including Koulder. Good stuff. You know me, I love squeezing in little folklore things wherever I can (Sprite gets that from me, I guess xD). And yep, Trick pretty obviously fumbled the ball on this one. She's trying to rush herself, is the problem; those with her sort of nature do much better when they take things nice and slow, but she's too ready to overflow her banks, as it were. Hopefully she'll get that sorted out before it catches up to her. I'm in the opposite boat regarding the Hunger Games, as I've read the books but not seen the movies. He fits any of the Careers pretty squarely though, I think. Funny that you mention him like that, though, since I just finished writing his third chapter the other night....
Anyway, that's all I've got for this week! See you guys next Sunday. :)
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Vulp 5
Vulpine Bios
Posted it a bit early since it's technically after midnight and therefore Sunday! I doubt anyone's awake (unless you live west of me, or are an insomniac, or literate owls are paying attention to a weird fox story??) but I know I'll be sluggish to rise in the morning (and forgetful) so I figured I'd put it out there.
Pretty exciting stuff, also! Koulder speaks, Sprite gets to tell a story, and a few plotlines converge, if only for a moment. Lovely.
Also gearing up for NaNo, which is less than a month away! That's always fun.
Only one wee review to respond to this week (and no bios to update) so not much will be happening on the blog, I s'pose. Ah well.
@Swyfte: Yep! I actually wrote chapters 1-4 (plus the prologue) ahead of time, so I'd have a buffer to rely on when I was posting the chapters. This'll come in handy in November, when I won't be working on Vulpine at all, but can still post chapters that were written before! I have like a 5-chapter lead right now, so we should be good when NaNo starts. Thanks for noting the typo, too. I think I fixed it. :)
Seeya next Sunday!
Posted it a bit early since it's technically after midnight and therefore Sunday! I doubt anyone's awake (unless you live west of me, or are an insomniac, or literate owls are paying attention to a weird fox story??) but I know I'll be sluggish to rise in the morning (and forgetful) so I figured I'd put it out there.
Pretty exciting stuff, also! Koulder speaks, Sprite gets to tell a story, and a few plotlines converge, if only for a moment. Lovely.
Also gearing up for NaNo, which is less than a month away! That's always fun.
Only one wee review to respond to this week (and no bios to update) so not much will be happening on the blog, I s'pose. Ah well.
@Swyfte: Yep! I actually wrote chapters 1-4 (plus the prologue) ahead of time, so I'd have a buffer to rely on when I was posting the chapters. This'll come in handy in November, when I won't be working on Vulpine at all, but can still post chapters that were written before! I have like a 5-chapter lead right now, so we should be good when NaNo starts. Thanks for noting the typo, too. I think I fixed it. :)
Seeya next Sunday!
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