HUMP DAY UPDATE

If I'm silent, I'm doing something worth my focus. Trust. It's a #amwriting thing.
— Author R. T. II (@RT2Presents) February 18, 2015

That's pretty much it when it comes to me. I have a tendency to get really silent, but I will continue to keep this blog updated periodically, so fret not.

I was really expecting Elsa to 'Let It Go' with the winter storm... but all we got was a bunch of rain and ice. Oh well.

I was approached a few days back by some who purchased my first novel, and wanted it signed. Felt nice, it made me think about my future if I keep on the path.
 
I have been working on several manuscripts (one being in the Shadow Genesis series) and a few others from Slumgarde, The Multiverse, Wingless, and Slicka. Shadow Genesis: Inception is looking to get proofread, and I'm currently waiting on that trial edit batch to be emailed. So while that is being looked at, I keep busy elsewhere.

Enjoy your Hump Day.

LITTLE MONDAY UPATE

Little Update on my works:

Shadow Genesis: Inception – 3^rd Draft 98%

MULTIVERSE – 1^st Draft 15%

Slicka – Graphic Novel Script 15%

Slumgarde – 1^st Draft 5%

Project Wingless (Title Pending) – 1^st Draft Work In Progress

Keeping myself busy.

THURSDAY UPDATE

Mini Update

SHADOW GENESIS INCEPTION 3^rd DRAFT PROGRESS: 30%

• SG Book II 2^nd Draft Pending
• SG Book III 1^st Draft 20%

SLICKA GRAPHIC NOVEL SCRIPT PROGRESS: 15%

PROJECT MULTIVERSE MANUSCRIPT: 10%

SLUMGARDE - In PROGRESS

SGI has several chapters and their scenes revised and made into new chapters due to their lengths 'Too Long'. I know, I know, there is no limit to chapters in truth, but after thinking about the manuscript as a whole I decided to break them apart, again. It is beginning to look as if SGI will lose a few scenes/chapters, but that isn't to say those omitted will end up in Book 2, which could possibly push what I have as a 2nd draft in Book 2 pushed over into Book 3... or... I work my magic and all that writing tip jazz.

STILL GOING: PROJECT UPDATES!

Yes, it has been a few days of me being ‘absent’, but with reason, minus the excuses.

Through the week I have been occupied. Writing at most and other life things people do with themselves than just sitting around, which is cool to do, for I can do just that too. I am a bit of a homebody. I don’t do clubs, nor do I run the streets like so many do. I am a gamer type and love a good show, and when the inspiration trickles in I sure do take notes.

But sometimes I wonder if what I learn is actually applying itself.

I suppose that is my own personal critic.

UPDATE

The Shadow Khan Project is coming along fine. Slow, but I am the type who can’t rush something I believe will be something good when truly finished in my eyes. I would throw in some sort of metaphor or other clever string of words, but I am feeling a bit raw (as always). 

Shadow Genesis is still in 3^rd draft and I am a few chapters in. However, I went back to chapter one and made a few tweaks and cut-downs in word count. Chapter one’s word total is around 8k (8,000something). Although there are no rules to chapter length, let alone having or not having chapter numbers in a novel, I have this thing that when I write, I write until a scene is done. Of course each chapter has several scenes, but sometimes the scenes are more than a few pages long. Composition thing… but it’ll sort itself out as I keep on revising. I do feel it should be shorter, but the other half of me says: “The story will reach its own limit as you write.”

Simply put, my work is freakin’ sentient.

SHADOW GENESIS INCEPTION 3^rd DRAFT PROGRESS: 20%

• SG Book II 2^nd Draft Pending
• SG Book III 1^st Draft 20%

 

 

Project Chosen One is very slow going, only because I continue to redesign (mentally) or change up plot for the script. Since I am writing in script format (like a media script but for graphic novel) I still find the style and format new to me in Scrivener. It is however a nice change of flow between projects, but in good time I’ll have everything done.

SLICKA GRAPHIC NOVEL SCRIPT PROGRESS: 15%

Project Multiverse received a change of narrative. I am looking to tell the seemingly infinite adventures of Ricven as he travels the multiverse and gets into all sorts of shenanigans and such with others, as well as the ole keeping the balance ordeal. It’s massive, bigger than any could imagine, so the first batch of stories (including those done on DeviantArt) will come in handy as planned.

PROJECT MULTIVERSE MANUSCRIPT: 10% (Revised)

 

As for Slumgarde, it is still in plotting phase. Experimenting with the snowflake method on that one.

I know things are taking awhile. People ask when the next Shadow Genesis is coming out, and I tell them like always "In due time". There is no way one can just rush a good story. Yeah one can write a book in a month, but that is just a first draft... and I've proved to myself I could do that on my own. I even went further and written a 50chapter novel out of that. That is adding twenty more chapters to a book I first drafted in a month. My schedule was early mornings if not away from home, and if occupied elsewhere I make it up at night or in between. Everyday I write, but I can no longer stress myself on it for I have overexerted myself once. Is why I do other things to keep from hitting a pit again.

I am not always-always writing, but I 'AM' writing!

I keep my blog updated just for them, those who actually support me, and for myself, since building a author blog is essential to me, and will pay off in the long run. It's not easy doing what I do, even when some say what I do is a cake walk, but it is a challenge everyday writing, re-writing, researching, note taking, all that, just so this major project gets what it deserves... for Preludes of War was my first book, my own personal achievement, and a piece of work I knew I could do better with.

Hence the reboot.

Now if you can excuse me, the Inquisition is calling.

The Chosen One

Created from childhood

"Have I told you about the legend of the chosen one?"
"Who arrived upon a star great high above?"
"With his mighty hands he will save us all."
"And deliver us, from the forces of evil."

 
Sounds cliché? Well I know how it begins and how it ends… and everything in between is not how it seems, is why I am meticulously taking my sweet time on my first character ever created since 'childhood'.

 

Short Info:



Slicka: The Chosen One
Extreme Action Adventure Comedy


Planet Nobarion's only hope in liberation against the reptilian Vor race rests in the hands of an 'alien visitor' by the name of Slicka, an earthling with mysterious powers.

 

 
Originally Slick Rick very long time ago (when I was but a kid in middle school), I failed in storyboarding plots (sort of) for I had no direction on where to begin and how to end… or did I? Maybe I just look back on those handmade comics and wonder what in the world was I thinking, only to see the true direction. Making comics was a past time for me. Will gather up pure white copy paper and either hole punch and tie with string or straight glue the edges, set a book on it as a paperweight and let dry, color the covers (if not just black and white) and boom, comic book. I also had a few friends help out back then too with the little construction work, which made things easy, and also had my own logo called 'Emerald Comics'. I made over seventeen issues of Slick Rick, and somewhere that is unable to be found at the moment made a sequel batch aside from the ones I have actually found. I think they cease to exist… long gone burned or trashed far out. Who knows, could be under the bed or closet collecting dust.

 
Slick Rick, at the time of comics, was the last surviving 'human' of planet earth who somehow during his spacecraft escape received an mysterious power by an unknown phenomenon. He uses these powers upon realization and careful guidance of an elder he meets on his new home/planet, Nobarion (was once Nobion and at a time Zion) along with several other characters both minor and major as they fight against monstrous foes (now reptilians) called the Vor (was once Vortex… don't ask, I was a kid back then).

 
That was just half of the story. There are two villainous factions in those comics (three counting what now recall the more aquatic version of the Vor) now changed for the better with character designs still going under mass concept upgrades (in my head) until perfect and ready for illustration (when the time comes). The story has been revised, and I have partially written a script for it when I graphic novel the entire thing. Looking at how Marvel and D.C. Comics script write theirs, I came to learn that there is apparently no real way to script-write though those two methods are pretty much foundation start-ups for me when looking at other examples before doing my own for Slicka.

 
For the most, I am practically done with a great deal of the story, divided into Sagas with each having the Slicka title and subtitle… making them sequels in simple terms. I had it mind because as usual when I brainstorm and direct things in mind, I see everything as either feature-length movies or thirty-minute episodes… or hour episodes… however they go. Pretty sporadic with it, at times… let's get out of my head of storms there.

 

This is why I say everything with this project is not what it seems. I decided to keep the original bits and fuse with new concepts, tinker about it so they remain stable, and any plot holes I grab those and add substance, which makes the story more complex than it is. I am not fully aware of every single trope there is (but there is a site for it) and back in the day, I didn't even know what the heck a 'trope' was. Appears I am retaining my youth with this project and slowly cranking the middle finger to those too cynical and jaded-out for their own good. For trust, there be many in the midst.

 
Any-who, the change from Slick Rick (old nickname of mine) to Slicka was a must. I no longer saw the need of having that moniker since everything was destined to change. Character names, looks, locations, lore, everything down to the very molecular structure (in some places) undergone a major makeover. I can say this is one of my Sci-Fi/Fantasy Action/Adventure models, with humor all the way through, and straight up hyper fights (when dealing with Slicka and his skills) that could possibly stand with many other of the same genre. My inspirations were many when I created him, therefore, he can be easily related to few others except his story… which is not even what it appears to be at a glance. I am still working that out.

 
When not working on SG:I, this project is touched on as well as Ricven's. Soon enough Slicka will get his light, as well as every other project.

Stay Tuned!