Gaijin's Realm Fanfiction Update Notification http://gaijinsrealm.com/status.shtml en-us Fan Fiction Copyright 2006, Mark W Shurtleff, Seattle WA USA http://gaijinsrealm.com/images/rssficbanner.png Gaijin's Realm Fanfiction http://gaijinsrealm.com/status.shtml 144 36 MIA redux

Well, it's been almost a half a year since I've given any status, and things are hectic as usual. Djana and I have performed as The Strauss Dancers twice during this period and we've also filmed a demo reel for our dancing - which has consumed nearly all of our personal time until recently. I've also just bought a new townhouse north of the city and we're in the process of fixing up our new place in preparation to moving in on June 13th.

Needless to say, I haven't even thought of writing for a while.

 http://gaijinsrealm.com/index.shtml Mon, 20 May 2007 17:37:00 -0800 Wyrm, chapter one BETA The first pass on the compete chapter one of Wyrm, my new Ranma/Harry Potter fanfic, is now available at Gaijin's Realm. Let me know what you think and please excuse the typos - I'm a little rusty and this hasn't gone through the normal Technical Editing cycle yet. http://gaijinsrealm.com/wyrm/wyrm01.htm Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:46:00 -0800 Reboot I'm trying to start up my writing again, but the process is *slow*. I have the 'misfortune' of being an Immersion Writer, so it takes me forever to get my mind back into a story once I've left it for any length of time. At the moment, I'm working on a plot bunny that wouldn't leave me alone, so I've got Yet Another Story Start kicking around. New story is titled "Wyrm", and I'll post a link as soon as I finish the first chapter (I'm about half way done). Yes, it's another crossover - but it's actually not a Sailor Moon cross this time. http://gaijinsrealm.com/index.shtml Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:57:00 -0800 Missing in Action Two words: Real Life. Sorry, can't do much about that. http://gaijinsrealm.com/index.shtml Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:00:00 -0800 Writing Update Work and family have been keeping me entirely too busy and too tired for any creative ventures this last month. Sh!t happens. A website note - I've taken After The Ball, Frozen Dreams, and The Last Three permanently offline as there is essentially no chance that I will ever continue any of these stories. Please don't email me for copies or status on these stories, and please do not post any copies you may have on any other site. Thanks! http://gaijinsrealm.com/index.shtml Sun, 04 Jul 2006 17:00:00 -0800 Relatively Absent - chapter 11 completed! I've finally, finally managed to reach the end of Relatively Absent chapter 11. I've also added a short scene to chapter 03 to help foreshadow the whole Imperial mess currently going on in chapters 9 through 11. Work has really been busy lately, so I'm probably more surprised than you are that I got this done this week (12 to 14 hour days for nearly a full week tends to wear one out rather quickly, you know). http://gaijinsrealm.com/relabs/ch11.shtml Sun, 07 Mar 2006 16:54:00 -0800 Ten Of Two - Bendis kitsunemimi picture now completed The picture of Bendis from Ten of Two is now complete, and a new gallery page has been added to the Ten of Two story page. Lian really outdid herself this time, folks - Bendis is absolutely kawaii. http://gaijinsrealm.com/ten/gallery.shtml Sun, 12 Mar 2006 02:37:00 -0800 Ten Of Two - Bendis kitsunemimi commission status Lian has hit a small snag in the Bendis picture commission - her current job has been eating up all of her "spare time" recently and she hasn't had a chance to get to the first pass on the coloring. The final ink version is complete - Bendis is cuuuuuuute - but I probably won't see an initial color pass until next weekend at the earliest. Fortunately, Lian's work is well worth the wait. http://gaijinsrealm.com/ten/index.shtml Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:49:00 -0800 Relatively Absent - yet more chapter 11 Well, I've punted most of the scene from RelAbs11 which I've been stuck on to a later chapter. Fortunately, that's where the scene really should have been plotted to in the first place, so I'll simply claim excessive creative rust and leave it at that :). I've added a couple of small transition scenes in its place, and edited another large chunk of chapter 11 - which is now posted. RelAbs11 is now about 75% complete. http://gaijinsrealm.com/relabs/ch11.shtml Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:45:16 -0800 Relatively Absent - chapter 11 Not much writing done these last two weeks, mostly due to work pressures and slower-than-expected rehab from December's knee surgery. I'm currently stuck on a very important scene in RelAbs11 and I'm not going to write past this until I can get it down right. As an alternate, I've worked a little on fleshing out Midori & Kioko's backstory which details the events surrounding how the two girls were adopted into the Yamada clan when they were younger. http://gaijinsrealm.com/relabs/index.shtml Tue, 7 Feb 2006 14:15:00 -0800 Relatively Absent - chapter 11 First completed block from chapter 11 of Relatively Absent has been reposted (no actual new content yet). Revising and completing chapter 11 is now first in the queue. http://gaijinsrealm.com/relabs/index.shtml Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:28:00 -0800 Relatively Absent - chapter 9/10 Revisions to chapter 9 and chapter 10 of Relatively Absent have been completed and posted. Revising and completing chapter 11 is next in the queue. More to follow ... http://gaijinsrealm.com/relabs/index.shtml Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:15:00 -0800 Relatively Absent I ended the work week with a little writing energy, and since I've been doing a lot of animation modeling I thought I'd give myself a break and write a few scenes that have popped into mind. I've taken portions of chapters 9 and 10 of Relatively Absent temporarily offline for review and revision - mostly to tone down the adult/mature scenes - which will allow me to slow down the pace of the actions surrounding the "consequences" of the Tendo plot thread. I don't know how long it will take me to rewrite these sections but I am actually working on them for a while. http://gaijinsrealm.com/relabs/index.shtml Sat, 21 Jan 2006 16:00:00 -0800 Gaijin's Realm Hooboy! It's been quite a while since I've updated this site, hasn't it? Well, couple of interesting things to note: first is that I have discovered that I am definitely not a Blogger type of person, so the brief experiment on blogging has been removed from this site. Next, I'm revamping the looks of this site a little - mainly so that I can get rid of that Intro page and move this status block up to the main site portal. I've also added a couple of indicators in the Project Status bar right above to show what type of projects I'm currently working on. Last, I've sent another character artwork commission to Lian - this time it's for a pic of Bendis from Ten of Two. Couldn't resist trying to get a kitsunemimi picture into the gallery pages somehow. :) http://gaijinsrealm.com/index.shtml Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:32:00 -0800