Sunday, June 20, 2010

Piercing

It has been privately suggested that I consider having the molesters force Ranma and Akane to be pierced, as this provides possibilities for BDSM play. I thought I'd let everyone know now that this isn't going to happen, for the simple reason that I personally regard piercing as a turn off.

Please note, this is a personal taste. I have no problem with other people liking it, or liking to read about it, or having it done themselves. But as the author of the story, given that writing about it would have a negative effect on my libido, it's not going to be showing up.

Sorry 'bout that (for those of you who would have enjoyed it).

Ryoga Keeping Ranma Male

T H Tiger, review of chapter 24, extract:
I do have a quibble, it's wholly because of my bias and likely not shared by everyone. It was Ryouga keeping Ranma male, and actually getting him to steer Ryouga into Akane. A mervelous bit of nasty on Ryouga's part, but I can't help but think he would be uncomfortable as hell with a guy handling his junk. In my own mind he just covered well and really ground Ranma's nose in the dirt at the same time. For my preference I'd just as well prefer it if Ranma were not male during these little sessions.

I think it is quite reasonable to assume that Ryoga was uncomfortable with having Ranma's hand on his manhood, if for no other reason his memories of what Ranma was like before he became weak. I mean, would you really be comfortable having a guy take hold of your prick when he hates your guts, and you can remember a time when he could lift and toss boulders around? So as THTiger suggested, I think Ryoga did feel that way, but suppressed any expression of his discomfort for the sake of carrying out this piece of nastiness.

I won't promise not to have Ranma male again during future sessions, but I believe that if I do it will be a fairly rare occurrence.

Water Temperature Correction

I have modified chapter 24 on both sites to correct the mistake I made with the water in the greenhouse. The paragraph about the pan of water has been replaced with two paragraphs in which the water comes from the roof. It being winter, the water outside on the roof should be cold enough to transform Ranma. The means by which Ranma gets hit with this water is a little more contrived, but still within the bounds of the ordinary for the Ranma universe.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Water Temperature Goof

Oh ... blast. Bloody, bloody ... blast. As Scorpinac just pointed out to me, there's a major flaw in chapter 24. That pan of water in the greenhouse wouldn't be ice water, so it should not have changed Ranma into a girl. Damn. Now I have to go back and change the chapter, and find some way for some ice water to hit Ranma at that point.

Keeping plot points in mind is more of a pain than I realized before I began writing. Heck, just keeping track of whether Ranma is male or female is sometimes difficult.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Chapter 24 Posted

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Chapter 24 Ready. Sort of.

I've gone back through and cleaned up chapter 24, so that it's ready to post. Almost. I just have to do a little tweaking associated with getting the files in the right format for the sites where I post them. However, it's well past midnight, I haven't been getting enough sleep lately, and there's one other thing I have to do before seeking my bed. So I'm planning to put off posting the chapter until tomorrow. Which is really today, but after I've had a night's sleep.

By the end of the chapter, you'll know whether or not Ranma and Akane managed to have sex at the farm, as they intended.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Chapter 24 Draft Complete

I've completed the draft of chapter 24 of MV. Now I just need to go back through and tidy it up. Who knows, if I'm energetic enough, I might get it up before the night is over. Don't count on that though. More likely is that it will be posted Friday or Saturday. Still, I think I can confidently predict that you'll be able to read the chapter before next week.

It currently stands (before tidying) at around eleven thousand words.

Comments and Cookies

Something unfortunate that I've learned about blogspot. If you have your browser set to prevent third party cookies, you may not be able to leave comments. Which isn't to say you definitely won't. But if you have trouble leaving a comment to one of my posts, and you're willing, you might try enabling third party cookies for the duration of creating the comment. That's what I'm doing. Damned silly nonsense, if you ask me.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Chapter 24 Progress 3

Wrote some more on the chapter today. Got through Christmas morning. Going pretty well. It's about 7500 words now, where I usually try to get at least 7000 words before posting (only chapter 2 was shorter than that). And it's not that bad a stopping point, so I could post now. On the other hand, I think I'd prefer to include the scene out at the farm (as mentioned back in chapter 20). Although that promises to be a long scene.

I suppose that I'll decide later.

Chapter 24 Progress 2

I managed to write some more on chapter 24 today. In fact, enough that I could probably post it as a chapter, if I was willing to post it as a short chapter which doesn't go as far as I'd like. So I doubt that I will. There's stuff in the next scene or two that I would prefer to have in the chapter before I post it. It's a balance between my wish to get stuff out there for my readers to enjoy versus my wish to have the chapter feel complete to me.

One of the things that I have to remember is to let Jikiru (Jekyll) out once in a while. Ryoga can't stay in his Haido (Hyde) persona full time.

It amuses me how some reviewers think I have this deep, involved plan where Gosunkugi is concerned. Truthfully, I do have a plan, and have a feel for where I want him to be at the end of the story. But Gosunkugi's plan for Akane and Ranma is dynamically evolving as the story progresses. I.e., his character is letting me in on the plan just a little bit ahead of my readers.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Chapter 24 Progress

I did in fact get a good chunk of chapter 24 of Moxibustion Violation written today. If I can put in another day like today, I should have enough to post the chapter.