Sunday, October 23, 2011

Not doing well

Sorry not to have updated in so long. The truth is, my health took a turn for the worse back in September. A minor event that put me in the hospital for a couple of days, and pretty much wiped me out. I was forced to take some time off from work, and haven't had the energy for doing much other than reading and watching TV. (Great football game today.)

Let me tell you, getting older sucks. It sure would be nice to go back to being 20 again. Or 30. Or 40 ...

At this time, it is still my intention to continue writing. I really don't want to leave MV where it currently is. I actually do have an ending in mind, and would like to get there. However, if I can get back to writing, I may need to fast forward over some parts in order to try to make sure that I get to that end. Well, time will tell.

One of my reviewers suggested that the problem was with the point I had reached in the story, and that maybe I should try starting a new story. It was a reasonable thing to think, and in fact, I've had a few thoughts that way myself. Unfortunately, a couple of half-hearted attempts to start something new haven't proved very successful either. It might still be good advice, but it seems like everything is going to remain stuck where it is until I can find the energy to start writing at all.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

A storm named Irene

Hurricane Irene is passing over. Battened down, though risk in this location is not too high. I also finally seem to be on the recovery from my illness. Fingers crossed.

To Zenta. (1) Concerning your request for a futanari Akane fucking girl-Ranma — sorry, but no. Dick-girls are not a fetish of mine, in any way, shape or form. I am willing to consider giving Akane, or one of the other girls, either a temporary or permanent Jusenkyo curse which turns her fully male, and then letting her screw Ranma or the other girls. I doubt that I'll be doing that with Akane in Moxibustion Violation, but I might do something of the sort with Ukyo.

To Zenta. (2) Regarding your question whether the Amazons will have a role in Moxibustion Violation. The answer is “no” they're in China and I'm planning to leave them there. I'm quite willing to consider using them in other, future stories, but I don't intend for them to make an appearance in MV. Oh, and as to whether Ranma and Akane will be cured in the end and get their revenge, I guess you'll just have to keep on reading to find out (and hope that I eventually bring the story to the conclusion I intend).

I'm afraid that I've been spending time the last couple days which I should have spent writing instead playing the flash game Atomized which was posted to Hentai Foundry. And it isn't even a hentai game! But I do have the #2 score of 4962 (for which I gave my initials H.S.). I find it strangely addictive.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Still here

Hi everyone. Just a brief post to let you know I'm still alive.

Afraid I've had to make a few trips out of town recently, which took up a lot of time. Then after I got back the last time, I got sick. As in, sick enough that I needed to go to the hospital. I'm still feeling pretty miserable.

So this is just to reassure you that I haven't given up on the story, and do plan to get back to it.

Oh, and I've also received a couple of reviews or comments I might want to reply to in a later post. Once I'm feeling better.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

tuatara's Review

This post is in response to the review by tuatara of my story Moxibustion Violation, which appeared on AFFnet on 2011-07-22. In fact, he apparently created an account on AFFnet just to leave the review.

First, let me say that I'm happy to get reviews of all kinds, positive or negative. Hell, what's shocking to me, given the type of story I've written, is that I haven't received a ton of negative reviews. And tuatara's review wasn't even really negative, at least in regard to the story, only toward the other reviewers. I do wish that AFFnet would give me a means to respond to reviews, aside from putting responses in an author's note in the next chapter, when I finally get around to posting the next chapter. Hell, anybody else on the planet could respond to one of these reviews by writing a review of his own. But if I do that the administrators will hide the story and threaten to delete it (since this is precisely what they did when I made some responses of that sort).

Second, I don't want to say anything particularly negative to this reviewer. His review was civil, and he's entitled to his opinion. And I want to hear that opinion. The reviews give me a chance to hear how my readers as a whole feel, and this is how one of them feels.

At the same time, it definitely feels to me as if he's off target. He says, "if I'm to take many of these reviews at face value." Who would take anything related to non-vanilla porn at face value? It's all about fantasy. I sincerely hope there is no one reading my story who cannot separate fantasy from reality. Anyone who would wish for non-consensual scenes from MV to take place in reality would be a sick, sick person.

When people write reviews to express the pleasure they've experienced in reading the story, they are expressing their pleasure in the fantasy. When they tell me what they enjoyed in the story, or would like to see happen, and so forth, it is a given that they are telling me what they liked or hope for from the fantasy. I don't see how anyone could mistake this as a statement of what they like or would enjoy in reality, or even anything remotely close to that. I have certainly never received any such impression (of the latter sort) from any of my reviews, and I hope I never do.

In the end, as with any porn, you should read the things which appeal to your fantasies and avoid the things which don't, and never confuse your fantasies with reality. It seems to me that should go for reviews of such stories as well, at least regarding the reviewers' emotional responses to the story. So I suppose that tuatara is making the right decision to avoid reading any further reviews, if he finds he has difficulty reading them in that manner.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Shampoo Lemon Partner

(Related to a conversation I had with T H Tiger.)

I don't plan to bring the Joketsuzoku into my story Moxibustion Violation. However, I will hopefully finish that story someday, and I have a number of ideas for other stories I'd like to write. Some of them involve Shampoo getting her just desserts.

This brings up my ideas on who would be an appropriate person to give her what she deserves — i.e., overpower her by means physical or magical and then screw her brains out. There are several characters I would consider for the purpose.

On the martial artist side (subduing her physically) are Mousse and Ryoga. It was suggested that a lot of people would say "anybody except Mousse" for such a purpose, but personally I'd be perfectly happy using him for such. Of course, it is a prerequisite that he first grow a set of balls where Shampoo is concerned, but I don't see that as a major stumbling block. Another possibility, especially if the story is set in China, would be Pantyhose Taro. Kuno, on the other hand, I can't really see performing this task.

As for non martial artists (subduing her magically or by some other non-physical means) the leaders of the pack would be Hiroshi and Daisuke. Or possibly just anonymous boys from the school.

I can see Happosai in the role of facilitator, helping to set Shampoo up because she (or Cologne) did something to piss him off. I don't think I'd want him to participate however.

The one male that I really wouldn't be particularly interested to have teach Shampoo her lesson would be the title character, Ranma himself. He could do it, of course, and I can easily imagine scenarios where he would. I just wouldn't be very interested in writing them. Ditto the lack of interest in writing something where Akane, Ukyo and/or Kodachi turn the tables on Shampoo and make her pay in some sexual manner. It's not that I have a problem with such stories, and in fact could certainly enjoy reading them, but I don't feel any inclination toward them as an author.

Just a little insight into where my biases lie.

Friday, July 1, 2011

Hairstyles

I'm sitting outside under the trees with my laptop, feeling lazy. Part of me would like to be writing on my story, but most of me can't get up the energy to get started.

Then I asked myself, what would the females of the Ranma cast do with regard to trimming their pubic hair? The following are my thoughts.

I think Ranma would leave it natural in her cursed form, partly because she's really a guy and it wouldn't immediately occur to her to shave it, and partly because once it did occur, she'd be worried that the trim would carry over to her male body and the guys at school would rib him about it. This depends on her having a sufficiently sparse red-haired delta that trimming for a swimsuit is not necessary.

I think Akane would trim hers into a tidy little triangle, neat and sufficient for her swimsuit, but with no suggestion that she has considered any guy ever getting a look at her down there.

I think Nabiki would trim hers into a thin stripe.

I think Kasumi has repressed passions, and wears lacy underthings made of silk. She shaves her pubic mound completely bald.

Shampoo is also completely bald down there, but for her it's mostly a matter of convenience, since a man should cater to her desires rather than the other way around. Also, she doesn't shave it - she used some secret Joketsuzoku technique to remove all of her pubic hair in a manner where it will never grow back.

Ukyo probably falls somewhere between Akane and Nabiki, trimming moderately but not too far. She imagines Ranma gazing appreciatively at her one day, but she doesn't want to make it look like she was excessively eager for his attention to that part of her.

Kodachi has naturally trimmed her dark black bush into the shape of a black rose.

Nodoka Saotome leaves hers entirely untrimmed. It doesn't matter to her, since she doesn't wear revealing clothing, and since it wouldn't occur to her to worry about what her husband Genma might want in that regard.

Hinako Ninomiya is completely hairless in her normal, younger form. When she transforms, the magic leaves her just as hairless, so she doesn't have to worry about it.

Asuza Shiratori (of the Golden Pair) carefully plucks and trims hers to keep it as sparse as that of a thirteen year old. What remains she dyes bright pink, and she refers to her little delta by the name Madeline.

I didn't even want to contemplate Cologne. Unfortunately my mind went there, recalling her appearance at Shampoo's age, and guessed that she did the same as Shampoo in her youth. After that, the technique used should have kept the situation permanent.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Visiting

No writing today, although I did a little more planning.

I'll be visiting relatives through July 4 and beyond. I'm taking a laptop, so hope / might get some writing done. Probably not as much as I'd like to pretend to myself that I will.

The other students at school are going to know about Ranma's weakness. How could they not? They knew about it before the moxibustion chart was shredded. It would only be natural to ask Ranma if he found a cure, and he couldn't easily get away with lying and saying yes. Which means that Ranma is probably going to have to depend upon Ryoga to be a "protector" at school, concerning anyone who might have a grudge or just want to take advantage of her. I'm sure that Ranma is just going to love that state of affairs.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Kagome Pairings

I've written some of chapter 30. Ukyo's first time playing with Ranma and Akane under Ryoga's rules. She isn't thrilled to find that Ranma is stuck as a girl and thus can't service her as a boy, but agrees that it's not a bad idea that her former fiancé won't be able to screw Akane anytime soon.

I was reading an Inuyasha lemon yesterday, pairing Inuyasha and Kagome. It got me thinking about something. I enjoy Inuyasha/Kagome lemons. I can also enjoy lemons, dark or otherwise, in which Kagome has sex with Koga, Miroku, Naraku, Shippo, bandits, Hojo, male schoolmates, or other strangers in the past or present (though I'm not partial to these as ordinary pairings). What I am totally unable to read, as ordinary pairing or lemon, dark, light or in-between, is any suggestion of a relationship and/or sex between Kagome and Sesshomaru. It's not that I can't stand reading Sesshomaru pairings - I have no problem if he's paired with Rin, Kagura, or someone else. It's particularly strange when you consider the large number of Kagome/Sesshomaru shippers out there in the fan-fiction universe.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Planning for MV 30

I did some planning for chapter 30 tonight. No writing yet though. Chapter 29 ended on New Year's Day, and the next school term should be starting about a week later. My current plan is that chapter 30 will cover some events of that week, and leave me positioned to start the next school term - with associated hijinks - in chapter 31.

As people familiar with the manga are aware, the magic of the Dragon's Whisker reached its expiration date shortly. However, if Ranma is careful about not turning into a guy - and Ryoga and the rest of the gang would also be more than willing to help her avoid hot water and stay a girl - it might be quite a while before she realizes that the magic has worn off. In other words, I'm planning to leave Ranma stuck as a girl for a while, before she finally finds out it's safe to change back to a guy without going bald.

I don't know how many chapters there are yet to come. There are a number of developments I have planned which can't take place all at once. I do have a resolution in mind which is gradually become clearer as I get closer to it. In any case, I'm pretty sure there are going to be a good many chapters yet before the story ends. What worries me is that at my current pace, that could take years, and I don't want it to take years. So I hope that somehow I can start writing faster again. Still, que sera sera.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Chapter 29 Up

Chapter 29 was posted a little over an hour ago. I'm fairly happy with it, although I feel a bit like the end of the chapter was, sort of, like I said "I'm going to stop now". In other words, kind of bland, like I just chopped it off at that point.

One thing I definitely feel is that there's a lot more plot, and a lot less sex, at the moment. I need to try to change that, or at least balance it a little more. I think it may be a continuing side effect of my meds. At least I feel more willing to write now, then I felt at one point. But the parts with the heavy breathing still don't seem to be doing quite as much for me as they did back when I started writing this. Ah well, I intend to keep going so long as I have any interest in it at all. I just hope I can last long enough to give the story the resolution I have in mind.

Since it came up in an email someone sent me, I want to remind people that this site seems to require acceptance of third party cookies be turned on in order to post comments. Or at least it did at one time, so I assume that was the source of his problem adding a comment.

Any special requests for indignities / embarrassments Ranma should experience while attending school as a girl?

Saturday, June 18, 2011

MV 29 Draft Done

I have brought chapter 29 of Moxibustion Violation to a point where I am satisfied with ending the chapter. I'll try to find time tomorrow to clean it up so that I can post it.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

MV 29 Progress

For some reason, Google Chrome is really misbehaving trying to make this post. It crashed a couple of times. Finally switched to Firefox.

In any case, I wanted to report that I've made some good progress on chapter 29 of Moxibustion Violation. I've finished the scene on New Year's morning between Ryoga and Kodachi. Although I don't want to make any promises, I've got a reasonable hope of posting the chapter by the end of the coming weekend. I've got my fingers crossed, anyway.

I tried reading The Dragons of Spirit and Love on FFnet, and just couldn't. It reinforces something I've already realized. When it comes to a story which is clearly erotica/porn, I find rape and other coerced sex an exciting, arousing element of the story. Because I see the entire story as fantasy, and don't get as "involved" as I do in non-erotic stories. In those other types of stories, where I want to suspend disbelief and get "into" the story, I don't like to have something ugly and dark like rape occur. It's a bit of a bipolar attitude I suppose.

Monday, May 23, 2011

Pariah's Review

Regarding Pariah's review of Examination:

Hehe. Well played.

I guess you needed a break from the drama and moodiness. Good outcome.

I suppose the only criticism I have is that the sexual description was lacking. But, as you say, I suppose too much emphasis on that would ruin the clinical decorum.

I was half expecting them to do an anal exam after her preliminary stretching. But I suppose expanding beyond the humiliation aspect of having a sexual toy up her ass would be pushing it.

I don't know whether I needed a break or not. But inspiration hit, and I had to surrender to it. Sorry about the lack of sexual description, but it seemed right at the time. For that matter, I still think it's right.

I did consider doing some more anally, but decided against it. Porn or not, I felt it would stretch the scenario too far for the film crew to get away with clearly anal procedures. After all, it was supposed to be an examination by a gynecologist, not a gastroenterologist.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Followup

I've calmed down some since making the post earlier today. For the time being, at least, I will continue to use AFFnet. Unless in making future attempts, I find it really is going to be more trouble than it's worth to try to post there.

Examination Posted

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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Examination Draft 1

I've just finished the first draft of the story mentioned in my two previous posts, Examination. Now I need to go back and clean it up, get it ready for posting. Which will hopefully take place sometime tomorrow (Sunday).

Today I came across an announcement of a possible Ranma lemon contest on the following forum:

http://z14.invisionfree.com/The_Fanfiction_Forum/index.php?showtopic=20333

I'm feeling a little sad that the contest hasn't started, since I feel that this story would be perfect for an entry in it. However, I have no intention to withhold posting the story just to try to submit to this contest, assuming they can even get it off the ground anytime soon.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Good Progress

I've almost finished that story I wrote about in my last post, although by "finished" I mean finished the initial writing. I'd still have to go back through and clean it up.

Of course, now the work week is starting and we're still putting in some overtime even though I didn't have to work this weekend. So I'm not sure just how quickly I can finish the thing. Still, I'm hopeful that I'll be able to post it by the end of next weekend at the latest.

Then I need to get back to Moxibustion Violation.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Interlude

Afraid I'm not posting to report progress on MV, although I promise to get back to it real-soon-now. The problem is, I got inspired to write a one-shot, and I'm already about halfway through it. It'll be solely about female Ranma, in the hands of some people who are taking advantage of her. Nonconsensual, technically, but not dark. Certainly not like MV, anyway.

I suppose I might have been inspired by some of the recent stuff appearing on nonktube. I'll leave you to ponder the possibilities that might suggest.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Hung Like A ...

It seems to me that the Jusenkyo guide is missing out on a fabulous business opportunity. He could make up small vials of water from the Spring of Drowned Horse, and advertise it as a miracle product for increasing penis size. The instructions would very explicitly state to apply to nothing except the penis. Of course, some dumbasses would screw it up. I can just see Kuno now ...

Note that canon supports the notion that the spring water affects only what it comes in contact with. When the water from the Spring of Drowned Twins dripped on the bump on Happosai's head, it turned that bump into two bumps.

Hmmm. Now that I think about it, there might be a problem with the idea. If vaginal secretions are similar enough to water, and warm enough, then the penis might revert to its uncursed state upon penetration. Could come as a bit of a surprise, to both parties.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Musings on Pornography

Why does 90% of lemon/pornographic fan-fiction read like it was written by a virgin who's never seen a real girl in the nude before?

When are people who write amateur pornography going to learn that the hymen is at the entrance and not halfway down the vagina?

Likewise when will they learn that the tip of the penis does not press against the cervix during intercourse, and that if it could penetrate the cervix then that prick would have to have a really weird bend in it?

Why are males in pornographic films and pictures so mentally retarded that they don't realize their semen is supposed to end up inside the vagina, and not on the girl's belly or ass?

Every time I read about an inexperienced girl drooling over the sight of a massive penis, I roll my eyes. Real inexperienced girls are generally nervous about the size of a perfectly average penis. Something twelve inches long and two inches thick would probably make them scream and run away.

It's amazing how often one reads about two virgins having an absolutely fabulous first time together. No awkwardness. No learning curve. Pleasuring each other as skillfully as someone with years of experience.

It's equally amazing how often two completely inexperienced lovers immediately start experimenting with anal sex, role playing, bondage, etc.

For the life of me I'll never understand why people who draw pornographic scenes like to draw the girls with tits bigger than basketballs. To me, such girls look malformed, which detracts from the viewing pleasure. I find it much more erotic when the girls are portrayed with breasts which look realistic.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

More 29

I've had to work overtime the last few weekends, which hasn't left me time for much of anything. At least not once I took care of things I had to do. I did get a chunk of chapter 29 written today, but still have a long way to go. Hopefully sometime within the next few weeks the pressure will ease up some, and I'll be able to get some more writing done.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

29 Begun

I had to work overtime this weekend, but I managed to begin work on chapter 29. I'm currently working on the scene which takes place at the Tendo home on the night of New Year's Eve (approximately the time that Ryoga is turning the tables on Kodachi in her dungeon). Gosunkugi should be showing up shortly so that Akane can keep the promise that she made to him in chapter 27.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Thoughts on 28

Spoilers here for chapter 28.

Just some thoughts on the chapter now that it's up, and I've received a few reviews.

I had been considering bring Kodachi into the story eventually, although not necessarily as another molester, and this was definitely sooner than my original intent. However, it did give me the opportunity to set up a few things, in a way which might have worked better than the approach I first planned. A couple that I can reveal right now - first, I could let Ryoga's Jekyll side out for a while and even allow him to be tortured in a minor way, to remind everyone that he still exists inside the guy. Second, this provided a means to keep Ryoga away overnight, which is the night of the New Year, a very important night in Japanese culture and one where Gosunkugi had extracted a promise from Akane regarding what she'll be doing at midnight.

Neither of those things required Kodachi, but I wanted Ryoga with someone, and it was too soon for him to play with Ukyo again. Putting Kodachi in the scene also allowed me to set up something that I haven't fully made up my mind about, but if I go with it, it should slowly emerge over several upcoming chapters.

As for the question from "Anon" as to whether I will bring Shampoo into Haido's clutches, the answer is no. The Joketsuzoku are in China, will stay in China, and will not be appearing in the story. They - particularly Cologne - would be too upsetting to the balance of power, both as it exists right now, and where I want it to end up. I don't object in principle to their presence in Ranma porn, and may even use them in some future story, if I ever manage to finish writing this one.

Next chapter should have the night of the New Year (back at the Tendos), the morning after for Ryoga and Kodachi, Ryoga's return to the Tendo home, and more of the dragon's whisker saga.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

MV 28 Posted

Okay, chapter 28 is finally posted. I never did remember what other thing I wanted to do in the final scene. It didn't have to do with the stuff she put on Ryoga's dick - I originally planned to put some on her as well, but made a conscious decision against it later. Now that I've posted the chapter, I'll probably remember what it is within the hour. For now, I've got other things to get to. Like that new book I want to read.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Forgetting Something

Well, I've finished the rewriting. I need to make a final pass with the spellcheck, and take care of formatting issues for the sites where I'll be posting it. That's three different formats, one for AFFnet, one for my web site on asstr, and the last a purely text version for asstr. I've automated the process somewhat, so it isn't too onerous.

What's bugging me at the moment is I'm certain I've forgotten something I wanted to include in the last scene. I'm sure that as I was approaching that point earlier today, I had an idea for something important I wanted to add. But now I can't remember what it was. Very frustrating. I'm going to let my subconscious knock it around for a bit, and see if it can find the missing piece. I'm not planning to post tonight anyway - it's getting late, and I want to take care of a few things before bed rather than dicker with the formatting crap right now.

I probably won't have time to do anything with the story for the next few weeks after this chapter. Like I said in a previous post, we have a major push at work for the end of April, and I'll be busy working on my taxes for the next couple of weekends. But I'll definitely get chapter 28 up tomorrow, one way or another.

Polishing Chapter 28

I'm a large portion of the way through cleaning up chapter 28. As I feared, I didn't get started on it until this morning. Then my wife dragged me out shopping, to a movie, and to a restaurant after. But I'm back to work on it now, and am hopeful of finishing up tonight. Just thought I'd take a quick break for this update.

If all goes well (crossing my fingers) I'll post the chapter tomorrow. I.e., Sunday.

I'm even holding off on reading a new book I bought while I try to get this finished up.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

MV 28 Draft Complete

It took far too long, but I've finally completed the first draft of chapter 28 of Moxibustion Violation. Mind, it's not ready to be posted yet. I still need to go through and clean it all up, but that's generally not as hard as writing it in the first place. I was beginning to wonder if I'd ever get this chapter finished, so I'm pleased to know that the answer is yes, I have finished it.

I'm not going to make any guarantees about when I'll get it posted. Soon, I hope, naturally. But work has been pretty hectic recently - we have a major target around the end of April, and the closer we get the more upper management is pressing us.

Hard to believe it's finally Spring, eh? (For those of you in the northern hemisphere.)

Ugh. I just had the unpleasant thought - sometime in the next couple of weekends I'm going to have to see about getting my taxes done. Oh joy.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Crouch of the Wild Tiger

Imagine me doing the Crouch of the Wild Tiger, apologizing to everyone for not finishing the chapter this weekend. I meant to. But I got caught up in following all the news of the disaster in Japan, and time slipped away from me. I did get some more written, but didn't finish the chapter. Sorry, sorry, sorry.

I really am hoping to complete chapter 28 as soon as possible.

Why, oh why, won't someone do a decent Akane for Super Deepthroat? Although the recent Disney characters have been pretty good.

Daylight Savings Time is, in my opinion, one of the stupider ideas society has had.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

MV 28 Getting Close

I wrote a good bit more on chapter 28 tonight. I also took the length into account, and made some changes to my plans for where I'm going to break up events into chapters. As a result, I am now close to completing the rough draft of chapter 28. However, the fact that I struggled with some parts of it means that as soon as I do complete the draft, there are places where I'm going to have to go back and do some cleaning up. Still, I'm definitely making progress, and I'm getting closer to the day when everyone will be able to read the chapter.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Keeps on Going and Going and

I wasn't feeling very well today, but I did get some more written. It's turning into a long chapter, but there are certain things I feel I need to get through to advance the story the next notch. I'll try to write some more tomorrow.

Slow Going

My apologies to Halle for finding my story, only to discover it's unfinished, but I assure you I haven't given up on writing it. It is true I haven't written much in the last couple of weeks. It seems like every night when I get home, I sit down on the couch with my laptop, then fall asleep. They're keeping me busy.

But I'll see if I can't find some time to get some writing done later today.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Super Deepthroat

I want to give a shout out here to the flash "game" Super Deepthroat by konashion, which was brought to my attention by T.H.Tiger. The mods which are available allow you to play with a wide variety of anime girls. Just look for the post containing the latest beta version, which is needed to allow the use of mods. The links on the upper right of the blog page point to where mods may be found.

My one complaint is that there is not yet a good Akane Tendo mod. The one available only provides hair, without code for the rest of her features, and I don't think the hair is all that well done either. Are there any artists out there who would undertake to fix this?

Still Working on 28

I got some more written on chapter 28. Not as much as I wish, but another chunk.

This chapter will see the introduction of another character from the manga. One who has not appeared in the story so far.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Working on 28

I thought I'd let you know that I got a good chunk of chapter 28 of Moxibustion Violation written today. Prior to today I'd only managed to write little bits now and then. First I was busy with the holidays. Then it was a combination of watching the NFL playoffs (American football), together with the need to do maintenance work on the house as a result of winter's dastardly effects.

Eh. The point is, I haven't had much time for writing since finishing chapter 27, until today. Based on where I expect to end the chapter, I'm more than halfway there now.

Monday, January 24, 2011

Story on AFFnet Again

I'm glad to say that the situation on AFFnet has been straightened out. Moxibustion Violation is once again visible on the site.

Story Hidden on AFFnet

My story Moxibustion Violation has been hidden on AFFnet, apparently because I added reviews in response to readers' reviews asking when I would update, to let them know I was still working on the story. The thing that bugs me, though, is that in telling me they were doing so they claimed that they sent me a previous notice on Jan 11 and they only took this action since I did nothing in response. The problem is that I didn't receive any previous notice. I've checked my email archive, and my message box on AFFnet itself. So as I said, I'm a bit miffed.

In any case, I've deleted those review entries, and replied to their notification. So hopefully the story will reappear on that site soon.

As far as additional chapters - er, sorry. Been busy. First with the holidays. More recently, a lot of my weekend free time has been taken up watching the football playoffs. I'll try to get back to it soon. Honest.