Announcement April 16, 2022

Hello, dropping an update to let you know what’s going on and where things are going from now on.

First, I will be attempting to update once a week starting the week of April 17th (probably the 20th). Whether or not I’ll keep it up, well… we’ll see.

Second, there’s been just a plethora of things going on behind the scenes here that I’ve been working on.

I’ve been struggling with depression for the past three years, and it’s just been hard to be motivated to do anything let alone put myself into a writing headspace.

It’s been … a bit weird to deal with, because although I have bouts of the “typical” depression symptoms, most of the time I was just feeling out of sorts and demotivated. Which means I can delude myself that I’m not depressed and ignore the problem, which just, you know, prolongs the problem… anyway, I’m talking to my doctor about it now and actively trying to do something about it.

The other problem that’s been going on is that I picked up writing again in my ‘slice-of-life’ phase, and uh, I’m kind of having a hard time continuing that style these days. Which means I’ve needed to take another look at all the stories that I’ve been working on, and make some decisions about them.

And thus:

• BaiYuYi – reworked the entire plot, but you guys won’t notice too much I think, since it pretty much felt like it had a direction despite me just making everything up as I go. :x
• OriSto – On hiatus for a bit as I work on the world building. Er, the game-world building. While Naru and co can do continue their slice-of-life-ing, I need a more concrete world than what I’ve got for them to play in. I’m not sure how long it will be on hiatus, but it will likely be back sooner rather than later. Probably back immediately after its replacement, which is …
• 2nd Chances – This is a shorter story that I started writing towards the end of my slice-of-life phase and has a clear direction and character development that I can handle as a buffer while I figure other stories out.
• Fluvia – Moving up to main update status~
  I’ve just been reluctant to get to a main plot point for reasons.
• Wfb – …

So the big elephant in the room is Wfb, and I’ve agonized over it for a while now, but I think I have to pull the plug. Honestly speaking, I feel like the true end of the story was the end of the Nyl City arc, and everything after that was like the death throes of me attempting to write the thing.

I have no idea how to actually bring the story from where it is to any sort of cohesive plotline anymore.

I’m not going to drop it just like this, though. I’m currently figuring out how to do a quick write up of what I had planned and why it was just not coming together, so at the very least it will be an interesting look at how not to write a story. orz

I think the best way to view Wfb from now on is that it’s a ‘prequel’ type story, where someone got isekai-ed and had to figure out that the isekai world isn’t as nice as they thought it was. Everything after the Nyl City arc can be considered on the level of ‘possible events’ in the future, or like … fanfic level.

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For people following on the klinhcomics site:

I’ve been reworking the entire story for Leah’s Records, and I’ll probably have to restart it because of the design changes due to some direction changes. Normally I wouldn’t, just surreptitiously changing things as we go, but y’know, changing the main character design randomly is a little harder to explain away. Also putting more effort into the ‘set design’ of the isekai world, since it’s still going to be a major part of Leah’s life as flashbacks and stuff.

I won’t deny that I was just randomly drawing the backgrounds before, and I regret it.

I’m currently reworking/making the 3D models for major backgrounds and designing the costumes and Leah’s wardrobe.

Having a fashionable protagonist is a pain in the ass some times, especially when I hadn’t actually decided on what type of style Leah tends to lean towards, and uh, apparently it’s more athleisure than what I put her in.

Also, immediately after drawing Leah’s outfit and posting the comic, I went, “Fuck, it would make more sense to have been fall or winter. How the heck am I going to explain this?”

Basically, I was wholly under-prepared to start the things when I did, and it’s apparently a bad idea because then you have to redo a bunch of stuff. Aspiring creators, do better than my half-assing self when you create, ‘kay?