NaNo Update - 23 Oct 2009
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wolfanficsTitle: Moonlighting
Puns: Rather a lot. And not just in the title. XD
Characters: several. Some more annoying than others. Some behaving more than others. Decided runaway princess and androgynous girl disguise as a boy are the same character. No, wait, I didn't decide that, Craig did. Fail. XD Andrew still perfectly content to mess around with his radio and build an electric guitar. Managed to talk Charles out of royalty; is still insisting on nobility of some kind, and wants to be higher than Chris, who's currently a son of the 4th Earl of Aylesford. Annoyed at Jalyn for getting annoyed at me because I keep spelling his name wrong. XD
Weird Names: So far, Jalyn, Ulysses, Cassius, and ... I had another one that I've forgotten. XD This is why I need to do character profiles. I'm sure it was one of Andrew's relatives though. Cassius handed down some weird names to his kids. Cassius being Andrew's grandfather.
Potentially Amusing/Annoying Character Narration: Have been threatened with Andrew's running internal monologue, and George III adding mad commentary to everything his son does once he takes the throne from him (and possibly to everything else. XD) (The joys of Regency era. :P)
Plotting: progressing. Sort of. I have a start at least. Where it goes from there is anyone's guess. Muses have provided a few scenes in a somewhat helpful manner.
Setting: It's alt!Birmingham, UK in 1822. Mostly figured out. Won't bore you with paragraphs of detail.
Point of View/Tense: No idea. Possibly third person past tense, but we'll see what happens.
Maps: printed out and scribbled on with different coloured permanent markers. Faithfully plotted where the real train stations are/were, made up the rail lines. Worked out who occupies what territories. Worked out where The Bull Ring is (and ergo where Charles lives) on my dodgy 1832 maps. :D
Caffeine ingested: not enough.
Item/s of note: mechanical horses to pull the carriages due to lack of real horses (more logical than putting engines on carriages apparently)
Scene/s of note: thief!princess-in-disguise!Craig sneaking into Andrew's house to steal things and getting caught by Andrew
Things I want to include: steampunk!Stargate Midlands (thank Edgar Wright for that one. XD) - there has to be a way to include that somehow. Or even a Black (Country) hole. XD (<-- I laughed a little too much at that. XD) Also, young Dissenting musos sneaking into the Triennial Music Festival in 1823 to play Epic Rock Music, just to piss everyone off (with or without Andrew) - bonus points if it starts another riot. XD
Progress towards acquiring acceptable Brummie accent: Still a bit too Liverpudlian. Must kick Lister's voice out of my head and replace with Bev's voice, or even Ozzy's at a pinch.
Musical Playlist: Growing nicely. Nice mix of shitloads of ELO, some Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Grieg, Daft Punk, The Prodigy, Regurgitator, Muse, Pink Floyd, and other assorted things.
Theme song: The only one that comes to mind is 'Mr Radio' by ELO. And it doesn't even fit the whole narrative. Fail. XD
Procrastination level: high.
Magic system: sorted out enough to write.
Genre: apart from 'fanfiction', no fucking idea. Aiming for 'steampunkish'.
Laptop: Suitably pimped in copper, purple and orange.
Desktop Wallpaper: Quite dashing ackshully.
Firefox: Also suitably pimped in purple 'Bejeweled' theme. The red cats just weren't working for me. XD
PC: Behaving grudgingly.
Synopsis: Ask again when I actually start writing.
Overall mood: Wishing to start writing now kthnx. :D
Puns: Rather a lot. And not just in the title. XD
Characters: several. Some more annoying than others. Some behaving more than others. Decided runaway princess and androgynous girl disguise as a boy are the same character. No, wait, I didn't decide that, Craig did. Fail. XD Andrew still perfectly content to mess around with his radio and build an electric guitar. Managed to talk Charles out of royalty; is still insisting on nobility of some kind, and wants to be higher than Chris, who's currently a son of the 4th Earl of Aylesford. Annoyed at Jalyn for getting annoyed at me because I keep spelling his name wrong. XD
Weird Names: So far, Jalyn, Ulysses, Cassius, and ... I had another one that I've forgotten. XD This is why I need to do character profiles. I'm sure it was one of Andrew's relatives though. Cassius handed down some weird names to his kids. Cassius being Andrew's grandfather.
Potentially Amusing/Annoying Character Narration: Have been threatened with Andrew's running internal monologue, and George III adding mad commentary to everything his son does once he takes the throne from him (and possibly to everything else. XD) (The joys of Regency era. :P)
Plotting: progressing. Sort of. I have a start at least. Where it goes from there is anyone's guess. Muses have provided a few scenes in a somewhat helpful manner.
Setting: It's alt!Birmingham, UK in 1822. Mostly figured out. Won't bore you with paragraphs of detail.
Point of View/Tense: No idea. Possibly third person past tense, but we'll see what happens.
Maps: printed out and scribbled on with different coloured permanent markers. Faithfully plotted where the real train stations are/were, made up the rail lines. Worked out who occupies what territories. Worked out where The Bull Ring is (and ergo where Charles lives) on my dodgy 1832 maps. :D
Caffeine ingested: not enough.
Item/s of note: mechanical horses to pull the carriages due to lack of real horses (more logical than putting engines on carriages apparently)
Scene/s of note: thief!princess-in-disguise!Craig sneaking into Andrew's house to steal things and getting caught by Andrew
Things I want to include: steampunk!Stargate Midlands (thank Edgar Wright for that one. XD) - there has to be a way to include that somehow. Or even a Black (Country) hole. XD (<-- I laughed a little too much at that. XD) Also, young Dissenting musos sneaking into the Triennial Music Festival in 1823 to play Epic Rock Music, just to piss everyone off (with or without Andrew) - bonus points if it starts another riot. XD
Progress towards acquiring acceptable Brummie accent: Still a bit too Liverpudlian. Must kick Lister's voice out of my head and replace with Bev's voice, or even Ozzy's at a pinch.
Musical Playlist: Growing nicely. Nice mix of shitloads of ELO, some Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Grieg, Daft Punk, The Prodigy, Regurgitator, Muse, Pink Floyd, and other assorted things.
Theme song: The only one that comes to mind is 'Mr Radio' by ELO. And it doesn't even fit the whole narrative. Fail. XD
Procrastination level: high.
Magic system: sorted out enough to write.
Genre: apart from 'fanfiction', no fucking idea. Aiming for 'steampunkish'.
Laptop: Suitably pimped in copper, purple and orange.
Desktop Wallpaper: Quite dashing ackshully.
Firefox: Also suitably pimped in purple 'Bejeweled' theme. The red cats just weren't working for me. XD
PC: Behaving grudgingly.
Synopsis: Ask again when I actually start writing.
Overall mood: Wishing to start writing now kthnx. :D