Hey all! I know this is titled kinda how we do Monologued Dialogues, but this is just from me! Just a quick check in on a couple things going on, and a couple things that might be in the works.

First, updates. I don’t remember if I mentioned it, but I had a goal of finishing Taking Back The Kingdom by my birthday, in late November. I feel like there’s, at most, three chapters left to that story, so if I can keep up my pace and decide how exactly it ends, we’ll have that goal crushed. It’ll be great for my self-confidence!

But, that does bring me to something I know I haven’t mentioned on here before: Everything I’ve posted on here is first take, first drafts, and definitely not polished. I may go back and edit when I find a typo or something, but that’s really all I fix. None of the stories posted have been reviewed by more than a test reader or two, and none of them were edited much from that point. So, if you have suggestions for something in one story, or something doesn’t make sense, or there’s a plot hole? Don’t be afraid to point it out! You can post about it in the comments of the post, or you can message me using the “Contact” page of the blog.

Admittedly, that also applies to The Monologued Dialogue series, but those are also slightly different. Those are me talking to… Well, me. And I like to try to keep those relatively authentic. All that gets edited for those is format, to make it flow more similarly to a real conversation. It’s still an artificial structure, of course, but have you ever listened to people talk? It’s hard to truly replicate that in text if you aren’t just transcribing a conversation. It’s really kinda neat how I do those, and I really do learn a lot about myself by doing them. I can explain it sometime, if people are interested, but I don’t know how easy it will be to explain.

Now, speaking of those particular posts… I’m thinking about re-creating them in another format. Either as a podcast, or as a short video. (I’m not yet sure if I’ll do Shorts on Youtube, or if I’ll just do TikToks. I’m not even sure if I want to do vidoes yet!) The only problem I’m having with those is 1) What Dialogues do I re-create? and 2) How do I best represent Shorty?

For those who don’t know yet, Shorty is literally just me personifying a part of my subconscious and personality. The personification is based on my… Well, I guess she’s my OC of sorts. She started as a Naruto OC that’s kinda transcended from that plane of existance. Now, she’s getting her own culture and religion, her own world to live in. It’s kinda neat. Heck, I’m even creating a language for her people to use. (It’s difficult and I didn’t realize there were tools some creators use for this until I already had a couple hundred words. I’ve just been using Excel and my brain lol)

She also started as a version of me my child self wanted to be when she grew up. Now… She’s me setting an end goal for various things I want to do. I want to improve my fitness, build muscle, and learn certain skills that she has. I intend to turn myself into a fusion of the two of us, in the long run. But, of course, all of that makes representing her in a “real world” form difficult. She’s basically me, after all. But, if I decide to do videos (or people really want them and ask me to start them) I’ll figure it out.

I do have a few other ideas, though, that I’ll share here. I’m considering actually trying to publish Taking Back The Kingdom, though I’m not sure how much interest there is in it. It turned from a sort of challenge for myself into a “don’t judge a book by its cover” moral for the story. Once I finish that story on the blog, though, I will most definitely be looking at Journey again, since that one seemed pretty popular.

Originally, Journey was a National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo, or NaNo for short) project that was going to cover 30 days of this adventure. As I work on it, though, I would just be falling into the “filler” trap if I continued to push it to 30 days. So, instead, I’m going to try to just make it make sense for when it ends. I don’t know how well I’ll do, but that’s alright. That one won’t ever get a book form, anyway- It’s just my first (and only) fanfiction, and I’m quite proud of how it started. (Also, I totally love the end I have planned.)

I’m also working on a larger project, as I’ve mentioned recently, that I don’t intend to post to the blog directly. If I get it completed to a point I wish to publish it, I may decide to post excerpts to hype up the publication, but I probably won’t. I am quite excited with this project, and I hope that people will enjoy it as much as I already do.

I’ve also considered starting a Patreon, to help me make a little bit of money to help with bills. It’s hard to find time to write on this when I’m working two jobs to make sure I can afford food, bills, and my car. I just don’t know what I can offer to people as a subscription bonus, unless it’s glimpses into my writing process, private livestreams on Twitch, or what have you. If anyone is interested and wishes to make suggestions, feel free. (I have dabbled with the idea of, while my fan base is small, a “birthday prompt” short story type deal, where you give me a prompt and I give you a short story, preferably sometime in your month of birth. I don’t know yet if it would be a one-time deal, or a yearly event per person.)

If I do make a Patreon, one of my subscription bonuses might be sneak-peeks of stories. For example, I have later parts of Life Is Super written, just not published as they aren’t the part I want to post next. I might share one of those a month with Patreon subscribers, or parts of my big project. I might also share small dabblings, ideas that I’m not sure I’ll follow through with. Basically, a sneak peek of what might come, and also a chance to test read some of my ideas I’m not so sold on.

Now, I mentioned NaNo earlier, and I intend to participate this year. Last year, while I didn’t do some whole novel, my project was to get the first chapter of Life Is Super done and written. The only thing with NaNo this year is: I have no idea what I’ll do. Normally, I have a prompt that I intend to use, though I refuse to plan much or write anything until November. (In the spirit of the event!) This year, though, I don’t even have a prompt planned out.

So, if you have a prompt you’d love to see me tackle? Feel free to send it to me! You can comment on this post, or you can use the “Contact” page. And if you have opinions on the video, podcast, or Patreon ideas, feel free to leave them below! Would you check out the varied content? Would you consider subscribing to Patreon for me? Let me know, and thanks for reading my content!