Story World

So I recently came up with an idea for a new story world, and I thought I would share it here.  It is a modern day fantasy setting.  The basic premise is that there are two planes.  The one we know is the physical plane.  It is ruled by physical laws and order.  The opposing plane is the non-physical plane.  There nothing has physical form, and all is instead ruled by will, imagination and chaos.  There is a place, tiny cosmically speaking but still vast enough no one has explored it all, where the two planes meet and the energies of both mingle and merge.

Turn Notice

Ok, so I'm not so good at titles.

I had a dream

In between snooze buttons, I had a dream this morning....

Cosplay Burlesque

So, this whole week I've actually been having the desire to caption.  I was actually feeling quite motivated.  I had some lovely pictures that I really wanted to work with.  So I sat down and started.

It wasn't so much a writer's block, as it was a writer's great wall of china.  A writer's hoover dam.  I literally could not write.  I managed to get out exactly two words before being unable to continue.  I had nothing.

Today, I finally managed to get an idea going.  In the end, it actually started running so long that it would never fit into a single caption.  Rather than trying to cut it down, I decided to do the opposite.  I would expand it and turn it in to a story.  But, rather than make you all wait until the story is complete I thought I would do this.

Below is posted the text as I originally wrote it, formatted as to be a caption.  The image is included as well, though I did not add the text to the image itself, as is normal.  Instead, think of this as a sort of teaser, a preview if you will, of the story to come.  I intend to expand a bit on the back story of the characters at least a little, and certainly continue with what happens after the caption.  I'll also try to flesh out some of the parts within the caption a bit more, add more details where needed.  Since it won't be constrained by image size, I can be much more verbose.

In the meantime, I hope you all enjoy this quasi-caption.  Feedback is always appreciated, and I'd certainly welcome suggestions as well.  Got an idea for what you think might happen next?  Let me hear it.  I can't promise I'll use it, but who knows, maybe I will, or maybe it will inspire me in completely different ways.

New Story Snippet

So this is a story idea that has been kicking around in my head for some time.  I thought about trying to develop it more, but never really knew where to go with it.  I decided to write up what I did have and make it in to one of my snippets.  As always, people are welcome to expand upon or take in new directions what I have here, just so long as you give proper credit and make sure you tell me where it is so I can enjoy it for myself as well.

This one also contains images to go along with the story.  You can click on them to enlarge them.

*edit* ok, so this one kind of ended up a lot longer than I had originally planned when I started writing.  It still doesn't have a beginning or a true ending, so it can't be called a complete story.  But it is quite long for one scene.  I actually left out some parts I was thinking about putting in, both to cut down and because it didn't flow as well.  Hopefully you will all enjoy, and please take the time to leave me some feedback.  Comments always help me to improve, and letting Any artist know their work is appreciated can help to keep them from getting discouraged.

Self Reflections

So, in the interest of suiting actions to words, I finally put together something I've been working on for quite some time now.  I had the idea way back, and I even edited the images and started writing the text.  But I couldn't get the whole thing out, and it just sort of ended up on the shelf.  So I dusted it off and finally finished it.  Hopefully you'll enjoy it.

This is a story with images, so it is a bit longer.  You may also want to let it load all the way, especially if you are on a slower connection before reading.  Read it after the jump.
(note, all images can be enlarged by clicking on them)

Charging Up

Originally, this was supposed to be a caption.  However, the text started getting rather long, and I didn't have any other images that I could use to split it up.  I've noticed that, for some reason, when I post a longer caption on blogger, it does not post the full resolution, and the text comes out blurry.  So I decided that I would do this one as a story snippet with an image instead.

This one is loosely based on a combination of two things.  One is the anime/manga Fairy Tail (which is where the artwork originated).  The other is a story I idea I had had previously.  I took the main element of that idea and rewrote it to suit the mechanics of the new setting I was using here.  I won't say more about it right now, so as not to spoil the caption, and I may still go back and develop the original story some time in the future.

Story follows the jump.

Shadowrun Story Snippet

So my friends and I have been gearing up to get into Shadowrun.  Shadowrun is a dice based RPG set in a dystopian future.  It combines scifi elements such as cybernetic body parts, etc with magic and magical races.  You play the part of a shadowrunner, who is basically a criminal for hire.  Mr. Johnson (the name of ALL clients, for privacy, in shadowrun) hires shadowrunners to accomplish tasks of questionable legality.  It could be stealing corporate secrets, or retrieving items, or anything else they want to pay for.  It actually looks to be quite a bit of fun.  I've been reading the rules and going through the character creation process.  Well, it turns out that in fourth addition, in the extended rulebook Augmentation, there are rules for sex changes.  I'm not talking about rules that could be used to create a sex change.  There are actual rules specifically for it.

So yeah, genderswapping is an official part of Shadowrun.  Needles to say, this sent my mind off on some interesting thoughts for character backstories.  And, consequently, inspired this short story snippet.  Really its more of an introduction to the story, it just gets things started.  I think it could be quite fun to write some of the things that come next.  But let me know what you think?  Would you like to see more?  Any suggestions or advice?  Leave me a comment.

Short Story

So recently I made a caption for someone on one of the other sites I visit.  Now, I generally enjoy the captions I make, but for some reason this one just really grabbed me.  There was something about it that just really got me going.  I found myself writing far more than could fit in a single panel.  I toyed around with the idea of expanding it into a story.  I ended up having a bit of free time, so I decided to just go ahead and do it.

You can find the story after the jump.  But, be aware that it is set in a world of anthropomorphic animals.  If that doesn't appeal to you, feel free to skip this one.  But if you do read it, please leave me a comment.  Did you like it, not like it, suggestions, constructive critisms.  Heck, write me a chapter?  Did it inspire you, do you have some new escapade for the characters to be involved with?  Share it with me.  Anything to let me know if this is something I should try to do again in the future.

Story snippet 1

Ever since I was a child, I had wanted to write stories.  I loved reading and I wanted nothing more than to write my own books.  Unfortunately, through the years I have never been successful.  I can write scenes, short little sections, but when I try to connect them or expand them into full stories they always fall apart.  Now, as an adult, that tendency has not changed.  But I still, every once in a while, get the urge to write.  I have tried to write some erotic stories, but the same problems prevail.  Nonetheless, I thought that I would share my latest piece, a snippet of a story that came to me.  What came before, what comes after?  I don't know.  Feel free to use your imagination.  The story can be found after the jump.