So I continue my trend of rarely posting journals, since apparently my last one was 4 years ago now!

Quite a bit has changed in that time. I've changed jobs, moved into a new place and at the start of this year I actually started working seriously on writing a novel. As of the time of this journal, I'm close to completing chapter 9 of my first draft, and have written more than 36,000 words. In working on the first draft, my aim is not to edit as I go, but rather just push through getting an entire first draft completed before I go back to do re-writes. By the time I finish the first draft, I should be a better writer than I was at the start. Or at least that's the theory.

I've been getting feedback as I go from a small group of friends, who I have been giving the book to in 3 chapter chunks as I progress, which has proved helpful with not just story elements, but also with the more technical aspects of my writing. I've been debating on if I should post any sections publicly to get some additional feedback, and potentially also get a little bit of publicity going, though it's likely to be quite some time before I'm ready to try and publish.

In terms of the novel itself, it's a military sci-fi novel set in a setting of my own imagining. While it does contain anthro characters (Including Chris, naturally), it's not a 'furry' novel explicitly and I have an in-setting explanation as to how and why anthro characters exist. It's been an interesting process so far, and quite enjoyable. Particularly getting some of Chris' story out of my head and into words.

Other than that, I should probably re-do my user profile here at some point. The existing one is kinda awful looking, and rather out of date. For one, Chris is Chris now, rather than Rogue. And I do actually have art of a second character in the gallery, in the form of Kim, my Jaguar gal. I'll see if I get around to it any time soon!