AnimeBoston '14- Rise of the ConCave

     So yes, we went, we saw, we cosplayed- and did fairly well, if I do say so myself. I think it ended up costing us about $250 per person, plus whatever was spent at the vendors. Which isn't bad, as it included what we paid for hotels and meals.
     And the cosplays were all completed on time!
     Pictures, as promised:

Kirita, Kleina and Asuno (our cosplays)

Kirito, Klein, and Asuna from Sword Art Online Anime

   
    We were also the only ones who gender swapped those characters, even though there were more than 30 Kirito cosplays, several Kleins and at least 20 Asunas. Most of whom had bought costumes, or at least the swords.
     Hurrah for original ideas!

March Progress Report IV

Greetings from AB '14!


Writing:

• NO words into King's Shadow- Go work on the cosplay.
• 510 new words between KS and Never Surrender (Dan AU)
• Editing- NONE- Seriously. Work on the Cosplay.

Crafts/hobbies: 

• TERA Rising: NO hours, Finish your cosplay and get to Boston!  
• Klein cross-play costume completed! 

 Other: 

• Read an entire trilogy- yeah, this was instead of writing....

March Progress Report III

Greetings from the ConCave! Well, we're now less than a week out from AB, still have a few things to wrap up, but we're nearly ready (good thing, too!)

Writing:

• 1200 words into world building for King's Shadow
• 6610 new words between KS and Never Surrender (Dan AU)
• Caught up to WriYe word count goal

Crafts/hobbies:

• TERA Rising: logged about 10 hours 
• Katana- painted, added clear coat finish- just needs the handle bound 
• Plate armor and katana sheath are done, need to be attached with straps
• Sewed small "plates" onto right sleeve
• Wig cut/style- outsourced, waiting for call to pick up

Other:

• Read two books
• Started cleaning out desk

March Progress Report II

And yet another busy week! I hope we finally have all the materials for this cosplay stuff. (Two weeks until Anime Boston! We're cutting it close!) But oh how my writing is suffering...

Writing:

• Managed another 3k this week, still about 3k behind my goal. I was doing great until ...Friday?
• Got another several pages of editing done
• Updated word count spreadsheet

Crafts/hobbies:

• Started playing TERA Rising again, logged about 15 hours
• Katana shaped out of foam, added hilt and enameled
• Plate armor and katana sheath cast out of plaster
• ConCave craft area reorganized and mostly cleaned up

Other:

• Moved uncle's boxes and furniture from basement to storage
• Dismantled office desk and moved from balcony to basement
• Signed up for Camp Nano in April
• Ran Tech Sunday morning

March Progress Report I

Writing:

• Another scene of King's Shadow
• Plotting for the next 'arc' of the story- filled out, created more characters
• Over 10k in Dan's story during the month of February- all after the 14th.

Crafts/hobbies:

• Found a home for ALL of the scrapbook- stuff
• Bought the rest of the materials for Kleina costume

Other:

• Cleared out the Island of Misfit Toys/Moria (In common tongue, the un-insulated room above the garage- did I mention that is was cold this week?) for several hours during the week and pretty much all of Saturday 
• Played in the Elder Scrolls Online BETA (So much fun, even if I am a flailing newbie whose sister set up non-archer characters. Archer= only MMORPG character I have logged more than two hours on. I was trying to play a mage.)
  The mudcrabs though- I remember those from Morrowind- those should just DIE. (Kill on Sight) 

February Progress Report III

Note: So, yeah, I published this on time... no, no I did not.


Writing:

• Several scenes of King's Shadow; the story is finally coming at a decent pace.
• Plotting for the next 'arc' of the story
• Nearly 5k in Dan's story

Crafts/hobbies:

• Worked on Klein costume- not quite completed, maybe another week
• Ordered wig- and received wig. It's- short and Really Red xD
• Cut fabric for huntress overdress

February Progress Report II

Oh, that's right- I need to post this on Sundays. I have the feeling that this is going to be a recurring theme, forgetting the progress report...

    Writing:

• Started scene two in "The King's Shadow"
• First read-through for editing R'anna's In the Wake of Ambition (first 150 pages)
• Continued working on Novel Bibles
• Added another scene in Dan
• Began editing Dan

    Crafty things:

• Completed Quilt
• Organized Scrapbooking Supplies

Completed: Psychedelic Quilt of Doom

Yes, I do actually call it that.

     This is a project of mine from roughly 2008, which I shelved during college. I have worked on it on and off over the years, and this year decided to make the final charge to finish it.
     January 8th, I dragged the top of this twin-sized quilt out of it's dark corner and commenced work- ironing, pinning, hand sewing and machine sewing.
     As of today, the Quilt is finished.

Psychedelic Quilt of Doom

     May I have a nap now?