Heeey, everyone… I bet you were expecting another late post, huh?
WELL JOKE’S ON YOU It still may be late. I’m writing as much as I can before I go to bed so I don’t forget to do this post AGAIN. Y’all tell me if this post comes out a day or two late!
But that’s not why we’re here today, is it? We’re here to talk about Hell/Dolls chapters and story (maybe), so let’s start as always with the stats!
Continue readingAs I close in on the end of the first book of Hell/Dolls, I feel obligated to share something that had been asked of me since I was in high school.
After all of the posts I made in the past about tabletop games that I created, and stories that ended up in my “Never Finished” folder, why do I write? And why, specifically, did I decide to write Hell/Dolls?
Continue readingI AM LATE BUT I AM HERE~!
I apologize for the delay getting to the story update, but I’ve been finalizing(ish) the prelude and first chapter of the story for release, which should be available sometime this month or next. I’m very excited that we’re so close to release!
In other news, here’s the current status of the series:
Current Chapter: 10 (Status and Poison)
Pages (not including title and ToC): 138
Current Word Count (same): 62,730
I think that I’m nearing the middle of this part of the story, if I’m being honest. I was originally envisioning the first “book” to have 30 or so chapters, including asides. With the way things are playing out writing-wise, I may end up only releasing 25 chapters, if that.
I also wanted to clarify something I may have forgotten to mention in the last update; I had to rearrange some of the paragraphs as I reviewed the story to fit the… “pacing” of the speech and thoughts. I’m not a professional, and I’ll never (truly) claim to be until I release a physical book or something. I rewrite my chapters regularly and I read and listen to my story whenever I can to catch hiccups and mistakes. But I am not perfect, and I have learned to accept that.
The story’s endgame has not changed, just some wording and clarifications fixed or added. Because I haven’t really said anything about the story, I realize it is a completely mystery to anyone reading these updates. But please believe me, I am putting all my effort into making this story enjoyable to some degree.
As I said previously (I think in the March update), I am using Autocrit to help me close the gaps. I want to be very clear about this, however: Autocrit is a support tool for me. I use it to catch repetitive mistakes and unresolved plot threads, but I do not generate any of the text that will be released. I do not like the idea of writing a story completely with AI, and I greatly enjoy creating my own worlds from scratch and mind. I take any suggestions from Autocrit with a grain of salt, but I do trust that the mistakes it catches can help me improve.
Sorry, a lot of infodumping at the last minute, but I felt I should be very clear about everything regarding the story – why I’ve been delayed, what I’m using and why, and my level of dedication to this project. As I said, I’m extremely excited to share this.
Keeping in touch,
-M. Isif
Good morning, everybody!
I wanted to take a few moments to alert anyone interested in reaming my content that I do have a couple of presences online already.
Primarily, I’d been using Fanfiction.net and FictionPress (they are general fiction sites that were easy to upload to in the past), but I also have a Wattpad account that I’ve uploaded three stories to (none of which are done).
I am writing this post specifically to point people in the direction of where Hell/Dolls will be released; I will update the blog whenever a new chapter comes out, but I don’t think I will be releasing it directly on here. I’ve been toying with WordPress / Jetpack since I came back to this blog, and I’m fairly unfamiliar with the new layout, as you’ve probably seen.
In short, until I get a better handle on this blog’s makeup again, I think I’ll release it on the other sites, and post links in my writing diary.
For now, await an update on the blog for the first releases. In the meantime, I have some short and unfinished stories available on each site:
Also, don’t forget to support my ko-fi if you like my creations.
Thanks to all my readers for your support!
Love you all,
-Marcosias Isif
Good morrow, my fellow readers and watchers!
I just wanted to provide an update on some stuff going on in my life – both to clarify future posts on the blog and to give myself a to-do list.
Firstly, I haven’t forgotten about Kizumonogatari. I have the review started, but I need to rewatch it while writing, which for a subbed anime with lots (and I mean LOTS) of text notes and Japanese-language jokes, is not easy. I am taking my time writing this one because I truly love the Monogatari Series, and I want to give unbiased, fair, and clear commentary on these movies. If I haven’t already said, I’ll be doing separate reviews for each of the three movies to fully hit home what I think of them.
Secondly, the Hell/Dolls story updates. I do still want to do regular progress updates on this story, but with how infrequently I write, and how varied my writing sessions end up, I realize that every month on the 15th probably won’t work. I do still want to update y’all every month, but just know that I probably won’t be able to do it at consistent times every month. It will most likely be on the back end of each month, as I generally maintain better writing schedules in the middle of the month due to work.
Thirdly, random reviews and other anime and game reviews are still planned (I’ve got a few in the pipeline now), and I will still post at least one anime review each month, not including the Monogatari Series ones. The quick reviews segment I did in the last period I was posting could make a comeback if there’s enough demand, and I happen to have the time to watch a few episodes of a lot of anime, which could definitely happen when things slow down. Game reviews, unfortunately, will be on the back burner for the foreseeable future, as I generally don’t have the time or money for new games… though I do have an extensive Steam backlog that I could review, given some free time. We’ll see.
Lastly, I just want to note that I will try my damndest to give my readers updates on anything I can: if there’re more reviews than usual planned, life events that prevent me from uploading, or sudden desires to update my older stories (like Touhou, which is somehow still getting new readers despite not being updated since 2018). Y’all are my go-to updates over Facebook and Twitter (currently X), and I want you to know that I respect that, since some of you have been with me since high school.
Thanks for listening, I promise a new review will drop soon (probably not Kizumono, but something).
Happy Holidays!
-Marcosias