Working Stiff.

Hey, I got a job!  For anyone not following the adventures of my exceedingly interesting life on Twitter (MissKaneda, twits.  Hop on), I'm now a manager at Nine West.  The job takes me into the city, so the commute is killer, but at least I'm working and not desperately afraid of how I'm going to make ends meet.

About half the time I've been trying to use mass transportation, be it bus or rail, and I had this thought that it would give me all this time to try and catch up on the writing I've been having trouble pushing myself to do.  I have some ideas for stories I want to get to and I pretty much have the rest of "Flare Rising" mapped out in my head, too, but there are commission obligations that I need to get to.  If you've commissioned me, I promise promise promise that I haven't forgotten you, I've just been having a really hard time finding a way to follow up "Laurel is Dead."  I've laid some of the introductory groundwork for a short commission that I'm working on, and have ideas for another longer piece that I've promised to work on as well, but it turns out that I forgot how motion sick I get when reading/writing/gaming in vehicles.  Hopefully I'll adjust soon and be able to not only get to some writing but also actually get somewhere in Link Between Worlds before the new Pokemon games come out.

Aside from that, I'm pretty active on Pokebattle, the new Pokemon battling simulator built primarily around a point-based teambuilding system.  It's pretty cool, look for me as Team Flare Chloe there.  I'm easy to find because I'm voiced.

All in all, things are pretty good.  I'm a week into my new job, and I spend a lot of my time selling shoes to tourists, which is a lot more demanding than I expected.  At least most of my customers tend to be having a good time and, when they speak English, are relatively fun to deal with.  Things could absolutely be worse.

If I didn't say this last month, it's probably best that I list commissions as officially closed for the time being.  I want to honor the commitments I have and do a little work on my own storied before I get back into doing things for others.  Again, for those who've commissioned me currently, thank you for admiring me and having patience with me as well.  If you want to check in with me I do still check my notes on here rather frequently.

Hope the lot of you are keeping it together.  Let's all get through the summer together, huh?

~K