So I ended up taking off two months from working on projects instead of just one. December is always a nightmare for me (I work retail, and customers like to pretend for some reason that they didn't realize Christmas is on the 25th every year) but I've also been dealing with some legal issues that have taken up a good chunk of my time (but which were thankfully resolved to my satisfaction and to my benefit). I've also been systematically going through all five of my Butterfly Princess novels and reformatting them for physical hard copies. E-book formatting is always a little different than the print edition (I have a lot more control over the font size and placement, for one), and I've also been designing and illustrating the book covers (which is an exacting process unto itself). I've been writing these novels since 2011 and they're deeply personal and meaningful to me. I've been wanting to reformat these books for a long time now (the files have been sitting on my computer desktop for, like, the last two years) so this is something important that I really need to get done. If you like my work and want to support me, please consider buying some (or all) of the books! Going forward, I plan to resume building the monsters of Final Fantasy IV beginning in January 2020, so watch this space for updates in roughly a month or so. Merry Christmas, you filthy animals!
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As promised, I wanted to do some spooky projects this month since Halloween is just around the corner. There are several types of undead skeletal monsters from Final Fantasy IV, and most of them hang out around Mt. Hobs and Mt. Ordeals. It's sort of implied that they're the remains of the various adventurers who tried and failed to climb the mountains (witness the impromptu grave sites complete with makeshift tombstones about halfway up Mt. Ordeals), which is a pretty disturbing prospect if you stop and think about it. These guys gave me a lot of trouble. I average working for about a month on each new batch of projects, but I actually started these guys last year but gave up on them for a while. I had to do a lot of structural work in addition to all the usual customizing and painting, and it was rather time-consuming. I'm very pleased, however, to finally reveal the Red Bone, Skelton [sic], and Skull, who honestly I think are some of my best Final Fantasy IV monsters to date. However, I'll let y'all be the judge of that. Feel free to leave comments! Don't be shy! Oh, I almost forgot. I'm not planning on a November update because I've got some other stuff I'm working on. I have the fifth Butterfly Princess novel written, but I need to do some editing, illustrate the book cover, and format the book for publication. (I'll never get any of that done if I'm spending all month painting toys, so I gotta tear myself away from that for a bit. If I get done before the end of November, maybe I can squeeze in a simple project. No promises!) In the meantime, check out the wiki to get caught up on current events from the series! |
DAVID GRAHAM EDWARDS
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