Even when we got out of the gauntlet of surgeries and treatments and finally celebrated my husband being in remission about a month ago, we had been simultaneously saddled with medical debt and a level of stress that absolutely crushed the creativity and energy out of my life. I really couldn't do much more than what was required of me so when I finally had spare time to pay attention to my personal projects, I just couldn't get motivated.
This story fell by the wayside and while I want to finish it and have visions of where I want it to go, now I'm wondering if anyone out there is still interested? My motivation has been at an all-time low...
...So if you're out there and you give a damn about this story, let me know? Any little light of encouragement (and especially anyone willing to leave much-needed feedback) will help me rekindle that spark for it!
Art Catchup
There HAVE at least been some art developments for this project that I forgot to share here, so at least it's not all doom and gloom eh? Behold all the art I forgot to post here in the past year or so!
Character Sheet: Kalara Vadras
Kalara's gotten some fan love in the community in the past, so I finally did this sheet a long while ago to help collect all of her visual odds and ends for easy reference! |
| You can see a complete detailed biography of Kalara + a gallery of references here! |
Khazan by Jadehand
A character you haven't met in the story yet is Khazan, the Starless Dragon, a Fire Aspect bandit who becomes a mentor of sorts for Khalara during her fledgling Solar days! I've actually written out a good deal of their story in the unpublished sequel created during NaNoWriMo of long ago that inspired me to go back and rewrite The Uncrucified, so consider this a teaser of things to come if I can ever finish this prequel story! You can like Jadehand's tumblr post of this art here.
I love how Jadehand gave him an over the top beard and a cheesy dad presence. It fits him perfectly!
Character Biographies
If you just want to be spoiled on what happens in this story and want to have fun getting to know some of the characters from it, I've gone ahead and created in-depth character biographies as references over at Refsheet. Enjoy! Ye have been spoiler warned!
- Character Biography - Kalara Vadras
- Character Biography - Khazan, the Starless Dragon
- Character Biography - Laughing Fox
Exalted Art Challenge
In an effort to pull myself back into Exalted and get motivated for this story, I'm considering trying to do the 30 day art challenge I created with the help of the Exalted community. Perhaps I could share my progress here to bring some new life to this blog? Would that be something you all would be interested in?
That's all I have for now! Things have been looking up in life with my husband's improving health, a new job, and a relief from all the stress. I really hope it won't be another year before I can come back to this project fresh and fluffy and ready to show the world the awesomeness of a Solar learning they can change the world AND punch gods in the face!
I'm so sorry things have been difficult for you guys, but really glad to hear about your husband's health improving, and hope you consider taking up The Uncrucified again! The Exalted Art Challenge would be really cool to see on here too, I'd love to see what comes from it!
ReplyDeleteThis weekend I will dive into reading the Uncrucified and I will definitely share my thoughts!
Hey there, Anon! Thank you for your kind thoughts and for letting me know you'd like to see more of this story. It helps keep the spirits up! I have been itching to do that Exalted Art Challenge for so long now, it'd be nice to get this blog going again with some fresh new material from it!
DeleteAs for reading the story, it's gone through several iterations which you can see in the Table of Contents section of this blog. If you want the very first raw (but shorter and complete) version of the story, you can read it and even listen to audiobook versions of it at the reading links on the page http://theuncrucified.angelasasser.com
However, I've been posting a new rewritten draft done in a more traditional novelized style here on this reader blog. It's the version I need feedback on, if you'd like to leave some! You can start with chapter 1 here:
http://theuncrucifiedreaders.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-uncrucified-beta-chapter-1-auntie.html
This 'beta' draft is an expansion of the 'alpha' draft, since I felt like the story needed more time in Gem and the alpha draft skips this time to move right into Chiaroscuro.
I've also made a post with tips about what kind of feedback I'm looking for here:
http://theuncrucifiedreaders.blogspot.com/p/how-to-use-this-blog.html
I hope that all makes sense! Basically, the beta is the one that's the newest that I will be combining with the sections of the alpha that pertain to Chiaroscuro (with improvements from previous beta readers). If you ever have any questions just drop me a line and I'd be happy to clarify!
Thanks again and I hope you enjoy the story!