#daily dispatch

[the-three-idiots]

Three Idiots Profile: Lisbet Veros

(art by @Kaosethekaos)

Race: Norn

Role: Guardian

Job: Librarian, Durmand Priory

Main Weapon: Gallant Sword

Norn spirit animal: Bear

Bio:

Lisbet Veros is the definition of Brain meets Brawn, having always preferred to read a book than fight with a sword. She joined the Durmand Priory solely so that she could research ways of defeating Jormag.

She isnt a workaholic however, much preferring to spend time with her wife, Liana Pri. The two have a house in Lornars pass, which they built themselves by one of the lakes in the area.

Lisbet met Kotaru and Anfwyn in the priory, with Kotaru looking for an expert of ancient languages. Figuring that it would be easier for the two if she just came along with them rather than just handing them over an old book, she was the last to join the Trio.

[thefictionaledition]

Shame on rye! Lox ‘em up!

Deli king and son implicated in teen death years ago and grave-robbing

[the-three-idiots]

ABOUT THE REPORTER - PHIL SHELDON

Who is Phil Sheldon?

Phillip Jason Sheldon is a senior reporter at the Daily Dispatch and has served as a  frontline reporter since the battle of Claw Island. He has submitted over 300 articles to the Daily dispatch in the last decade.

Hailing from Lions Arch, he has always yearned for adventure, to discover new things about the world, the cultures and sometimes, even new things about himself.

At all times, Phil is incognito, another face in the crowd, a man who can blend in with all of his environments. If you ever see him, its because its on purpose... is something we wish we could say.

                       [Phil while on assignment to the southsun pirates]

Becoming a frontline reporter

                       [Phil and future editor, Kari Woodlots (Left)] Phil did not start out as an frontline reporter, he started out as documentarist for the political column of our newspaper since 1320AE. He was on Claw island in 1325AE , interviewing  the soldiers there for the annual military census. However when the Risen launched a large scale assault onto the island, Phil was caught in the crossfire. Ultimately losing his eye to bullet laced with a toxic chemical which meant that not even magic could that wound. Though greatly injured and seeing the horrors, he did settle down for a desk role afterwards but instead applied to be on the frontlines. He has since been one of our best reporters, reporting on many battles both on the ruins of Orr to the plains of Dieassu, no battle is to big or too small for him to attend.  He always seems to be in the right place at the right time.

[an-artthief]

daily dispatch 11: editing is unglamourous

helloooooo,

I have been MIA mostly because I'm trying to figure out a writing routine while falling back into a new full-time job. I've been a student all of my life, and this is the first time I have no plans to go back to school in the near future. So, I've been experimenting with when is the best time for me to work on all my writing projects.

It turns out 5:30 AM before my 7 AM start time is the best.

I've been editing the little romance story I wrote before The Cloak Maker. So much reworking haha! That first draft was missing so much. While it's been a real slog to do, I've been enjoying the process. It's mostly me rereading stuff I wrote and filling in 300 gaps that I left when I flew through the first draft.

During her segment of I Ain't Saying No Names on the R&B Money podcast, Jordin Sparks spoke about laying down different melodies and then piecing them together afterwards to find what she likes. I feel like that's how I write most of the time: write a bunch of different scenes and then piece it together better as I go.

[an-artthief]

daily dispatch #10: first draft done?????

This is a hilariously ugly photo but the words THE END are all up in there!

This is the second first draft I've finished in a month! The Cloak Maker is done!!! This one is significantly longer than the little romance piece I wrote and finished a month ago. (It was also meant to be an in-between piece while I let that piece mellow. The Cloak Maker took on a life of its own.) I've had a lot of time on my hands and I'm very grateful. Writing has been very fun.

I love the whole writing process, but the editing process is so fun to me. Maybe it's because it's pretty technical and analytical. A little low-stakes battle between myself, the author and myself, the reader. This is also the first full-length story that I've shared with people that I know in the real world in many years (I've been writing around on the Internet for years), so I'm actually excited to have people who know me read something I've written again. The only stuff they've seen me write is policy assignments until this point.

I'm on a hiiiiiigh (and already thinking about the next project to work on lol). Maybe I should eat some chocolate as a congratulations.

[an-artthief]

"Good intentions don't always mean good outcomes."

-an excerpt from a book i'm writing

[an-artthief]

daily dispatch #8: a mini comic

Just to kinda steer away from The Cloak Maker (writing today was more of a struggle, because everything I wrote seemed wrong), thought I'd show some of the process of a short comic I'm working on.

This scene from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Vol 2 (I'm currently reading the manga for the first time) had me thinking about soulmates. I'd read a soulmate fanfic around the same time too, which had me thinking about all those stories about soulmates and the different ways to discover them (i.e., no colour until you meet your soulmate, the red string of fate, being able to feel what your soulmate is feeling, writing on skin, etc).

I did a messy sketch of Her. I'd also started rewatching Cardcaptors on Netflix, hence the staff in her hand. (These characters don't have names so I've just been calling them Him and Her.)

I couldn't seem to get Him down at all though. Everything I was comfortable drawing and used to drawing didn't seem right. But I figured I'd just storyboard the comic and play around with Him until I found something I liked.

I managed to do some messy sketches for what I want the comic to look like. I'm horrible at drawing environments and characters doing things other than looking pretty, so this was an interesting challenge. And as you can tell, basically stick people at this stage.

I've started doing more refined sketches and have decided what I think I want Him to look like. I want to paint it traditionally since I feel a lot more confident doing that, so I'll need to lightbox these onto some watercolour paper eventually. I have dreams of doing a graphic novel and a children's book that way, so this is also a good test for the process.

Kinda in the mindset of "I'm never going to feel good enough to do it, so might as well do it anyway. Otherwise it'll never get done." So far, so good.

[an-artthief]

daily dispatch #7: writing intense scenes

Action scenes are always so interesting to me when I write them. I feel the emotions I'm trying to convey when I'm writing. Happy, sad, smutty, action. I feel all the things while I'm writing them.

I just finished writing an intense section of The Cloak Maker. I wasn't expecting it to be intense, but this story just seems to be telling itself. So, my heart is currently racing in my chest and I feel really on edge.

I'm not even sure how good any of the words I wrote today were. The scene kept moving forward and I was just along for the ride apparently. There's an element of mystery that I had expected when I first started writing this story months ago, but I didn't know what the mystery was going to be. At this point, just over 30000 words in, I'm still not 100% sure what the mystery is or what the motive is.

I guess my characters and I will discover it together.