Sunday, March 30, 2008

F&L Chapter 52: On Emergency Kits and Refuge now up!

No Kosuke-Aya scenes... but is a must read for Shizuki-Yuken Fans ^_^

And also, we get to know more about Tomo too.

52 Fictionpress

52 Soompi

So there, I'm too lazy to put up some good author notes... so till then!

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Fists and Lipsticks Trailer - New and Improved

Meia bragged me for almost a week, asking me to teach her some more about video editing.

We started with a few of our personal videos, but then later she had this crazy idea to come up with another video for F&L - this time, not a promotional video but a TRAILER.

I guess the bragging-sessions were worth it. It came out... Wow... ^_^



Kinda pixelated though (since the videos were only downloaded randomly via YouTube)

Monday, March 24, 2008

F&L 51 - Confessions - - - Up in FP & Soompi

A must read for Kosuke x Aya fans ^_^

It feels kinda weird to revert back to 3rd person writing after 5 long chapters of 1st person narrations. This chapter tells what happens during their confinement in the hospital after the Tsuzuya brawl, which (if you recall) left the two of them with the most injuries.

I've made a plot sequence change too, in case you have noticed. I stopped in Reminiscence Part 5, so I haven't revealed the flashback which would narrate how Aya Miyazawa ended in a coma. Well, to unveil that part, I came up with a better plan. So let's keep that suspense for now (*grins*)

I realized that even though some people requested to be taken off from the PM list in Soompi, the number of readers has been growing through the months, both in FP and Soompi. To this reason, I've become more inspired to write and finish this story.

Thank you very much to everyone who has been with me all throughout the ride.

`hiro

Monday, March 17, 2008

F&L Reminiscence Part 5 Chapter 50 posted

Haaaaa.... Chapter 50...

Man, I suddenly realized how long this story is now. I just hope I'm not starting to bore the readers. But anyway, here it is:

Chapter 50 in Fictionpress

Chapter 50 in Soompi

I could say that this chapter, by far, is one of the best (if not the best) chapter ever posted for F&L. There are lots of emotions poured out here, specifically by Yoshida Ayane. This chapter is long btw (13 pages in MS word) and centers on Yoshida Aya and Crosse Williams' untold relationship in the past. This will stress how deep their relationship was, and how it will be upturned with Miyazawa Aya's entry to the scene.

Aside from this, the origin of how the Circa Constellation got it name will be briefly noted here, but not detailedly. I'm leaving the flashback for that in another separate chapter.

I've realized that I cannot actually fit in all the reminiscences in 4 chapters just as planned. Now, I think I'm going to exceed 7 now that I look at it... But I'll weigh things probably according to my judgment of the plot from here on.

An option is to stop here in Part 5 and resume the reminiscence after the hospital scene of Aya and Kosuke... Or probably continue until part 7 and reveal about the 'accident' that left Aya in a coma before I present the Aya-Kosuke scene after the school incident.

Right now I'm still deciding on that... and so - - -

Any suggestions are welcomed ^_^

Thanks ~ hiro

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

F&L Reminiscence Part 4 CH49 Posted - Hardship in 1st person writing!

Wow, it actually took me a while before I finished this one - -


F&L 49 in FP

F&L 49 in Soompi


Actually I have two reasons why it took me a while to post the next chapter. One is that I just came from Mexico for an English conference (which was pretty cool btw. Mexicans are really nice people!).

Second reason was that I personally had difficulty in writing this chapter. I had to ask Meia's help, since this chapter was written in first person and was meant to be 'filled with emotions'. This is the chapter where I unfold the true relationship between Crosse and Yoshida Ayane and how the tides turned for them when Miyazawa Aya came in the picture. This is a pretty long chapter too (9 pages in MS Word) and a lot of things happened and were revealed here.

Thanks for reading F&L, especially to the new readers both in FP and Soompi. ~hiro

Saturday, March 01, 2008

Reminiscences

F&L has been updated again for this week.

48 in FP

48 in Soompi

I'm actually getting the hang of this 1st-person narration. Although sometimes I still sound 'mechanical' (which I'm trying my best to avoid doing), so far everything is going smoothly as far as the narration is concerned.

Now that I look at it, I think I won't be able to compress the 'Reminiscences' into 4 parts. Probably it would reach up to 5. I'm avoiding uploading chapters that are too long too, since it may end up tad boring for the readers.

The secrets are slowly coming into the open, huh? Well, there's more coming... and I really hope you will be there until this story comes into an end (which wouldn't be anytime soon I guess - lots of pending scenes has not yet been written to this moment. You could imagine them swirling around my head, crazy to break free and reveal themselves! Man, that's difficult, mind you!)

I'm actually happy of the direction of my fic, and happy because of the feedback I've been receiving. Thanks a lot everyone!