Why do we like Villains?

Here's an interesting video about villains!

So Good to have Feedback

I recently learned that one of my zoo buddies studied creative writing in college. I asked if she wanted to do a critique exchange and I sent her the first chapter of Evva's story.
Plenty of people say they'll read one of my chapters, and half or more never do. So I was thrilled that a few days later I received a long email full of questions and comments.
She even singled out one detail and asked if it was going to be an important theme. She was right!

Aaah, it's so great to get feedback from someone who can catch stuff like that!

She said she wants to read the next chapter too! Even better!If this goes on, it's going to make me edit faster to keep up with her. XD
Good motivation, in many ways.

Have some magellenic penguins.

The white penguin with his girlfriend. And their chick is on one of the photos too! (these are from a few months ago)

Always Taking Longer than Expected

So, as I've mentioned, my current writing project is an edit of Evva's story.
And as usual, it's taking longer than I expected. I thought the plot was in pretty good shape, so this rewrite would be faster.
But now I'm focusing on the writing itself. Spending twenty minutes on just a couple paragraphs, trying to make every word and phrase as clear and descriptive as I can.
I'm actually amazed how much polishing that needs. I'm pretty much rewriting everything.


Peahen and peachicks (what you call female and baby peacocks)

Writing Commission

A few days ago I posted a chapter of my Pokémon fanfic onto my Deviantart account. And right after, I got a question asking if I took writing commissions.
It's the first request I've ever gotten for a writing commission, which was exciting.
But then he said he wanted it NSFW. So I turned it down. I'm no good at that kind of writing anyway.


Komodo dragon

Last Line

The last line of Evva's story never really popped out at me. It just felt like a typical ending.
But as I was editing the first few chapters, an idea popped into my head. A new last line.
And it fits perfectly with the title of the story!
Whoo, I love those magic ideas that pop into your head.


Black rhino
I love these photos! Let me explain. Many animals have an organ on top of their mouth that helps them smell. That's why snakes stick their tongues out - to pull smell onto that organ. Cats, horses, giraffes, and rhinos have this organ too. So when they smell something really good, they open their mouth (that stink-face cats make) to smell it better. That's what this rhino is doing!
Look at that big kissy face!

The Cold Doesn't Compute

It's been a hot week.
I've watched a couple movies this week, where the characters are cold and shivering. My brain can't process it. It goes, "Cold? I don't remember what it means to be cold."

How quickly we forget things. @_@


Black bear (she was literally twirling her bamboo like a baton. It was adorable).

Strange Cartoons

There are some movies that I like, but they're a bit strange.
Sometimes I wonder if you have to watch those movies when you're a kid to really fall in love with them. I don't know, maybe you're young enough that you don't pay much attention to the strange parts?
Although I may just think that because I've tried showing them to people a couple times, and they never seemed to catch on.

For example, the animated movie of Watership Down.
Or Yellow Submarine.
Or The Last Unicorn (except my dad loves that movie, and he wasn't a kid when he first saw it. Even Mom likes it).


River Otters