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Just wanted to do a quick journal update and say to everyone who might see it. Keep creating that art. Make it part of everyday. Even if it something small keep doing it. Today I managed to do a bit of writing. I have not been good about writing so far this year but today I started something I can really get done.
Most of my art creation this year has been around action figure customization and I will be sharing more of it soon. I have no idea what category that will go into but I will find something.

I was working on the same fantasy novel for almost two years. I recently heard a talk from a fantasy author talking about moving on from ideas that are not working. I am wondering if I should set that aside and focus on something I know I can finish. Then I had this idea to turn it into a visual novel. But then again I have no idea how to even make a visual novel or where to begin learning.
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You may have heard that Mercury was in retrograde for a while and now it is done. Or maybe you did not here about it at all because you don't follow astrology stuff. I only know about it because I saw it mentioned on a blog that I read. Anyway they claim its bad to start things during those periods because they will be doomed to failure or something. I did not start anything during those weeks. I mostly just kept working on stuff already in progress. I don't know if starting things after Mercury comes out of retrograde helps at all but here it goes.

The creators of Welcome to Night Vale started a new podcast called Start With This. I don't have any money to spare so I can't afford to become a patron and get access to the forums and share things there. But I can participate in my own way. I am going to do the Start With This assignments. But I am also going to start making the act of creating art part of my daily routine. And I am going to get more proactive in putting things out there. I have decided to concentrate on three things.
Here is my plan.

Post an image on Instragram everyday. You can find me on instagram theoriginalDJRM

Post a piece of art here on deviantArt once a week.

Post a video to youtube once a month. My youtube is DJRM.

I don't know how effective this plan will be but I will never know if I don't try. My facebook and twitter theoriginalDJRM will remain the same. I will post when I feel like it and share Nerditis.com articles I write. I probably won't do anything new with tumblr. I was pretty late to the game joining tumblr and never did much with it. And now people are claiming that tumblr is on its way out. So maybe I dodged a bullet on that one.
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C2E2 begins tomorrow. I will have to get up early to get a good parking spot. I have my snacks ready. I actually made a list of things I am looking for and hopefully will find some good deals. I will talk to the people I usually talk to although I don't have much to show that is any different from the last time I talked to any of them. But keeping it up is the only way to get noticed. I may not have much to show but I have not given up.

I will try to live update on the show on twitter theoriginalDJRM and instagram theoriginalDJRM
But the wifi at McCormick Place has not always be reliable in past years so I don't know how consistent my coverage will be.

In other news I may have mentioned that I am delving into the world of action figure customization. I got a new xacto knife and holy crap I think I accidentally bought some kind of super special sharp one because damn that thing is slicing through stuff way faster than I anticipated. Its a good thing I am already paranoid about arts and craft injuries. I also might pick up some D&D miniatures this weekend to practice mini detail painting. I am a little out of practice on that since my gundam model kit days of old.
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As the title says C2E2 is happening here in Chicagoland again next week. I have my three day pass. I suppose I should come up with some kind of plan for what I want to do. In the past I have tried to schedule some kind of in person meet up with other Chicago area nerds I know from the internet but none of them ever respond.

I should take a look at the C2E2 schedule. Maybe they have some Dungeons & Dragon events. I may pick up more D&D paraphernalia while I am there.

I know Dirk Manning will be at C2E2 again this year and I will talk to him again like always.

I know this year I am going to be on the look out for action figures like never before but for different reasons. I am delving into the world of custom actions figures and there are a number of figures I will be on the lookout for because they can be transformed into other characters.


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Well my attempts to get any work done in the last week were thrown off by getting horribly sick. I spent an entire week in bed unable to go out and do anything or even get any work done at the desk across from by bed. And even if I feel better there is a chance it will still be another two or three weeks before I completely shake this cough.

Anyway my attempts to dive into the world of action figure photography and customization are stalled until I can shop for certain art supplies. Plus I still have a lot of work and cleaning up to do in other places before I can get many other things going in my life.

I was supposed to give a presentation on writing dialogue at a local library over the weekend but being sick prevented me from doing that. The writers group I belong to probably won't have another opening until next year.

Hopefully I can start to get back on track tomorrow.
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