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Ridiculous conversations while writing icos...
We have really stupid conversations while writing chapters. I figured I may as well share some excerpts.
BELOW THERE ARE SPOILERS FOR FADE CHAPTER 23, 24 and 25!! DON'T READ IF YOU ARE NOT THERE YET!!
I'm trying to put in space so this doesn't show on the main page to avoid spoilers but I can't tell how much space/writing I will need in order to achieve this goal so ignore the rambling.... the spoiler tag didn't seem to work for some reason...............
WRITING CHAPTER 25:
ais: i think boyd's porn star name should be Wham Bam Thank You Cam
sonny: thats
sonny: terrible
ais: COME ON IT WAS FUNNY
ais: if you didnt smirk even a little bit youre dead to me
sonny: nvr
sonny: ill never tell you
ais: whatever.
ais: i laughed out loud at the idea
ais: so i was amused enough for both of us
sonny: because youre a bad
sonny: my face hurts
ais: that was like a split sentence that made no sense
ais: my joke was SO HILARIOUS it scrambled your brains
sonny: my face hurts because
sonny: im 100% sure i have a sinus infection
ais: well that's less fun
Also, after this was written:
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"I'm looking for a job and I'm familiar with Skyn's works. I always liked the way your videos are shot more realistically-- it makes your videos stand out above the rest-- so I came in hoping there might be a position open."
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I told Sonny, "i want to make a joke about using the term "position open" in an adult film job interview but im too lazy"
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Convo while editing 23/24:
ais: btw in the beginning of 23 why does sin eye boyd so much?
sonny: idk
dont remember
ais: damn you!
Sent at 4:39 PM on Wednesday
ais: ok then in 24 during the sex scene where he's fingering boyd theres a part where boyd's thinking about how hes wanted this etc, and sin says "jesus fucking christ, boyd" before he changes their positions. what made him comment on anything?
im just curious if my assumed reason for him speaking there is correct
Sent at 4:41 PM on Wednesday
sonny: dont remember
ais: GOD YOURE USELESS TO ME
sonny: yes
ais: go back to your hole, man!
whatever hole it may be!
BELOW THERE ARE SPOILERS FOR FADE CHAPTER 23, 24 and 25!! DON'T READ IF YOU ARE NOT THERE YET!!
I'm trying to put in space so this doesn't show on the main page to avoid spoilers but I can't tell how much space/writing I will need in order to achieve this goal so ignore the rambling.... the spoiler tag didn't seem to work for some reason...............
WRITING CHAPTER 25:
ais: i think boyd's porn star name should be Wham Bam Thank You Cam
sonny: thats
sonny: terrible
ais: COME ON IT WAS FUNNY
ais: if you didnt smirk even a little bit youre dead to me
sonny: nvr
sonny: ill never tell you
ais: whatever.
ais: i laughed out loud at the idea
ais: so i was amused enough for both of us
sonny: because youre a bad
sonny: my face hurts
ais: that was like a split sentence that made no sense
ais: my joke was SO HILARIOUS it scrambled your brains
sonny: my face hurts because
sonny: im 100% sure i have a sinus infection
ais: well that's less fun
Also, after this was written:
----
"I'm looking for a job and I'm familiar with Skyn's works. I always liked the way your videos are shot more realistically-- it makes your videos stand out above the rest-- so I came in hoping there might be a position open."
----
I told Sonny, "i want to make a joke about using the term "position open" in an adult film job interview but im too lazy"
==================================================================================
Convo while editing 23/24:
ais: btw in the beginning of 23 why does sin eye boyd so much?
sonny: idk
dont remember
ais: damn you!
Sent at 4:39 PM on Wednesday
ais: ok then in 24 during the sex scene where he's fingering boyd theres a part where boyd's thinking about how hes wanted this etc, and sin says "jesus fucking christ, boyd" before he changes their positions. what made him comment on anything?
im just curious if my assumed reason for him speaking there is correct
Sent at 4:41 PM on Wednesday
sonny: dont remember
ais: GOD YOURE USELESS TO ME
sonny: yes
ais: go back to your hole, man!
whatever hole it may be!
More ridiculous conversations
More stupid conversations. This one has no spoilers. OR DOES IT?!
Ais: wow XD lets have sin and boyd call each other sunshine and honeybun
Sonny: no
[[random conversation]]
Ais: i wonder what the word would be for being anti-alien
Ais: but are you anti-alien?
Ais: are you an alien racist?
Sonny: yes
Ais: ok
Ais: just checking
Sonny: my head hurts
Ais: hmm
Ais: i wonder if you should sleep instead of attempting to write. it is late already for you
Sonny: its only 10:30
Ais: SO LATE
Ais: wow orgiastic is actually a word
Ais: lets have boyd describe lovemaking with sin as feeling orgiastic, like sin is so much a man it's like having sex with 2 of him at once
Sonny: ..
Ais: and sin can be like "honeybun sunshine i love you!"
Sonny: what is wrong with you
Ais: maybe boyd can tell sin that HSIN stands for Honeybun Sunshine Is Neat
Ais: lol i was looking up something
Ais: on chrome
Ais: and i dont remember what i was ... oh right
Sonny: youre a bad
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What was really happening? THE WORLD WILL NEVER KNOW.
Also, Sonny's supposed to be writing but he was being lame so. This happened. Probably this is all his fault.
I'd just like to put that out there.
Ais: wow XD lets have sin and boyd call each other sunshine and honeybun
Sonny: no
[[random conversation]]
Ais: i wonder what the word would be for being anti-alien
Ais: but are you anti-alien?
Ais: are you an alien racist?
Sonny: yes
Ais: ok
Ais: just checking
Sonny: my head hurts
Ais: hmm
Ais: i wonder if you should sleep instead of attempting to write. it is late already for you
Sonny: its only 10:30
Ais: SO LATE
Ais: wow orgiastic is actually a word
Ais: lets have boyd describe lovemaking with sin as feeling orgiastic, like sin is so much a man it's like having sex with 2 of him at once
Sonny: ..
Ais: and sin can be like "honeybun sunshine i love you!"
Sonny: what is wrong with you
Ais: maybe boyd can tell sin that HSIN stands for Honeybun Sunshine Is Neat
Ais: lol i was looking up something
Ais: on chrome
Ais: and i dont remember what i was ... oh right
Sonny: youre a bad
====
What was really happening? THE WORLD WILL NEVER KNOW.
Also, Sonny's supposed to be writing but he was being lame so. This happened. Probably this is all his fault.
I'd just like to put that out there.
another stupid conversation + tumblr!
I'll make a note about the tumblr account in the news section too...
Sonny: bah i dont want to write 33
Ais: write it
i will whip you
Sonny: what if i liked being whipped then that wont work
Ais: then im going to send you to a fucking spa!
you WILL be massaged and there will be no happy endings!
Sonny: thats horrible
i hate massages
Ais: you're gonna get one
if you don't write 33
and it's going to be by a professional who WON'T STOP
for like an hour
also it'll be in a spa
so there will be girly scents
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Crossposted at our new ICoS tumblr account we just created today-- http://sonnyais.tumblr.com/
Sonny: bah i dont want to write 33
Ais: write it
i will whip you
Sonny: what if i liked being whipped then that wont work
Ais: then im going to send you to a fucking spa!
you WILL be massaged and there will be no happy endings!
Sonny: thats horrible
i hate massages
Ais: you're gonna get one
if you don't write 33
and it's going to be by a professional who WON'T STOP
for like an hour
also it'll be in a spa
so there will be girly scents
----
Crossposted at our new ICoS tumblr account we just created today-- http://sonnyais.tumblr.com/
research love
wow I really love researching. It's kind of silly how much I enjoy it.
It's so fun to have a 'need' to be met (such as, "I need a location that fits ___ criteria" or "I need to figure out where this picture was taken") and then go crazy with Google trying to track things down.
Some examples of fun times with google can be found at behind the scenes at the icos tumblr.
But that's really only the google maps side of things.
There are all these other sides-- for instance, there was a scene in Fade (chapter 9) where I actually looked up what stage the moon would be in on that future date at that location to be able to accurately describe the sky both in Pennsylvania and China.
For those curious, in Pennsylvania on February 10, 2024 sunrise will be 7 am and sunset 5:30 pm; in China near Harbin on February 11, 2024 sunrise will be 6:43 am, sunset 4:53 pm. Then of course there are all the distance calculations (The areas we chose in China and Pennsylvania are exactly 12 hours apart; 9:13 pm on May 4 is 9:13 AM on May 5). Flight is about 13 hours between the areas so that was how we figured out how to describe the setting and the status of the sun in China and in the US.
Or in Afterimage with all the globetrotting we looked up locations and length of time needed to travel between by plane, walking, car...
There are places that could probably stand to use more research to be even more accurate, but we also have a dystopian alternate future so some things we purposely do our own way.
Anyway, I'm sure everyone does all this research too but sometimes I have to geek out on it because it's so fun. And I figure other research geeks may like to geek out by reading an entry about it as well. At least, I know I'm enough of a geek that I would read someone else's research entry lol
It's probably for reasons like this that Mythbusters is one of my favorite shows ever.
It's so fun to have a 'need' to be met (such as, "I need a location that fits ___ criteria" or "I need to figure out where this picture was taken") and then go crazy with Google trying to track things down.
Some examples of fun times with google can be found at behind the scenes at the icos tumblr.
But that's really only the google maps side of things.
There are all these other sides-- for instance, there was a scene in Fade (chapter 9) where I actually looked up what stage the moon would be in on that future date at that location to be able to accurately describe the sky both in Pennsylvania and China.
For those curious, in Pennsylvania on February 10, 2024 sunrise will be 7 am and sunset 5:30 pm; in China near Harbin on February 11, 2024 sunrise will be 6:43 am, sunset 4:53 pm. Then of course there are all the distance calculations (The areas we chose in China and Pennsylvania are exactly 12 hours apart; 9:13 pm on May 4 is 9:13 AM on May 5). Flight is about 13 hours between the areas so that was how we figured out how to describe the setting and the status of the sun in China and in the US.
Or in Afterimage with all the globetrotting we looked up locations and length of time needed to travel between by plane, walking, car...
There are places that could probably stand to use more research to be even more accurate, but we also have a dystopian alternate future so some things we purposely do our own way.
Anyway, I'm sure everyone does all this research too but sometimes I have to geek out on it because it's so fun. And I figure other research geeks may like to geek out by reading an entry about it as well. At least, I know I'm enough of a geek that I would read someone else's research entry lol
It's probably for reasons like this that Mythbusters is one of my favorite shows ever.
....are you kidding me?
So we were just compiling each book into individual documents in preparation for streamlining/much stronger editing for eventual self-publication, and WTF GUYS.
For what is currently released for Evenfall, Afterimage, Interludes, and Fade through chapter 33:
1,595,047 words
3543 pages, Arial 12 & not formatted
....this is not even including any back or side stories.
1.6 million words?
Really?
And over 3500 pages NOT FORMATTED? Right now it's single spaced with an extra space between paragraphs. Once we make it all double spaced and no breaks between paragraphs it's just going to get longer.
jfc. We have a lot of editing to do XD
For what is currently released for Evenfall, Afterimage, Interludes, and Fade through chapter 33:
1,595,047 words
3543 pages, Arial 12 & not formatted
....this is not even including any back or side stories.
1.6 million words?
Really?
And over 3500 pages NOT FORMATTED? Right now it's single spaced with an extra space between paragraphs. Once we make it all double spaced and no breaks between paragraphs it's just going to get longer.
jfc. We have a lot of editing to do XD
