Category Archives: Les Lumens

Had an idea

Think I’m going to code up a “Holiday” page that will display with a little widget on the front page around holidays ( and the associated contests on the sites where I post )

It will link all the holiday-themed stories for that season I’ve posted, giving you easy access to some holiday cheer 🙂

Probably won’t work on it today, but the idea hit me so hard that it will probably happen.  The widget will probably be directly below the link bar on the main page, and will only have a link to the holiday page + a little image that fits the season.

I’m planning for the Holiday page itself to be dynamic by adding an entry to my database for holiday themes.  That way, the page can automatically generate just by me flipping a switch on the backend of the site.  I’ll probably have the main image also be dynamic, changing according to the appropriate season.

Putting more work on the artist’s plate *laugh*  At least it can be a gradual thing over the course of the year 🙂

Back to working on Sanctuary.  That’s my priority right now, with such a long-standing tradition.

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Chugging along

Chugging along on Sanctuary of the Wood when I can.  Had some longer hours at work and a lot of other stuff on my plate, but it’s coming along.

I’m concentrating on it for the time being because of the contest deadline ( which while still quite a ways in the future, can be a problem if I encounter muse issues ) and the tradition I have of posting one every year.  I don’t want to break that.

I’m enjoying the change-up from the last few.  I mentioned it a few blog posts ago, but this one is a different type of story, though it will still be easily recognizable as part of the series.  I’m just blending the more recent stories with the first in the series.

Thought I’d drop a line.  I also make posts on the forum and sing out on the shoutbox there, so there may be stuff there even when I don’t update this blog.  If it looks silent for a day or two, check those other places and see if there’s something going on 🙂

 

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Much better

The new direction of Sanctuary is one I’m much happier with.  It doesn’t have that draggy feeling the original was giving me.

I went through the blog subscribers and eliminated around 70 that either showed up in the spam database, had names that looked plain spammy, or came from the .ru/.pl domains.  Hope I didn’t get any legitimate subscribers, but I’m trying to clean up things now that the new anti-spam plugin is catching the spam subscribers before they can clutter my database 😀

I am so loving this spam database.  It’s like the Roach Motel for spammers.  They check in, but they don’t check out.

Not that I’m complaining about the standard plug-in that catches spam comments.  It does a wonderful job as well, and hasn’t let a single spam comment come through.  It just wasn’t stopping spam registrations, and this one is 🙂  It’s the double-whammy.

When you combine that with the same spam protection on the forum, my website is now wonderfully free of spammers.  I smile every morning when I get up and evening when I get home from work as I review the error log of banned spammers desperately trying to log in or post spam.

I’m going to try to remember to start adding tags to my blog posts, in order to better index in search engines.  That’s good for everybody, because it can lead to more feedback, which helps my motivation, which gets more stories out.

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Back to formula on Sanctuary

Getting started on Sanctuary again with the new starting point and altered main character.  Think it’s going to flow much better this way.

This one’s going to be a little different than the last several.  In a way, it’s a little more like the first of the series, but there are differences.  It’s sort of a melding of Steward and the rest of the stories in the series.

Hard to explain, but I guess you’ll see when it comes out 🙂

Had to do some last minute coding to fix something this morning, but otherwise, I’m going to set the website aside for a few days and try to concentrate on writing.  I was using the website as a way to keep me busy when my muse was napping on me, but then I got obsessed *laugh*

Accomplishing several goals has leveled off that obsession, and I think I can get back to writing again.  Plotlines and characters are starting to yell at me from the back of my head again.  Letting all that stuff build up sometimes is helpful to advance stories.

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“About Me” pages up.

Just finished tweaking the string of “About Me” pages, so head on over there if you want to check it out.

About Me

On these pages, you’ll find pics, information and scans from my role-playing game, stories from my past, past creative projects, past interests, and a rather large collection of ancient porn writing ( over 50k words ) from before I really knew what I was doing.

I’ll update these once I have time to dig up more things to scan, and take new pictures.

Now, to see if I can get in a writing mood.  I think I’m going to start Sanctuary over from a different point, and change my main character a little.  Reading back through it after letting it sit for a while, it felt like it was dragging, didn’t get to the wood early in the story like the rest, and I wasn’t completely happy with certain elements of the main character.

Unfortunately, not much more than ideas from the original text I’ll be able to use.

Also have the next chapter of SOTM and the final chapter of Lowborn on the front burners.  I may pick up a story called “Violet Valentine” and try for the Valentine’s contest, but that’s not for sure.  Also have a multi-part story called “Jackin’ Jill” as Les that’s been on the back burner for a while.  I could pick that up at any time.

Hope you like the new pages, and I’m always musing, even when I’m not actually typing words into new stories.  That part of my creative process doesn’t stall out on me, at least :p

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