I finally got caught up on all my vignettes over the weekend. I got the January one up for all my $2 and up patrons. I’m really proud of it. This little string following Synthopy’s tabletop RPG group has been a lot of fun. Not sure how much longer I’ll deal with them but I feel February will at least have a continuation of that story. Beyond that, not sure. But, for now, really fun.
As a side note, this vignette takes place in the campus library. If you’re a patron you already heard this story but I like sharing this. The Library on campus is officially named the Agnes N. Volka Library, making the acronym ANVL. Thus, all the students and faculty just call the library “The Anvil.” I don’t know if it’s true across all campuses, but on mine, all buildings were known almost exclusively by their acronyms if they were even close to something that flowed. I decided I’d bring that thought process to the SAU campus too. In my head, the Library is even shaped like a squarish capital-I so, from a bird’s-eye-view, it looks a bit like a simplified anvil (like maybe one you’d see in Minecraft or something).
I imagine the library would embrace this moniker. I could totally see a few Soviet Russia propaganda-styled posters encouraging students to study at the Anvil. Details like this are VERY unlikely to ever show up in the story but it amuses me to no end when I imagine such things. I think this shows the frenzied mind of a writer more than anything but… well… yeah XD
We still have a week or two on the fan commentary for Chapter 10. So if you’re a $5 and up patron feel free to throw your fun commentary on the chapter so we can get it ready for everyone to laugh at your jokes!
Oh, and one more thing that doesn’t relate to ANY of this. I’ve discovered a genre of music called “Electro Swing” that has been my latest obsession. I have always been obsessed with old timey fashion and music but this combines what I love about modern music with the old stuff. Here is a song called “Bella Belle” by “The Electric Swing Circus” to kind of get a feel for the genre. I don’t know what your thoughts on it are but it’s really getting me jazzed up. Also it just makes me want to come up with the most convoluted series of events to force Robynne into being some seedy speakeasy’s sultry lounge singer… time travel seems a bit far-fetched for MGP’s plot and we might have to ruin the story to make it work but isn’t that worth it? XD
I promise not to ruin the story… intentionally!
Taralynn Andrews
Doing alternate universe stuff for the vignettes is totally an option. Alternatively, the Cheerleaders help out with the clubs a lot, so have the Dance club do some kind of Roaring 20s costume Karaoke dance thing that Rob has to attend and sing at. Probably while drunk, because I don’t know that you could convince her to do it while sober.
I don’t know. I imagine Robynne as a muttering, bitter drunk. I mean, I haven’t really had plans to experiment with that. Though, as I think about it, I believe that the Spirit Guard’s healing factor would help them process alcohol better. I don’t know.
Actually in my mind I see Robynne not drinking alcohol at all. She would have to be logically persuaded into karaoke debauchery :-). I also love music and mixing of old and new. I have added Belle Belle to Gleenobly’s Mix Tape Side A & B. Currently I am on an a capella kick, especially the kind where people’s voices make the sounds of instruments. But anyway yeah thanks for sharing the song. You should put some sort of crazy karaoke scene into MGP and/or your vignettes. And the next novel you write should have time travel in it.