Yzabel / July 5, 2012

What I’ve been working on

Back when I created this blog, I had some art/writing projects going on.

That was in 2005-2006. Since then, obviously, a lot of time has passed—enough for me to have moved on, shelved some of those projects temporarily, shelved some others for good… and started new ones as well. As I was recently asked in a comment what I’ve been up to, I thought it’d be a good idea to post a recap of where I can be found these days, and what my writing has been evolving into.

WRITING :

  • Des Mondes et des Lunes: This is the place where I (try to) keep track of my works. It’s in French only, not very developed at the moment, and mostly set as an “author’s website” for the writing I do in my native language. I will develop it more at some point in the future.
  • Eien: Back in 2007, I took part in NaNoWriMo (as usual, or almost) and worked on Oraison d’Être, a one-shot story set in the world of Eien. This one is part of the stories that I’ve shelved, but not given up on.
  • Was: An ongoing urban fantasy story that I may or may not end up publishing online for free, and/or through self-publishing. I’m more and more tempted to go the self-publishing road, because, let’s be honest, this story is in English, and has no future in France unless I translate it, which I won’t do. It’s one of the two projects I’m having the most fun with, and it’s been going on slowly but steadily since 2009-2010. (For now, you can read the first chapters on its dedicated website.)
  • Our Darker Purpose: This story in French (2/3  completed) isn’t available online, because it’s the one I seriously want to try and peg to a traditional publisher in France. It’s a dystopian Victorian (or, rather, Stuartian) story set in a parallel England, dealing with a world on the brink of destruction.

ARTWORK:

  • Yzabel on deviantART: The place where I post my drawings. You can also find them on Paradygma, the latter however being more of a portfolio. If you want to comment on my drawings, strike a chat, or get fresh updates, dA is your best bet.
  • Yzabel on Facebook: My FB *page*, not my personal account. ‘Yzabel Ginsberg’ is the pen name I go by for anything fiction-related. My real name is to be kept for official research papers, the day I finally bite the bullet and decide to go for a Ph. D. (I know myself. I’ll probably do at some point, if only because I’m too easily bored intellectually-speaking.)

READING;

  • Mostly Goodreads, although you can find my reviews here on The Y Logs anyway.

RPG:

  • Shadow Nexus: My attempt at chronicling a 1880 Victorian England Mage: the Ascension game (all in French, sorry). I’m terribly late in keeping it updated, though.
  • If you’re interested in Was: I’ve also been writing reports (in English) from the point of view of my character in another, 2009-based game of Mage, in which I play an alternate version of Ewan Doyle. It’s been fun. It’s only available on Google Docs, not publicly, but I don’t mind giving you access if you send me your e-mail address.

There you have it—where I can be found.

Yzabel / January 19, 2007

Website: The Fantastic Written Works of… Me

Until today, I had only mentioned it in a couple of places, but now that I’ve more or less finished building it, I’ve realized that I haven’t even written a word about it here on the Y Logs! Time to change that, I say.

(To those who’ve already seen a similar announcement in the past days: you can stop reading here, there’s nothing new under the sun for you.
Also: the website is mostly in French. Sorry about that. I’m focusing it on my career in my native country, that’s why… but you can still have a look if you wish, I don’t mind participation in English, and I will of course answer in English as well.)

More than one year ago, I had already mentioned my little yzabel.net domain name, and had vaguely used it for a purpose I’ve given up on since then. However, recently, I’ve decided to really do something with it this time, and not a pitiful blog. Therefore, I took on the opportunity to test a certain CMS and design a new site, a site that’ll be focused on my career as an author (amateur as well as upcoming one, because my dreams are strong and my pen very industrious)

.Contrary to my writing LJ, I’m not going to note down there a detailed account of how well my writing is going (or not). I want it to be a little more… let’s say ‘open’. On the other hand, I’m seriously toying with the idea of publishing Unsung Heroes on it, since I can’t do much with that story in France anyway. And Unsung Heroes WILL remain in English.

If you’ve visited Yzabel.net one year ago and found it completely lame (which I easily understand), or even if you had never seen it, this is the kind of new things you’ll find on it. And I do hope that one day, that page will become “the website of famous author Yzabel”. /smile/