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This freaking chapter will be the death of me. After losing access to the draft for six whole months, and even when I got it back, schoolwork derailed any hope of editing. This quarter, I've been working on it during my Film Lit labs rather than paying close attention to the film. The good news is that I'm 2/3 of the way through. The bad news is that I won't be updating until probably the middle of June. I've had to rewrite major portions of the chapter to fit all the world building and research I've been doing in the last few months. I've begun to solidify my timeline, though I still have a lot of dead air between early 21 BBY (just after the Zillo Beast Incident) and 19 BBY (the events of Revenge of the Sith). I've also adapted my narrative style to be less transparent and much more like Essek is narrating his story to the reader from-- Well, I won't spoil it.

This chapter is going to be another really long one, somewhere around 50 pages (at 25,000+ words, it's a freaking novella), so I'm debating whether I should split it up into multiple parts or whether I should just put it in its own PDF.

Also, when the whole thing is done, I'm planning on releasing it as a single work in PDF, .epub, and .mobi. When I read Past Sins, a brilliantly written, 400-page My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfic, I downloaded it in .epub format, converted it, and put it on my Kindle so that I could better read it, since I find reading a long, scrolling document on a 16:9 computer screen to be difficult. I want a page at a time, dangit!

But I digress. New chapter is coming soon, hopefully before mid-June. I've also got drafts going for the next few chapters--and a working computer to write them--so updates hopefully won't be so sporadic.

Well, folks, after a long and tenuous process, I got my laptop back from the repair guy. There was nothing he could do to save it. And all the drafts for the next couple of chapters of Star Wars: Forbidden are on that hard drive, as well as numerous other projects of mine, some Minecraft worlds, and a couple of Skyrim characters that I wanted to keep. My last hope is to get my hands on a 2.5" hard drive enclosure and make an effort to get all the files off. But that won't happen until at least a week from this coming Thursday, since that's payday and I currently don't have any money. Since the next chapter is the length of a small novel, I would rather not rewrite it. But if I must, then I will.

Long story short, I had homework. And writer's block. I know what to write; I have the rest of the chapter planned out. But the words won't flow through my fingers. Oh well.

Since it's Star Wars Day, I figured it's only fitting to upload Chapter 6 of Forbidden. Only problem is it's two thirds of the way done, sitting at ten thousand words, and still needs proofreading. And the day is half over. I have my work cut out for me, don't I?

1. You must post these rules.
2. Each person has to share 10 things about themselves.
3. Answer the 10 questions asked to you, and invent 10 new questions the people you tag will have to answer.
4. You have to choose 10 people, and put their icons/usernames on your journal.
5. Go to their pages and inform them they are tagged (with deviantART's new "mention" notifier, they'll know what to do).
6. Not something like "You are tagged if you read this".
7. You have to tag 10 people.1) What is your favorite color?
Blue. No, yell-AUGH! (But seriously, it's blue.)

2) What is your favorite hobby?
I have so many. I think the one I'm most consumed with is writing, followed by language learning and conlanging, then music. Those three are pretty much tied for my favorite, though.

3) Have you ever flown for vacation, if so how was your experience?
I rarely fly. I rarely travel. And when I take vacations, they're usually when I go home from school. I did, however, fly to Hawaii once on choir tour. Normally I like flying. But on this one, not only was I crowded (broad shoulders + barrel chest = no bueno), but we had to deal with turbulence as we approached Honolulu. I rarely get airsick, but this time I did. Fortunately, I didn't throw up.

4) Who is your favorite fictional character?
This is a loaded question. My current favorite is probably The Doctor, but he's tied with Twilight Sparkle and Rarity from MLP: FiM, and Arcee and Knockout from TF: Prime.

5) What was your favorite cartoon growing up?
When I was younger, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. When I was older, Kim Possible. They were created by the same team, which I didn't know until after I was in high school.

6) If you're stranded on a desert island with a group of people, what skills/assest would you have to contribute?
I could learn the indigenous language, provided I had a cooperative informant. If there were no indigenous people, then I could do manual labor. I'm more of a worker bee.

7) Have you ever played an RPG?
Like D&D? No. The most RPG that I've gotten is SW: Knights of the Old Republic (played both, beaten neither; those games are LOOOOOOONG), Fallout 3 and New Vegas (beaten 3 but not NV; my desktop died, and neither works on my laptop right now), and the Mass Effect series (great games, but that ENDING! *flips table*). Assassin's Creed can take a hike.

8) Of the three Star wars prequels, which one do you think is the worst?
Revenge of the Sith, if for no other reason than Whineakin Skywaahker. I think they cast the wrong actor in that role. If we're dealing strictly with story, Attack of the Clones is pretty much filler. There are some important plot points that get realized, but honestly, it's kinda drawn out compared to the other two prequels.

9) What do you think of the United States of America?
It's built on great principles, but its politicians are doing a lousy job of realizing those principles right now. We have two parties who don't give a rip about fiscal responsibility, wink at corruption, and make politics their careers. We can't keep running a deficit like this, or the Chinese will nuke us, and we'll be reduced to subsisting on irradiated, 200-year-old Nuka Cola and Salisbury Steak, while using bottle caps as currency.

10) What kind of music do you like?
Just about anything. I can have Rammstein next to Berlioz on my playlist and be perfectly happy.

My questions to you:
1) What does the fox say?

2) Do you know how to tie both a necktie and a bow tie?

3) What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

4) If you're a writer, would you rather self publish or go the traditional route? If you're an artist, are you self-taught, or have you taken classes?

5) ¿Hablas español?

6) Have you ever played Minecraft?

7) Have you ever eaten mochi?

8) What is your ideal climate?

9) Have you ever eaten bread pudding?

10) Do you like bananas?

I tag (I don't know ten people):