So I "discovered" a couple of new manga to read. The first is one that a hell of a lot ofpeople already know about, Full Metal Alchemist. Yeah, late to the party I know. The other one is one called Kekkaishi. Check it out at OneManga. It's like a cross between Naruto and early Bleach but without the arsing around, the angst and the really annoying main characters. It also shows off how a one trick pony (in this case, the ability to make cube or cuboid shaped forcefields) can really push that trick to the max.

I spend most of the time at the computer these days doing things other than writing. When I am writing though, I seem to be focusing more on Dragonstar than on any of the others. I've reached an awkward point in Ryan's Story where I'm not sure how to transition from one part to another and in An Unlikely Hero, I've reached a point where I have to make a firm decision in regards to several character that I can't alter later and will greatly affect the future story.

That said, I've really enjoyed writing the last couple of chapters of Dragonstar. It got really angsty there for a while but the last chapter at least allowed me to add a little bit of much needed humour back into the story. Trace may be a cocky, smart-mouth street kid but he's still a kid and I'm relieved that after all the serious drama of the last few chapters, in the last one I got to show that side of him again.