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I've been editing like mad the last few weeks. I've got about twelve pages left and I've been at this first edit for ten days. The second will have to be faster. I'll likely have to boost my quota from 15 to 30 pages a day to meet my deadline of the end of the month.

I'm really proud of this version. There are tweaks here and there, but there haven't been any major structural changes in the last two versions. Once I revised the tone (paragraph-by-paragraph), it really fell into place. I think I've learnt more about the craft of writing in the last four months than in the previous ten years.

Other than that, it's been a fairly quiet week since

em_fish's going-away party. When I'm not working or editing, I've been glued to the Fullmetal Alchemist manga (damn you,

maidenofirisa!).

Also, I've developed a serious addiction to TV Tropes. My favourite trope name is probably "[The Law of] Conservation of Ninjutsu" -- the reason why it's easier to fight an army of ninja than just one. I also like "Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds."

My favourite page so far on TV Tropes is for The Bible, where that particular book is dissected for its clichés, tropes, and fan responses like any novel, TV show, or movie would be, all by people with a wicked sense of humour. They put all references to the crucifixion in a spoiler box -- because, after all, they don't want to spoil the end of the book.

Also I have a Dreamwidth account, which I haven't done anything with yet. Some of my LJ-friends are migrating that way, though, so I might start re-posting in both places.

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Mwahahahaha!!!!

But seriously I love the manga version. I just read the latest volume and I enjoyed it.

I'm looking forward to when your novel is finished, I'm really curious about it :)

They just started a new anime that follows the manga more closely.

I'm at 15 out of 18 volumes. Envy's still my favourite sin, even after seeing his true form. Hell, if he spends day in and day out listening to screaming ghosts of Xerxes, no wonder he's crazy.

I wonder if my theory that the sin a person likes best is the sin they're most susceptible too holds up in manga version? They are a bit like a Rorscach inkblot test.

I think my novel's at a point where I'm more willing to let people see it. It's much improved since earlier versions.

That's what Lu told me. Which will be really cool, though I will kind of miss anime Wrath. I don't think he's one of the sins (though we've never seen Pride where I am at, and dead sins can be re-created, so who knows?).

I still like Envy. Actually, once I got use to the difference between the manga and the anime, I really liked what they did with him.

The sins are fairly interesting in the manga, I think we've finally met all of them...

I'm glad to hear you feel like your novel is improving.

I've heard this, I'm really curious about it.

I haven't met them all yet. We've just seen sloth from behind, and Pride in the shadows by volume 15.

I think I actually mike the manga!sins better, even if Wrath was sweet. The manga sins are actually scary, rather than just tough.

We met a sin in the volume that just came out so, unless I'm forgetting one of them, you'll have to wait until vol 18 to meet them all.

I like most the characters in the manga better. Maybe not all of them but a lot of them tend to have longer story lines. We should discuss the whole series once you've caught up!