I must be insane, considering how rarely I've been on LJ lately, but here I go again. (I blame ishte!)

Okay, so more editing today on chapter 19, the final "sex chapter" in Helix. (Hee! I always described them that way - the "sex chapters" being 5, 6, and 19.) I've got about 1 1/2 pages to go; don't want to get graphic (this isn't a story about the mechanics), but need to be suggestive and just descriptive enough that The Idea Gets Across. So it always goes more slowly, while I try to get a good balance in these scenes. I'm glad I've only got three of them.

( Other tidbits of writing )
Oh, and...

1 1/2 days to get this little thing grown -

Just under 2 days to hatch this one -

The baby that needs help:

The new egg and younger hatchling:

Zmey and her brother Zimant:

Vritra Dami, Ormir, and Fei Lien:

And ishte is still doing the great kindness of listing several other dragons that need tending to.

I haven't done any editing today, since I had reserved today for researching business networking possibilities in Toronto. Borrrring! But necessary, alas.

( The boring stuff )

First things first, after all!

The egg that I bred between Zmey and Ormir:

And the cute little hatchling that still needs help:

mjules has one hatchling still needing help here

cornerofmadness has some hatchlings and a couple of eggs here and here

o_mother_o has two hatchlings and two eggs here

evil_little_dog has three hatchlings here

I'm sure I've missed some, but those are the ones I remember at the moment.

;-)



And meet Fei Lien, a beautiful flying boy, who has a bit of a temper:

Meet the dragon family!

Zmey: and younger sister Zimant: (Oops! I just discovered that Zimant is male! Well, whattaya know.)

Vritra Dami: and cute sister Minza:

Poor Ormir is the only boy in the family: (Turns out I was wrong; Zimant is also male)

But he hopes to goodness that this young hatchling turns out to be a boy:

Unfortunately, we lost someone yesterday. *snif* But we're hoping for more young siblings soon.

Edit: In fact! Zmey and Ormir now have an egg!

My poor babies have only half a day to live!



This one's got 2 1/2 days:

biting nails

I'm being good - no more eggs so far!

I have four hatchlings that still need growing up; I think the first three only need about five more clicks to do it, but they've all got less than 2 days to get them:

(1.76 days) (1.51 days) (1.75 days)

This one needs maybe 20 more clicks, but has a bit more time too:

(3.81 days)

Edit: Meanwhile, since it never works, any time I ever try to name one of the adult dragons, I may just give up and leave them unnamed: See all my dragons here. There are only so many hours in a day, dammit.

I HAVE GROWN UP DRAGONS!!

I had to be offline for a couple of days (watching sick kitties all night Sunday, then work yesterday, then instant SLEEP when I got home from work, then work today...). I actually expected to have two or three dead hatchlings when I got online tonight, but instead I have at least two adults! Woooo!