A funny thing just happened to me...

[ffutures]

...Despite having been a bit under the weather today, I've finished the first draft of Forgotten Futures X: The Tooth and Claw Role Playing Game, and just backed it up to a network drive, USB stick, and CD-ROM, which will be stored at work just to be extra sure...

This doesn't mean it's ready to launch - the game plan now is to reread the whole thing and make final corrections, print it out, and get the printout to Jo Walton (who is fortuitously in the UK) on Sunday. She's seen about 2/3rds of it already but only as text files - Assuming she's OK with the rest and with the look and feel of everything I can start converting it all to HTML (I want as much as possible as HTML as well as PDF), and put together the release disk with some additional game material, samples from the FF CD-ROM, etc. With a LOT of luck I may be able to start sending CDs to registered users before the end of the month.

HUGE sigh of relief, since for some reason the last little bit seemed to take forever to write. I'm off to eat a very late supper and head for bed.

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Congrats.

Something I meant to ask earlier. How did you get a mains electric shock in the bath?

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Falty element in the electric water heater combined with a defective earth. Fortunately the fault was near the so-called neutral end of the element so only a few volts got through to me.

[ebony-silvers.livejournal.com]

Many congratulations! It's always a wonderful feeling to complete something like that.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[whswhs.livejournal.com]

I respect a man who uses the word "fortuitous" in its actual meaning.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Actually it isn't entirely fortuitous - she's been in the UK for a week or so, and I've been working hard to finish the game before she leaves next week so I don't have to pay transatlantic postage on a fairly large quantity of paper. I was intending to post it to her, but it turns out she'll be at a party I'm invited to - I thought it was Monday which would have meant I had to miss it, but it turns out to be Sunday.