CHASING TABOO :: A FXXKED UP LOVE STORY :: AN ONLINE NOVEL BY LINDSAY PENN

First off, new CT chapter is almost done. I got stuck for a minute but it’s rolling again. OMG, the end is going to kill you, especially old school fans!

Secondly, one of the things that has kept me so busy is this:

Album preview for Mark Rosas’s October release. He had a few clips on his MySpace but I simply begged him to let me make him a pretty album preview video in After Effects, because A, I need the AE practice, and B, I simply MUST to make at least one video for him before he goes off and gets famous and forgets the little people. XD Enjoy the video but most of all enjoy that epic awesome that is MARK ROSAS!

I know he’s not Korean but I think that a lot of you will get a kick out of his music. My favorite? "All Up On Me." XD

Since you guys are waiting so patiently I thought I’d fill you in on my status. The new chapter is done-ish.

Normally once I get to around 10-13 pages I stop, clean it up, and post. Problem is this chapter so far is a reworking of three events that happened in the original CT, and it’s already reached 11 pages. Remember how the original CT was very, very long? What we have right now is three scenes that are very long and dialogue driven, but nothing *really* happens., it’s just long. I want to condense these moments into about six pages and get some more action into the chapter before I call it done.

It’s been a while, but you guys may recall that the last chapter ended with Olivia leaving home and she’s about to move in with Hero. Prepare for a chapter that is “the calm before the storm.” Hero and Olivia need to be happy for a bit before the shit hits the fan, and the shit is going to hit the fan HARD.

Thanks for waiting. I’m working hard!

I miss you all so much.

I’m in pre-production of a film loosely based on my TVXQ fandom right now, and it’s keeping me very busy.

I plan on writing the next chapter of CT this week.

I’m still here, I swear.

If you’re still here, too, holla at your girl. The more comments I get, the more motivated I will be.

Sorry for the delay.

Before I can dive back into Chasing Taboo, I need to rewrite the outline and reassemble the mailing list. It’s a lot of work, and school plus my production company has made it impossible.

Oh yeah, I also edit and direct for a production company now. http://www.storiedproductions.com

Since Chasing Taboo is just for fun, school and video production have taken a higher priority, not to mention ALL of my non-physiological-need-satiating time.

Moby – Wait For Me
(A contest entry, I was director and editor)

“Someone For You”
I was primary editor for this. It won the Denton Video Vacation competition.

I really miss Chasing Taboo and I hope to get back into it in June. Thank you for your patience.

The Gods of technical error have eaten my Chasing Taboo outline and the upcoming chapter.

Neither item exists.

I

Have

To

Start

All

Over.

…

*dies*

…because I haven’t forgotten about you!

Sorry for the silence. Just… uh… nobody’s donating, and I really need to write for publications that will pay me. :/ In fact, I’ve been toying with the idea of taking CT offline all together and saving it for professional publication once it’s completed. Thoughts on this? Or… uh… donations? XD

As soon as I finished a couple paid projects, I’ll dive back into CT, but for the moment, with school and other pieces… uh… the human brain only has so many cycles. XD

I miss Hero and Olivia desperately and I hope we meet again shortly.

I can no longer promise the Sunday updates.

With the four year old suddenly in my life, I haven’t quite found a way to balance a fxxked up love story and Spongebob Squarepants in my brain – not to mention the time and energy suck that goes along with tending to the physiological and psychological needs of the munchkin.

Writing this entry breaks my heart a little bit, and hopefully I’ll find a way to make this work, but at the moment, I haven’t figured it out yet.

Please stick with me! I’ll be back soon.

I really didn’t want to do this because I really want to separate this version from the original story, but since that’s probably pretty impossible to do in this stage of the game, here it is. The who’s who of Chasing Taboo.

Hero = Hero

Olivia = Olivia

Stone = U Know

Wildcard = Xiah

Mixer = Max

Ace = Micky

Penny = Jyongri

I’ll explain more as we get there. Hopefully soon you can create new meaning in your mind with these new characters!