Updated 8/15/09- It's been a while. I've been busy with school, busy working, busy living. But I'm not out yet. I've been working on The Eyes... for the past several days and I plan to continue doing so. I'd like to be able to write a couple short fics if I can get some ideas finalized, but we'll wait and see. In the meantime, Chapter 10 is almost completely written, but still needs edited so it doesn't suck, lol, and Chapter 11 is coming along. I don't know if anyone reads this anymore since I haven't updated in a while, but that's what's up, so I look forward to getting things rolling again! Oh, I've also been coming up with ideas for Christmas (yeah, it's a long way off). I'm planning on releasing one or two shorts every Christmas that continue Maybe There is a Santa Claus, where each chapter is an era of Sasuke's life, from 7 yrs, to 12, to ~15, to ~18, and lastly ~20. We'll see where that goes too!

Updated 3/28/09- Hello everyone! I have some good news! Crimson Evanescence is done, and I'm working on Ch9 of The Eyes That See All, Except What Lies Within. However, I also have some bad news; my spring break ends tomorrow, so I have no idea how long it will take to finish chapter 9. Hopefully not too long, I've made good progress in the past few days, and I hope to be able to update soon! Thanks for reading!

Updated 2/05/08- It's been a long, long time since I've changed this. I don't even know how many people read it in the first place. Here's the rundown: I'm a Pre-Civil Engineer major, meaning I take many credit hours every period of schooling and don't have as much time as I would hope to update. I have been working on the second and last chapter of Crimson Evanescence in my spare time, and it still needs tweaked a bit before I can upload it. As far as The Eyes... goes, I have planned out the next two chapters, but they haven't been typed up yet. Spring Break is in two weeks, who knows, maybe I can get a little done then? I'm sorry if anyone has been waiting for updates only to receive none, I really am trying, promise!

Hey, my name is William, I'm a student at The Ohio State University and somewhere around 19-20 years old (just in case I forget to edit this any time soon, haha). Yeah, I know, The Ohio State University- sounds like a good place to get drunk every weekend and maybe do some homework every now and then, right? Well, that's probably true for a lot of people, but I'm not a lot of people (wow, most cliché line ever?), I'm quite a few steps up on the nerd scale than that, so I spend my time playing video games, watching anime, reading manga or other works of fiction, and, you guessed it, writting FANFICTION!

So, I guess you've worked out by now that I do Naruto fanfics, since you probably read one of my stories before bothering to check out my profile, but let me give you the run-down on what kinds of manga/anime I have it out for. Naruto was my first anime "obsession," where I actually followed it from start to... well, wherever it is now, and learned just about everything there was to know about it. That's toned down some, now that I'm busy with actual work, but I still keep up with the manga and anime, I've just forgotten some of the obscure characters and names of stuff (i.e. wtf is a tenketsu? Oooooh, right.). I'm also a fan of Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist, Code Geass, Death Note, Soul Eater, Tsubasa: Resevoir Chronicles, Samurai Champloo, FLCL, Fate/Stay Night, as well as some things that aren't of Japanese origin, such as Star Wars (an engineering student, can you really expect anything less?).

My favorite fiction series of all time is one called The Night Angel Trilogy, comprised of The Way of Shadows, Shadow's Edge, and Beyond the Shadows. It's a book series about assassins, with a little bit of magic involved and some seriously epic characters. There are so many characters that you get to know, and all of them are so deep, and there's such a detailed backstory that I wish had its own book! I am absolutely in love with the idea of stealth and subterfuge, yet so terrible at writing it myself, ha. I hope that Brent Weeks' writing style becomes apparent in my work over time, because I was just amazed with that series. I read it twice over, and I'm sure I'll be reading it again.

Oookay, so onto what I do around here. As you saw, I do try to keep readers updated with the status of my work and date it so everyone knows when exactly I was working on what. But here's what I've got to offer: Naruto fics. I really do hope to branch out from there, maybe to an IshiHime from Bleach, I don't know. I actually spent a LOT of time at one point on a Lelouch x Kallen (I started calling it LuKal, but I don't think that caught on at all, ha) from Code Geass and it just never ended up feeling right so I scrapped it. But I do hope to one day write about something other than Naruto. It's just what I know best, I suppose, haha.

The Eyes That See All, Except What Lies Within- This is my first and longest fanfiction. It has been here as long as I have, and it is still ongoing. There will be SPOILERS from here on out, so that was your fair warning! This story takes place after Sasuke's betrayal (or rather, second betrayal), he has killed Orochimaru and returned to Konoha to gear up for his encounter with Itachi. A brief stop-over turns into an arduous adventure when Sasuke meets up with his former teammate, Sakura, and later, an original character from his days with Orochimaru, Rykie. He has some limited emotional attachment to both of them, but they end up causing him a lot of trouble in the brief 24 hours he is in Konoha. After that, well, it will be a very long journey as he tracks down Itachi and encounters new enemies. Some key points of the manga will most likely be duplicated, but due to the changes that happened in Konoha, these scenarios will be fundamentally changed. For example, he never meets up with Suigetsu, Karin, or Juugo. I'm trying to keep at this fic, but please take some time to read and especially to review if you enjoyed it! I'm very appreciative of every remark I receive, and I personally respond to every comment or question.

Pairing fanfictions- This is my guilty pleasure, where I shamelessly ship the pairings that I love; from SasuSaku (my favorite), to NejiTen, to NaruHina. My fics will probably always contain hints to these pairings if the characters are involved, and perhaps even more (ShikaTema, etc). Pairing fanfictions, such as NejiTen: Burdensome, usually follow the same blueprint- a two-chapter story where the first chapter sets up some tension and backstory and the second chapter resolves the situation. Burdensome, I feel, really captures the mood of Team Gai, with some super-exaggerated youthful expressions by Lee and Gai, and some exasperation from Neji and Tenten. I am actually very proud of my NejiTen fanfiction, and that's probably the most favorited and most reviewed fanfiction I have at the moment, even moreso than my nearly-a-dozen-chapter-long story. I plan on doing more of these as I continue with The Eyes... because they provide a nice break and some instant gratification for myself, haha.

Pairing fanfictions that are kind of different from "Pairing fanfictions"- Yeah, this header probably doesn't make much since at all, but I want to talk about a couple specific fanfictions. First of all, the SasuSaku Christmas story. My grand plan is to write up 5 chapters, one for each era of Sasuke's life, and have them all Christmas-themed. First when he's a happy child at 7 yrs, then a brooding pre-teen who has lost everything at 12 yrs, then the solitude of spending Christmas in the darkness of Orochimaru's lair at ~15-16 yrs, then the joy of being home once again when the bad guys are down for the count and Sasuke is home with his friends about about 18 yrs, and finally a calm Christmas with his wife (zomg guess who? haha) at ~20 yrs. I may do another chapter after that with kids but... I really don't like kids. >.>
Then there's Crimson Evanescence. I suppose as fair warning (and the fact that it's already marked in that category), I will tell you that this is a sad story. But I promise you, I worked possibly harder on this story than any other story, and I really hope you give it a shot! It's not that I enjoy suffering- as you can see I've already written many happy fanfictions- but I just really wanted to try this category out, and to write a story with very vivid detail. I think I achieved that in Crimson Evanescence. I know that many people don't want to read sad stories, but I assure you, it has gotten nothing but positive reviews, most of them along the lines of "No! How dare you do that to me? I want to be mad at you but I can't because I loved it so much!" Haha, those kinds of reviews really brighten my day, and I thank you all so much for reading my work (and for reading this profile, as I see it has become quite long...), and especially for encouraging me with reviews. I'm quite sure that I wouldn't be writing without all the support I've received from people here at Fanfiction.net!

If you have read my work and would like me to help you by reading/editing your own, I may be convinced to help. As I said some months ago, I have completed a Beta-reader profile, but I just haven't had the time to beta-read anything, so I haven't set it to accept any fics. If, for whatever reason, you would really like me to beta-read, I could probably be persuaded to do a short fic or even a chapter by itself through a private message and email follow-up. However, if I got multiple requests, I would have to decline due to time limitations.

Or, if you have a new story and for some reason it hasn't been getting many hits, or is generally lost in the flow of stories here at fanfiction.net, you can always mention to me in a review or through private message that you would really enjoy it if I read a particular story, and I'll do my best to get on it!

Thank you all for visiting my page, and I hope to hear from you soon!