My Stuff:

The Many Paths of Victory: Very King-esque in my ability to start strong and peter out. I wasn't pleased with the ending, but this one was the story where I tried writing in a first-person present voice, and it started off pretty well. I've often considered rewriting it to give it another try. Heavy influence from H. G. Wells.

The Unown Conspiracy: I love Doctor Who, and so this story was my first Professor Who story. I don't know if there will be a second. It sure was fun to write, though. Influenced by Stephen Moffat, if anyone.

The Duelist's Spirit: The conglomeration of all my Yu-Gi-Oh! stories. This one has gone through a variety of genres over time as I've tried different approaches. Journal style, sitcom style, third-person limited, third-person omniscient... Some of them worked alright, some of them did not. I started with the intention of everyone using tournament-level decks, but that got boring quickly and so I changed everyone to themed decks like on the shows.
The fifth arc is underway.

Valence: My first attempt at a pokémon adventure story. I don't know yet how long it will be. I've got the story figured out and the significant events surrounding the main characters, but an adventure story leaves a lot of room for OCs.

OC Submission:

I don't have a giant form. I just need to know the basics, depending on which story you're submitting for. Any extra information is acceptable. I accept them in reviews or through messages.

Name:
Age:
Sex:
Physical features:
Personality:
Occupation:
Background (with as much or little detail as desired):
Aspirations:
Deck theme/Pokémon (with nicknames):

Perpetual note: OCs still have to fit the overall story. Keep that in mind if I accidentally screw up your character.

Reviews:

Like everyone, I appreciate reviews. They don't have to be detailed analyses or critical improvement notes (which are very helpful), but some kind of note tells me that people are reading and actually want me to continue (I hope). Feel free to tell me I suck if I do, but do it in a helpful way (i.e., which part?).

Common writing tips:

I'm not perfect: I make typos as often as anyone else and require copy-editing to fix them. But these are some of my pet peeves that I might include in my review of your writing. (I just had this idea, but it was not directly inspired and so it remains incomplete. More will be added as it comes to me.)

1. All punctuation should be inside quotation marks with the following exception: Question marks should be logical. If they are part of the quote, put them inside the quotation marks, but leave it outside if unrelated.
2. Quotes by a new speaker start a new paragraph.
3. Use spell check. Although you deserve some leniency for misspellings that form real words (e.g., "from" vs. "form"), there is no reason for you to have misspelled words that any basic spell check warns you about.
4. Describe the scene and the appearance of your characters, but don't make it the focus unless it's relevant to the story. Someone wearing a clown costume for an undercover gig can focus on the appearance. Someone who is preparing for a duel or a pokémon battle should just have his or her attire described briefly as part of the setting.
5. Their is a plural pronoun. Don't use their to describe one person's stuff. Use his or hers. English has no singular, gender-neutral pronoun.
6. Keep your writing succinct. That doesn't mean every sentence should be short and choppy, but it does mean each sentence (and each paragraph) should stay on point. Definitely don't repeat the previous sentence by using synonyms just to pad word counts.
7. It's vs. Its. It's is a contraction meaning "it is." Its is possessive.