My bio: I've finally gotten a better full time job and have been writing fanfiction for several years now. I'm currently working mainly on three very lengthy book series as well as several fantasy novels, between writing fanfiction. Unfortunately, I have yet to get the paying benefits from writing. But I shall prevail!

My favorite anime series include: Gundam Wing, Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny, Sailor Moon, Digimon, Card Captor Sakura, Inuyasha, Fushigi Yuugi, Full Moon, Magic Knight Rayearth, Noien, Ayashi no Ceres, Kodocha, and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles.

My favorite video games include: Odin Sphere, Lord of the Rings: The Third Age, Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy X (I have the others but haven't actually played them yet.) Kingdom Hearts I, COM, and II. The World Ends With You, Legos Star Wars II (haven't finished it yet either), Gauntlet and Chrono Cross.

7/2/09

Hello, no new updates for stories yet. Things have really gotten interesting lately (in a good way) and my time has unfortuantely been limited. I currently have a goal set to finish the first book of at least one of my three series by the end of this year. Because of this, my time to work on fanfiction has no been reduced to something I work on when stuck on the series. I am however still working on them because every once in a while I get stuck on my three series and have to step back and work on something else. I'm a third of the way done with the next chapter to Diminished Light: Chosens' Quest and I'm at the point with Dimensional Disaster where I HAVE to review the DBZ series through the point I left off in the story line. Good thing they rereleased them on DVD because my VCR is not functioning properly. So please be patient and if you have any questions you can email me at sailorjanus@hotmail.com (just be sure to put fanfiction in the title because I've been getting a lot of spam lately). I really really really want to finish everything I have worked on for the past several years but as of May, I have to bust my butt on other projects.

Hopefully I'll have an update soon. Until then stay safe.

SJ

3/1/09

Just an update concerning Chapter 9 of Diminished Light: Chosens' Quest has been added. Now I think I'll countinue to cough up a lung.

SJ

2/25/09

Wow, It really has been a long time since I last updated. I appologize. Life has gotten insane in a good a bad way. Closer to my dream, yet I still have to do the job that actually pays the bills. Then of course I got sick. If you have not gotten the flu yet, don't. It's REALLY nasty and takes longer than usual to recover from.

I am currently working on chapter 9 for Diminished Light: Chosens' Quest. I'm about halfway done at this point.

That's about it as far as the update goes.

Until next time,

SJ

12/23/08

Just a quick update. new chapter for Tragic Rain is now up. Enjoy

SJ

12/14/08

Hello, just a new update. Based on my most recent alert, I am now working on Tragic Rain.

In regards to the sequel that I had forgotten having mentioned to Shattered Reality, its been postponed until the completion of at least Haunted and Tragic Rain. As you can see I have a lot on my plate. A lot more in fact than you may think. Pieces are falling into place now which have been keeping me quite busy so it's been rough trying to work in fanfiction. I'm not saying that I haven't been working on it. I just have a lot to juggle. Hopefully things will go better once the holidays are done.

Little by little I'm getting closer to my dream. I just need to keep at it and try not to have another nervous breakdown over the 9-5 game. I'll have my dream. I just have to keep at it and hope for the best it's just hard right now, because I can't do anything really until the background for the series has been completed/corrected. One of the arcs had to be changed so in some form, we're starting from sketch which can be fun but it's frustrating at the same time.

I think I babbled enough and it's getting late. Be on the look out for more ramblings from me and hopefully an update of some sort.

Happy Holidays!

SJ

10/15/08

Now that Halloween is finally over and the convention that I was going to cancelled, sorry relocated/merged (if it's not in the town where it was listed as at the beginning when I preordered the tickets, then it's cancelled in my book. At least they'll do refunds), and I'm not starting on another costume until January, I'm finally back to writing.

Because I still have a lot of series going on, I'm going to work on the fanfiction based on newest review, story favorite, and story alert. So bascially whenever story I receive an email alert most recently is was will be worked on first. I don't want to put a story that no one is reading as first priority since I have a lot of other writing (aka short stories for the website) plus the actual series the web site stories are based off of. We are talking three series that I'm writing/reworking with the goal to have them published. I'm also working on some other projects that revolve around the website such as art that we hope to have prints ready to be sold on the website and whatever conventions we happen to go to since I have a manga sketch style.

I'll also let you know what I am working on, fanfiction wise. Currently since the last alert I got was on Diminished Light: Void's Assault, I am going with Diminished Light: Chosens' Quest. Once each of the current fanfics are done with the except of the Diminished Light series, I'll move on to shorts when I have time. I'm not trying to rush to get them done nor have I forgotten about them. I only have so much time to do everything and often what ever schedule I set regarding writing gets blown off course because something always comes up. I hate the 9-5 game. I'd love to be able to write for a living, but so far, I can't. Someday, but not today.

Thank you for reading and for those of you who have stuck with me through the beginning. Any news I happen to have on the publishing angle, I'll be sure to let you know.

SJ

9/15/08

Wow, I didn't realize it's been over a month since my last update! I'm going to be on a bit of a hiatus which shouldn't last longer than hopefully the end of November.

Reason 1: I've had horrible writer's block. I can't concentrate with the state my room is in because of the stupid construction. I have bedsheets in from of my windows because the blinds were taken down! My room is a mess and I need to find everything I need before I leave town for a week and a half. Hopefully I might be able to do some writing at my dad's place which is where I'm headed. Time will tell.

Reason 2: I was going out of my mind at work. It's going better now that the work will be split three ways but I really had to cash in on the OT.

Reason 3: I and still going out of my mind but not for the same reason. I have until the 31st of October to sew a costume for myself which will also be used at Janicon. Not sure if I'll compete in their costume contest. Now, keep in mind that I normally do hand sewing but was somehow talked into getting a brand new sewing machine which I have not operated in well over ten years. This is my first cosplay costume and I want it to look as good as possible. In order to acheive that, I need to actually sew it together. It shouldn't be too hard... I hope. Luckily this lovely machine treads the needle and bobbin, can do zippers and other things. It'll probably have to go with me to my dad's place.

Reason 4: My website. As the Webmistress, I have by the end of November to redo the entire thing for the revamp. It's SO much nicer but it takes a LOT of work. Mostly copy and paste but I'm trying to make sure things are lined up properly.

Reason 5: My room once again. Everything is everywhere and it's not my fault because I can't put anything away. It's been like this for over a month and I have already had pretty much a nervous breakdown because I want to work on stuff but I can't because either I can't find anything or nothing will move because all I do is stare at the stupid screen while wishing my room was back in order. Needless to say, I've been rather frustrated.

Well at least I didn't make a top ten list but I hope you understand what is going on. I could probably write some pretty depressing scenes right about now. Oh and I can probably add distracted by tropical depressions/storms and hurricanes. Because I live in Florida my full concentration drifts to whatever storm is out there and where it is going. I hope everyone is alright as far as whoever has been affected. I know this season has been particularly active and I too have been impacted to a small degree with flooding in the house and a tree had also fallen on my roommates' dad's car. He was very lucky to have survived. The pictures of it were just horrifying. He was very lucky.

Sorry about rambling, but it's been a rather crazy past few months. I hope everyone is doing well and I'll update as soon as I can. Until then stay safe.

SJ

8/10/08

Dimensional Disaster has been updated. I hope to have possibly Tragic Rain up next followed by either Diminished Light: Chosens' Quest, Haunted, Mission X, or Dual Fates.

Enjoy

SJ

8/9/08

I am nearly done with the update for Dimensional Disaster. Yes, you read that right. Dimensional Disaster. It may be a bit shorter than the last one. But it's the best I can do at the moment since my room is a complete and total disaster area thanks to having to move all my stuff away from the windows because they are gonna be replaced. I'm not sure how long this is going to take but everything is piled up on the opposite side of the room including various writing and artbooks. Ugh, I can't even play any dvds because everything is blocked off by random pieces of furniture. I'm hoping they'll be done Monday but I'm not holding my breath. In the meantime I have to live with bare floors around the windows and a cluttered mess in front of my closet which I can barely get in to. And what really sucks is I REALLY want to clean things up but I can't until the stupid windows have been replaced.

Enough ranting on my part. I should hopefully have an update tomorrow so keep an eye out.

Until then

SJ

7/20/08

I have finally broken free from my hiatus and just now uploaded the newest chapter to Diminished Light: Chosens' Quest. I have also been working on the new chapters to Dimensional Disaster, and Tragic Rain. I worked a bit on Haunted and Mission X but they didn't move along as smoothly as the other ones did. I hope to have something updated every month. Please keep in mind I also have a website which is updated monthly though we are aiming for every other week now plus the revamp which should be ready bythe end of November/early December. Because I am the only one who has the software on my computer, it's up to me to put the whole thing together. Luckily my roommate and fellow author does the graphics so I don't have to worry about that. (She writes Strange Happenings and The Minoatoeb Saga.)

If you haven't checked out the website, and you like stories with fantasy elements, please check it out. We have worked very hard on it. (My work is The Lost Chronicles of Aylewrah and Cursed Legacy.) Most of the works on the site come the update will probably undergo a revision. So if you're under the impression that some of it could use some editting, we agree with you and have been working on it. Eventually we'll have some new features. We just need more time and money.

If you have visited the site, feel free to contact us. We'd love to have some feedback. We recently checked out the stats of the site and they are definitely encouraging. So those of you who have visited it, we thank you and hope you like it.

Also, please do not take anything that I have written. Even a concept or a plotline. The reason is because certain elements are going to be used in the original series that I'm working on. It may be a plotline, oringal character, or situation. I have already plotted out what is going to be used. This is why Information Leak has not been updated. I'm considering pulling it all together. Deidra and Biana and on the roster for characters, and so on. I've looked at each of my fanfiction pieces and determined what is going to be used and not used. So far, it looks like nothing will be left untouched. This doesn't mean that the characters will be exactly the same. There might be certain aspects but looks and background are going to be completely different. For those of you who I told I was going to turn certain stories into original pieces, that is the true, but certain things can't be the same.

Sorry if this note is a bit long-winded. There's a lot going on so I'm trying to keep track of things. I'm just happy that things are finally moving again.

Please keep watch for further updates. And until then.

SJ

6/14/08

I am on a slight hiatus on everything, including my original pieces (basically I nearly hit burnout which is a very very bad thing. It's hard working a full time job and trying to write at the same time especially if that job also involves a computer. Someday I hope to be able to write for a living. It'll happen, I just don't know when) I've taken a break to try to get things gelling again. So hopefully by the end of the month I should have something updated. I appologize but stress levels have hit a peak lately.

I'm also currently doing a major overhaul of my website. My roommate hasn't finished the layout of all the pages, but its a major improvement. And then is my big splurge, a photo printer, scanner, fax. Once I have completed pieces I hope to have fanart up as well as original art. I'll post details once I'm in the position to do so.

So, yes, I do plan on finishing all the stories, I just needed a break this time after nearly killing myself before Much Ado. On a personal level, I have three colaboration series now and two person novels. I also plan to clean up the completed fanfiction works I have done. I just need something called time and sanity.

5/4/08

Wow, where does the time go? Much Ado About books went well. Mainly got inspiration to keep at it. The website is always going well though it is rather time consuming.

I have started work on my fanfics again so hopfully I'll have an update for at least one if not more stories by the end of the month.

Thank you for your patience.

SJ

3/18/08

It seems my previous update didn't save. Anyway, updates will be suspended until after April 26th due to having to concentrate on preparing my original work and website for Much Ado About books. Myself and my I guess you could say business partners are planing on attending and hopefully we'll be able to make some contacts as far as agents and publishing goes. We even made business cards! I do intend to complete all of my fanfictions, but for the moment, they are not top priority. And beleive me, it kind of sucks but I enjoy working on them but instead I'm playing webmistress/editor/admin/author. It's like working two jobs. Personally, I'd love to be able to write for a living but until that day arrives, I'm playing a balancing act.

However, feel free to check out my website, trinitygateways.net. We worked really hard on it. I am author/co-author of Chronicles of Aylewrah and Cursed Legacy. The former is fantasy while the latter is suspense/drama.

Coming April 20th, we will post the first 3 chapters of each series. These are sample chapters and the rest while not be unveiled until after publication.

I'm also working on other features that will be included at a later date...

Depending on whatever story has the most combined Favorites and Story Alerts total will determine what story will be worked on after April 26th. Some have already been started. I also purchased the season 4 DBZ box set so Dimensional Disaster fans, I will no longer be lost concerning Trunks and the other DBZ characters.

Thank you to those of you who have been patient and stuck with me. Since I started writing fanfiction it's been quite a journey. Good times, bad times, laughter and tears, all and all I wouldn't trade any of my experiances, especially in writing fanfiction since it has really given me the motivation and confidence as a writer even when my writing classes were trying to say otherwise. (they only wanted me to write literary by the way. I perfer genre)

I am also working on my skills as an artist in hopes of transfering my series into manga as well.

I guess I'm feeling rather nostalgic for some reason. Forgive me if I have bore you to death. That wasn't my intention, but to say thank you and that I really value you. This isn't directed to anyone in particular, just to those of you who read and enjoy my work. I hope my originals will be valued just as much.

SJ

2/10/08

Update: Chapter 13 of Dual Fates has been added.

2/6/08

Update: Nothing new updated yet because I've been fitting with the website but it's finally up so check it out! By the way, I co-wrote Chronicles of Aylewrah.

Next story to be updated will be Dual Fates for it's final chapter, more is yet to follow.

SJ

1/2/08

Happy New Year and what a happy new year it is. New laptop, 4 out of six story updates and a brand spanking new website to create for my original stuff. Can it get much better than that? And for those of you that may inquire about Dual Fates, yes, I am working on the final chapter. It's just been rather difficult to get moving and keep moving. Tragic Rain will also see another update in the near future. Check back here by the end of the month for info on my new website. Granted it won't be fanfiction but if you like a good story with lots of twists and turns that is not even close to resembling a cookie cutter then my two friends and I can bring it. Especially if you like either fantasy, suspense, a bit of romance or all of above plus more.

Until then.

Previous Updates:

8/9/08- Dimensional Disaster, Chapter 25

7/20/08- Diminished Light: Chosens' Quest, Chapter 8

2/10/08- Dual Fates, Chapter 13

1/2/08- Diminished Light: Chosens' Quest, Chapter 7

1/2/08- Diminisional Disaster, Chapter 24

1/2/08- Haunted, Chapter 9

1/2/08- Mission X, Chapter 16

8/23/07- Tragic Rain, Chapter 11

8/1/07- Diminished Light-Chosens' Quest, Chapter 6

7/25/07- Diminished Light-Chosens' Quest, Chapter 5

7/5/07-Diminished Light- Chosens' Quest, Chapter 4

5/16/07- Diminished Light: Chosens' Quest, Chapter 3

4/16/07-Diminished Light: Chosens' Quest, Chapter 2

3/4/07-Diminished Light: Chosens' Quest, Chapter 1

1/1/07-Diminished Light: Void's Assualt, Chapter 31