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Updated 12/01/09

Okay, so I was looking over Little Wooden Head the other day, and I realized most of the italics were messed up, so I've reposted the chapters with proper italics this time. I also added some things to the author notes...turns out the one thing I claimed to be true was...well, not true. I apologize for the confusion.

Also, Reading Between the Lines rough is done, I just have to type it up and send to betas. Thanks to all who have read/beta'd The End of Forever as well.

Updated 11/3/09

First off, The End of Forever, a one-shot Pokemon fic involving a RileyCynthiaLucian triangle, has just been posted! Secondly, a mini-project of Pokemon drabbles is currently in the works, titled Reading Between the Lines. I choose such a boring title because it describes the set-up perfectly: I'm taking a quote from a Sinnoh Gym Leader/Partner/Elite Four/Champion and writing a brief drabble on the person based on that quote. So that is also on the way sometime in the future. Not that I don't have other things to be working on (like art and prizefics), but still...

Cleared up the news section, because it was taking up too much room. Also, some new projects have been added to the list, as well as a new Pokemon multi-chapter idea in the ideas section. Also have a new poll up, asking you what stories you're the most interested in, so have a look at that too.

And I will have a art booth at Nekocon with my sister and friend, called Anime Crossing. It's my first art booth ever. Wish us luck XD.

Updated 10/11/09

The TWEWY one-shot is now over! The winner : Inspiration of Imagination! Her prizefic will appear in the future, either as part of PLAYGROUND or by itself.

Speaking of PLAYGROUND, the third story has just been added to it.

The current project, however, is a Pokemon one-shot involving a RileyCynthiaLucian triangle, to be titled either as Eternity Deferred or The End of Forever. How does such a triangle work? Here's a hint: ignore the anime, because this has almost nothing to do with it.

Updated 9/17/09

Well, it's been done! I've started a TWEWY drabble series, named PLAYGROUND. You guys wanted to see it, and I have been writing a lot of TWEWY one-shots lately, so now it's up! Also working on rough for Krick-KRACK and Gilded Smile, slowly.

The old "What brought you to my stories?" poll is back up, with an extra choice about following a link here.

Also, I think I might cosplay as Joshua as well as Jing next time I go to a con (you know, do one of them one day and the other the next). He's pretty simple to do, and I don't have time to do Lavi's cosplay before the next convention...

Updated 9/13/09

Wow, Krick-KRACK is popular! 7 reviews so far! Thanks to everyone who is reading this!

Also, I've started up a Uzuki/Kariya C2, called Guns and Lollipops.

And Gilded Smile fans, I have not forgotten you! I'm currently working on rough for that story too. I will finish the rough before posting, as I've mentioned before. Slowly but surely...

Other Stuff

I like all kinds of anime, as well as many kinds of games, especially adventure, platformer, and roleplaying games. So these are the areas I will most likely show up in. I love books as well, but I have trouble coming up with good stories based on books.

Among my favorite animes are .hack, Pokemon, Digimon, Spiral, FullMetal Alchemist, Paranoia Agent, King of Bandit Jing, Samurai 7, D.Grayman and many more I currently can't think of at the moment.

Among my favorite games are The Final Fantasy Series (especially FFVII and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance), The Sonic games (especially Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Knuckles), Pokemon series, Super Smash Brothers series,Disgaea, Kingdom Hearts, The World Ends With You and some of the Mega Man games.

You may notice that quite a few of the things I listed are kinda kiddy and, I must admit, far from perfect. But, it seems I do the best with these kinds of shows, as there are so many stories born out of things I was unsatisfied with concerning these shows (ex: Digimon has a million plot holes in it to work with) On the flip side, there are shows that are so godly that I can't think of anything to fix in them, so I have a much harder time dealing with them. (ex: I haven't been able to do anything with FullMetal Alchemist, despite the various details I could work with)Also, there's an odd pleasure in making kiddy things much darker than they were before, like having them grow up with you.

Which brings us to another point. I tend to write fairly dark, angsty,sometimes mindscrewy stuff most of the time.I have various jokes scattered around in my bigger fics, but the overall plotline is usually serious.While I won't have any of the characters commiting suicide or anything like that, they will get killed off sometimes in my fics. There will likely be swearing and blood in my fics. Also, I don't write normal stuff. Usually my plots and characters have something screwy with them. You have been warned.

Now, for favorite couplings. I've completely written out the names to help clarify, since not everyone is familar with the coupling names.Heh heh...

ShadowXRouge (Sonic the Hedgehog)

RikaXRyo (Digimon)

TakeruXKari (Digimon)

AyumuXHiyono (Spiral)

KousukeXRyoko (Spiral)

RosetteXChrono (Chrono Crusade)

AdellXRozalin (Disgaea 2)

AxelXLarxene (Kingdom Hearts)

RoxasXYuffie (Kingdom Hearts)

ZexionDemyx (Uh, more as a strong bond than actual romance) (Kingdom Hearts)

LaviLenalee (D.Grayman)

KariyaUzuki (World Ends With You)

There are others, I know there are, but those are the ones who come to mind at the moment.

But enough blahblah, let's get down to things you're really interested in

What I'm currently working on

Gilded Smile - Currently focused on finishing the rough of the rest of the story. Once that's done (not much left), I'll type it up and post. Section 1 complete! About 2 quests to go. Currently on: Razekar's past part 2.

Krick-KRACK - It's just begun, but it already seems to be well-liked. Will be updated erratically. Second chapter rough in slow progress. Part 1 of 3 complete!

PLAYGROUND - Will be updated erratically. Currently aiming for 25 drabbles/oneshots. Currently have posted: 3.

Reading Between the Lines - Rough complete! May be posted in three groups or all in once, depending on total length.

Inspiration's prizefic (The Cross and the Double-Cross) - Planning in progress. Will be posted either in PLAYGROUND or by itself, depending on length.

What I might be working on in the future/ideas

At some point, there is a Golden Sun story I want to write, set after the first two games. If there are any games that will follow directly after these two, this fic will ignore they ever existed. It'd be fairly big, I imagine.I don't remember where this fic came from, though it concerns something that was bugging me at the end of the second game. Probably will be classified under Action/Adventure, Mystery

Plot Preview:Someone plans to resurrect the four Dragon Gods of Creation: Dragon of Water, Dragon of Fire, Dragon of Earth, and Dragon of Wind. These creatures nearly destroyed the planet once, and could very well do so this time. When a member of the Golden Sun group disappears, the rest are off to deal with this threat.

Chances of being written: Not too likely, as it's an old idea and the plot has made little progress...but now there's Golden Sun DS coming out!

And now there's just what I need: another large Jing story! XD. While I doubt it would be as large as Gilded Smile, it still would be bigger than the usual fic. It wouldn't be related to Gilded either, but it'll most likely a develop a concept born from Gilded. That doesn't mean that you have to read Gilded, however.

Plot Preview: There were four who studied the eternal, and learned to perfect it in their own way. Jing has already met one of these four, but what will the other three have in store for the Bandit King if he seeks their treasures?

Chances of being written: Considering I probably won't be in the mood for another large Jing story for awhile, its chances don't look too good, at least in the near future. I want to explore other worlds...

Crossover time for Kingdom Hearts! Though isn't KH nothing but a giant crossover anyway...? Oh well. I want to write a fairly large story on KH crossed with The World Ends With You (a DS game also made by Nomura..and you can tell :P). Can't say too much or the plot is given away...bleh. Might fall under Action/Adventure, Mystery

Chances of being written: Well..it's kinda being written already, in the form of scattered one-shots in PLAYGROUND. However, there may be a proper fic later.

A brand-new multi-chapter Pokemon fic idea has cropped up, and it's looking weirder (and more interesting) by the day. Based on the Diamond/Pearl/Platinum game chars in particular, but may involve characters from other regions and/or the anime due to its massive nature. Will probably use Cynthia's POV. Title is currently GodStorm, but that may change. Genre: Adventure, Supernatural

Plot Preview: Pokemon training can be cruel in ways that you never think about. That is what many Trainers are about to learn the hard way, as Arceus's game begins, and the legends begin to pick out their pawns.

Chances of being written: I don't really need another multi-chapter fic at the moment, and this idea is looking to be huge. Maybe if I clear out Krick-KRACK or Gilded Smile...but really it's too early to tell.

Vaguest of the Vague: These are stories with just the faintest idea for a plotline, and most likely would either be one-shots or otherwise short stories. If one mutates into a real monster, then it'll get added to the regular idea section above. Among these wispy ideas are...

A one-shot/short story with Jing and Rose, set right before Seventh Heaven

A one-shot humor fic set in Amarcord shortly before Jing's tenth birthday. Might be called Raspberry-Flavored Revenge!

A Pokemon Colloseum one-shot involving Wes and Rui.

A Black Blood Brothers short story dealing with the manipulation of blood.

A D.Grayman one-shot about possible explanations of Kanda's sudden rage after the Ark.

A MAR one-shot based on Koyuki's POV...and the possible consequences for not taking things more seriously. Title : Symbolize.

A Danny Phantom one-shot or three chapter, including a Star Wars convention and pairings that aren't what they seem. Title: The Life Taken

A TWEWY one-shot/short story involving an early 'what-if' scenario with Shiki.

A TWEWY one-shot where a guilty Neku finds himself comforting a grieving BJ over the loss of 777, while finding they have more in common than they think. Set either during Beat's week or after the Game. Title: Apologies from the Wolf (will probably end up in PLAYGROUND)

And, of course, there will be various impulse oneshots that will pop up without warning.

Geez, I got a lotta stuff crammed into my brain O_o. And I know there's more somewhere...

Betas

Here are betas that have helped me out at one time or another. So if you're looking for a good beta, try these guys.

chaosRUBEDO (Noise of Regalement Chapter 1)

Novyuku (Noise of Regalement Chapter 1)

RikuAura777 (Noise of Regalement Chapters 1-5, aka the whole thing, Krick-KRACK chapter 1)

DigitalPhantom (A Note From the Resident, Noise of Regalement Chapter 4 and 5)

The Phantom Gamer (Noise of Regalement Chapters 4 and 5)

James Firebrand (The Cat and the Mink, Krick-KRACK Chapter 1)

Veritas Found (A Note From the Resident)

luigirocz (The End of Forever)

Raichu (The End of Forever)

SuicidalToeSocks (The End of Forever)

If there's anyone I've forgotten, I'm terribly sorry. Please let me know.

Stuff I'm Beta'ing (aka go check it out)

Lightning's Shadow by luigirocz (Pokemon)

The Life and Lies of A-16 by suvi-sisko

Oh yes, I also suggest looking at the writing tips on yilb's page. And read her stuff too! It's good! XD

Oh yes, from Shiro Ryuu's page

By Popular Demand—How to Tell if You're a Writer

-If you talk to yourself.
-If you talk to yourself about talking to yourself (i.e. ‘I wonder why I talk to myself so much?’)
-If, when you talk to yourself, you sometimes speak as if talking to another person (i.e. ‘Okay, so have you ever noticed that the word ‘deliver’ could mean removing someone’s liver?’)
-If, after uttering a profound piece of wisdom like that above, you stare at the cookie in your hand in awe and say, ‘Wow, this is good stuff for sugar highs!’
-If you live off of sugar and caffeine.
-If people start to notice that you tend to check your e-mail every day for a week, then suddenly disappear off the face of the planet.
-If your e-mails tend to be pages long and incredibly random.
-If, when replying to someone else’s e-mail, you are sometimes so random that you fail to address the original message altogether.
-If you tend to collect the Bic Stics people leave lying around, kind of like picking pennies off the ground.
-If, no matter where you are in your room, you never have to so much as get up to reach a pen/pencil and paper.
-If the letters are starting to wear off on the keys of your keyboard.
-If people think you might have A.D.D.
-If you think it’d be cool to have A.D.D.
-If you start constantly talking in third person, past tense.
-If you think about making lists like this, and start giggling for no ‘apparent’ reason.
-If your friends don’t even bother to look funny at you anymore when you start giggling for no apparent reason.
-And finally, the number one way to tell if you’re a good writer: If you failed English 101

Cya!