October 31, 2009- Apologies, but the update is going to be delayed again. Thank you for your patience.

It's pronounced lahn suh and it is the Mandarin word for my favorite color. Take a guess which one.

Age: Depends on my mood.

Location: At my desk, writing. Where did you expect me to be?

Hobbies: Plotting to take over the world with my evil genius Sukiovic.

Favorite Animes: Rurouni Kenshin (Red hair. You gotta love red hair!) and Naruto. Hyuuga Hinata is my absolute favorite Naruto character with Neji and Gaara (again red hair, notice a trend?) tied for second and a host of others coming in third. There are a spattering of other Animes I like but these two are my favorites.

Favorite Author: Robin McKinley. I have yet to read one of her books and not like it. I can't say that for anyone else.

Favorite Poet: Sara Teasdale. Her style is similar to mine.

(If anyone sees my work posted on another site under my penname or another, please PM me!)

I drew a picture of the Chibi Gaara my friend gave me and one of Sasuke's eye twitch. Check them out if you want.

Deviantart page: http://qwitch.deviantart.com/

A little advice on what to avoid in your summary:

-Anything saying: What if/what happens when (ie: When such-and such or so-and so does "something" what happens if/when yada yada yada) This is seriously cliche.

-Anything telling you exactly what happens in your story. (ie: So-and-so did this and became this..."something" happened and now so-and-so does or is like this, etc.) Tempt readers with a little mystery, not the complete rundown.

-A summary that is 90 percent author note. If you want to tell people about changes you made, do it in the actual author note and use your summary to entice them to come in.

-Anything explicit. FF forbids anything exceeding a G rating from being in the summary and there are a lot of young eyes on this site. Please respect that. If you aren't certain if what you want to write qualifies, consider if you would ever hear or see it in a Disney movie like 101 Dalmations or Cinderella. Instead of saying your story has "sex", using "mature content" works just as well and is less offensive. This is a community site after all.

-All caps. Seriously, they only hurt the eyes and make you appear mad or desperate.

-Misspelling and bad grammer. If English isn't your first language, that's understandable. You'll only learn by trying. But remember (everyone) if you really want people to read your work and enjoy it, there is no excuse for spelling simple words like "was" wrong. Taking the time to check your spelling shows you love what you are writing and believe it is worth the attention, thus others will think so too.

-A bunch of garbled sentences thrown together (like pieces of conversation not directly linked). This only creates confusion, not interest.

What?! (ie: What?! So-and-so did "this"?!) Again, seriously cliche (and annoying in my personal opinion) and falls in line with telling people exactly what happens in the story.

The purpose of a summary is to pique someone's interest so they will take a look at your story. Use a touch of mystery and suspense. Make the reader wonder, "What's the story behind this tidbit?" Writing a summary is like baiting a fishing hook. Use a rubber worm and you might get some lucky bites, but not enough to land the big one.

Lanse on Writing:

--Write what you know. Use an emotion or an experience of your own and give it to the character.

"We read fine things, but never feel them to the full until we have gone the same steps as the author." -John Keats

--Let the character BE him or herself. Don't force them to meet your expectations and they will write the story for you. If they refuse to cooperate, you need either a new plot or perhaps a different set of characters. Often I start a story with one character in mind and find another better suited for it.

"I am not at all the sort of person you and I took me for." -Jane Carlyle

--The average reader has an attention span of 30 seconds. So make every word count.

"Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found." -Alexander Pope

Lanse on men:

--"All the sensitive ones get eaten." -Ice Age (I just thought it was too funny.)

--"Women deprived of the company of men pine, men deprived of the company of women become stupid." -Anton Chekhov (Hey, a man said that, not me.)

--"The best way to hold a man is in your arms." -Mae West

Lanse on women:

--"A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." -Gloria Steinem

-- "The female of the species is more deadly than the male." -Rudyard Kipling

--"Women never have young minds. They are born three thousand years old." -Shelagh Delaney

Lanse on life:

--"Oro?" -Himura Kenshin

--"This is the captain. We have a... little problem with our engine sequence, so we might experience some slight turbulence and then... explode." -Malcolm Reynolds, Firefly

Anyway, here are the picture links (some of them are of my orignial character Ari who seems to have quite a following) for my stories. I also send out a big hug to my adorable fans and chibi shy shadow readers for their support. It would be relatively pointless for me to post these stories without you guys threatening me with kitchen utensils.

Ikigai

Art work for multiple chapters by akai-sora (Keru-Arashi on DA) http://keru-arashi.deviantart.com/gallery/#Ikigai

"Carrying You" colored by vegetapr69: http://vegetapr69.deviantart.com/art/SasuHina-Carrying-you-colored-105174068

"Ikigai" by MaliaNyla: http://malianyla.deviantart.com/art/Ikigai-132707616

Ryukaze: Dragon Wind

(New) Watch the Sunset: Ryukaze by lori286787 http://lori286787.deviantart.com/art/Watch-the-Sunset-Ryukaze-124748056

The Chill of Winter

2 - Love by JohnnycakeEDR http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/45644311/

The Possession/The Obsession

Lost Ari through Kaiba's eyes by Sweetbriar: http://www.mad-as-sin.com/art/ari_obsession.png

Ari's moonlight dress by Sweetbriar: http://www.mad-as-sin.com/art/ari1.png

The contract wallpaper: 1024x768 by Sweetbriar http://www.mad-as-sin.com/art/the_possession.png

800x600 http://www.mad-as-sin.com/art/the_possession6x8.png

Ari in the rain by Sweetbriar: http://mad-as-sin.com/art/ari_rain.png

Ari's Moonlight dress by meheeners: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/meheeners/gaia/AriMoonlight.gif

The Possession chapter 24 On the Wings of a Dragon in manga format by Aoi Dragon: http://aoidragon.deviantart.com/gallery/#_browse/scraps--2

(NEW) Ari's Moonlight dress by lori286787: http://lori286787.deviantart.com/art/Ari-s-Moonlight-124738312

Oni

Oni by Manta-Rae: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/31877335/