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[sirenfeather]

Hi! Just wanted to ask how you are doing! (btw you draw amazing, and your writing style is outstanding)

Aww, thank you! I’ve been mostly busy with school stuff. I have to finish my Master’s thesis so I can complete my degree. Also had to deal with some medical issues but that’s mostly resolved.

I don’t know when I’ll get back to writing since all my writing is going to my thesis. I will probably get back into the drawing game. I fell in love with Good Omens and I’ve been itching to make some fanart :) 

[sirenfeather]

I’ve oddly gotten a spike of favorites and follows despite not being regular. I am in my last semester of graduate school so hopefully I can slowly come back to doing art and writing. In the meantime, here’s a hand and foot I had to draw for a presentation lol

[sirenfeather]

Can i ask how you plan your story? Like do you write it out in some way to plan or just dive straight into writng the chapter?

I’m a big fan of bullet point outlines. When I first started writing I would make bullet points breaking down everything that would happen in an arc and then try to find good stopping points in them for chapters. Now I have a huge 50 page document with notes on everything that will happen until the end. Sometimes if I get stuck writing I will take some of those notes and try and break them down into more detail to help me along. I also have character sheets to help too (Anubis’ sheet is a nightmare x.x). And google maps. I can get a lot of ideas just seeing what is in the area of the place I’m writing about.

[sirenfeather]

You said that you were going to draw your characters. Have you done that yet cause i want to do fanart?

I know, sorry. I started drawing them and I wasn’t happy with it at all. I’m not feeling very confident in my art right now, especially with drawing people. I’m probably going to spend some time doing art studies and practicing for a while on my own to work through this art block.

As soon as I get my confidence back I want to draw my OCs. There are so many of them I haven’t drawn. I’m very flattered you want to do fanart. I don’t think anyone has ever done fanart of my stuff

[sirenfeather]

Can I just say that your writing is sooo amazing! It inspires me when I do my writing and makes me feel like i can keep going. You should really get it published as an actual book, I know I would buy it. It would be really great as a series! And

…If you ever needed a beta reader i would do it for free in a heart beat. Not trying to force you into anything, just sorta fangirling and thanking you for inspiring me

Aww, you’re so sweet! It’s kind of baffling that someone can be inspired by me since I always feel like I’m just an amateur writer making silly stories. It’s really cool though. I’m glad I can affect others that way :)

I don’t have any plans of publishing it as a book. I’ve seen some people who have a niche following that tried to publish and it ended up being more work than it was worth. It’s really just something I do for fun to improve my writing. I do plan on making a visual novel that I’ll start working on in two years. That one I will be selling, and it will have art to go with the writing.

That’s really nice of you to offer! I’m flattered~ I’ve thought about it for a while but I’ve been working on it on my own for so long that using the beta reader thing would be too weird for me at this point. Or I’m just really self conscious aheh heh…

Oh and keep an eye out for story alerts this evening, just… keep a look out. Something might pop up tonight. Who knows? 

[sirenfeather]

Where to find me

Everyone else is doing this so I suppose I’ll make my own post. I haven’t been active since I’ve been completing my Master’s. But this spring is my last semester and I will probably update with art related to my thesis. And then after graduation I will have time again to create. I will still update on Tumblr for as long as the site stays around, but if you move to another website, here is where you can find me:

Art

Twitter

Instagram

DeviantArt

Pillowfort

Writing

Fanfiction / Fictionpress

AO3

Once I finish with school, I want to start development for a visual novel :D If a dystopian LGBT+ visual novel where your choices decide how a city falls while dating male/male-presenting characters interests you, definitely stick around. I also want to do a wider variety of fanart for fandoms like Deltarune, Miraculous Ladybug, Kingdom Hearts, and others.

[sirenfeather]

Probably doesnt matter much coming from me, but im proud of you! Good job on overcoming your hardships and keep moveing forward in 2018!

Aww I appreciate it! Thank you (*´∀`*)

[sirenfeather]

Hey are you gonna continue Black Sand?

Yep! I was actually planning on working on it some tomorrow. It looks like it’s gonna turn out to be another one of those ‘this is too long for one chapter so I’m gonna cut it into two’ sort of deals.