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NEWS (March 24, 2008):

I really should have updated this "news" post over a month ago, seeing as my comic strip's fifth anniversary of being online was in the middle of February!  (Sheepish grin.)  I don't remember the exact day I first started posting things online, but I know it was sometime after Valentine's Day, and I started out on Geocities (sooooo glad I switched to Keenspace about six months later . . .).  So, er, Happy Fifth Anniversary to my comic strip!  I had an exciting plan for the celebratory thingy, but I haven't finished it yet, which is kinda why I hadn't gotten around to even posting that it was the fifth anniversary for so long . . . bad me . . .

Anyway!  Assuming you'll forgive that embarrassing lapse, I'll try very hard to finish that project by the end of March, and hopefully even succeed.  It's not a huge deal, but it is something I think will be fun, possibly even for people besides me!  (Grin.)

In my sketchbook, I have now finished the fourth semester, and I've started on a storyline at the beginning of the second summer break that I've been dying to do for almost a thousand strips now.  It's ridiculous how long I can plan things in advance, isn't it?  (Laughs at self.)  But that just makes the anticipation even more fun, when I finally get to do them!  The only trouble will be, making sure that storyline doesn't take too long -- I have so many things that I want to have happen all at once, and I need to keep making sure I pace myself, so things don't wind up too jumbled.  Must not sprint too quickly into major plot points!  Must build up to them properly!  (Sheepish grin.)  Sometimes being an impatient person with a short attention span can make things interesting.  For instance, I always want to do the cool stuff "right now," even if I know it needs more build-up first!  Aaaaa!  (Giggles.)

I am very, very, very happy to report that I am now a hundred strips ahead in my sketchbook -- FINALLY!  Now, that is just a hundred strips drawn, but I'm working to get to the point where it'll be a hundred strips inked again, and then I'll try hard to keep it that way.  Having a lot of backlog is so important for so many things -- not only does it keep me capable of updating on time, even when life gets insanely busy, it gives me time to rethink and rewrite strips if I come up with a better idea for them a month or two later, which I often do.  So, yay for finally being close to my ideal backlog length again!

I've also been working hard on coding a new website -- not for this comic strip, but for my author website, when I'm ready to start putting one online.  I've decided that as soon as I get an acceptance letter for one of my books, and sign a contract, I want to be ready to put my author website online (including extras, like the manga short story I sent to Rising Stars of Manga last year, and which they -- silly people -- decided to reject).  I've finally finished the buttons and stuff for it, and I like how my extra section is turning out.  Of course, I have no idea when this is going to go online -- my hope is "sometime in the next year," however.  Because I really, really, really want to get an acceptance letter for one of my books this year.  Especially since I've just finished several new ones that I find really cool.  Here's hoping!

I noticed a glitch in my extras page -- several of the links didn't seem to be leading to the proper picture files, arrrrgh -- so I've fixed that.  Let me know if you find anything else like that on the site, so I can smack it into place before it can bug anyone else!  I've also updated the fan extras page with Vick330's new, animated fanart of Daria -- soooooooo cute!  He does such a good job with those animated gifs he does occasionally.  :D

I've also finally gotten around to updating the fan extras page with something I should have put up in December: three new pieces of fanart I've done for other people!  The first is a picture of Sarah and Abbie from Weregeek -- I love all the characters in that comic strip (well, except for Jess, though she's not as evil now as she first seemed), but those two are my favorites.  Having them cosplay those characters from Fruits Basket seemed such a natural fit!  (In fact, now that I think about it, Hana-chan and Kagura are my favorite characters in that series, too . . . I wonder if that's the reason why?)

The second and third are both for friends in real life who draw wonderful comic strips online.  Though I'm less than satisfied with how the wall in the second, and the tree in the third, turned out . . . I think I was way too rushed trying to get them done for Christmas.  (Sigh.)  Well, at least I enjoyed drawing and coloring the characters, and I think both fit the spirit of their comic!  The second features Dayshade and Mezmoro (because they're both awesome) from The Hero's Handbook; the third features Crystal and Tetra from The Sealed Gate.  And, so you know, The Hero's Handbook is a great fantasy-adventure-parody strip that's just barely come off hiatus (YAY!), while The Sealed Gate is a great traveling-between-different-worlds adventure strip that may have just barely started, but has never missed an update.  I love them both!

On TopWebComics, my current vote incentives are eight new colored extras, most of them little snippets or moments from the strip that I've wanted to color for years, a new one every week.  Vote to see them!  (Or wait a few months till I've posted them in my extras section, if you'd prefer to do that, I suppose . . .)

I hope you'll enjoy the current storyline, introducing three more of Felincia's siblings!  (Just two more to go after that!)  And then will come the storyline I've both been looking forward to and dreading for five years now . . .