Something I wrote for my writer's group. I wrote 1000 something words and it feels GOOD. This is only the first part and the first draft so any feedback I would graciously accept and appreciate. This is something I'm not really used to writing. The theme was Dark Fantasy and although I usually write straight on fantasy, with magic and demons... well okay this story still has that stuff but... instead of being a typical fantasy story it has dirigibles, a demonic king, vampiric monsters that feed and change their victims, and all around a huge world in peril.

Title: Untitled currently
Genre: Dark Fantasy
Rating: would have to say... it could easily be a YA (Young Adult) story
Format: Short Story
Short Summary:  Charlotte Barrow is a young noblewoman living in the Dark Ages of a kingdom ruled by a mysterious king the stories say was possessed by demons after a brutal war long long ago.  In her eyes, the world ends at sunset, when everything is locked behind metal doors, when darkness smothers, and nightmares plague her sleep. In the night vampiric monsters devour innocents and change the victims whose souls they desire, but when she meets a mysterious monster that seems to have human emotions, she takes up arms to defend her city, what remains of her family, and discovers an old family secret that could give some peace to a dying world.

( Read part One )
AN: So yes, this is an attempt at a vampire story, in the traditions I grew up with and research I compiled. So, wish me luck. Here's to an experiment that will hopefully be successful.

Ugh. I have a fever. So I'm going to make this quick and try not to make it so much a post musing about what could or could not be. Although to summarize it, my future = the utmost ugh. School or don't school. 4 years or 2 years, move or don't move.. To conform or not to conform. To draw or to write. I'm incredibly frustrated, annoyed, and disappointed in myself. I should just shutup and do my own thing. Already been thinking of making some changes to my website. Lately I'm just unhappy with EVERYthing. It's just bothersome. So I figured this would cheer me up somehow.

Blogs that I love, that inspire me, and that I want to share with everyone else.



The Lost Princess
Restless Hearts
Jin (Behind Infinity)
The Ghost Narwhal
Story in a Grocery
Clone Blog
Ciia...What's Up?
Le Vol de l'Aigle
WunderKammer
Suddenly Breads
Barbarian Diary
Papa Nimba
Daily Lolita
Pallidmor
Zemotion

( and here's something else equally as awesome )

I'm gunna go curl up under my blankets and cry for a while. bye!

DUDES. I'm going ghost hunting tonight!!

it may be a demon, may just be some animal spirits running around but shiiiiit. WE'RE GUNNA DO THIS HARDCORE.

If I have net over there I'll do some documentation journals but DUDE. SO EXCITED.

SEE YOU GUYS LATER

So guys, I'm gunna have to take a break from SL for a while. I know that before I wasn't on as much cause of a laggy computer, but at least I tried.  I think I'm just going to have to make it official now. I tried signing on before bed, I got the blue screen of death. When I tried Ustreaming the other day, my computer tried to delete its login information and wouldn't turn on.

So probably no Ustreams for a while, and no SL.

It breaks my heart, honestly. No really, it does. I die inside when I miss a D-lab subscribo or a festival @ Drowsy or a 50L friday where Katat0nik sells a cute dress cheap.  Unfortunately my SL lolita collection has to sleep for a while, which SUCKS. but ugh. what would I rather have? crappy graphics, slow loading times, and lagging out every time I hang at TG and try to build shit?  Or my laptop with my Word, Photoshop and everything intact so I can have my career?  I honestly don't have the extra $700 to fix my laptop again, because I have no warranty this time and what if reformatting it again doesn't work? It's already starting to fall apart.  So to salvage what I can, I just need to uninstall all the games I have on here, cry a while, and get over it.

it's possible I can sneak it onto my bro's comp and play during the day or at least have it up while I'm playing AC2 but there's no guarantee. And since I may or may not be moving soon I won't have,... either leisure. Blah. I won't be able to play WoW with Dev either. But eh.

Anyway, hope no one will hold it against me or freak out over it. I'll still be around to help with textures if needed or whatever like usual. Will try to get some V-day stuff done if I can but ugh. Things are getting a little tight now because I have a deadline coming up but yeah. atm it's just an extra stress I really don't need. So you guys know where to find me off-grid. It just takes an IM or two to get my attention.

Yeah I loved my Second Life, but my First Life needs me more right now. I'm exhausted from stress, don't sleep much at night, don't really know where my life is going, and I'm so busy at night with the family and dogs I don't really have much time to even talk to my boyfriend (yes I have a boyfriend now. I haven't said much about it outside a couple certain people because I didn't want everyone freaking out about it but YES. I have a boyfriend. He is hot. And British. And has me hooked on Doctor Who. Epic win? Yes! xD) But anyway, I'll sign on every now and then if I can but guh.  I really don't want to risk the Dark Ages again lol.

So just thought I would warn you guys. Cause it's really beyond my control but, I want people to know what's going on. Ajah just has a complicated life right now. Yeah everyone is having the freakin apocalypse where they live with moving and being jobless and all that but eh. For once I'm saying FML and trying to focus on the fact that I may get stuck working retail or cleaning fast food restaurants for a living until I have enough money to afford the life I want (and try not to kill myself in the process. no promises I won't try lol) 

It's just sad that I need money to make comics now. Fucking ridiculous.

Night all.

Oh yeah this was the ACTUAL reason I came to post today. I get off on tangents hardcore. I have problems. Anyway. Poll time!

Basically I am asking these things because I'm trying to decide who to publish with, how flexible to be with formatting, pricing and everything. Yeah you can just read the comics online but if you purchase the published issues (and eventually volumes) I want the readers to get something a little extra for the effort. Like manga artists put stuff like this in their manga volumes and when publishing issues (at least in the states) sometimes you get a couple extra things that are cool to see... or you can just find those online too cause people scan em.. haha..

BUT ISNT IT GREAT TO ACTUALLY HOLD IT IN YOUR HAND?? GEEZ.

So uh yeah. Just opinions. It's not a final THIS IS WHAT I'M GUNNA DO. But I just want to see what people like. Cause honestly, I think if you're going to buy something that's already on the internet, you should get more than just a double, cause then what's the fun of it just sitting on your shelf with nothing special about it?  It would be like my "hey! thanks for buying the books! now here's all the extra stuff you wont get anywhere else!"

Fun, yeah?

And I feel like I forgot something so if anyone wants to add anything to their vote or anything I didn't include or think of, please tell me. I always like hearing that kind of stuff.

Also I think I'm just gunna do the blog thing where I cross-post here and you guys will have the privelege of reading chapters on friends-only security :p But any other thoughts on the matter are appreciated!

P.S. Sorry there is no chuck norris in this one. I know maybe some of you will cry but don't worry. At least you always have THIS

I was writing a chapter...then i got distracted... and now I can't think.

So...will maybe stay up late and work on it...will maybe post tomorrow.

It's so hard to get the words out, but it feels good when it makes sense.

hurm.

Also I am the dumbest person alive and starting a new comic..Ajahli's story. But Half Blood I'm still going to write. Because it's way too epic for me to put into art alone. I'll figure out all the crossover stuff later.

Musings. boring. I am boring. I am depressed. I am a little annoyed. But tomorrow is a new day.

angst go away.

also, will start posting more artstuffs soon, promise. I'm working on my encyclopedia so... will post stuffs here as I finish.

night all.

AND if you havent yet... website is done.. GO LOOK YOU PANSIES!!

and leave a comment int he chatbox! Is like a guestbook. TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU LOVE MEEEEEE

Tad: because she doesn't sound desperate ENOUGH

Ugh. I'm not feeling well. I tried laying down, acid just jumps into my throat. I'm trying to eat but so far its not helping. So I'm gunna do one more meme and then call it a night.

This time it's Jezzy

( The Princess of Demons )

this is the mockup I've made for my website so far. can't think of what else it needs, if it needs anything at all

( image beneath the cut )