I was just interviewed by the Nintendo Power magazine about my video game art. I'm hoping I didn't say anything stupid... But it was an honour to be chosen for their Community section. I hope I make it in. So keep an eye out in future issues for yours truly, I might pop up!

EDIT- Wow, okay, I just re-read this entry and it sounds A LOT more emo than I meant it too. I really DO want crits on my comics, not because I'm all emo but because I really need to improve. Hearing critiques are the only way to do that.
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As you've probably seen in past journals, I often struggle with my comics and the fact that I have very few readers, even after being online for years. As the fourth anniversay of Fawna's Quest approaches, I am feeling this more and more. It's not that I make comics only to get attention. No, I do them because I love to. Unfortunately, I'm not very confident in my work, and often need the feedback and reinforcement to feel that what I'm doing is even worthwhile. And lately I've been feeling very much that it isn't. Normally this wouldn't bother me, but since my eventual goal is publication, I DO need my work to be worthwhile or I won't have a prayer. So I'm asking you all now: what am I doing horribly wrong in my comics?

NOTE: THIS IS NOT A CRY FOR ATTENTION NOR DO I WANT YOU TO WRITE THINGS LIKE 'ur good, ur not doing anything wrong i luv ur stuff.'

What I want is an honest to goodness critique of my comics and I want you to TELL me why I can't keep any readers. I want to improve my comics and I want them to be GOOD. and I can't do that if you don't critique them.

Also note: Yes, I already know that the beginning of FQ was absolute crap, it seers out eyeballs, it scared many people away, etc. Please don't write your entire critique on it. That's why I deleted it and am doing it over. But I'm feeling like the writing in the redo is almost as crappy as the original, so I really need pointers on where my comics are going wrong.

Well, I know I said it would be dead for a long time... but the truth is, I really really miss drawing Fawna's Quest. I thought I'd be able to put it down for a few years... but I think I was wrong. I miss when it was just Fawna's Quest, before I started Eryl. Don't panic!! I won't be dropping Eryl, either. I was thinking of rotating them. Say... 2 chapters Fawna's Quest would update, then 1 chapter of Eryl, then back to FQ, and so on. I know I can't update both at once.

What I really miss even more than the story is working in greyscale. Eryl is a constant struggle for me because I'm NOT a colour artist. It's one reason that my colour works are often very monotone. I've considered more than once switching Eryl to greyscale, but decided against it every time. I hate it when colour comics turn b/w, and Eryl I think is a story better conveyed in colour. So the only greyscale comic I have right now is Easily Amused. But it's done digitally, not traditionally like Fawna's Quest, and working in pencil is something I really want to do again. You can take it anywhere without having to need a power outlet or somewhere to put your tablet. I also liked how pretty the pencil pages looked once I finished them. There was also a finality about them. Once drawn and shaded and scanned, I couldn't keep going back and adjusting things like I do constantly in Eryl. I'm such a perfectionist that I will kkep doing things over and over. I was forced not to keep tweaking in FQ once a page was finished because it was done traditionally.

So once Chapter 2 of Eryl is over, the comic will be going on break until January or February of '10 while I work on scripts and drawing chapter 1 of FQ. I'd like to have a few chapters of the redux done before it actually goes up. So I'm shooting for FQ's 4th anniversary- May 21, 2010. BUT it all depends on how much I've gotten done by then. So it may be later than that.

As I'm sure you've guessed, Easily Amused is updating again. I gave the website a makeover using comicpress. I'm mad that it looks like just another comicpress site, but I'm also somewhat proud of myself for figuring (most) everything out without any help. Jumping into comicpress was pretty confusing. It took me quite a while to sift through the stylesheet and figure out what was affecting what. I'm not the greatest coder in the world- I only know HTML and basic CSS, so it usually takes me a while to get it. But apart from the annoying fact that I can't figure out how to replace the menubar page links with images, I'm fairly happy with how it looks. And even though there's a lot about comicpress that bothers me (for one, that I'm not a good enough coder to make it look like anything other than a comicpress page) it does have some nifty features. I like how I can put the title of the comic above the updates, and that you can comment under each individual comic. I also like the automated RSS AND the fact that Reby can now make posts too. I just have to bug her enough to actually do it. So please head on over to look at the new webpage, if you haven't already. ---> [link]

It is updating every Sunday.

I have some sad news... I've had to drop Fawna's Quest. I just couldn't keep up two story comics at once, and I enjoy doing Eryl much more than FQ. I had plans to continue it as a novel, but have decided to hold off on this for now. I have not abandoned the project by any means. But it may be years and years before I can pick it up again. When Eryl's over or close to... So for now I'm calling it dead.

I decided not to complete the first volume for several reasons. Reason #1: I just wasn't feeling the ending. It seemed good in script form, but when I actually went to draw it, it was just lame. Reason #2: The end-of-volume leaves off on a worse cliffhanger than where I stopped it. I felt that if I was dropping it anyway, there was little point in finishing it.

I have also taken down the archives. I know a lot of people will be upset at this, but I was too ashamed of the beginning to keep it online any longer. I really wanted to redux it, and someday I still hope to. But for now I can't, and I didn't want the world to see the crappiness I was capable of. I expect many of you to be angry at me, but please, remember that this past year has been very tumultious for me. My health does not allow for me to take on many projects right now. My stress levels were too high, and it was a matter of my own health and happiness. Some of my projects needed to get dropped.

If you liked FQ, keep following me, for I'm sure it will crop up again at some point! Also, if you haven't yet, be sure to check out Dark Wings: Eryl, which is now my primary comic.

Speaking of Eryl, there is a new update schedule! It will now be updating twice weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays for the remainder of chapter 2. I'm not sure whether Chapter 3 will update once or twice weekly yet. Depends on how things go.

I know I said that Easily Amused would be returning this month... I lied. I can't work on it and Eryl at the same time right now, so I'm going to tentatively say 'January' instead.