ClefJ

It's been a long time between posts, the old excuses, y'know? Summer is not the laziest time for work at the Hampton Inn. XD

Anyways. I'm here for you now to talk about my new book! Published and ready to be bought and read.

AMIDROR is its title, a romance fantasy starring characters you may have seen before in my art. Takao and Shier, warriors of fortune caught in the machinations of the worlds first international organized crime syndicate. They are assisted by an alchemist named Jerich (who had been hunting the Syndicate's leaders for many months already) and many officers of the Law. Trust between the three is an issue to observe, as well as how to live one's life when you're cast out in Fate's chaotic sea.

Here is a small excerpt:

"She told me a story once, Shier. It's like this; sometimes, when you've a very large farm with many seeds to lay, you think how terribly huge a job it is and feel sure you'll never get all those little seeds buried in time. And then you start to hurry. You work faster, and faster, and every time you look up there seems to be just as much left to sow as before, and you try even harder, and you panic, and in the end you're out of breath and you have to stop, and still the farm stretches away in front of you."

Shier shrugged. "Farming never really came to mind as a lifestyle."

 "That isn't my point. You must never think of the whole farm and toil at once, understand? You must only concentrate on the next step, the next breath, the next seed, and the next, and the next. Nothing else. That way you enjoy your work, which . . . is important, because then you make a good job of it. And that's how it ought to be. And all at once, before you know it, you find you've ensured a proper harvest, bit by bit. That's how life should be too, I've been told."

And some links to the art mentioned:

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Buy the book HERE! - www.createspace.com/3981040

Thank you for looking, and have a wonderful day my friends!

Been a bit too long since I did another little update, eh? Ah well. I don't think I have too many watchers anymore to ...watch, lol. But yeah. Doing alright here! Got a new job in Hospitality, and it's treating me well, about three months strong now.

I'm sorry my artwork ain't what it used to be, truly. I have a few commissions piled up, a few fanart ideas, and more artwork in store for a revitalized Weapon of Hope rpg. Maybe a bit overwhelming. Maybe it's work. It's rare for me now to just sit down and Want to draw, I'm sure you all know how that is. It'll break eventually, surely, like a floodgate of snowflakes in sparkles and harmless blades shall my motivation spring and herald a new season.

Yay poetics! I do think my very next 'big' image might be another Skyrim thing. Which is always good. And then, if not following, a Dienco commission.

In other news, Wreck it Ralph was absolutely fantastic. My glob, it had Everything I could want out of a movie. I took notice of the pacing, the good formulas for a normally successful movie. So cute! Such a good reveal, good villain, good plot and cameos and feels. Felt much longer than it was, but perhaps b/c it was simply so full of smiling goodness.

I was tagged by the wonderful to do this wee game! Comment on the journal and I will:

1) Tell you something I learned about you by looking at your DA page.

2) Tell you a color you remind me of.

3) Tell you Element I think you belong to (e.g. water, fire, air, etc.).

4) Tell you what comic, manga/anime, or video game character you remind me of.

5) Ask you a question, and you must answer.

6) Tell you something I like about you.

7) Give you a nickname.

8) Tell you the object that is to the left of me.

9) Tell you what food/ flavor/smell you remind me of.

10) Suggest that you to do one in your journal too.

This... this was an amazing night. Starting at 9pm on the 3rd, a torrential thunderstorm broke. Goddamn lightning strikes every five seconds the strength of artillery fire. It was bearable, for a time, as we went to the midnight showing of The Avengers – Which, btw, was INCREDIBLE. I loved the movie so much, earned a 4.5 if not full 5 stars out of 5 for the remarkable job it was. Everyone played their roles to perfection, and everyone had a fair focus during the length of the film. Every death had meaning, every action had flavor. And there was so much unintended comedy!

The Hulk, man. So good. And I am not a fan of his work.

So, the movie finished, and damn I'd pay to see it again, we tried leaving. It was Pouring, so hard. We left, yeah, but on the way to drop meself off, the rain was coming in sideways and made it almost impossible to see our way through. My friend, he takes bad weather well, and his poor car is a tiny little thing, almost drowned.

Well. Would've drowned. Every entrance to my neighborhood, which I thought was high, was flooded by at least a foot to three of water gushing up from the trenches. I could sail a canoe through the main road by my neighborhood, I kid you not. Well, if I could sail a canoe. The storm raged on, and we resigned to the idea that we'd have to crash at my friends house on the other side of town where, thankfully, it wasn't flooded 'as much'. Our driver was getting very sleepy. We all were, but he was driving. We let him sleep, and I think he's still sleeping over there. We waited for three hours – so, around six in the morning – to see if we could try our luck in our friends truck. Thankfully ONE of our neighborhood entrances has risen above the floodwaters. Alas, even then there were overflowing plateaus of water covering lawns and streets from where a creek laid in my neighborhood, but the truck made it through so we could be dropped off. Very thankful for that. … my friend still has his car here though. Hah. Carpooling can lead to some interesting situations.

And further yay, the main flood was just barely touching our driveway so we could make it in. The rest of the street was slowly receding as dawn broke with clearer skies.

Check: i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136… ... Yeah I'm embarrased it's a lowzy shot. Got a few more showing how far it was up a few hours ago, about four feet higher up the lawn.

So now I'm … sleepy sorta. Drying up the puddles that ninja'd their way into my basement which is Still higher than most of the community. Ah well. Nice day I say.

G'day everyone, hope you're doing well!

Things are so-same here, but that's a good thing. Business is business as usual, and I have myself some gummi worms. Saw The Secret World of Arrietty, and you should too, for some simplistic yet charming happy-story entertainment.

Aside that, there's not a lot of art, but a lot of writing going around. Been sending this and that to a couple anthology publishers, seeing how that goes. I'm tempted to share what I got with you guys, but I'm not sure if I should trust publishing a story I want in hardback covers on DeviantArt. XD

Tertiary in nature, I'm expanding my commissions ideas for anyone interested:

Logos

Tattoos

Business Cards

Resumes

Proofreading

All this can be serviced to you too at reasonable prices! If you're interested, just contact me and we can set something up.

Also: There's a LOT of stuff in my garage. If there's anyone local to the Grand Blanc area of Michigan, there's old bikes, an aluminum canoe, snow shoes, chains, kitchen stuff like pans, yeah. We're working on selling a lot of this stuff in there. Possibility of an Ebay account being set up sometime soon. I'll keep you all informed.