I am opening up commissions for the month of November. Instead of my standard fees, I'm waiving them temporarily. This is Pay-What-You-Want commission. If you have an idea, send me a note my way and how much you're willing to pay. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

Hey all. I hope you're enjoying the last few days of 2020 and are well. I'm doing okay, surviving the pandemic and my job as well.

I'm changing up how I'm doing commissions and instead of advertising for commissions and taking them whenever I think a set schedule would benefit me more than taking them willy nilly, I'll open for commissions and take them in the last week of the month and take as many as I think I can. I'll be starting with 3 for now and when it picks up I'll add more.

So this is how I'll be doing things:
4th week of last month: Open and take commission slots.
1st week of the month: Work on the first page of each story and send it for approval. It'll be a very rough draft, but it's just to get a general idea of the direction I'm doing and if I'm writing your characters correctly.
2nd week of the month: I work on the first slot until completion. That means editing, sending it for approval, and making changes accordingly. I'll probably post it on Friday.
3rd week of the month: I work on the second slot until completion
4th week of the month: I work on the third slot until completion and open for commissions again.

If I don't get commissions, I'll just use this method to write personal stories so I'm on a schedule and post on Fridays. With that being said, I am taking commissions!

I charge 5 cents per word and I won't write cub, scat, or gore. I need to know a word limit for your story. This sets a word cap on what to aim for. This way, if I go over the word count I won't charge you for the extra words. On the other hand, if I fail to meet the goal, I'll reduce the total amount for what I've worked for.

Questions, concerns, or if you want a slot feel free to send me a private message!

Here are some examples of my work from previous commissions.
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33514848/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/39709003/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/39401445/

Thank you for reading and I look forward to working with you.

Aren Goldie

I am still open for commissions. If you're interested, please send me a note.

Prices: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/37685258/

Examples: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33514848/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/34845466/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/36353143/

I've found that since I've moved to Arizona a year ago my energy levels for doing what I use to do back in Virginia (writing, games, watch art streams, finding joy, talking to friends on Discord) has been dwindling until it's so low I only have energy for work, which is making me miserable.

Everything I end up doing feels forced and I'm not having a good time. For the time being, I'm not gonna accept commissions until I can get my energy back. I'll write the one I've accepted and try to post stuff as often as my energy levels will allow.

I'm gonna follow my friends' advice and look for another job. This place is draining on my physical and mental health more so than my last store. It's amazing that a place that was actually tolerable to work with because of the people is better than the place I'm currently at. It's amazing how different management and communication is and I don't like it. I'm hoping when I get a new job my mood and energy will improve and I can get back to writing more often again.

I hope you guys understand. Thanks for the support <3

I am open for commissions for June! If you're interested, please send me a note here, a DM on Twitter, or comment on my So Furry account.

How this works is you come to me with an idea and a target goal for how long the story is. I charge you accordingly and you send the payment right then and there. If I end up writing more words than the goal, I won't charge you for my extra service. If I don't make the word goal, I'll refund you some of the money.

My price is $0.05 a word, that's 100 words for $5!
I won't write cub, scat, or gore, so don't suggest stories with these themes in mind.

Here are some examples of my work:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33231333/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/35308225/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33514848/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/31456491/

Thank you for your time. I look forward to working with you!

I've reached 400 followers on Twitter! To celebrate, I'm hosting a raffle and opening it in about 12 hours from now. Go ahead and follow me on there to see further details.

ArenGoldie is my handle

I'm still open for commissions! If you'd like one, send me a DM or comment on this journal.

It's 5 cents per word, so 100 words equals to $5.

I'd request payment upfront, but if I end up using fewer words than speculated I'll refund what you didn't pay for and I won't charge if I write more words than we agreed on.

I won't write cub, gore, and/or scat.

Some examples include:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33514848/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/35308225/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/31456491/

Thank you for your time and I look forward to working with you

Opening for emergency commissions! My car window is broken and I need funds to help repair it.

5 cents per word ($5 = 100 words)

Payment upfront

Will refund if word count is lower than what you paid for

No charge for extra words

DM me here or on my Twitter. https://twitter.com/ArenGoldie

So I was writing an awful lot since I got back in March. March through June I was doing well. Then I moved and my job is killing me more than the previous location. It's drained me of ability to write even though I have ideas, like maybe 8 ideas to write. I want to write and that means getting out of my current job and finding a job out of the service industry, hopefully using my writing degree. I'm hoping to get back to writing soon, but I don't know when; my current job needs to lighten up a bit.

I'm having a hard time uploading my latest story, and it's for Bowser Day! Well, it's up on Twitter and So Furry, so I'll plug the links in this journal.

https://www.sofurry.com/view/1476009
https://twitter.com/ArenGoldie/stat.....09875425447938

I'm still open for story commissions this month. If interested, look at the previous journal for details! http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9201021/

Story Updates!
Welcome to Macro Park is approaching the climax. It's a story I started a month ago and had to stop since I was moving, but it's coming along nicely and I can't wait to show you guys!

I've got a special gift for a certain someone that's a month late, but I've been working on it side by side with Welcome to Macro Park when I feel overwhelmed by it.

I've got my raffle story to write as well. I have the basic idea down, so I can start working on it when one or both of the stories are done.

AND I'm writing a prelude to the start of my story series. I think each one of my story series is going to have one to introduce the world and which one of my 8 OCs are going to be part of the story to help it move along. The whole point of my characters being put into the world is because the realities aren't going the way they should be and are steering off course. It's my characters' job to make sure it's going in the right or a different direction. It's an interesting premise I've made with my OCs and the reason why they're in so many of my stories and other worlds. I can't wait to eventually write the game they're a part of to see how far they've come!

That's all for now~

I'm all moved in with Mist and I couldn't be happier! I'm worried this is all a dream and I could wake up at any minute, the dream ending. But that's him I hear laughing in the living room, so it must be real. I've been here since Thursday; it's surreal.

But moving on, I'm opening up for July commissions!

Price
5 cents per word ($5 = 100 words)

Trades?
I will do trades. You don't need to worry about a word limit

Will Not Do
Scat
Gore
Cub
Women (I can try, but I'm pretty inexperienced)

How Do I Get One?
Send me a note or a DM on Twitter (@/ArenGoldie) detailing what you want and what your word limit is. I'll initially send you two updates: the first one will be a rough draft of the first page to give you an idea what I'm doing. The second one will be the full story. At these points, tell me what needs more work and what is off otherwise I'll keep going and post what I've written.

Slots
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So I'm moving to Arizona on Sunday to be with Mist. After ten years of online dating, we're finally going to be together. I'm so excited, nervous, and anxious. I've been packing for most of the month, which is why I haven't been posting a whole lot. I'll get back to it once I'm settled in.

On Saturday, I'll be heading to the beach with my family, probably one of the last times I'll see some of my extended family for a while. Oh, I don't think I mentioned it on FA. I'm moving in a month, finally going to be living with Mist! After ten years of dating long distance, we're finally going to have a place to call our own!

That being said, I'm not going to be able to finish Welcome to Macro Park before I leave. Too much has been going on for me to sit down and write it out. I KNOW I'm getting close to finishing it, but because I'm working the evenings tonight and tomorrow, I don't think I'll be able to finish it before my trip. It's getting to be a good length, probably the longest story I've written thus far and I am including before my hiatus.

I am adding to my backlog of stories; I thought up of a new story series involving two (maybe?) brothers wanting to escape their life of luxury or poverty. The idea is turning a tad dark from my usual stories, but I'm eager to write it and see what you guys think! I'm also remastering When I Learned the Truth since one important character has changed as has her storyline and I feel the need to update it and continue it.

Also, over on Twitter, I'm going to hold a raffle tomorrow at 12PM EST for nearly reaching 200 followers. If I get to that number before the raffle is over, two winners will be announced. I enjoy raffles; they're good for finding new ideas. Maybe I'll hold one on FA one day. I should probably do that.

Well, that's it for me. I'll be sure to get back on writing content when I come back. I need this vacation a lot more than I'm letting on. I'll see you all when I come back on June 9th!

I'm moving all my submissions from my hiatus to my scraps and I'm also putting my commissions in there as well. I'm also gonna be messing with the folders a bit today to see what I can do.

Edit: Okay, I think I'm done with folders now. I love having everything organized

After much debate with people familiar with commissions, I figure I should increase my rate.

I'm now charging 5 cents per word, so that means 100 words = $5. This is something I really want to do for a living. I hope you guys understand.

To celebrate being back in the fandom for a month after being gone for 7 years, I'm holding a Twitter Raffle! https://twitter.com/ArenGoldie/stat.....52856342376450

Basically, follow me and retweet the raffle and you'll get an entry to have a story written by me!

I really want to write video games. At first, I thought I wanted to join a big triple-A company, but now, seeing a bunch of smaller games being made and a lot of them are quite wonderful, I want to just make my own stories instead of someone else's.

My problem is that while I have a story, characters, setting, and game engines (Visual Novel Maker, RPG Maker, and Twine), I can't draw. If I want to really write a game, I'm forced to use Twine. Some stories are just better with visual representation and a gay dating sim is best as a visual novel than a text adventure.

I kind of suck at talking to people. I can't just walk up to someone and say, "Hey, I'm writing a game. Want to help me?" They need money and so would I. I'm not well known, so I don't think I can pull it off.

I'm 27 and yet while it's a young age I can't help but think my dream is out of reach. Writing on here and So Furry is helping; I'm supposed to write constantly to keep practicing.

I'm just not sure what to do.

Well, a furry twitter. I've always had a Twitter, but I wanted to keep my stuff separate. My handle is ArenGoldie but here is a direct link. https://twitter.com/ArenGoldie I'm still setting it up.

Hello guys! I'm going to try and be more active here once again. The reason for my absence is I was pretty busy with school, which drained my writing. I graduated 2.5 years ago with a creative writing for entertainment degree, so I'm hoping you guys notice a difference in my writing. I'm going to try and finish up three stories I started a LONG time ago.

A Day with Sam - A gift story for my boyfriend in which Mist visits Sam from Sam and Max and learns what he does in a day to day life, but Mist can't stop staring at Sam's belly.

Sacrifice - Another gift story. It resembles a gift art I did for  danza a LONG time ago. Aren's this year's sacrifice to the local dragon in hopes of a peaceful year.

You Lose - A story about a rabbit and wolf who played a game and the loser would do what was written whenever a number of losses were recorded.

And my new story series!

Something Lost - A rather personal three-part story about a family of three dealing with loss in their own way.

When I think about it I just don't think I'm a good person. I met some wonderful people on here and just deleted their contact information. I don't even remember the reason why I did it. Some have moved on and I completely understand. Others probably don't remember me after I reached out to them, and that's fine too. Everyone is busy and don't have to remember me.

I like to think that some people come and go in life. I just hope the people that have left my life know that I still consider them a friend and I've cherished the time we've spent, and I'm not against giving my new information and the best way to contact me if they so choose to.

Hey everyone. It's certainly been a long time. I feel like I need to apologize. 8 years ago I joined this site because, well, I wanted to know why I liked vore so much. I didn't know why, but knowing there were others out there who liked getting eaten and eating others helped. In that way, I acted selfish and mean. I was going through depression for such a long time and it showed heavily throughout. In my journals, past IM logs, and in my gallery. I was such an ass. I feel like I'm truly better now, and even though it took a long time to realize it now, I am deeply sorry if I wasn't there for you then, if I treated you like crap or a piece of meat. I'm not sure who this'll reach, but if you think I hurt you in anyway, I am sorry.

So in two weeks I go to see Mist. It took one year, but I'm finally going to see him again!

Well, Mist is back home. I miss him and in some kind of fucked up coincidence, I have the most stressful day today. This sucks. I need to do something in order to be distracted.

After 5.5 years of online dating, Mist and I have finally met! He's staying in my house for two weeks. These weeks are going to go by SO fast.