So here are a few things going on:

1. Going forward, I will no longer be using the word "shemale" in any of my journals, stories or image uploads.

2. I have a few pieces of gift art that I really need to get around to uploading sooner or later.

3. I have three essays I need to finish before next week, and then the week after is finals.

4. Still haven't found a new job. Weh.

5. I should be uploading the next chapter of Wolf Nanaki next week.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/.....it?usp=sharing

This is the first draft of the first chapter my novel thingy.
Opinions/critique highly encouraged. c:

I’m tired of my lame FF7 knockoff character, so I’m giving him and his variations a big sendoff.

First, I will withdraw two thousand dollars from my bank and split it between two people who will make the ending happen.

The first person is Shaun Howell, who will organize a book complete with literally every single image of my character ever. No matter how badly drawn or low the resolution, or whether or not I endorse the particular artist anymore, it will be in there, coupled with a few paragraphs from myself on how I felt getting the image, and how I feel about them now.

The second person is a close artist friend of mine, who will draw Nanaki’s non-violent death. It will involve vore. That’s right. I’m coming out to all of you and letting you know I do, in fact, find vore kinda hot. Sorry you had to find out in a manner like this though. The project will be a minute-long animation of Nanaki lamenting on the misery of his life before he is consumed.

I hope that whatever new character or persona I choose along the way you guys will find more awesome than Nanaki could have ever hoped to be.

(oh uhm, happy April Fools and all that)

come watch a cute guy draw a cute guy with a booty
http://www.livestream.com/meraze

OKAY SO HERE'S WHAT'S GOING DOWN

Mom's cracked down hardcore on my finances, and my debit card's been shut down. If I'm ever caught spending (my) money without her consent again, I get thrown out of the house, plain and simple.

Also, the store I work at is closing down in May, so I gotta start job hunting again. Liquidation starts March 23rd.

So...yeah, kinda sucks all around. >:

In the meantime I still have my shirt for sale, and still working on writing stuffs. I ain't dead yet!

Might not be around as often for...a while.

Lots of stuff going on at home. Hope you all understand.

Also I made a shirt.
http://www.redbubble.com/people/wol.....imple-portrait

Sorta in a slump.

Won't go into too much detail, but I feel like I'm constantly caught in a struggle between what I want and what other people close to me want from me, both online and offline. And I'm stuck wondering, are the things I enjoy worth the pain in the first place?

Also, work and school have been terrible, so I won't be on as much, sorry guys.

 ozelot

Really terrific artist, especially if you like girly, curvy boys.

Holy butts it's my birthday today.
I'm 23 years old.
Ooooold.

And be sure to wish  matthewbrandon and  myrilla a happy birthday too!

OKAY ANYWAY.

So there's lots of drama at the moment about where FA's going and all that, and there's been lots of migrations over to Weasyl in light of it.

I made a Weasyl a while back, so here's a link for that:
https://www.weasyl.com/~wolfnanaki
And my InkBunny:
https://inkbunny.net/WolfNanaki

I'm not fleeing from FA, mind you; I'm just waiting out the storm to see what happens and where the winds take the fandom. If it turns out everyone seems to prefer Weasyl in the long run, then by all means, I'll be more active there. Let's just see what happens.

Okay so.

My amazing friend  baronvonjackal is having trouble getting the money together to save his family dog.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5416611/

Every little bit helps, so please message him if you'd like to help. It'd mean a whole lot to me if you did.

So as part of my new year's resolution that I've told nobody about, I'm working on developing the personality and guidelines for my character and variations thereof. First up is transwoman Wolf Nanaki, since she seems to be the most popular version of my character and the one that needs the most work. :V

Okay here are the basics.

She is not a prostitute. She's very proud of her body (since she worked so hard to get it), she's good at dancing, and works at a strip club, but she's not a prostitute. It's fine to get art of her in naughty/risque outfits, but nothing implying she's a whore, okay?

She's still good at fighting. The male version of Wolf Nanaki is skilled at combat and uses a spear as a weapon. Trans Nanaki is absolutely no different. In fact, she knows a little extra self defense techniques and will not be afraid to kick ass if need be.

No art of her with guys. With male Nanaki, you can draw him with characters of any gender. Trans Nanaki is not the same case anymore. Art with guys must be clean in nature. Otherwise, she can only be drawn with other ladies (shemale, female, herm, etc.). I don't want her to come off as a sex object for guys to use, or myself come off as womanizing.

Her favorite food is Oreos. Best cookie. c:

I will expand this journal as more stuff comes up. But if you have any questions, concerns, etc., please leave a comment!~

https://www.f-list.net/c/naru-lee/
https://www.f-list.net/c/foxy%20legs/
https://www.f-list.net/c/kristi%20redd/

IT KEEPS HAPPENING.

I don't know what's worse: that F-List hasn't had my account certified even though I already went through the process of making it happen, that "Foxy Legs" seems to have a thing for dicknipples, vacbeds and mummification, that "Fristi Redd" hooks me up with "cock branding", zoophilia and abuse, or that the "Naru-Lee" character links my character to child abuse and incest.

So first off! Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and happy new year to all of you! You're all awesome. c:

Also, I appear to be slowly coming down with a cold. Got a sore throat two days ago and the the aching and nose running is starting to creep up. Ugh. But I can still get up and walk around so I can still probably make it to work. :V

For those of you waiting on writing stuff, sorry for the delay! Nearly finished with some stuff though.

And last, my birthday is next month. January 21st, gonna be 23. Oh god I'm old.

I don't do enough to show them how much they mean to me.

So uhm...thank you all.

<3

Well.

I won.
http://wolfnanaki.tumblr.com/post/68637319595

And I lost.
http://wolfnanaki.tumblr.com/post/68641665630

As of right now, my word count is 41,464 out of 50,000.

At this point, I'm going to type up what I can at work, try to get out as quickly as possible, and then put out what I can manage tonight. It's the last night of November.

I think I can pull it off.
I've never felt this confident before.

Thank you all for all of your encouraging words. Love you dorks.

If you want to see my progress:
http://wolfnanaki.tumblr.com/post/68446104802

I’m leaving for work in a few minutes. I get out at 1:30 PM EST, and so I should be home around 1:45 or so.

I have from then until tomorrow afternoon to finish my book, and push out about 10,000 words each day. Count isn’t a big deal, focus is. That’s why I disappeared. But after Saturday, I’ll be back to my usual shenanigans.

See you guys soon.

This is a little tougher than I thought, going cold turkey. But I'm pushing through the book! I've gotten further so far than I ever have with this story.

I'd like to thank for recommending a nifty site for helping me focus. <3

Word count: 23,425/50,000

So I’m pretty mad at myself.
Today, NaNoWriMo novels that have or are near completion are getting verified as winners.
Remember how the goal is 50k words?
I’m only at 17k. According to the site, I should be at least 41k in.
I’ve let myself down again. I can’t go on like this.
There are only five days left. Until I finish my book (presumably before the 30th), I’m staying away from Tumblr, FA, everything. I’m not going to let this opportunity slip away.
Not again.
Love you all, see you soon.

Word count: 17,659/50,000

OH GOD THIS IS SUPER FUCKING HARD

Word count: 14,929/50,000

Basically if I want to finish on time, I need to step it up and write 3,500 words every day until the end.

But I've been able to establish some key characters and plot points so I'm kinda happy. c:

http://nanowrimo.org/participants/w.....ls/wolf-nanaki

Some of the characters I have here are:

Atum: A black jackal who Nanaki has a crush on, who's come back to town after a five-year spiritual excursion with his family. He's rather skinny, wears glasses, has gold hair, and likes to ramble on lots.

Linda: Nanaki's college friend. She's a short, chubby panda chick who likes to party. She works with her dad on a nature preserve.

Zant: A big, cobalt blue naga, and Nanaki's ex-boyfriend. Secretly trained in hypnosis and hypnotherapy, though Nanaki found out a while back, which lead to their breakup.

Chief Quidel: The leader of the Waya Tribe, a pack of red wolves to which Nanaki belongs. He's really really old but can still kick asses all over the place. :V

So I was contemplating whether or not I should redesign the transgender version of my character. I mean, I know I've characterized her as very sexual and playful, but I get tired of people mistaking her for a hooker. The art I've gotten with her have all been with character owned by people I'm fairly close to, not just some random schmucks. I don't roll like that.

But I dunno, maybe I have her too sexual nowadays? What would you guys recommend?

So I'm going to keep journals chronically my progress through my book. I looked over my old material and I was kinda pissed at how shitty it was. I've thrown out Wolf Nanaki as it previously existed and I'm working again from the ground up.

The goal is to get 50k or more words by November 30 (though winner selection starts the 25th). After that, you get an editor to look it over and a chance to get published at LuLu.com! Which is super awesome.

Day 1 Word Count: 1822/50,000

You can also follow my progress on the official site:
http://nanowrimo.org/participants/w.....ls/wolf-nanaki

Oh hey I have a new icon from that new wallpaper I made. How's it look?

Also! I'll be participating in National Novel Writing Month this year! This time I'm super determined to finished my book. Here's my page:
http://nanowrimo.org/participants/wolfnanaki

Also, Happy Halloween, you dorks. I have to be at work today but I hope you all have fun <3

I'm ashamed.

For the past few days at work, we were offered bonuses for selling this credit card processing service to business customers. Working in the printing department and therefore having more exposure to these kinds of customers, I managed to nab several of them into filling out the form that would guarantee me those bonus bucks.

And...I blew that extra money on art.

As much as I adore the artists' work, I really, REALLY should not be buying ANYTHING that isn't essential or being put toward getting me out of this house. I don't want to become another Allan Greenwald, but I'm certainly not doing enough to push myself out of that direction. Instead I'm being a tremendous asshole and letting down the people closest to me, who stood by me when I needed them the most, who reassured me and put their trust and sincerity into me.

I'm really sorry. I want things to be better, and you guys put so much faith in me. I don't want to let you down anymore. I don't want to let myself down either.

...anyway, I still have some writing commissions I need to work on, so I'll get on that.

Sorry for being moody.

He's super nice and talented and needs to draw more so please go check him out!

His prices:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11729676/

Some samples:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11416422/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11549337/