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So...here's the situation.
The job in Sacramento is a bust. I'm not going to go into any details beyond saying I'm not at fault (beyond perhaps not doing enough research into it). I wasn't fired and I didn't actually quit per say; it just turned out to be a job I couldn't accept in good conscience. Unfortunately, by the time this had become clear to me I had already committed to leaving the Bay Area.
On the plus side, I am finally out of San Francisco. On the negative side, I am out of a job. Fun. My parents were more than happy to let me stay with them in the interim and I have plenty of funds tucked away for just such a rainy day, but it still sucks. Hence the total lack of promised story and news updates; this whole thing has been a fiasco.
I'm settling in and trying to stay busy, planning my next move. I'm not sure if I'm even going to pursue a career in the biological sciences at this point, perhaps focusing more on education. Hell, I wouldn't mind having a crack at publishing and game design professionally but I don't think my business partner and me are ready to take that plunge. We'll have to see.
On an unrelated topic, I got a little sloppy updating the Daemoneye Publishing forums and, well, borked up the files. After some consideration I've decided to start from scratch and rebuild the message boards from the ground up, reducing the number of sub-forums, streamlining the content. To the tiny handful of you that post there, I apologize, but the forums are down for the time being. Once things are up and running again I may start posting some forum-exclusive stories there to encourage more of you to check out the website: daemoneye.net.
More (hopefully) coming soon...
The job in Sacramento is a bust. I'm not going to go into any details beyond saying I'm not at fault (beyond perhaps not doing enough research into it). I wasn't fired and I didn't actually quit per say; it just turned out to be a job I couldn't accept in good conscience. Unfortunately, by the time this had become clear to me I had already committed to leaving the Bay Area.
On the plus side, I am finally out of San Francisco. On the negative side, I am out of a job. Fun. My parents were more than happy to let me stay with them in the interim and I have plenty of funds tucked away for just such a rainy day, but it still sucks. Hence the total lack of promised story and news updates; this whole thing has been a fiasco.
I'm settling in and trying to stay busy, planning my next move. I'm not sure if I'm even going to pursue a career in the biological sciences at this point, perhaps focusing more on education. Hell, I wouldn't mind having a crack at publishing and game design professionally but I don't think my business partner and me are ready to take that plunge. We'll have to see.
On an unrelated topic, I got a little sloppy updating the Daemoneye Publishing forums and, well, borked up the files. After some consideration I've decided to start from scratch and rebuild the message boards from the ground up, reducing the number of sub-forums, streamlining the content. To the tiny handful of you that post there, I apologize, but the forums are down for the time being. Once things are up and running again I may start posting some forum-exclusive stories there to encourage more of you to check out the website: daemoneye.net.
More (hopefully) coming soon...
Searching for a new Webcomic Artist and/or guests
The Lycanthrope Club Webcomic is looking for a new artist and/or guest artists. The previous artist, Abby Cao, no longer has the time to draw the comic so we're looking for an artist to take over and/or guest artists for some filler pages. The Lycanthrope Club Webcomic is based on the novella, series of short stories and fictional universe of the same name. The comic has been going for around four years with a monthly update schedule. It chronicles the emergence of a relatively benign form of lycanthropy (werewolves) in a small town and what follows. The comic does feature violence, blood, some naughty language, nudity, etc. - call it a hard PG-13 to soft R. Becoming the artist of the Lycanthrope Club is a long term commitment. We are looking for someone who can reliably illustrate a full, multi-panel black and white (inked) page once per month, possibly twice per month if the Patreon picks up following a provided script. You will be paid per page and receive a share of the
Apologies for the Lack of Updates...
...But it turns out if you write too much werewolf fiction, well, see for yourself. It should wear off by the end of Halloween... In all seriousness, I'm back to writing. I plan on getting the last chapter of A Mythical Match Up - A Jubilant Jinn up within a week or so. It should be followed by a new Mythical Match Up story or continuation of an existing story in the MM universe, possibly a new Patreon Exclusive Lycanthrope Club story and possibly an entirely new story. In addition, for anyone in the greater Sacramento area, I will be attending ConQuest Sacramento November 11th through November 13th. Look for the Daemoneye Publishing booth. I will be there mostly representing the Tabletop RPG side of Daemoneye, but will be happy to talk about the novellas if anyone asks. Happy Halloween!
End of 2021 Status Update (story requests closed)
Update: I have compiled all of the story requests and will start working on them soon. If I decide to use your story idea I will contact you and let you know. 2021 is almost over. All in all, I think it was a better year than 2020, though the bar wasn't particularly high in that regard. In any event, it's time for another end-of-year retrospective/prospective. You've probably noticed a dearth of activity on my dA page and the Patreon over the last four months. The simple explanation is that I was teaching five separate classes for four different colleges. My day job is very much feast or famine so you take what you get. However, I won't say my work left me with no free time or energy because it didn't; I should have gotten more done. As for why I didn't, well, I think it was a combination of factors. First, there was the isolating effect of the pandemic. I am an admitted introvert - bordering on shut-in - but I did have hobbies that involved leaving my home prior to COVID. Beyond
Update 08/23/2021
Apologies for the long delay between updates (to both my dA page and the webcomic)! Abby Cao (the artist) and I were busy and/or delayed owing to the start of the new semester, health issues and other dreary stuff. I just posted a new entry in the Mythical Match Up universe and a new character profile of the protagonist from The Lycanthrope Club Webcomic, Tiffany Melody, in her werewolf form! With any luck a new page of the webcomic will follow shortly. Still cooking up some new things. Keep your eye on the page. -Heliotroph
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Also: I'm glad you have savings. And can prepare for...when bad things happen.