I reached a BIG milestone yesterday! · 2:35pm Oct 15th, 2020

As most of you may already know, I recently published my latest addition to my Showing His Place series with the donation-funded spinoff Date Night. Not only did the sequel help to get me a new cell phone when my previous one broke (as well as assisted with some upcoming bills), but the story also allowed me to reach a massive milestone on this website:

As of now, I have written over Three Million Words total on FimFiction.

Wait, I didn't mean that! My reaction is more like this:

Yeah! Considering how I didn't even start writing fanfiction before I worked on Brushed Away back in 2013, I would've never imagined having written so much since then! Of course, given how drastically things have changed for me this year, I can't say that there are many things I should be predicting nowadays. All I know is that ever since I began writing fanfiction as a hobby (and nowadays as a full-fledged source of income), so many incredible things have happened in my life. From discovering my true talents, to finding the love of my life who's now my live-in boyfriend, I can't even begin to imagine how differently my life would've gone if I decided to keep the stories in my head instead of transferring them to paper.

And speaking of transferring art to a new medium, this year has sorta placed a damper on a tradition I've upheld since 2017. Back when I reached my first milestone of writing one million words on FimFiction, I commemorated the occasion by getting myself my very first tattoo:

(This piece was based on the characters of Brushed Away, and was meant as a symbol for how far I've come as a writer up to that point)

And then last year, when I reached two million words on FimFiction, I followed up my tradition by getting another tattoo on my right arm:

(Yes, that's a tilde symbol. Considering how often I use the symbol in my stories, it seemed appropriate)

Unfortunately, due to very obvious health concerns I don't need to mention in 2020 (as well as me trying to keep my finances secure after leaving my hotel job, again from those exact same concerns), I'm not exactly sure when -- or even if -- I can get a new tattoo to celebrate writing three million words on this website. Not to mention, I'm not exactly set on what specific design I want to add to my right arm. At the moment, I have three ideas which could easily work:

-A large teal-colored rose on the middle of my forearm, with green thorny vines wrapping around it like the tattoo described in Canvas' Cutie Mark Mission.
-An MLP-themed Vaporwave design (similar to the work done by II-Art on DevianArt), which would have the focal point centered around Spike; more specifically, Spike's DJ helmet when he performed as DJ Scales and Tail in Season 9's She's All Yak episode. (https://derpicdn.net/img/2019/7/15/2092421/medium.png)
-A simple color portrait piece of Princess Twilight Sparkle from the final episode of the series. Not only was her final design absolute beautiful, but it would be a great symbolic picture to signify the importance of change and growth as time goes on.

Of course, like I mentioned before, I have no idea when/if I can actually get a new tattoo. Even though my birthday is coming up later this month (I turn 30 in ten days, which is fucking mortifying to think about), I'm currently busy trying to keep my upcoming bills in check. Still though, despite what may happen in the near future, I'm still really glad to share such a huge accomplishment with you guys. This website has provided me with so much over the years, and it means so much to share my work with all of you whenever I can. :)

And just as a quick update, I currently have three projects I'm working on for the remainder of this month: A Zootopia-based commission (from the same person who commissioned the Gideon story on FurAffinity last month), a Lion King-themed fic that won September's Patreon Story poll, and an Overwatch story between Reaper and Soldier (breakup sex in a sex shop) which was the end result of my monthly Randomizer on Patreon. If you want to see the upcoming progress on those projects throughout October, you can follow me on Patreon to show your support. And if you want to help show your support more directly, I also have a Paypal you can donate to as well. :)

Either way, I really hope all of you are staying safe out there, and I can't wait to put out more quality content for y'all to enjoy. :D