Archanea gets slagged off a lot for not having "good" or "well-developed" characters.  Er... I'll grant you there are a lot, and I do mean a lot, of characters who didn't have much dialogue save a death quote up until FE12.  And I remain skeptical of the brand of development presented in FE12.

But, as a counter-example, may I present Character #3: ( Read more... )

Great.  Now that I've sworn off entering the contest (for modly impartiality), my brain seizes on a crack pairing I so want to write.

Screw it.  I'll write Palla/Arran anyway.  It'll probably spill into 7K words, knowing me.  Thanks, Pixiv!

-x-

Writing for Magvel is interesting, but there's no 'ficcer feeling quite like the feeling when an Archanea ( Read more... )

 So, I got a tentative agreement (ie, an agreement with the company) on the second of my two contracts today and consequently went on a White Russian spree before stumbling home.  I walked, btw-- picked a drinking hole within walking distance for that reason.  Yay.  Now I just have to sell all the hardliners and malcontents on the merits of both ( Read more... )

 
I have said before that while Deviant Art is not an ideal place for posting fiction, it does expose one to a slightly different crowd of fans than does ffnet or LJ.  I have garnered some very thoughtful and worthwhile feedback from DA readers, and recently I received something that made my day.

This and this.

The former is fanart for my story " ( Read more... )