Site/Shrine Updates for October

You know it’s bad when people are leaving you messages in your guestbook saying, “I love the new additions/changes to the site!” when you haven’t even put your update notices up yet. Gyargh… I’m slipping muchly. Life has been hectic lately and not always agreeable, but at least I’ve gotten some things sorted out. My living space is pretty much decluttered and pretty (during those times when the space remains open), and I hope to do better. It gets annoying what with toys and dishes and whatnot everywhere but where they belong, despite my constant nagging reminding.

In other news, I won the Halloween writing contest on the Fantasy World Network. This means Sarah has been giving me interviews, which has been a BLAST. Those will be up later, both on the FWXD page and on mine. And now…

In Beneath the Stitching, the VincentxTifa Shrine:

• Aesthetics: Probably the biggest change on the page during this time is that I’ve exchanged the graphics more times than I care to count. The about page looks different now, as does the navigation strip and the links page, not to mention that there is a separate links page for banners those who want to link to the site can use.
• Fanfiction: I haven’t added much here—which is a shame, because I’m now remembering that I have a list to attend to. However, Asphyxiation by Tijuana Pirate has been up for a few weeks, and today I’ve added Return to Me, a oneshot by Confusednazgul, previously only accessible through her LiveJournal.
• Other Additions: The songs Sweet Child of Mine by Guns ‘n’ Roses, and Demons by Nyles Lannon. Must remind myself to add more icons tonight.

In Explosive, the VincentxVeld Shrine:

• Aesthetics: None, save that I switched most of the backgrounds to be a uniform black (save for a couple tables), and there’s a new linking banner, two more of which I should be adding soon. Once I remember where I put them.
• Fanfiction: Fiscal Year, a delightful oneshot collaboration by Cendri and Drakon.
• Other Additions: Not so much.

In Dark’s Studio:

• Aesthetics: I’ve re-sectioned my home page and changed the buttons around. I will probably shorten my links list, especially those links that could be connected to my fan shrines instead of my personal page. The writing section is one now, and divided into three smaller pages. I might divide the fanfiction subsection, depending on how reliable (or not) other servers are. If I ever do sell anything, I’ll throw up a store section with links. As it is, the writing consists of demo chapters, fanfiction and miscellaneous articles and reviews.
• Content: As I write and publish new fanfiction or articles, I’m copying them as I go along onto the home page. The rest is going to be a lot of backlogging, but the new writing is all consistent and in time. I added a screen shot of the October FF7 Citadel page, which features the custom Vincent Valentine banner I rendered for the event, to the fanart section. Other new features are the song Mating Game by Bitter-Sweet, and I’ve added my birthday story for Steph to the original selections in the fiction section. The articles section currently only contains my year-old review for Dirge of Cerberus, but there is more on the way.

Oh, and… this page and my LiveJournal now look different. So don’t be surprised if I decide on a whim to change other color schemes. I’m a nut.