update:
my partner in crime and companion, victor, has a new dA page. for those of you interested in following the work he posts, you can find him at *VictorMason. my brother is also sporadically active on dA at =MichaelOShane.

original message:
i always hesitate to compose those "i have returned" journal entries, because it never fails that when i make such a grand announcement, something in the "real world" *shudders* claims me again and i find myself yanked away from here again.


_{do you know how difficult it was to find
a leash picture safe for general consumption?
and my, what lovely webcam photos you all have.}

so, allow me to say hello and hope i can continue at least checking in with you all every few days. i have a few projects and some miscellaneous scribblings which have been consuming my time, but have found myself wandering here much more frequently these days.

you all are a hard habit to break.


_{my actual hair is quite a bit shorter than this.}

my time is still somewhat sparing though, but in a good way. my partner in crime *VictorMason and i have been busily toiling away at a new set of roleplaying forums we shall be administrating. if there are any interested parties, you are certainly welcome to inquire with me. i shall post more about this in the near future in case any of you have the desire to fiddle around with an original character some place else.

and i am finally attempting to crack down on finishing the edits for the first vampire memoirs book when not penning new stories. my fictional alter ego keeps me somewhat on my toes...


_{not quite like this, though.}

... between his antics with victor and our other respective characters, but i much prefer creative and busy to bored.

in other news...

- nanowrimo is an epic failure for this month. but the novel project i chose for it requires a lot more precision and care than hacking through prose like a bat out of hades.
am gradually coming to realize i might not be able to nano for quite a long while. my preferred projects simply have my attention more rapt at the present.

- i would love to indulge in =kiwi-damnation's december poetic forms challenge, however. if just because i love the chance to attempt penning different styles than this free form poet is used to.


_{the excellent phoenix fractal sammy made for me
after last year's december forms challenge.}

- i am also perking a curious eyebrow at =Scarlettletters's winter literature contest and wondering if a suitable idea will percolate from within my consciousness. even if i do not, however, i highly recommend this for the rest of my storytelling friends.

hmm... i do believe that is all at the present.

stay out of trouble... or get into glorious amounts of trouble, whichever you prefer.
the immortal poet,
peter

~dr7key