Gallery and New Fic!

Howdy Folks! 

First of all, NEW LAYOUT! It was about time for one, I was getting tired of the old one. This one has better page displays and wider pages, which works for my new graphics gallery! (OMG FINALLY)

So I have a re-write up of a one-shot I wrote a while ago, taking place pre-Twilight in the early stages of Esme and Carlisle’s relationship. Originally titled “I Will Be”, I did some re-writing and editing, and it is now known as “Merry Christmas”.

Merry Christmas is my entry for the Twilight Novel Novice November/December 2008 Challenge: For the November-December Challenge, write a story about any of theTwilight characters celebrating the holidays.

click on banner for story!

In other news, check by my graphics page, I’ve gotten a gallery up, resources and credits, a tutorial, graphics request page, and fillers for a page of usable icons and signatures and stuff.

So I’ve decided I want to get more -writing- done … I’ve been really focusing on getting a gallery up, and I’m nearly done with those graphics. So what to do now? Work on some fanfiction! I’ve definitely missed being a regular poster, and with Winter Break I can get all sorts of writing done. Who knows, I may even finish a chaptered fic about the Denali Clan that I’ve had bouncing around in my head.

Putting together a gallery, and other news …

I’ve joined the Vesparium, the official graphics supplier of the Twilight Lexicon. I’m putting together a gallery of avatars, banners, and other such stuff. Any requests may be dropped in the comments of this post. 

I’ve downloaded GIMP and am messing around with it (oh heaven!) My one regret is that photoshop is a bit easier to use … oh well, it’s also ridiculously expensive.

In other news, I’m toying around with ideas for the Twilight Novel Novice challenge. In addition, I’m thinking maybe I’ll submit something to the Twilight Archives challenge that’s up … I’m not sure though — it’s something to do with Jacob and Renesme, and doesn’t really look like my thing. I might submit something, however.

Writing and graphics are sort of squished with all my schoolwork, but I’m hoping I’ll be able to balance things eventually. You know — I’d kind of like to finish the sequel of “Soul Searching” before I’m old.

Um … Wow!

My fic  “Lightning Bolt” won first place in the Twilight Novel Novice Challenge — my face was a bit shocked when I saw the results I did NOT expect to come in first place — wow …

 

Thanks, Twilight Novel Novice staff for spending the time to manage these fantastically fun challenges!

Congratulations to the other authors that placed here and I can’t wait till I have time to read all the winners, they look fantastic!

Lightning Bolt now out!

One-shot. Breaking Dawn spoilers.

Like a lightning bolt, my simple act of revenge split into electric fingers of heartbreak and devastation that crackled out of my control.

Irina’s POV during the final showdown. 

Twilight Novel Novice August Challenge

The fic mentioned a few posts ago is now out! You can view it at Twilight Archives or Fanfiction.net. Thanks so much to j3nn for being a fantastic beta!

I’ve registered at the Twilight Lexicon forum (again) and this time plan to actually be active over there. My screenname on the forum is Iris Messenger, same as most places!

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Lightning Bolt WON! the Twilight Novel Novice Challenge!