That same adorable person I mentioned last time left me a note wondering what I was up to and reminded me my last update was in February. Actually, she really wanted me to start writing again.

Writing is on my mind almost every day. I've even started on a thing or two but then dropped them. I want it to come back, I think it will come back, but it's not back yet.

I have a new friend here who read a bunch of my stuff and chatted with me about it. This person is making a picture for me which relates to the story I was working on when I stopped writing, so I'm thinking of that as an opportunity to resume that story. I've already done a little work on it.

In the mean time, it would be hard for me to write, because I'm spending all of my free time translating. I formed a scanlation group to translate and release yaoi (Boys Love) manga that aren't available in English. My first effort was Act 6 of Shiuko Kano's Play Boy Blues. Even though this work is licensed in English, the publisher went bankrupt, and no one knows if or when another publisher will pick it up. It's a really fun story.

Here's the link: [link]

Feel free to join if you're 18 or over! You have to request membership, but if your birth date is in your LJ profile, we'll let you in. If you're new to LJ, let me know what your ID is, because we avoid accepting people with no history, because as new as we are to LJ, we already have experience with fake accounts.

Wait a second. Back up, back up! You all knew I was taking Japanese, right? Are you sitting there wondering "How does she get from writing fan-fiction in English to translating from Japanese to English?" LOL I've taken a year's worth of beginning Japanese classes at my local community college. I just finished my second semester.

I wasn't expecting to reach my goal of being able to translate so soon, but I got inspired to try, and here I am. It's pretty hard at this stage, but I get lots of help, and I'm improving fast.

Okay that's enough from here.