Notes & Disclaimers:
• Rio is Blue Sky Studios IP.
• Some of the various franchises mentioned in this are the IPs of other companies.
• "Idea Comics Online (ICO)" is based on FanFictionNet, DeviantArt, and Wattpad.
Hello again my friends. For those of you who are reading this, hopefully you will be somewhat interested in what new message I have to share with you guys again. Something that will be established in this short story, and the Author Notes below.
(Please leave a comment and enjoy!)
Another One
Far away, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, it was nearly sprinkling during the night and a lot of the people were trying to head home. Including one young blue macaw flying through the air. He was wearing a black suit and revealed himself to be C. Me. I was flying around, trying to avoid getting wet while the weather proceeded.
Then I finally approached one familiar building.
"There it is." I mumbled to myself.
As I approached and landed on the platform of a fire escape by a window, I looked around, making sure no one was looking. When it was clear, I shape-shifted, turning into a human being and successfully opening the window and climbing into a room.
"Home sweet home." I said, revealing that the room was mine. It was like a small dark office room with a bed, a few shelves, and a desk. I clapped my hands and the light came on, brightening up everything before I closed my window and moved to my desk.
"Alright." I cleared his throat. Then spoke in my head. "Man, what a day. Helping out Blu and the others with gathering more food, helping Twilight and the girls decorate that new hospital room, and the same with Linda and Tulio in their hospital. Sometimes I feel like the days I spend with them now are more like work days than fun days. But hey, if it means hanging with them and seeking inspiration for my stories, then it's still worth it. Speaking of which, maybe now would be as good a time as any to finish that message."
On the desk was my laptop, where I opened it up and began looking at my notes app to view a special message I was working on. It said…
Hello fellow ICO Writers and Artists,
How are you doing? No wait, how has your Easter weekend been? Mine was good. I got to have a grand holiday time with my family and we got to hear great lessons of the holiday at Church once again. Though if anybody asks, no I haven't done any egg-hunts. I don't think I've done that in years, but anyway, it was a great time of year and I know there'll be more special occasions coming this year.
In fact, this year, I have some things going on for me I'd like to establish…again. They aren't plans for literally the whole year, but maybe enough for the moment.
(1) Career
If you didn't catch my last message, it said that I plan to get a job. I don't know how soon that's gonna be, but hopefully it will come up and I'll be able to find a career that's somewhat subtle. One where I can work well, get out of my house more, etc. And once I do get that, remember again that I won't have a lot of time to spend on reading and writing more FanFictions. I also still have FanFictions to catch up. Some of which were written by my friends, and maybe with catching up to them, I should think about trying to finish reading one chapter or story per day or week.
How does that sound? By the way, some of the fanfictions I read very recently have been Sonic FanFictions. But I might still read more later. I'll be busy with that too. Speaking of more, and writing…
(2) All Author Notes…Go Down!
As you may have noticed, my beginning Author Notes were a little small, and that's pretty much how it's gonna go from now on. Meaning, now and who knows how long, all of my Author Notes will go to the bottom. Any footnotes, questions, interactions, messages, or other things I want to talk about will all go down to the bottom.
For the top side, that will hold only the first disclaimers, the suggestion to leave a comment, and perhaps a monologue to give a recap of the story, among other possible notes and ideas. The bottom will contain everything else after the chapter is over.
That sounds like something I should've done since either my return last year or from my first year as an online writer. However I'm still just sticking to this change. So all or most of my notes will be at the bottom for the foreseeable future. As for changes, this is not all.
(3) Fixing the Predecessors
I said before that I would be editing the stories I previously posted on the other sides of ICO before releasing new stories. But I have not been fulfilling that, being side-tracked with everything else going on. So, one thing I should do is focus on fixing those before publishing a new story anywhere else.
Why do I need to fix my past stories you might ask? Because, unless I'm wrong, there's typos and grammar that need correcting, I want to make the format look better, and some of what I made in the past look like they would be better off changed. But I'll be handling that myself. So remember, before I publish a new chapter or story, I'll be busy with catching up on other stories and try to finish redoing my previous work. Plus doing many other things.
How long will it take? I don't know, but maybe not the entire year, haha. Until then, you guys can still catch up on my other stories and see what new posts and small updates I can still share elsewhere.
"And done." I said out loud. I finished typing and looking over every word. Then when I saw it was perfect enough, I said, "And send." I clicked the publish button on my computer, allowing my message to go into ICO, or at least the version of ICO in the current world I was in.
Once I knew I was done, I just stayed by my desk waiting for the results. Then I looked out the window and noticed the weather. It was still sprinkling, and nighttime was nowhere near over yet. Because of that, I yawned and decided something else.
"Well…it's already that time, even in my world, so why not sleep here? It's no different from sleeping in my world, and it's not like I haven't done it a million times before." I said to myself, and zoomed over to bed. Getting some shut eye…very easily, and not at all minding how tomorrow would go. But I knew I would later.
More Notes & Disclaimers:
• "Twilight and the girls": Twilight and the Feather Seven, plus Spike, Starlight, and Trixie. Based on the Mane 6, Hasbro IP.
• "beginning": Hopefully there's nothing wrong with breaking the fourth wall for this moment.
• "other sides": Aka Wattpad, plus I'll be doing the same thing on DeviantArt.
• "elsewhere": DeviantArt and Twitter
How was that? Whatever your response is, my friends, that's about it for now.
As you can see, my main Author Notes will go to the bottom, I will be getting a job eventually, and that among other things will be cutting into my developing-and-publishing time, and I'll be fixing my past published installments. But what about you guys?
What plans do you all have regarding your works as FanFiction writers? If it has to do with other responsibilities, then don't worry. You don't have to share that. Also, I should've mentioned this, remember the new stories I announced, I'll be releasing up eventually, well remind me, what do you think of these titles:
The "Done For" 6
A Creator's War
The Adventures of New Tails
The Adventures of the Young Six
Aftermath Report
C's Summary Collection
CC: Lovebirds
CC: OC Collection
The Gang Secrets: FanFiction Series
The G1-7000 Stories
Kung-Fu Hedgehog
Mercy: A Star Wars Story
My Entertainment
Post-Wave
Shimmer Code VR
Snake Eyes
Some Rio Changes
Tiago's Strange Crew
And many more!
So far, "The Gang Secrets" and "C's Summary Collection" have been released. If you want to check them out from here and DeviantArt, be my guest. And please be sure again to leave a comment for my stories and more.
So thank you guys for reading as always. Please be sure to follow me here, plus DeviantArt, Wattpad, Twitter, and Instagram. And until I do release anything, please check all my previous work.
One more thing, to Crexis the Purple Macaw, if you didn't see Ch1 of The Gang Secrets, just know my response to your question in the bottom Author Notes of that chapter.
(You may also read this on DeviantART.)