Hello everyone! Yet another illegal chapter update! But I couldn't think of any other way to get my news around so effectively.

Sorry to create even MORE confusion among my readers (I didn't even think that was possible), but here is the final verdict on what I have now not-so-lovingly dubbed 'The Faniac Magazine Fiasco.'

The following are excerpts from an actual conversation that took place between myself and a good friend of mine, Erin, over AIM late one dusky and mysterious evening. (Well not really, but what do you care? I get my devious kicks where I can.)

Rain: Oh god, I don't know if I can do this. They also demand lots of editing and cutting. I hate butchering my own work, even if it is under the (perhaps false) guise of "helpful literary criticism."

Erin:  What the hell are you putting yourself through this for!

Rain:  I forgot, or I never knew, lol. Honestly, I don't think this is for me, or I just haven't got the heart to sell myself short for a long shot. Probably a bit of both.

Erin:  SO DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rain :   Now we're talking.

Here's what I need to do… My Mission Statement for the Year!

1. Haul my ugly ass piece of shaisa old computer into Kinko's and hook the damn thing up to a printer.

2. Print out the entirety of my 5 novels (in-progress) that exist on it's dangerously moody C drive.

3. Post it in script format as it exists on www.fictionpress.net (with lengthy author's notes explaining WHY it's in script format - AKA I'm testing the waters for the original story idea, which is certainly and indefinitely subject to change).

4. RE-write the entire series from the beginning.

5. Buy the rest of the Ranma books (30-35 and 37-38).

6. Find a complete translation of the above (no wait, found that already).

7. Outline and map out Catalyst to the last T.

8. Write it and post it in chapter installments.

9. Die of the stress resulting from all of the above

*looks everything over* Sounds like a plan, don't it?

Erin:  FUCK!

Rain:  Cheers to that. *raises a random glass*

I would have wanted to submit fanART to Faniac instead, BUT they have another long-ass annoying wheezy list of guidelines I could give a damn about, and I really should be concentrating on my own work.

Which reminds me… 

10. Complete and re-do lost character designs for my comic, and practice the HELL out of sketching them until I basically want to take a lighter to my sketchbook and just torch it, lol.

Erin:  Never mind you go to school 7 hours a day!

Rain:  Very true, very true.

But in light of all this self-discovery, I have but one thing to say, and it feels damn good …

"GO TO HELL, FANIAC! I've got more than enough talent and spunk to make a name for myself!"

Erin:  DAMN STRAIGHT!

Rain:  *applauds* Cheers to that as well.

Erin:  Life's a bitch…

Rain:  …and so am I! *cackles evilly for several minutes*

Hey, can I use parts of this conversation to post a new announcement to my wonderful, understanding and supportive fans on ff.net? Who don't run me through a million guidelines just to appreciate what I have to contribute?

Erin:  Surely!

Rain:  All right! *dances crazily*

So, there you have it.

Any questions, comments, and the like, email me at deathbylambcat@ftml.net.

Thanks for all the interest in the Mailing List and such that would have been necessary, had I sold my soul to the devil that is Faniac. (No offense to them, really. *cackle*)

Thanks again everyone! Hope to hear from you!

P.S. However, everyone that did email me asking to be on the Mailing List will be hearing from me a bit before the first chapters of Catalyst are due for release, as I promised.

I may be down, but I sure as hell ain't out! Muahahahaha…

::the ever-crazy, yet newly empowered

… Rain