It doesn't hurt to appreciate a Review

Seeking people's opinion on your work is an act of hierarchy.

That's what I learned from Steven Pressfield.

To act in a hierarichal fashion is to like commit an artist suicide.

Pressfield advises to act territorially.

In my case, to act teritorially is to create.

You know... write the story you always wanted to read.

After finishing "Your Love, My Undoing" or YLMU, I dedicated my mental faculties on developing "Magdalen from Midgar", or MFM.

MFM's story has been around my head for a while, when I decided to prototype it as a fanfiction. Nothing bad right?

With MFM, I'm inching out from my comfort zone: I'm taking my time to learn how to write using the 5 senses. I'm reading books, tutorials and tips how to improve my creative writing skills.

I'm acting teritorially.

After a tiring day at work, I was about to pack my laptop into its bag when I briefly checked my inbox.

"Oh, I have a review."

I read it, and I was pleasantly surprised.

Wow, had me on the edge of my seat. Very compelling and well-written. Just hope you can carry that same energy for other chapters.

I'm happy someone cared to leave YLMU a review. I know how much effort I poured for the 1st chapter. I doubt the succeeding 5 chapters met the same intensity.

Nevertheless, I'm happy how that story turned out to be.....even if it's filled with grammar mistakes and syntax errors :D

Your love, my undoing

Hooray!

I finally finished my second fanfiction, Your love, my undoing, for this year!

The first fanfic I wrote and finished is also online, His Eyes on Me. Both stories are Final Fantasy 8 fanfictions.

Truth it, it feels awkward to post it here in my blog. It's a romance, and I'm still trying to link in my head that I actually wrote a romance fic.

Oh well... 2016 is a year to stretch myself: writing , posting it online and finishing a story is actually a way to stretch myself.

This calls for a mini-celebration!

I need a nice movie to watch... like Train To Busan. I guess I'll watch once the situation in the city has calmed down.

Bold Visions for my Fanfics

Bold Projects.

I definitely want to publish the fanfictions I write (E.L. James Style).

But not right now.

I want to publish the fanfictions I write... for free.

I don't own the characters, after all.

But I do own the scenarios I crafted. I do own the roles they had to play for the story.

Today (August 5), I had a crazy idea.

Publish the compiled fanfictions on Amazon, Smashwords, or even, in this blog site.

Publish it in .Mobi, .Epub, or PDF files.

Make a book.

Distribute it for free.

Final Fantasy 8: Your Eyes on Me Fanfiction

"You'd always be there in the corner 

of this tiny little bar"

~Eyes on Me, composed and sung by Julia Heartilly

Final Fantasy VIII is my first FF game. And the story that really stuck with me was the romance between Julia and Laguna. Too bad they had to be separated. 

To show my commitment to finish writing at least one fanfiction, I've compiled the chapters for "Your Eyes on Me"published in www.fanfiction.net

Just click on the link and you will be transported to a different world site.

Oh, and I do plan to include illustrations of the fic, to be posted in this site. Isn't that nice?

Now let's get started!

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Chapter 1: What the General Wants

           Caraway sees Julia Heartilly for the first time. 

Chapter 2: I want You to be My Piano Lady

           This is the tale of how Julia Heartilly became The Galbadia Hotel's Lounge Pianist.

Chapter 3: The Wolf and the Sheep

           Caraway befriends Julia.

Chapter 4: The Man with the Leg Cramps

            Kiros brings Laguna to The Galbadia Hotel, where he sees Julia playing the piano. 

Chapter 5: One Phoenix Down, Please

            Julia takes the initiative and invites Laguna to her room for a talk.