Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Will you be at *** con/festival so I can get my books signed?
A: Any of my con presence depends on two things--my work schedule (7 days a week!) and whether the con in question invited me. I am a working artist which means I don’t have a lot of time or money that I can spend on trips :( So, if you would like me to appear at your favourite con, please write them and request that they invite me! If they do so and I am able to take the time off work (a con trip is usually 5 days with the travel… yikes!), I will happily attend :3

Q: What’s it like to be a professional comics/manga author?
A: It’s kind of like high school and college art/creative writing projects without the teacher but with times billion the deadlines and the amount of work. And you even get paid for it sometimes!

Q: How does one become a professional comics/manga author?
A: This is a long and involved topic and I am hoping to write a few in-depth essays on this in the future. The short answer for now—become good at drawing/writing, get your work out there (established webcomics communities, submissions to contests, etc.), be ready to face a lot of rejection and be ready to work even harder when you land your first job.
Also, please read Dave Roman’s absolutely excellent Guide to Being a Freelancer (it’s mostly for artists, but is very applicable to aspiring manga authors, too). It’s a treasure mine of Very Good Advice.

Q: Will there be more Dramacon books?
A: Hopefully yes! But at the moment I am very busy working on my next series called “Nightschool”, so any continuation of Dramacon will have to wait until after I am finished with that. But there is definitely a lot of story left to tell for the Dramacon characters!

Q: I wrote to you like, months ago, and still haven't heard back.
A: Sorry ;___; There may be several reasons for lack of a reply:
-your e-mail didn't get to me
-my e-mail didn't get to you
-your e-mail got buried and/or accidentally deleted with spam
-I left your e-mail to reply to later and then forgot to do so >.> I do always try to write back, especially if you are asking a question. And I always read every letter I get (even spam XD), as it often adds a much-needed ray of sunshine to my day <:) If you wrote to me and really need to hear back but still haven't, please try e-mailing again or post your question on my forums/lj and publicly shame me into replying XD

Q: Do you do requests?
A: Not anymore, sorry ^___^; I barely have time to complete paying work on time, so haven't been able to do favours like that in a looooooong time....

Q: Commissions?
A: Not taking any at the moment--the last people had to wait a year before I managed to get around to their requests! Some are still waiting >.> No one deserves that...

Q: I really like your "***" picture, may I put it on my website/use it as my RP avatar/stick it on my wall?
A: I don't mind people using my pictures for RolePlaying or displaying them on their site, etc, under following conditions:
-no hotlinking/linking to the image on my server for your own uses. That's bandwidth theft!
-no making profit off my images in any way--they're not yours ^___^;;
-please remember to credit me as the picture's creator and provide a link back to my site
-once you decide which images you'd like to use, please e-mail me their names, to which purpose they will be used and on what site. You don't have to wait for a reply from me--I will only be contacting you if I see a problem with the way you are using my stuff.