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Nebulous62

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Formerly OnigiriGirl62, I am now Nebulous62. Onigiri was my nickname in high school, which was some time ago. I am not the same person I was in high school, so I figured it was time to change it to something more current. DTS and Nebula have been a big part of my life for the last few years. It made perfect sense to incorporate them into my username.

Speaking of DTS, I have submitted a new chapter. This makes 20 chapters! I am half-way through writing this book! HOLY CRAP I WASN'T SURE I WOULD MAKE IT THIS FAR!!!!!!! I hope you have all enjoyed the ride thus far. I know I sure have. As I've been outlining future chapters and figuring out how I want this story to end, I started thinking about publishing and making this little fantasy world of mine into an actual book. If I decide to publish DTS, I will not be posting the last several chapters of the story on dA. If the whole story were here I would risk someone stealing it and claiming it as their own (not that I think anyone would do that, but I want to be careful). I will continue posting chapters in the meantime. This is only meant to be a heads-up since the fact I will be able to finish this story has become very real in my mind.

While I have your attention, I wanted to talk about something has has been on my mind: Mary Sues. If there's one thing I despise it's a character that is naturally too interesting/talented/lucky/beautiful/perfect to allow room for any learning and growth. I have spent hours working on my characters, giving them some natural talents, plenty of flaws, and even a few weaknesses in order to avoid creating Mary Sues. Even so, I'm always afraid that I've inadvertently made Nebula, or any of my other characters, into a Mary Sue. Do you think any of my characters are "too perfect"? If so, do you have any critiques or suggestions to remedy the situation?
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This was my week. How was yours?
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Okay, so I've gotten behind on submitting my DTS chapters to groups and clubs in the past months (oops), so yesterday I got a bit caught up. This afternoon, I got a message from this club :iconsuperhero-club: saying that I couldn't submit my chapters to the Original Characters folder in their gallery. The exact message I received stated, "Please re-submit this piece to the Fan Fic folder. While it is original characters anything literary/written goes in the above mentioned folder." :wtf: WTF?!?!?!?! They acknowledged that my story is original, yet insist it has to be sorted with the fanfics??? Don't get me wrong, fanfiction is alright (sometimes), but my story is most definitely NOT fanfiction. By grouping my story, and all of the chapters I've already submitted to their group, in with the fanfics, I feel like they're devaluing the hard work I've put into it and that it doesn't deserve the same attention that the drawn original characters get. I'm tempted to leave the group and take my previously submitted chapters with me. Am I overreacting? Any suggestions of how to handle this situation?

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Oy vey that was a long hiatus. But the wait is finally over! I have posted the conclusion to the Apprentice Games arc in DTS. This weekend I will start on the next chapter and it will be posted in the next two weeks. I never want to go that long without writing again.

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In case you couldn't tell by my lack of updates in the last few months, "Diary of a Teenage Superhero" is on hiatus. I haven't given up on the story, and yes I'm still alive. Other, more pressing matters have simply demanded my attention. For example, my college graduation coming up!!! For the last several weeks, I have been focusing on my final classes (which is enough work to fill three part-time jobs), looking for a job, and figuring out where I'll be living after I graduate. Needless to say, my life is even crazier than it usually is. This is a very exciting and stressful time for me. In three weeks, my education will be finished (for now) and I will be able to continue my work on DTS. So . . . yeah. I'll be in touch!

Btw, thoughts on the journal skin?

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