Well, I supposed I should announce this. It had to happen sooner or later.

Amber Whitney, AKA *WaywardMuffin is not just doing "fanart" for my story. She is, in fact, doing fanart for our story. That's right, our. Amber is now a co-author of the project. We're going to make it official tomorrow by way of signing a co-author contract.

I suppose you wondering right now, you had so much written over the summer, why would you suddenly start a co-authorship and throw that all in the trash? Well, there's a good reason for it.

A few weeks ago, I sent the first chapter to Amber. And while she said the writing was good, she also said it sounded an awful lot like a screenplay. And let me tell you, this was not the first time I'd heard that. My own mother said the same thing.

She then sent me a rewrite for the first two paragraphs. And they were awesome.

So, after some chatting, we both thought, at literally the exact same time, of doing a collaboration on the project.

And so, that's the story behind that.

And since then we have been chatting (either IM or voice) online everyday, discussing the book, the storylines, and the characters, filling in the holes I hadn't noticed and making the entire thing go from good to great (in my opinion at least ). There have not been any major changes to the story itself, just small adjustments to make it more interesting than before.

So, yes, that's the announcement, and that's why Amber is getting her art posted on this account.

Over and out,
~Steph