Updates

2020: Wow, it's been almost 5 years since I had an update. I am deeply sorry, I have slowly removed my oldest fanfics from this site. They are over 10 years old, riddled with errors because I did not yet own a decent word processor (google docs wasn't really a thing yet), and I've wanted them down for some time because of it, but I knew people still enjoyed them and so I left them until the last several months. The fandoms they were in are dead and I no longer receive notifications of any activity so I felt it was time and slowly started archiving and removing them. Please understand this wasn't easy and took a great deal of emotional energy since I enjoyed writing and sharing them.

Thank you for your support if you read them, and if you came here looking for a specific fic for nostalgia, you may PM me to work out a way to share the files.

I hope to have a new work up someday!

October 2, 2016: Double updated, Going Pro is now Complete. Woo!

September 5, 2016: Updated chapter 24 of Going Pro. Look at that, less than a month! Also, none the links I created down below are working??? All the links are correct, but they started going back to this profile page instead of their destination??

August 14, 2016: Updated chapter 23 of Going Pro.

May 14, 2016: Finally updated Going Pro. Wow that took a long time. Time just flew by!

January 4, 2016: Started off the new year with a Going Pro update! I'm thinking about posting a WIP or two, because I really want feedback to know if I should continue it. Keep an eye out!

November 30, 2015: I am alive. Been working on getting Going Pro ready to post, hope to see it up soon. I've also have a few side projects, just not sure what I'm going to do with them yet.

August 6, 2015: I just passed a fanfic milestone! Love Between Sand and Nature has received 100 favorites! It took 5 years, but woo-hoo!

About Me

How I started: In 2008 (original site now gone) I started out with Gaara from Naruto fanfiction since the series had a large world and tons untold story which made it easy to manipulate for fics. At the time OC stories were popular, so I tried it. Writing helped improve my typing and practice for the original stories I wanted to work on after I leveled up. It’s given reason to research all sorts of interesting little facts that I might have never considered before. Writing has been a creative outlet with endless possibilities and I want to get better at it. Every time I post a new story I am still anxious. In July 2015, I reached a milestone, and one of my fanfics received 100 favorites. Someday I hope one of my fics will reach another milestone in faves, reviews, or follows. Thanks for reading.

The writing process: With a strong background in preproduction, I research, plan, and make full outlines. Then I wait awhile before I actually write it out. This is to see if I like the idea or if I'm still willing to go through with the final process. If I don't know where to start or end a story, it gets set aside before I can get stuck. Having complete outlines prevents lagging for several months between updates as long as I have drive and motive.

When I receive Reviews: I read all of them and I will reply to reviews occasionally if your Private Messaging is allowed. PM is fine for questions and pointing out an error/typo. If you used Guest to review about errors, then I won't keep it because I fix things right away, but I still appreciate you taking the time to do so.

If I reviewed something of yours: If I said something at all, it's to offer recognition, advice/tips, and encouragement. I'm not a very good critic, but sometimes I try to find something that can be improved upon, so you can level up as a writer with community suggestions. Keep writing as long as you enjoy it or want to.

Fanart and Promotional Art: All my artwork for my fics can be found at http:// ravus4001. deviantart. com/. Linking to the pictures within the chapters is not allowed on , so you may use the following links for direct gallery destinations.

You can also find me bumbling around on tumblr if you want to stalk me or just see if I'm still alive: AstralRuby (http: //astralruby. tumblr. com/) Not much yugioh stuff these days.