Hello to whoever is taking his sweet time to read this.

Went to Philological Highschool, the class of Classical Philology- Latin and Ancient Greek, with the minor of English and Japanese on the side. Also have very, very basic knowledge of Russian, Spanish, and Chinese. Love 'em languages.

Majored in Psychology, specialized in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, though I also have a basic certificate in Forensic psychology, and used to write articles for psy blogs mostly on Clinical Psychology. Currently attending education for psychotherapy.

An avid reader and an incorrigible workaholic. Always on my toes.

Wow. Way to make this sound like my CV.

Anything else, more personal? Feel free to randomly PM me, if only to chat - I like having penpals from all over the world. If you look past my incurable sarcasm, I can be pretty friendly. :)

Avatar: Houses of Parliament by Monet

Betaed for: Possibility Girl, xMissFortune

Ongoing stories:

1. *NARUTO fanfic- "The Price of Living" - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Suspense

Summary: Knowledge of the future is not the safest thing to possess, she learned...

Warning: I started writing this fanfic when I was very young (waaay back in 2009), so of course it's crap. Still, seeing that I've been writing it for literally years, it gets better (I hope? does it?). Someday I may come back and edit the shit out of first twenty or so chapters, but for now it's a sort of a time-capsule for me, containing my thoughts, emotions, knowledge, the whole world outlook at that age. It's both embarrassing and interesting for me to analyze.

Other than that, I basically learned English by writing this fic- I would have never reached this level of proficiency without reading other people's work and spending hours on Thesaurus looking for the right words to use in my writing, so thank you FF net for that! (who says fanfiction isn't educational?)

Betas: Nuttela's Biggest Fan (chapters 1-4), chapters 5-10 are unbetaed (obviously, need to fix that), Miranda Panda-chan (chapters 10-20); Nevervana (chapters 21-currently) Honest, guys, you're the best! Especially you, Nevervana dear. But you already know this. :D

For readers: If you would like to write a POV chapter, or an OCxNaruto char pairing chapter, or anything TPoL related, you can try your hand at writing your own drabble/one-shot/multichaptered fanfic. The same applies if you're interested in drawing fanart for 'The Price of Living', or making a fanmix soundtrack. You don't have to ask for permission, just do it whenever and however you feel like doing it, and I'll adore you. Just lemme know when you do, so I can put up the links for the world to see and partake in its miracle, m'kay?

ONESHOTS (can't even express how honoured I am that these talented writers wrote fan-fanfics for TPoL!):

Abyssus Abyssum Invocat by SavL7- characters: Akane, Orochimaru - Rated M - English - Angst/General (link: http://www.fanfiction.ws/s/6086850/1/Abyssus_Abyssum_Invocat)

Masquerade by Random One-Shot- characters: Akane, Kabuto - Rated T - English (link: http://www.fanfiction.ws/s/7892575/1/Masquerade)

FANART (truly can't thank the artists enough):

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NEW!!! ALL FANART in one place-- check out here: http:// thepriceofliving. /

Sound Arc fanart:

1. Main cover-- http:// xxkitty-girlxx. /art/ The-Price-of-Living-203698406
2. Cover II -- http:// embercharm. /art/ The-Price-of-Living-Cover-Art-203648880
3. Cover II REMAKE-- http:// embercharm. /art/ The-Price-of-Living-375997945
4. Chapter 21 (Orochimaru and Akane)-- http:// sacrificedmoon. /art/ Somethinges-going-to-happen-on-the-bridge-right-275632239
   
5. Portrait of Akane-- http:// embercharm. /art/ Akane-Portrait-521785158

Konoha Arc fanart:

1. Manga cover-- http:// /art/ I-Know-205382490
2. Chapter 31-New Skin-- http:// /art/ New-Skin-293095595
3. Portrait of Akane-- http:// /art/ The-Soothsayer-Conuingere-morticina-gregem-358323568
4. Main Cover: http:// /art/ The-Price-of-Living-Konoha-575970293

Akatsuki Arc fanart:

1. Cover-- http:// embercharm. / art/ Price-of-Living-Akatsuki-Cover-507506107
2. Prologue-- http:// reineserpent. /art/ You-re-lying-395177837
3. Chapter 34 (Hidan, Kisame and Akane moments) AND a comic depicting a scene from chapter 32 (Hidan carrying Akane): ladyaudentium. tumblr. com/post/132965757062/more-doodles-and-one-comic-for-the-price-of
4. Prologue scene comic Tobi-Akane game scene from ch. 35: ladyaudentium. tumblr . com/post/134344272412/evil-grins-galore-more-doodles-for-the-price-of
5. Main cover: http:// /art/ TPoL-Akatsuki-Arc-Cover-588271640

SOUNTRACK

I used to have soundtrack lists for every arc in the story (Sound, Konoha, Akatsuki), mixed by my sister. However, the website that hosted it was shut down (miss you 8tracks!), so now I will have to make the playlists again and upload them somewhere else - probably Youtube. I don't really have time to deal with that right now (I'm trying to focus on- gasp- writing), but I'll get to it eventually. Thank you everyone who commented and favourited the lists!

NEXT UPDATE:

Epilogue: 100%, posted June 2020!

That's all folks. Finally, we have reached the end of story - this very, very, very long story. Thank you all for reading, so, so much.

If I feel inspired and vulnerable yet strong enough, I might write a personal author's note as the next chapter, for those who feel like reading it. At some point, I might even post some bonus chapters and deleted scenes. At some point. For now, I'm just happy I finished this story and you guys got to read the ending after 10 years. Much love,

LovelyWeather