Touch me. Touch me like you didn't touch me last night.

Another 350 word article in Shonen Jump, a sequel to my first Sound Weaponry article, which the editor was awesome enough to simply title "Electric Boogaloo."

On newsstands...umm...in the next few days?
In my mailbox...today.

Next up: And article for them about XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and a crossword, if I can figure out how to make a non-crappy one.
"Crosswords are hard!" - Barbie



Now back to work on Sooper Sekrit Projekt stuff.

b

jimmahgee and I have a secret.

I am not yet at liberty to discuss it.

That is not because it involves our penii penises. Which it doesn't.

You should go check him out. Not like that. Check his LJ, and his website.
Okay, if you want to "check him out," then go for it.
But, you know...be subtle.

I need to finish a Shonen Jump article this weekend. That will make number five. I can totally call myself a "freelance writer" now.
Oh, and by next week, Norwegian Karl and I should have some samples from our comic Last Shot for you to gaze upon in awe and wonderment.

Now...to prepare to go eat eat random Chinese food. But probably not tripe. I've had enough tripe for a while.

benjamin
Whose weekend is devoted to sorting 29 years of comix and drinking far too much with duosiceprincess

That's a distant shot of the February (March 2006 cover date) issue of Shonen Jump, where my first ever published-for-money article appears.

The article is about Famous Lady Pirates in History, written to accompany the serialization of One-Piece, which features several lady pirates, including Nami, one of the main characters. It only clocks in at 350 words, but that's pretty-much the maximum for SJ.

I AM SO THRILLED THAT I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE MY PANTS THREE TIMES TODAY.

( Behind this cut are four more pics of it, including inside shots )

The bestest part of this article? Marc W. over at Shonen Jump liked it enough that he's printing three more articles I've written for him, as well as giving me a Sooper Sekrit Projekt that I should be doing some work on this week.

So, now I actually edit manga (for DrMaster) and I write non-fiction articles for Shonen Jump and I have an awesome artist for my comic LAST SHOT...

Thanks to all of you for your support. This is just the beginning, my friends...

benjamin sTone

A) New job at library started today, in which I will be doing everything I did with my old job. Bonus.
B) Sick as hell. Want booze, cannot have booze, am at work with no booze. Will have coffee slushie instead.
C) Just got MORE manga piled on me by DrMaster, which means money and 170 pages to edit by Thursday and about 110 pages left to edit in the novel they sent me. That one's due by Monday.
D) If you aren't reading atomic_robo--and I know you're not--then you should be. Bastards.
E) Stories are on hold until my nose stops producing toxic waste.
F) Looks like Shonen Jump will be printing two of my articles, AND I'll be working on a Topp Sekrit Projeket for them. I am The Bee's Balls(tm).
G) Where am I?

b

It's been a long time since I've actually felt a New Year like this.

In theory, my first published article (non-fiction, famous female pirates) will be in the issue of Shonen Jump that comes out this week...February cover date. Plus, based on its ass-rockingnessosity, I have another one finished, potentially for the March issue.

I've kept it hush from lots of people, but at midnight tonight, I'm no longer employed by the library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as the project I was hired for comes to an end. I have an exam on Tuesday to qualify for another position that SHOULD open up...but won't know the results for weeks, and won't know about the job for longer.

Still editing manga for DrMaster, but I have promised that "time off from work" really means "time on for writing."

I might have decided that I'm not up for grad school, prefering to shoot for library job and writing as my "real jobs." With luck and asskick, the latter will eventually be my only job.


2006 will be my bitch.

benjamin sTone

By Friday, I'll know for certain, but I might as well mention it now. It's close enough that I doubt I'll jinx it. If I do...I know who to blame: me.

Anyway, it's a VERY short piece (350 words) on three historical female pirates, for this magazine here:





That's right, not only am I editing manga for DrMaster Publications, but I'm also about to get paid for a one-page piece in the magazine that prints manga like One-Piece, Naruto, YuYu Hakusho, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and more.

And, to put a fucking cherry on top, after some e-mails with the EiC of Shonen Jump last night, he assigned me another piece, on the basis of the quality of my LadyPirate piece.

I never said I wanted to be a writer; I said that I was a writer, and that I would be published.

Boom-shaka!

b
Who hearts all of you, and is ready for his goddamned close-up