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November 13th to November 26th

Hey hi folks! Here's a short update as I'm continuing to work on my other ongoing projects. Namely, Living the Crowdfunded Life (that comic zine I kickstarted a few years ago) has reached the first draft stage of the script! Next step is sketching out all 24 pages, which hopefully shouldn't take too long as I've gotten a lot better at this part of the process over the past months thanks to work on Cat Wishes Stories. The comic zine has been delayed enough that I don't want to give another dat...

Let's Play: Super Mario 3D World (Early Access)

Hey hi! Wouldn't Mario and the whole mushroom kingdom gang be better if they had cat ears? :3

In case you missed it, my entire playthrough of Super Mario 3D World (on the Wii U, no less) is up on my YouTube channel! I hope you have a good time, with or without the catgirl machine.

The videos will be released publicly over the next few days, but you can see the whole thing right now if you want to! Here's the link (please don't spread it around, it's a secret):

2022-11-16 00:24:02 +0000 UTC View Post

October 30th to November 12th

Hey hi folks! In case you missed the announcement, my new book is out to the public! You can get it here on itch, both in PDF and ePub format! It'll be on the Kindle store in a bit, depending on when that system is done going through the motions.

It's got catgirls in it. And tiger girls!

The crowdfunding campaign for the print version won't be for at least a couple of months—an...

PUBLIC RELEASE! Cat Wishes Stories now available on itch!

The latest adventures of our favorite catgirls big and small are out to the public! Cat Stories Wishes, my latest light novel short story collection, is available on itch!

Anyone and everyone—including you!—can now go to its product page to purchase it! It features 5 short stories, 61 pages, 14 illustrations, and 20,000 words - about the same as Cat Wishes!

I...

October 16th to October 29th

It's finally here! My new book is out to patrons—that's you! You can go check it out right here! 

I am going to lie down and rest for the first time in a while, and then gear up for the public release next week. Phew.

Next on my to-do list: more overdue kickstarter rewards, more writing—there's a particular therapist in need of a wrap-up—and more art for my c...

New light novel reward: Cat Wishes Stories

Hey hi folks! Today's the big day! My latest light novel and short story compilation, My Friends And I Were Turned Into Catgirls But That Was Just The Beginning Of Our Cat Wishes Stories (or, Cat Wishes Stories) is ready for early access!

And everyone at the ZandraVandra Book Club level or higher gets access to it right now! (If your pledge is below this level, you can raise it and get access to it immediately!)

2022-10-31 21:56:51 +0000 UTC View Post

October 2nd to October 15th

Hey hi folks! Another quick update this time, and a few days late because I've been busy putting the finishing touches on my latest book! Editing pass done, proof check done, cover allllmost done... Next time I do an update here, it should be out and accessible to Book Club patrons and above!

Also on the streaming side of things, a lot of games I've had my eye on have just released, so I'm hoping to dive into some new stuff in the near future. Perhaps this weekend, even!

It's stra...

September 18th to October 1st

Hey hi folks! It's been a busy few weeks, hence the late update. Cat Wishes Stories, my next book, is almost ready! Just gotta finish putting the cover together, plus maybe one extra little bonus thing for it, and it'll be out for Book Club patrons and above. If you've been pondering upgrading to that tier, it's not too late to do that and grab the previous book while you're at it. ^^

I've also been writing a lot of moody microfiction on cohost as part of EmptyOctober! You can check out...

Let's Play: Illusion of Gaia (Early Access)

Videos are back! Thanks to my assistant I now have help preparing my stream archives for public release, and that means we're finally going to see the backlog! Up first: my playthrough of childhood classic action adventure game Illusion of Gaia.

In case you missed my Aura-guided romp through this bewildering but charming game, it's now up on my YouTube channel! I hope you enjoy the show - just be careful around paintings. And caverns. And, uh, the ocean in general.

The videos will...

Doing an October microfiction thing!

Hey hi! Spurred on by my girlfriend Amber, I'll be giving the #EmptyOctober microfiction thing a try. You can check out my first post over on cohost (link should be at the top) and keep an eye on the tag there for more!

I'm not sure if I'll do the whole month, but it's been fun to write about my Destiny 2 guardian OC like I'm writing Empty Spaces posts. ^^

If you want to write some yourself, you can check out 2022-10-02 03:59:05 +0000 UTC View Post

September 4th to September 17th

Hey hi folks! Work on Cat Wishes Stories is about to wrap up, which means this is probably your last chance to grab my previous light novel, Plant Lamp, as a freebie for Book Club patrons and above. If you haven't already claimed your copy, you can go get it right here! 

There's always a little more that goes into the final stretch of these books than what I expect, but i...

I'm streaming a Mega Man showcase for Big Bad Game-a-thon Saturday morning!

Hey hi folks! In case you'd like to see me and my friend FlannelKat stream some janky Mega Man romhacks using LtSquigs' multiplayer swapper technology, you should tune in to Big Bad Game-a-thon Saturday morning (that's tomorrow!) at 9:30 AM Eastern for two whole hours of mayhem!

We'll be randomly shuffling through simultaneous playthroughs of:

• Bass
• Mega Man CX
• Rockman 3 Overdrive

Tune in to the 2022-09-16 23:12:22 +0000 UTC View Post

August 21st to September 3rd

Hey hi folks! My next book is coming soon!

I've been mentioning a Cat Wishes project, and it's going to take the form of an illustrated short story collection—a bunch of light-light-novels, if you will. Much like Substitute Familiar Stories did, it'll collect my recent shorts Therapy Catgirl Tabby and Tora's First Day, along with some other never-before-seen stories and new art as well! It's currently in the final stages of editing. Tentatively titled Cat Wishes Stories, it should clo...

August 7th to August 20th

Hey hi folks! That Cat Wishes project I mentioned a few times is in the final stages of layout and about to be sent to my editor for proofreading, and it contains some new art I'm really stoked to share with you all! We're getting close, so close!

On the streaming side of things, my friend FlannelKat and I will be performing a 2-hour Janky Mega Man Romhack Showcase with the bizhawk multiplayer shuffler as part of Big Bad Game-A-Thon in mid-September! Keep an eye out for it, I'll be talk...

July 24th to August 6th

Hey hi folks! Two weeks later and I'm still making good progress on the next step for my latest Cat Wishes writings, as well as other things on my to-do list. I don't want to announce things before they're ready, but I'm excited for what's in store. I really want to show what I've been working on but also it's about 100% spoilers so I've got to keep a lid on it! Sorry about that!

I've also done some evening streams to test the waters, and so far so good. I got new glasses, I got newer h...

July 10th to July 23rd

Hey hi folks! Things are afoot and I'm excited about the rest of the summer. <3 My Cat Wishes send-off is finished writing and in editing, and a Secret Project is going really well and awaiting updates from the wonderful folks I'm working with. I'm also seeing the sun and moving around a whole lot, which is really helping me out after Pandemic Isolation Zandra morphed into a bit of a sedentary potato. Things are looking up on a lot of fronts. ^^

Stream-wise, I'm hoping to wrap up som...

June 26th to July 9th

Hey hi folks! My eyes have recovered from the strain of Protoman's Return and I'm back to streaming! I'm also adding the finishing touches to that Cat Wishes send-off I keep alluding to, so stay tuned for that one. ^^

Additionally, good friend of the stream Caelyn and I have returned to doing afternoon streams starring our Caves of Qud vtubers, so hopefully that means more co-op shenanigans in the near future!

My energy levels have been all over the place but I'm doing my best to ...

It's my birthday!

Hey hi folks, today's my birthday! Your support here is already a gift in and of itself, as it helps keep my basic needs covered. Thank you so much! <3

That said, if you're feeling particularly generous, there's another thing that would mean the world to me: kind words about my works!

If anything I've made has brought you joy, then it would absolutely make my day to read about it in reviews, comments, and the like. And as a bonus, those help spread the word about what ...

June 12th to June 25th

Hey hi folks! Short update this time around because I'm still recovering from the worst case of eye strain I've ever had in my life. The last fangame I played on Good Morning Mega Man seriously wrecked me (even five days later!) so I'm resting and giving my eyes a break as much as I can. Oof!

That said, I'm hopefully going to be doing a birthday stream sometime Tuesday evening, health permitting!

Otherwise, I'm working on the next thing when I can; I'm almost ready to do that exci...

May 29th to June 11th

Hey hi folks! I'm working on the Next Writing Things and also planning a proper way to cap things off for the Cat Wishes crew—at least, for the time being. Since Kickstarter hasn't sworn off the crypto path to my knowledge, I'm looking elsewhere to test the crowdfunding waters, so stay tuned for some news on that front!

I've also spent a lot of the last two weeks streaming with Amber, playing a lot of Yakuza 0, and wrapping up Battle Network 3! I've started uploading those as part of ...