Nice Teeth Contest Victory

My character Crab Tree placed 2nd in the Nice Teeth comic contest recently. Good job Crab! http://ashleylange.deviantart.com/art/DYOI-RESULTS-403501891

I made a comic to celebrate.

The other two in the comic are the 1st and 3rd winners. 

Princess Update: The Start of Summer

Last week I finished finals and traveled back home for a well deserved break. My boyfriend and I are celebrating by watching continuous episodes of my new addiction: Game of Thrones. Unfortunately, this has also made me a bit lax about working on my animated children's e-book "The Pick Up Princess". I'm still hopeful for a launch sometime this summer, but I doubt much work is going to get done before I head back to Savannah for my summer classes. Long distance boyfriends and family sometimes take precedent.

This is how cutting down my story for the final portfolio feels...

I understand the need to edit and shorten work to meet the needs of professors or editors, but taking a well sharpened machete to your baby can be a bit of a difficult experience for anyone. It's messy, there are fragmented limbs everywhere, and it only ever ends with you shivering in a corner, your manuscript clutched between your bloody fingers, contemplating the morality of what you have just done. Over all, not a pleasant experience, even if it is a necessary one.