Tomorrow I'm leaving for a short trip down to Louisiana to visit my great-grandma. It's going to me, mom and my grandma and grandpa visiting her. She's declining in health, so this is a visit that could potentially be the last visit. So, while it's nice I'll get to see her, it'll be sad knowing it's probably for the last time. We'll return Nov 10th, next Tuesday~ so any notes or comments sent I'll deal with them when I get back. ^^

In other news, I've done horribly thus far for NaNo. ^_^**** Mostly because I've been wrapping up projects to get ready for this trip! But, I am bringing my laptop with me (an old thing that weighs a ton, but it still works!!) and can write in the car while we're traveling. At least I think I can type in the car while we're traveling...I can't read in the car on long trips because I get headaches from it (minor motion sickness, never enough to puke, but enough to get headaches and be basically unhappy)...so we shall see..

Take care all!!

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Commissions: [link]

Clubs I'm a part of:

Okay! Commissions are now OPEN for business! Here is a link on all the styles, examples, and prices I am offering:

Commission Info: [link]

So, if you are interested in a commission, check out the info, then send me a Note and we'll go from there!

So it's November and NaNoWriMo has officially started! I did it for the first time last year and goign to do it again this year~ Two shorter stories this year intead of the big novel I was working on last year. One will be a children's story (tentaively called Mozart Finds a Friend and inspired by my cockatiel, Mozart) and the other a slice of life story that I want to turn into a strip webcomic someday...maybe sometime in 2010 but not sure... tentatively calling that story Another Day in Paradise. Anyone else going to go NaNo and what are you guys going to write about?

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What a month~ beginning of it I had a weekend at the RenFest, then last weekend was Motaku (Kansas City's 2nd anime convention to pop up), then I also got sick last week with a head cold~ put me out of commission for awhile. ::falls over:: I've recovered from the cold and playing catch up with a lot of stuff(OMIGOD, who KNOW emails and everything would back up so quickly when one get sick!!).

So, yeah~ firstly, I got my batch of calendars. So, if any of you would like to purchase one directly from mwah (I shall sign the copy), you can send me a note. Calendars cost $20 plus $2 for shipping in the United States. If you live outside of the United States, tell me where you are, and I will figure out how much shipping will cost. If you want to see what the calendar looks like go here: [link]

Secondly~ my webcomic started! ::throws confetti:: The story is called Ylseria, and it's one that has been perculating in my head since sophomore year of highschool. I wrote a good chunk of it during NaNoWriMo last year, finished up in the beginning of 09, revised it in the Spring, and have been working on pages (err...sometimes ATTEMPTED to work on...) for it's debut today. So go check it out here: [link] It will be updated every Wednesday, and hopefully in the spring of 2010 we'll have another story or two starting on the website.

Hope all is going well! I am going to start taking commissions next month, so all those watching and waiting for the info, just a little bit longer!! It probably won't happen until after I get back from Lousiana though~ three generations of woman (me, my mom, and my grandma) are traveling down there to visit my great grandma, because she's not doing so well...so we're trying to get that last visit in...since we don't know if there will be any visits after that). So that puts commission taking at mid-November. /nod

Every year I always make a calendar with my artwork ~ started out as just a gift for family, then expanded to friends ~ each year the list got longer! So, last year I had DeviantArt make my calendars (I use to make them myself, print, bind, everything~ I was nuts) and they turned out GREAT! So I'm using Dev again! And I just got my 2010 calendar up for sale!

I will be getting some calendars myself, and anyone who wants to buy one directly from me, I will personally sign. So if you are interested, send me a note! I'll be selling mine for $20 plus $2 for shipping.

And commissions~ I'm still pondering doing them, wrapping up some projects for this month~ so those of you who expressed interest, I'll be contacting you and/or putting up info for styles and prices later this month.

Which..."later this month" isn't that far away...I mean geez...tomorrow is the 15th! Aye!! Where has this year gone!?!?!

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So, I decided to create a Group on Facebook for my artwork~ Samantha Nowak Illustrations. Anyone who is on Facebook and would like to join my group~ please do!

Group: [link]

And if you want to Friend me on Facebook, you can do that too! Just say you are from DeviantArt in the little note thing you can send with the Friend Request, so I know where you are coming from. ^^

Friend me: [link]

Aaaand, I decided to join Etsy. Seemed like a friendly enough place to start out at! So, though you can order things through my personal website (personal website link: [link] ) if you are more comfortable ordering off of Etsy, you can now do that too!

My Etsy page: [link]

And, I'm thinking of taking commissions...pencil sketches (example: [link]), CG colored pictures (normal style: [link] and/or Art Nouveau style: [link])... who would be interested in getting a commission from me like this?