Hello Beautiful Legends

So September went by far too quickly for my liking, but here we are in spooky month now, and to celebrate, I'll be participating in a mix of Spooktober and Goretober.

The October story is in full swing, which is called Bunker 7. I don't want to reveal too much, but it will be my first time dipping my toe into horror, and it will be from a first-person point of view

As always, take care of yourself and do what you do for the passion of it

-Winter

Hello beautiful legends

Well, here we are. Autumn is coming in hot, and my story for September is nearly done, not as long as the August one, but still, hopefully enjoyable

Right elephant in the room, August...August broke me mentally and physically from being called at 5:30 am to work long 12+ hour days multiple times, to being sick due to stress. My mental health took a lethal nosedive, and the rings around my eyes became more prominent by the end of the month. I didn't want to get out of bed and struggled to work.

So, in September, most of my drawings will be about my recovery and new morning ritual. I've also booked nine days together in September as I need a weekend off, but also time to look at myself, process everything that happened, and most importantly, be myself.

To give myself self-love and forgive myself for being so harsh on myself.

Remember to take care of yourself; your health, mental or physical, should always come first

-Winter

Hey Beautiful Legends

Looking back at July? It was a real rollercoaster ride for me while I enjoyed my holiday in the first two weeks, getting back, something bad happened to me

In the simplest terms, I found a lump, went to my local doctor and ended up going to the hospital to get a scan, but the good thing was that it was nothing serious and I was all good

Anywayyy, August's story is just going through the spell check and proofreading with some of my drawings for August, I might experiment with some of my characters

Thanks all for reading, see you all in September

-Winter

PS, follow my Bluesky for more general updates on me and my thoughts

https://bsky.app/profile/winter0pho.....ix.bsky.social

Good news, everyone!

The overhaul I was working on is now finally complete. All my tags on over 491 submissions are up to date. I have deleted some older pictures and stories that I wasn't happy with, or that don't align with how I want to present my page and the Legends of Harmony as a whole.

I've even updated my user profile entrance, making it more friendly and open to new people. Seeing my page, my July story is almost complete, and I'll be moving right on to August's story.

Ultimately, I aim to be more open and engaged with my audience. So, if you have questions, comments, or suggestions, I'll do my best to answer them. If you have any ideas for drawings, stories, or ways to engage more with you all, feel free to ask. Constructive criticism, tips, and advice are always welcome. ^^

And remember, draw and write for passion, not perfection.

Okay, so with the new updates that have dropped to FA, most of my tags are broken or unusable in their current state, so I'll be working over the next few days to fix them.

I will also be changing the description of some characters and drawing to better understand where I want the Legends of Harmony story to go and how to add the characters' bios correctly, unlike how I did in years past.

Also, I'll delete some art pieces I'm not happy with or feel don't fit how I want my page and the overall LoH to go. I might draw them again in the future, or change how I did them in the first place.

In simple terms, I'm doing a spring-cleaning....in the summer, yes, ironic, I know

Hey, you beautiful legends

So June was a good month for me. Drawing a bunch of new characters gives me more options for drawing for the rest of the year, making me happy. I've also started a weight loss journey on Bluesky if you want to see it. The July story is almost finished and will probably break over 5,000 words if not close to it

Rant Time

If you add me on Discord just to ask me to commission you for art, I won't respond, or I might flat-out block you. I come to Discord to chat and enjoy myself, not for people to ask me to commission them

Boy, May was a hectic month, and I apologise for not giving a monthly update. Here we are in June, and the sun is shining. It's getting hot...WHY IS IT SO HOT!

This month's drawings will be of my character's new ones and ones you've already known and met. Also, this month's story will be about Alesso ordering a pizza while doing a raid in a game. Chaos will ensue while the lads try to cover him as he gets his pizza

I will be swamped with work, too, as one of the head chefs is going on holiday, so I need to step up and work even harder. yaaay, but at the end of the month, I'll be going on holiday for two weeks, so that's something to look forward too

As always, thank you all for the support last month. May wasn't the easiest month for me, and I always appreciate the support.

Hello beautiful Legends

Yeah, yeah, I know. It's 10 days into April, and I only do the update now. Sorry, I got back into 7 days to die, and addiction is getting stronger

Anyway, May story is coming along well

As I write this, I'm wiping away tears as today, my dog of 14 years will be put to sleep. He was my best friend, and I know what we are doing is kindness, but that still doesn't help my feelings over this; it breaks my heart to know I'm losing him.

Goodbye, Lenny, you were my best friend. This house won't be the same without you 💔

It's my birthday today. I'm now 26 years old time to celebrate with lots of food and presents 🥳

Hey, I'm finally on Bluesky. Now, I'll be uploading my art there as well, so give me a follow if you want to <3

https://bsky.app/profile/winter0pho.....ix.bsky.social

Hello beautiful Legends

So again, thanks for the continued support of my drawings and stories for the month of February; it means the world that you all take the time to look, fave and comment on my work; it fuels me to do better.

As for March, my birthday is coming up on the 15th. I'll be 26, which I'm looking forward to; my story for this month is already done, and the April story is nearly done too, and I'll probably do a Birthday pic on my birthday; thanks again for the support

-Winter Phoenix

Hey beautiful legends

First off, I want to say a massive thank you to all those who viewed, faves and commented on my drawings and last month's story. I'm pleased with how it came out in the end.

This month, I'll probably be doing Couples and romantic pictures in the lead-up to Valentine's Day, and if all things go according to plan, aka I don't get consumed by the Doom Saga, which I just brought, I should have the Valentine story up on well Valentine's Day heh.

Doing drawings (traditional) and stories that aren't fetish-related barely gets any faves or even noticed this was brought on from looking back at my gallery of traditional drawings and rejections for my story when I try to get it approved for publishing

Don't know why I'm bothering writing this journal. I have like zero interactions with my audience.

Hey beautiful legends

First thing first, Happy New Year to everyone. Here's hoping it's better than 2024. It was well for me, at least, heh, anyway. Plans got 2025.

First off, I'm going to be drawing every day this year. I know it's daunting, but I want to do it.

Also, I'll be writing a story for every month

January: Tristan gets more than he bargained for when he discovers his date is a vampire.

February: Something Valentine related

March: Something related to my Birthday

April: Maybe some sort of prank war between Damiend and Alesso

May: a Rescue job involving the Legends of Harmony

June: a romantic story between Autumn and Aspria

July: the beach story/ episode

August: a Lazy Sunday story

September: Damien and Tristan have to help in stopping one of the new Harmony Trains as it goes out of control

October: Voron and Adam have to cancel their Halloween plans when a crack on Harmony causes a breakout of dangerous and powerful demons

November: a Remembrance Day sort for the Dragon Phoenix War

December: A Christmas special story at the Phoegon Manor

Merry Christmas everyone and happy holidays

"Should I drop this character arc until the next book?"

"It's three am, and I'm just staring at the computer screen, not writing."

".....who am I talking to?"

"Why didn't I write down that before I forgot it?"

"Becoming a writer has made me realise how much I can see parts of movies coming."

"Wait, what part am I writing again?"

"Should I reveal the plot twist now or later?"

"Did I give Winter this power yet or not?"

"Why do I procrastinate so much?! Ahhhhh!"

"No, I'm not watching it. I'm just listening in the background."

"I haven't used this charter for a while, but I need to find a way to bring them back."

"I need to make a list of who's dead and when they die, so I dont bring them back incorrectly."

"Why did I become a writer?"

"Which notepad did I write down my quotes on, and which one was for the events?"

Hey everyone

I just thought I'd give a minor update on everything; honestly, I seem to be losing the spark; if I'm being honest I forced myself to finish that last mini story I put out, and I believe it could have been better.

As for my main book, I've broken 10,000 words; yay I guess not like anyone really reads these journals anyway, but I still feel myself forced to write to do something in a day, and it's causing me to spiral and fall out of love with writing at the moment so I need to step back and look at why I wanted to write in the first place.

Before this turns into my own personal Atlantis

Hey beautiful Legends

So, it has been a hot minute, and I'm sure people are curious for updates and the like. To be honest, I got back into Destiny 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-sequel, so for the last two months, I had been playing Destiny 2, but with the layoffs, I uninstalled the game. I refuse to play after that

The pre-sequel got hooked back into it and played as the Doppelganger. It was enjoyable, so fun. I beat it on all three difficulties, and Shadowtrap on UVHM took me about 3 hours; no joke, the guy was a nightmare.

Anywaaaaay, back on track. I'm happy to say I'll be back to writing and drawing now that I don't really have any more games to play. I'm motivated to get back into two things I love: Writing and drawing, so hopefully, near the end of the month, I should have a short story published and some drawings to show off my characters.

Here's to a good September

What's up, you beautiful Legends

I'm proud to announce that at 19:30 GMT, I have started my second Legends of Harmony book that being Legends of Harmony Rise of the Phoegons

In this book, we'll be following the Phoenix Twins, Winter and Charlie Phoenix, as they have to come to terms with the events of the last book and fight off new foes that stand in their way; some of my favourite characters that I like to draw and write about will be introduced in this book including Burning Demon, General Dire, Doctor Wolfen, Fury and many, many more.

This book will easily break the 100k words. I can't wait to tell you about my progress. :D

For those who don't know, I'm Neurodivergent. If you're curious, it's mild autism, Dyslexia and mental problems and if people want to know what it's like? It varies from day to day, but for the most part, it's sad and lonely due to these problems back in school. I wasn't allowed to socialise with other kids, so yeah, it stunted my development for about five years, so that sucks.

Due to this, today, I have no IRL friends, only Internet friends, and sometimes I wonder if they really are my friends or if I'm a burden on them. I've also developed more problems from this: very low self-esteem, insomnia, bouts of depression and fantasy-prone personality, which isn't really that bad. Still, it has caused me to talk to myself a lot as different characters, probably one trauma away from going full-blown multiple personality disorder.

I do look back at my school life and wonder how different I would have been if my development wasn't stunned. Am I happy with who I am now? Sometimes I guess

I'm sorry to anyone who watches me for the pictures and stories. I just wanted to get this off my chest and let you all know more about the person I am.

It is done.

Today, 29th April 2024, at 20:40 GMT, I have fully finished my story. It's been read through and spell-checked to Hell and back and ready to be sent out to publishers. It's been a tough road, but to be honest? I'm hoping this is only the first stop in a long road of books I plan to write. Thank you, everyone, for your support and such. You are all Legends in my book.

Hey everyone, I've gone on holiday for two weeks down in Cornwall, don't worry. The drawings and stories will still be coming, and I'm looking forward to relaxing and the hot tub. See you all in two weeks

Well, here we are. My story is done 84,000 words this time. I haven't spell-checked the last few chapters and all that stuff, but I wanted to let everyone know my story is finished, and now it is time to read it over and all the boring stuff.

But right now? It's 12:21 am, and I'm very sleepy, so I sleep now goodnight

First off, I want to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who sent me birthday messages over the weekend. I really appreciate every single one of you, and I'm glad to call you all my friends

On the other hand, I got the stomach bug from Hell over the weekend, which ruined most of my weekend. I spent a lot of time throwing up, but that didn't stop me from going where I wanted to on Friday, which was Legoland. Yes, I'm a man-child. XD

But thank you all again for the messages. I just wish the stomach bug didn't ruin things for me, but hey, you work with what you get