Friends, Collegues, those whom i know respect, or hate me, I must appologize for such a long absence, I truly do. I cannot begin to describe in this one sitting the series of events which has caused me to be absent for so long, however, at current, I am attempting to settle one of the many disputes. Though I have not made this publicly known yet, I am being forced into disclosing certain aspects of my life which I wished to keep to myself. As few of you may know, I am, indeed, a published author. Sadly, my publisher is, at best, one collection of incompetent, ignorant twats with nothing but spelling errors and grammatical imperfections in their skulls, and, have hereby fored me to not keep my personal and artistic lives serparate. So, here it is, my collegues, i am sinking so low as to use my art page as advertisement (since the jackasses in charge of my sales have the intelligence of a jar of peanut butter). So, for those of you who are fans of my work, I encourage you to look into it and, if you're interested, buy a copy, as i have had nothing but good reviews so far. and for those of you who hate my work, buy a copy anyways so you can tell everyone how much you hate it, it would give you a legitimate reason TO hate it. If you enjoy it, i can assure you that the second one is close to being published, it just needs to be edited first (and this time with an editor who can differenciate between a grammatical error and an intentional placement of character flaw). The title of the book is:

Apocalyptic Chronicles
Book One:
Shield of Murders

and the author name is... they will pay for doing this to me:
R. Douglas Rhodes
(so help me if any of you referr to me as this i will hunt you down and beat you to death with your own skull)

and, for easier access, the product number is 1424170435 at barnes and nobles, books a million, amazon, and publishamerica.

for those of you who preffer links, [link]
if any of you read this, or have read this, and have any input, i'm accepting and inviting of criticism as always.

on a more personal note, not mentioning any names, to those of you who feel that i have been absent and take personal offense to this, i appologize, and hope that you accept it, if not, i'll understand. I'm still very busy but will attempt to get back to you as soon as possible. thank you.

-Exan Darkwaters