Si yeah, this one is a few days overdue, but I'm back at work now and that's left me with less time once again. Still, I AM feeling better than I was during my last journal, which is a big plus! I also wanted to take the time and wish everyone a Happy New Year, and that 2022 turns out better than 2021 did for a lot of people. Not gonna lie, it wasn't AS bad for me as it was for most people, at least not until the tail end of it. However, overall the year could have been worse, and I am VERY happy that it resulted in me coming out of my shell and getting to put my work out there to positive results, as well as getting to make several new friends on here.

But now that the new year's rolled in, it's time to start looking ahead and thinking about what I want to work towards. And there are certainly a few things I have in mind for resolutions:

*Start writing more original stories based off my own ideas, plus a few commissioned pics I have waiting in the wings
*Open up for commissions a few more times this year, since I've had some decent success in that area
*Work on getting reference sheets made for several other OCs I've had in mind for a while, including introducing a pokesona for myself
*Look into more writing more 'serious' stories, though that's probably going to be kept separate from this account
*Work towards FINALLY getting myself a drivers license and a car so I can waste less time commuting to and from work
*Find myself a new, better job that's closer to home (or potentially working from home)
*As long as things are in decent enough shape for it, I'm also hoping to attending my first Furry Con this year!

While I can honestly say I don't expect to fulfill all of these this year, I am hoping to at least to fulfill SOME, particularly ones that will help free up more time for my more creative goals. Though it's mostly going to be a wait and see thing for the time being, I'm trying to have a little hope for the coming year in my personal life.

Working customer service during a pandemic in a store that refuses to require masks was bound to lead to this at some point. But I finally wound up catching Covid; symptoms started a while ago and it took forever to be able to get an accurate test because of backed up waiting lists. But I'm isolating for the time being, and I went through the worst symptoms already and they're behind me, save for a lingering cough. Hoping that filing for an extension of paid leave at work gets approved (which it should) and just gonna try to ride the last bits of this out. Thanking god I'm vaccinated as well, since it most definitely helped to make this more like a lingering cold than anything else. Still, gonna have to wait a few days and see what happens from here, but fingers crossed I'll be okay.

Looks like it's that day of year where these sorts of messages fill everyone's inbox. So may as well embrace it and hop on the bandwagon!

Seriously though, to everyone celebrating, have a Merry (and most importantly SAFE) Christmas. This year has been crap for a lot of people, some more than others, and if you can get some joy out of the day with family and/or friends, take the chance and run with it. I know I'll be enjoying it as much as I can before life has to start up again.

So please, everyone enjoy today and try to keep your spirits up for the coming year.

So, as on tonight I managed to wrap the last of my most recent commission batch! Took well over a month to finish, but real life changes tend to do that sort of thing. X3 Luckily I'm a fair bit more stable now, albeit a bit more busy with a new full-time job.

That being said? For the time being I think I'm going to put a pause on opening for comms publicly. If a good friend ever has anything they're willing to pay for to have written, I may do so provided I like the idea personally. This is mainly because I'm looking to focus more on personal works in general for a while. But I also have a lot of friends out there who tend to have some really fun ideas, so who knows what may end up on here in the future. Really, only time will tell. Regardless though, I plan I on continuing to provide fun stories for all you lovely folks. ^^

Sorry for making another, rather long journal post so soon after the other, but I felt like far more recent events just called for me to get my thoughts together on this matter, and writing it all out seemed like a good way to do so. If this feels more like a ramble, my apologies.

So, if you somehow haven't heard, yesterday morning the furry tickling community ended up losing someone who's been around for about as long as anyone else with an internet presence. I'm of course talking about the nigh-legendary  kyledragon, who unfortunately lost a battle with colon cancer. I, like several others, had been following along through updates, and hoping that he could kick it, but sometimes life just has other plans. At the very least, from what I heard he passed on surrounded by those he loved, which is all anyone could ask for at the end of their life.

Unfortunately, I don't have much I can say about Kyle as a person, as I never got the chance to have a real conversation with him. Honestly, I think that's gonna be something I'll always regret. But given what I've heard, the man was always kind and happy to engage with his fans, and I would have loved to get to know him. There's folks out there hurting a lot more than I am over this because of the bonds they had with him for years, and I hope they can all find ways to process and come to terms with this. But I did want to at least say my own piece, since I've been in the background until very recently and I've seen a lot in my time online.

I can say that I probably owe the man for even finding and getting interested in this fandom in the first place. Even though it was over a decade ago, I remember finding his old Furstreet site during my teen years when I was still coming to grips with who I was and what I enjoyed. Of course by that point DeviantArt was a thing and would be where I got to see a lot of other amazing pieces (And try my hand at some very cheesy early writing because of course), but his old portal was where I found so many artists I would come to enjoy as I began to spread out and discover the furry tickling community online. And of course, there were Kyle's personal stories; stuff I could enjoy for everything from cute tickle fics to the more plot-driven stories. It certainly helped that he, like myself, was very clearly a huge fan of dragons, and exploring how creatures so often seen as fearsome beasts could be shown to have a gentler side. I can't deny I was at least inspired in part by the looks of his characters while making my own sona.

I was always nervous trying my hand at writing, and had been for years and years as I was never really sure how it would turn out for me. I wanted to be able to write like he could, like the other authors hosted his site could, like folks who could put their enjoyment of something into words. But I always had a lot of self doubts and they held me back for the longest time, to the point where I haven't even been active in this fandom for a year yet, despite being around for over a decade. And that's another regret I'm always going to have, I think; I lost the chance to get my work out there earlier on, and potentially build bridges with folks who, for one reason or another, I won't have the chance to do so with now.

Which leads me to this; anyone out there who's lurking because you're nervous about approaching people, for any reason? This community is full of kind, positive people who would love to hear that you like your work. They'll be happy to talk with you, and if you want to share your own works there's so many people who will want to give them a look or read. So do it, okay? You have a chance to make good friends and improve on your abilities.

There's really not too much else for me too say now, except to give Kyle my thanks. He and a few others on this site are the reason I'm here today, and in the days before art sharing sites and social media, the guy was apparently responsible for bringing this little niche of a furry community together for the first time. And while I've gotten to know some of my inspirations, I just wish we had the chance to talk if even once. While I may not be a religious man, I truly do hope he's in a better place now, free from pain and getting to be at some sort of peace.

Thanks again Kyle. I and surely a lot of others owe you a good deal. Rest in peace, man.

Hey everyone; so yeah, I know it's been a hot minute since I've really said much of anything, but you can thank real life for throwing a lot of curve balls lately. Specifically, I had to take a short break because of the fact that even in the current situation most businesses find themselves in, they're still willing to boot folks for frankly silly reasons. Yeah, I got the boot from my previous job almost a month ago, but the good news there is that I had a job offer by the next day, so I'm finally situating into new work that, frankly, I'm finding works better for me personally. Especially since my hours are set every week and I always go in at the same time, which will hopefully mean I can better plan out time to write more.

But on that note, this IS a full time job, so unfortunately it's going to have an effect on my writing. Namely, that once I finish the remaining two commissions I have (And I DO plan on finishing them, and always did) any future paid work is most likely going to be on a case by case basis, at least for a little while. I'm going to try and focus on doing more personal works, or just taking on projects that sound interesting to me. On a related note, I have several pieces of commissioned/requested artwork I'd love to post, once I have some nice write ups for them. And a few I just wanna post to show off folks' awesome art. I'm really hoping that things manage to keep stable now, and hopefully I can start to be a bit more productive and start making more original content.

Just wanted to get that out there for you nice folks. Life's still pretty decent for me overall right now, and I can only hope it stays such. There's some other stuff on my mind, but I'm going to save that for after I've gotten a chance to get some proper sleep, if I post about it at all. So until then all, stay safe.

Finally back to writing commissions! Feel free to come on in and watch if you're interested or wanna chat.

https://picarto.tv/IceLeung

Getting to work on some commission writing! Feel free to pop in and watch if interested. ^^

https://picarto.tv/IceLeung

Hey there Everyone! Sorry for the long silence, but rest assured I made it back home safely last week from a very fun, relaxing, and much-needed vacation! And now that I've settled back in at home, it's time to start getting back to finding out what you crazy, kinky watchers out there are willing to pay me to see written down. That's right, time for more commissions!

As usual, I'll be opening up three slots, and it'll be first come, first served. Not sure when they'll be completed, but I have almost nothing occupying my time outside of work, so I'll be working on these when I have free time.

Anyhow, full commission info can be found in the tab at the top of my user page, but here's a simplified version:

-I'm using a rate of $10 per 1K words (Basically a penny a per word) with a minimum of 2K and a maximum of 8K just so I'm not taking a ton of time on any one story. But if I write over the word limit you paid for, that extra bit is on the house.
-I'm willing to do a fair bit, though my story themes tend to revolve around tickling, bondage, and foot play. Look in the info tab for a proper list of wills and wonts for my writing.
-There are plenty of popular franchises I'm willing to work with (Pokemon, Digimon, Undertale, Animal Crossing, etc.) but I am also more than willing to do work featuring your fursonas/OCs.
-When it comes to payment, after your slot is confirmed I'll write the first 1K-3K words of your story (Depending on length) and show it to you to give you an idea of how it's going to go. Once you approve of it, I'll ask for your payment and finish it once I'm paid in full.
-If you have any questions at all, just ask me.
-I'll take slot requests in the order they are received, but from now on, for simplicity's sake, you need to respond IN THIS JOURNAL to request a slot. That way I'll always be sure what the order is to avoid confusion.


And with all of that, slots are open for the taking! If there any questions, feel free to ask me, and do have a good night all.


EDIT: Slots are full, folks! Thanks for the interest. ^^

Slots:

1.  John_Sludge1987

2.  Fluttershy~

3.  Js1161997

Hey all, typing this short message up from over in Wales! My trip went pretty smooth and I managed to land on time several hours ago. Now I'm safe and sound with my boyfriend at his place, and more than ready for a much needed holiday!

See you all on the 20th! Here's hoping I'll have some new ideas by then!

Yup, as of today this little ball of insanity has spun around the sun twenty six whole times in my life. I dunno what else there is to say, really; this last year has been affected by real world crap like it has been for everyone else out there. All I can really say is that I'm still kicking and managing to keep myself going each day. But hey, might as well thank all of loyal followers out there for joining me this year and helping me see just how much people enjoy the writing I have to offer! And an extra thanks to all my friends for sticking around even before I started this creative venture here on FA; you folks are the ones who have helped keep me sane while the world seems to lose it's mind!

Here's to another year of trying to keep the insanity at bay and finding stuff to enjoy in the nutty world. If I can keep going, i know you folks can, too!

Welp, that's my second round of story commissions officially done! Thanks to everyone who participated; it's always fun bringing these ideas to life for folks in written form! I do plan on opening again in the future, however don't expect that until the later third or so of September.

The reason why? Simple; I'm going on vacation!

Specifically, I'm gonna be flying over to the United Kingdom from the 10th through the 19th to meet up with my boyfriend,  blackwolf17, who I haven't seen in well over a year because of all the endless nonsense with the virus. I'll be staying with him during that time, so while I may be poking in here and on other sites (and possibly doing some streaming with him if time and mood allows) I'll mostly be occupied spending some much needed time with my handsome lion boy.~

In the meantime, I do hope everyone else is doing well and continues to do so! Talk to you all later, and always feel free to hit me up if you wanna talk about anything. ^^

If you're interested in coming by and having a hand in an interactive story that I'm gonna be trying? Feel free to come by and see me on Picarto. Planning on seeing what can get written up with a little audience participation. ;)

https://picarto.tv/IceLeung

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It's  Fluttershy~!

And just to ensure there's proof I used an RNG and the selected number lines up with the one assigned in the previous journal: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43320006/

So, a congrats to  Fluttershy~, and I'll be getting in contact with you to arrange the story in question!

Thanks to everyone who threw their hat into the ring however, and do know that I'll be opening for Comms again near the latter half of September!

My god, I have to admit that I never expected to end up with so many watchers here when I started this channel up earlier this year. Or rather, I certainly didn't think I would gain this many this quickly! My channel's been growing pretty fast as of late it seems, and I really can't thank all of you folks who are following me enough; I'm really glad you guys like the stories I have to offer, and the work from other artists I love to share on this account when I can. ^^

And so, to celebrate getting my first hundred subscribers, I've got two things planned;

Firstly, I'm gonna start searching around for someone who can do a fitting commission piece to celebrate. Something that'll feature my 'sona Douglas finally getting his go as a 'lee.~

And second, since I've decided that I'm going to hold a celebration story request raffle for the occasion! The rules for the raffle itself are simple:
1. Be a follower of mine already here on FA
2. Leave a comment here in this journal that says you want to enter. You'll be given a number, and I'll use an RNG to determine the winner.
3. Whoever wins will be given one free story request, based off an art piece of their choosing! There are a few terms however:
*Have to line up with my commission wills and wonts
*The selected piece either has to be done by you, or commissioned/requested by you with proof of such. Otherwise I'll need to know the artist gives their permission.
* If you don't have a picture you want a story done for, that's fine! We can work together to come up with an idea for a story no problem!
*Story length will be determined by me, based off of what's worked out with the winner.

The raffle will remain open for 48 hours, ending on 8/19 at Noon ET. At that time I'll draw the winner and create a new journal announcing them.

I think that's about it! Thanks again to all of my watchers, and here's hoping I can deliver even more in the future!

So, after giving it a few test runs with some friends, I've decided I'm going to start doing writing streams over on Picarto! If you wanna come in and see me work on some of my writing (And to potentially do some chat-interactive stuff at times), feel free to follow me on the site here:

picarto.tv/IceLeung

Also, on a similar note, starting in about two weeks I'll finally be able to have some real consistency in my schedule! After talking with my work, I've been able to change my availability so that I can always have Mondays and Fridays off. Now I can actually plan on what to do on those days and hopefully that helps me to focus a little more on writing. Looking forward to seeing what happens in the future and interacting with more of you awesome folks out there! :3

Hey there folks! So, after considering things, I've decided that I WILL open up for another batch of story commissions this week. However, these WILL be the last ones I do until the latter third of September or so, so if you want one, now's your chance to try for one! There'll be three slots minimum open for this, and MAYBE a fourth if the first three aren't too long. I've got about a month or so to do these before I take a long week off for myself, after all.


Anyhow, full commission info can be found in the tab at the top of my user page, but here's a simplified version:

-I'm using a rate of $10 per 1K words (Basically a penny a per word) with a minimum of 2K and a maximum of 8K just so I'm not taking a ton of time on any one story. But if I write over the word limit you paid for, that extra bit is on the house.
-I'm willing to do a fair bit, though my story themes tend to revolve around tickling, bondage, and foot play. Look in the info tab for a proper list of wills and wonts for my writing.
-There are plenty of popular franchises I'm willing to work with (Pokemon, Digimon, Undertale, Animal Crossing, etc.) but I am also more than willing to do work featuring your fursonas/OCs.
-When it comes to payment, after your slot is confirmed I'll write the first 1K-3K words of your story (Depending on length) and show it to you to give you an idea of how it's going to go. Once you approve of it, I'll ask for your payment and finish it once I'm paid in full.
-If you have any questions at all, just ask me.

IMPORTANT: Also, with this, I'm going to be adding two new rules:
-I'll take slot requests in the order they are received, but from now on, for simplicity's sake, you need to respond IN THIS JOURNAL to request a slot. That way I'll always be sure what the order is to avoid confusion.
-If you were part of my last batch of comms, you'll need to wait at least 24 hours before requesting a slot again. This way others who couldn't get in last time have an opportunity.

One last thing; I can't guarantee how long your story will take to finish; my work schedule changes every week, and depending on my hours and commute I may have more time and energy to work some nights than others. However, once payment is made on a story it WILL be delivered in full to the commissioners approval.

I do believe that's everything, but again; if there are any questions, feel free to ask me!


Slots:

1.  Caroo (Finished)

2.  Duudie (Not Started)

3.  UniDB (Not Started)

Well, it's official; my first batch of commissions are finally DONE! It feels good to have them all out while knowing all of my clients were highly satisfied with the end results, and I'd like to thank them all for putting so much faith in me that they'd be willing to pay for my work! I think that things went pretty well overall, and so I'm happy to say that I plan on opening up to more in the future.

As for when they'll be opening again... Unfortunately, I can't be sure right away. Since my work schedule changes week by week and my job is currently badly understaffed, it's hard for me to be certain when I'll have enough time to actually take and start on another batch. And I have a fairly big vacation coming up in mid-September that I've had planned for a while, so my next batch of comms would preferably be done between now and then so I don't have to worry about work while I'm supposed to just be relaxing after the insanity of the last year-and-a-half

As such, for the next week or so at least I'm going to be focusing on personal projects until I know if I have the chance to reopen or not. But once I can take more, regardless of WHEN that may be I'll be sure to get the word out there!

Not too much else to say right now, so have a good one folks!

Hey there folks! Hope everyone's doing well now that summer's upon us.

Since I've been getting a fair bit of positive feedback on my stories here, and I've been looking to give myself a bit more motivation to write, I decided that I might as well go on and give commissions a shot! I'm gonna start out small, just three slots open for folks right now. More details on what I'm willing to do can be found in the Commission Info tab, but for a short version...

-I'm using a rate of $10 per 1K words (Basically a penny a per word) with a minimum of 2K and a maximum of 8K just so I'm not taking a ton of time on any one story. But if I write over the word limit you paid for, that extra bit is on the house.
-I'm willing to do a fair bit, though my story themes tend to revolve around tickling, bondage, and foot play. Look in the info tab for a proper list of wills and wonts for my writing.
-There are plenty of popular franchises I'm willing to work with (Pokemon, Digimon, Undertale, Animal Crossing, etc.) but I am also more than willing to do work featuring your fursonas/OCs.
-When it comes to payment, after your slot is confirmed I'll write the first 1K-3K words of your story (Depending on length) and show it to you to give you an idea of how it's going to go. Once you approve of it, I'll ask for your payment and finish it once I'm paid in full.
-If you have any questions at all, just ask me.

I'll be taking slots from people in the order that they were asked for, so if you DO want a slot I suggest asking right away. My notes are always open here, and if you have me on Telegram or Discord I'll take slot requests there, too.

One last thing; I can't guarantee how long your story will take to finish; my work schedule changes every week, and depending on my hours and commute I may have more time and energy to work some nights than others. However, once payment is made on a story it WILL be delivered in full to the commissioners approval.

I do believe that's everything, but again; if there are any questions, feel free to ask me!

Edit: Alright folks, that's all three slots filled! Thanks to everyone who was interested, I'm honestly amazed at how fast I got three folks willing to commission me for my work! if this manages to go smoothly, I'll probably be opening for more in the future. ^^

Slots:
1.  hunter117x = Finished, Posted
2.  Fluttershy~ = Finished, Posted
3.  tehFluffyOne = Paid, finishing full draft

Hey all. My apologies, but lately I haven't been able to actually write much thanks to my IRL job; long story short, all of this week and next week I'm stuck pulling extra hours thanks to someone else being on vacation. However, I'll be back to my normal hours after the end of next week. But thanks to all this extra time put into my job, I haven't been able to get much actual work done on my writings. XP

But once this slog is over I'll be getting back to it, and I hope to have some more stuff ready to go in May. Specifically a shorter picture to go along with another Patreon-request pic and a longer, proper MLP fic as well as finally getting the sequel to my Judy fic out. Here's hoping I won't be too burned out after the end of all this; I really do wanna get back to making stuff but it's been hard to find the energy with long hours and the annoying long travel time to and from my job. So with a little luck I'll be back to it in a week and a half or so. Until then, hope everyone is doing well!

Just wanted to make this and wish everyone out there a Happy Easter or just a pleasant Sunday if you don't celebrate (But you SHOULD take advantage of all the great sweets that are about to go on sale, if you ask me~).

Stay well everyone, and keep doing you!

For anyone who might be interested in a more mean NSFW tickle torture story, my boyfriend  blackwolf17 just recently posted a fic he's been sitting on for a while. I helped him fix it up with a bit of editing, and wanted to help him get some more eyes on what I think it's a pretty darned entertaining Lion King tickle fic, which is definitely something that we need more of if you ask me, hint hint.~ ;)

Feel free to give it a look here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/40892752/ It features a modern day AU version of Nala getting it from a rather devious OC. So if that sounds interesting to you feel free to give it a look and leave him some love!