Hello all!

I know that I've been away for quite some time due to personal matters that I had to intend to. Because of this, I barely had enough time to draw, upload art and visit DA to respond to comments and replies. Many of you worried if I was okay, others knew about my situation and helped me out with advice, and two people in particular sent me a note saying I'm a lazy bum who doesn't want to finish any type of art (you know who you are)...

Let me start out by saying I apologize for the delays and no show, but also thank you for understanding and being patient with me. All of you that has faved my art and watch me, I really appreciate it and thank you! You all are great.

I'd like to give out a huge special thanks to my friends , , and for all your help and advice. You three really helped me out a lot with my love to draw and supporting me with the things I needed to take care of. I can't thank you enough.


Now for the number one question that's on a lot of your minds and the one that I've received the most, "When will you upload the new page of The Staring Challenge?"

I plan on uploading the new page today. With that said, my plan and goal is to at least have one page done weekly for this doujin. But that's not all...

I also have two other doujins in the works.

One of them is the sequel to and 's "Without You" story. I'm going to be working with these two to make sure it's up to par with the excellent work that Celia has done. This doujin will take a little longer to do, seeing as I'm going to be doing it in full color. So to save myself from trying to rush things and mess up/lose my sanity with this one, I'll be putting this out every two to three weeks (maybe soon than that if I'm lucky). This will be a fun project and I hope you all will like for what we'll have in store for you. Look for this one sometime next month.

The other is a short NaruSaku comedy doujin that I hope you all will love. Humor, Fun and romance in this one, with a special appearance from Hinata... What will happen? I'll be drawing this in all pencil/sketches, so I can work on it quickly. I'll also be posting this sometime next month.

So there, three doujins in three different art formats so that you can tell the difference between them. I hope that you'll all enjoy them.

Okay, I gotta run. Again, thank you all for your patience and for your support! It really means a lot to me... You all are great. See you on page 31 of The Staring Challenge!

-Mike