A Sad Announcement-- Watchers, Please Read

As those of you who follow my work and journals know, I am a young writer just starting to break into the industry and establish myself. I have a couple forthcoming publications for 2012 and have talked to several other publishers about the possibility of more. Unfortunately, though, I have been informed that publishers tend not to be too happy with new writers having material online that they're attempting to get people to pay to read in print, so it has been suggested that I delete my Deviant Art account. I do not wish to do this, since I really love the community here and I've put a lot of hard work into maintaining my account and giving and soliciting feedback. Therefore, I have decided to take advantage of Deviant Art's Deviation Storage Tool and archive my work so that it is no longer available for public viewing.

I will not be deactivating my account at any point and I sincerely hope that this will be a temporary measure only and that in the months or years to come, I will have established myself in the literary field enough that publishers will not care if my work is also available online. Until then, I will continue following the work of my favorite, purely fantastic artists here and I will check my inbox daily, so I can still be reached here if anyone wants to talk or needs advice.

I love you all and can never tell you enough how much you and your art and your feedback mean to me. This community is being mentioned in a dedication page the moment someone publishes a collection or chapbook of my work. I wish you all the best in your artistic endeavors and hope that you'll wish me luck in mine.



Your faithful servant always,
The Paladin

Excelsior!