Akai Mikan

Author of Transcontinental, Amateur Illustrator & Certified Gigachad | I like manga, light novels, writing and art!

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

🎉1121🎉

The official paperback of Transcontinental Volume 1 is out! If you like fantasy stories with unique takes on fantasy tropes, a slow-burn coming of age with miles of character progression, and a guarantee of ZERO loose ends, then why not check TraCon out?

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1509✨

Two chapters today. I says and I do's.

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1508✨

I could try bumping my daily quota for work up a bit. I could definitely write more than one chapter a day.

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1507✨

I can't remember on what day I had gotten the epiphany, nor do I care to scroll, but I am absolutely certain finding out about Intent and Purpose was my lucky break moment. So much of my writing and art has improved just by implementing this one simple thing.

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1506✨

I was about to say I'm not the DnD type, but then ten crazy plot twists in a row got me on the edge of my seat.

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1505✨

I've yet again been reminded by my own self just how important it is to accept Change. I wrote an entire book series about it, yet I somehow forgot the meaning behind the words. Just goes to show it's important to trust your own gut in times of need.

[XCEL @XCEL_LN]

the full funding campaign for #XCEL Volume 2: Framework, is now live!

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[XCEL @XCEL_LN]

the first pre-release chapter for XCEL, continuing the serialisation of Volume 10: "The Fickle Flower Field" is now available!

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[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1504✨

I do miss writing daily, but I feel as if I've naturally transitioned away from that sort of style. Though I'm not the most consistent nowadays, what I do write is in turn much more purposeful.

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1503✨

It's important to clean your mind, body and soul every so often. The world gunks us up so very easily, it's easy to get lost and forget that.

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1502✨

I think I was shown something very important recently. Still, I also feel my takeaway from it was the exact opposite of what it was trying to convey. But it did help get that answer regardless.

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1501✨

Haven't slept well, but better than I usually did these past few days. I'll count my blessings.

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1500✨

Hooray! A huge milestone! To commemorate it, I'd like to announce that both currently active projects have recently hit a major breakthrough. Progress should be lightning fast in the coming months, which I am super excited to make public! Here's to another 1500 days!

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1499✨

Sometimes it's good to let loose and relax. Though I've noticed, I think of the same topics and worries just as equally drunk as I do sober, only now I don't care.

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1498✨

Been conking out more earlier more often as of late. I'm game, but I forget to turn off my electronics, so I have to get up in the middle of the night groggy to do so every time.

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1497✨

I daresay I've cracked the code of writing good stories. I regret not having read the classics earlier, they really do show off the rawest and most condensed form of what works and what doesn't. The secret sauce only a select few may know, if you will.

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1496✨

Just one more exam left, and then I'm free...!

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1495✨

I get the feeling I'm too steadfast for my own good. There's never a transition period with me, it's just a fingersnap and I go from complete panic to pure tranquility, or vice versa. Always catches me off guard.

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1494✨

3 exams today. THREE. I'm surprised I managed as well as I did, the first two had the exact same timeslot.

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1493✨

Tomorrow is gonna be a pain, I can already feel it in my bones. Nothing to it but to do it, I suppose. Just gotta make sure I'll be giving it my all.

[Akai Mikan @_mikansensei]

✨1492✨

I locked in today while drawing. Genuinely used up every ace I had accumulated up my sleeve over the years. The result is a rather simple concept: an illustration that looks good both from up close and afar. Something I've never managed up until this point.