As you may or may not know, my husband and I are 2 part creation team dreaming of big things from our tinny lil town in southern Japan.

It has been a challenge to gain the momentum needed to make a living off of Eotera, but as long as we don’t give up we will be seen one day! As a kid/teen I always wanted to do something important, to change the world for the better. To really help people. I believe our stories can and will do this! (✿◠‿◠)/☆

Right now my husband Aaron (AKA Asistaint Bean) works full time as an English teacher, helping me with my stories on the weekends and evenings. While I stay home to do the best I can to pump out comic pages, illustrations, and commissions. My wish is that one day I can support him just like he has supported me over the years.

Being small, shy, and award I have always had a hard time communicating with other people. Often I would imagine myself as an alien floating far far away from the boxes others happily live in. I was always alone in my own worlds, off on some grand adventure this mundane planet could never give. I still often have a hard time really connecting with people and fell overlooked online and in real life. 

But I know now that I am not alone, there ARE people out there like me. Few and far between, other aliens walk this earth. 

Eotera is for all, yes. But it’s for them first and foremost. The forgotten, the overlooked, the lost, the wanderers, and the wonderers. 

Embrace your oddities, and let’s be Stranger(s) together. <3

I truly hope you stick around, donations or no, I want you here. Big dreams come true every day, and with your love and support soon it will be our turn. All of ours.

Stay Strange,

Bitsy

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I’ve been remarkably silent on here for the past few months. And, well, my only excuse is that these past few months have been the most hectic of my entire life thus far.

But, in a very good way! Yes, a good way indeed.

If you’ve been following me since around this time last year, you know that I’ve been working double (may triple) time on my Visitor Guide to Eotera, and it’s finally, finally . . . finally finished! Like, completely. Also, like 3 months ago now (* heh heh*).

Here it is:

Assistant Bean was instrumental in fleshing out all the small details, and it truly would not have become what it is if it wasn’t for him. So, make sure you send him your accolades. We’re super proud of it to the say the least, and we hope you like it very much.

Also, much in the same vein, the third book in my ongoing Maiden in Disguise comic series is published too! Lookie LoooOOOOOoookie:

Doesn’t that look absolutely amazing all put together like that?

The collection is starting to come together. I can’t wait to see what it all looks like once MiD is completed. Which, I’m suspecting will be around 15-20 volumes.

And, finally, what may be the biggest news of all:

I’VE MOVED TO JAPAN.

Yup. All the way across the planet.

It’s been crazy.

Even though I’ve been relocated for almost two weeks now, pretty much the last 2 months have been nothing but preparing for this move. And, now that I am actually settled and back to work, I finally feel like I can post updates again. I even had to put Maiden in Disguise on a bit of hiatus to keep up with life’s demands.

Thankfully, it’s been posting on auto here, but after next week it’ll be in symmetry with all of my online portals. So, it’ll be good having everything caught up now.

Additionally, I also launched a new YouTube channel to document me and my husbands misadventures throughout this magical country. It’s called Japan in Tandem! (Hokie, I know). But, we’re having fun, and it’s super enjoyable to create content like this. Here’s my debut video, documenting my travels around Tokyo and dealing with Social Anxiety in the world’s biggest city:

Well, that’s all for now.

Thanks for sticking around, Strangers.

See you soon!

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I seriously cannot believe this is happening!

Literally less than a week since launching, and we’re already well above and past the initial goal of $500 for this project. I really didn’t even begin to dare to hope that this was at all possible.

What this means now, is that the Kickstarter Stretch Goals for the Visitor Guide are not only realistically attainable, but a possibility I almost had not considered. As such, I felt a need to update these to such:

Plus, this also means that extra surplus funds can be used to further outsource many other tasks, meaning that the Visitor Guide is going to be EVEN BETTER than I originally hoped.

To think, this was at first going to be such a simple project.

If you want to see a video of me totally going insane, check out my Kickstarter and its updates here:

Just because, we’ve hit our main goal doesn’t mean we stop here!

I really, really, reeeeaaallly want to get hard copies into everyone’s hands, and to make other rewards from the kickstarter stretch goals a reality.

Let’s make it happen, strangers!

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Dude. 

I’m just so seriously excited about my Visitor Guide to Eotera Kickstarter launching in a few weeks that I just can’t contain myself with these sneak peeks! 

For so long I’ve had this world of Eotera stuck in my head, and that’s where that idea had always stayed. But now, seeing this world come into life and start to take shape in real life is something I just have a hard time expressing with words. It’s truly inspiring to finally be at a point where these things seem to be coming together. 

So, with this sneak peek, I give you: Mt. Hakone! 

This mountain is the largest singular peak on the continent of Tsukiame, a land famed for its strawberry fields, gourmet foods, and the most breathtaking of luminescent butterflies. 

Topping out at just over 16,000′, Mt. Hakone stands alone in the middle of a vast flatland where innumerable amounts of wildflowers bloom. At very few key points in the year during these blooms, the clouds surrounding this mountain will reflect a shade of pink due to the sheer mass of flower petals and pollen. This makes this event a true once-in-a-lifetime experience to witness . . . as long as you have your allergy meds handy! 

In the Visitor Guide to come, you’ll learn much more about Tsukiame and the countless wonders there. 

The Kickstart project launches on Jan. 4th, 2019! 

Until the official take-off, you can check out the Preview and leave feedback HERE.

Stay strange, strangers! 

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