Welcome to the Cosmos Collective~
I'm Cosmos, and I'll be your guide. What am I? Well, a Muse of sorts. I'm called a Celestial - and we come in as many sizes and forms as there are colours in the rainbow. Celestials are just one of the many things milling about in Astra's head. Stay here long enough and you might just get to meet some of the other interesting things going on in that cranium of hers.
This is a little website to showcase Astra's works and stories, from the magic-pervaded Ul-Zaorith to the back-burner manga stories of all genres. Keep in mind this is just a basic overview of the various creations that she's working on, both those she intends to publish and those that are just for fun or creation's sake. You'll find synopses and links to other places where you can see full-sized images or read full versions of the stories.
And of course, she does art commissions, primarily drawn by hand and/or coloured in Photoshop CS2; but occassionally she takes sewing commissions, and other design work - such as tattoo and costume design.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me!
To get in touch with Astra herself, or to order some of her creations, please check out the aptly named Contact Info page.
Enjoy your stay ~
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~NEWS~
*June 3rd* Working on Ul-Zaorith pages. Working on filling in sections on culture and people.
*May 17th* Another page of Angel*Down is up. It occurs to me I'll have to modify the set up to accompodate the later chapters. I'll set the frame up for that today, but the links will only become active as the chapters are filled in.
*May 10th* Contining text updates for Ul-Zaorith. Note the briandynian, Ere Breghin and Val nyes pages. Trying to fill in a so there is something on every racial page.
*May 5th* Contining text updates for Ul-Zaorith. Trying to fill in chunks of culture.
*April 19th* Contining text updates for Ul-Zaorith pages. I'd like to get one whole section done, rather than these random bits and pieces, but I think I'm still a ways off from that.
*April 16th* A smallish update, working on filling in more racial info for the Briandynians, and random other info for Ul-Zaorith.
*April 3rd* Updating a few things; firstly a painting sold from the Art Show portion. Also, more typing to do on basic racial appearances.
*March 21st* A big update today, going through and typing up physical descriptions and fashion descriptions for each of the races. Putting up skeletal info on the various deities as well, and religion to come.
*March 1st 2009* Page 8 of Angel*Down is up. Working on the Enverres Religion section.
*Feb 8th 2009* Working on the Enverres page, specifically history and people. Hoping to get some bulk info up throughout the site.
*Feb 4th 2009* Page 7 of Angel*Down is up, as well as two new pieces for sale in the Art Show. Small edits continue. Working on Enverres next, due to request.
*Jan 11th 2009* Working on more text updates for the Ul-Zaorith portion. I have the snapshot write ups for the Western continent feeder page finished. I hadn't realized it wasn't already done. now working on filling out more basic information.
*Jan 4th 2009* Working on getting all the rest of the Race examples up on their respective pages. Also, almost completed the Muzin page now, the People, Country (sans History section) and Racial ability are up, just need to work on the Religion portion.
*Dec 27th 2008* Angel*Down pages 5 and 6 are up. The Muzina write-up is complete, and the Country write-up is almost completed except for the History section. Only the Racial Ability and Religion Sections left on that one. If there is any race people would like me to fill out next, please let me know.
*Dec 14th 2008* Eden's Fish is now up to read in the Publications section. Small typo fixes and formatting continues, as well as the countries of Ul-Zaorith have been removed from the main menu and now can only be accessed through links. Let me know if this is too much of a hassel. Also, work continues on filling out info on Ul-Zaorith. Please stand by~
*Dec 5th 2008* Placed all the county pages of Ul-Zaorith out of the main menu for ease of navigation. Another page of Angel*Down is up. A couple of minor edits here and there. Please let me know if any of the links are broken from the move.
*Nov 30th 2008* Finally filled in all the basic formatting stuff for every page. Still missing a couple images but that's because I don't have any to feature. The only thing really left to fill in is basic text for the World of Ul-Zaorith pages. I'm slowly adding the details in, but all the placeholders are ready so it's just a matter of knuckling down and doing it. Here's goes~
*Nov 29th 2008* Another page of Angel*Down uploaded under Publications. More text filled in under Novels and Ul-Zaorith. Small steps, but progress...
*Nov 26th 2008* Filling out some pages that were left blank previously. Of primary note is the Publications page - the first page of Angel*Down is posted. More to come~
*Sept 6th 2008* Doing some major overhauls of the site, mostly organizing and renaming things. Once I have it all squared away then I'll return to filling in information. One of these updates was to put in this News section. The links that were here will now be under the Contact & commission tab.
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A Note:
It should be stated at the get-go that aside from a couple years of self-publishing some 9 chapters of her oldest manga story, Immortals, Astra has yet to be noticed or recognized for her creative force.
So, unfortunately, you won't be able to find any of her creations on your local bookstore's shelves.
What's that you say? You'd really like to pick up a copy? Well then make some noise! Send your friends here, tell your coworkers, coerce your family. The more folks we get hollaring to see this stuff in print, the more we'll know it's a viable dream.
There's been a lot of trash printed simply because someone knew somebody. So, let's get the word out, and hopefully, Astra will meet someone who can get her foot in the door.
When you're as determined as she is (believe me, it's kind of intimidating for a wayward Celestial like myself) I'd like to believe it's only a matter of time.
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A quick little Site Map:
Home - You are here. It's an introduction, see?
Contact & Commission Info - Here you'll find the prices and contact to purchase commissions, e-mail and other basic info should you wish to get in touch with Astra or myself, Cosmos.
Stories & Games - Here you'll find brief overviews of each of the major stories Astra is working on - even if she's no intention of ever finishing some of them, as well as some key character bios.
---> Novels - A Subsection that deals exclusively with Novels, and has some downloadable previews.
---> Empyreans - The world of Empyreans as hosted on Gaia, and also dealing with the spawned RPG.
---> Ul-Zaorith RPG - A brief overview of the RPG in the works based on the novel world of the same name.
The World of Ul-Zaorith - Since nearly all of Astra's spare time is devoted to working out and learning more about this enigmatic world, including developing an RPG version, in the progress of writing two trilogies and series of 9 novels , it really just deserves its own page.
---> Eastern Continent - The breakdown of the East
---> Speritan - The country, people and culture of Speritan.
---> Suoro - The country, people and culture of Suoro.
---> Muzin - The country, people and culture of Muzin.
---> Ere Beghin - The country, people and culture of Ere Beghin.
---> Bodove - The country, people and culture of Bodove.
---> Lisdan - The country, people and culture of Lisdan.
---> Tirivahn - The country, people and culture of Tirivahn.
---> Talmont - The country, people and culture of Talmont.
---> Humoro - The country, people and culture of Humoro.
---> Western Continent - The breakdown of the West
---> Enverres - The country, people and culture of Enverres.
---> Ter'ays - The country, people and culture of Ter'ays.
---> Teridi Koholo - The country, people and culture of Teridi Koholo.
---> Briandyna - The country, people and culture of Briandyna.
---> Val Nyes - The country, people and culture of Val Nyes.
---> The Ancient Lands - The enchanted northern lands and the Northern Ancients.
---> The Badlands - The enchanted southern lands and the Southern Giants.
Gallery - Some of Astra's favourite pieces that she'd like to showcase to really illustrate the stories and entice you to commission some of her work.
---> Art Show - The pieces comprising the Jack-of-all-Trades Art Show, all of which are for sale.
---> Publications - The works looking for Agents and Publishers.
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