HI guys,

I know I have been very inactive with this project, and I feel it's time to come clean about the difficulties I have been having with this project. 

Technical Issues

The first issue I was having is with recording the videos. The camera I was using is my bf's dad's camera. He won't borrow it to me unless my bf shoots the video. This created a very big problem. My bf is a bio-informatician and is busy doing his phd in Bio-Informatics. So he is very busy and in the lab at all hours of the day. THe times that I am available to shoot the video is unfortunately when he works the most.

Then if we do get the video shot, I did all the editing myself. I am not yet very good with it, so it's takes me at least 13 hours to edit the entire episode. I have a day job (8 to 5) and I only have evenings to do it. It caused me to get behind with a lot of my other stuff and eventually just caused too much stress. 

Editor Wanted

I'm not going to take on editing the videos at this stage again, I don't want to get into too much stress again. There for I decided that if I can get an editor to edit the videos for me, I will go through the issue of getting it shot. Thing is if there's only that to stress about, it's not so bad. I won't be able to pay you, so please only offer to do this for me if you are willing to only do it as a staff member of TVOM. If I do eventually create a revenue from the project (and there's a lot of potential for that), the editor will join in the profits. 

Temporary Resolve

I don't want to stop doing the awesome work we were doing, so for now I am just going to do a weekly feature via journal. I know that defeats the purpose of the show, but for now this is the best I can offer. I know there's still some contest winners who was promised to be featured on the video. I promise to feature those on a special episode once we have the videos running again. But for now I am just going to feature them here. I really hope y'all understand my situation!!!

Features

 

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Intermediate

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Beginner

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Runners Up

   

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Literature 

1st  Noah's SongI dwell below the blue, always watching, always waiting for a sailor's soul. They drift on high in vessels they think will float forever. It amuses me so- to see their determination, their will to live at sea. Every so often I stay beneath the surface and spare them my wrath, but only for those with a true respect for my home.
The ocean.
This swirling pool of cerulean. This sapphire lifeblood of the lower world, a world so wholly unknown.
I spread my wings and glide. I stay submerged and play with phosphoresce, guiding them with my fingertips. They swarm me; illuminate me, making me look like a true sea nymph. Ethereal, beautiful, bright like the sun with my wings spread wide and shining.
I can hear it in the distance- a ship holding what I need. Licking my lips, I close my eyes and break through the swell. The air is crisp and ridden with salt, the breeze light and playful. The moon is high and full. It’s a perfect night for a feast.
So I swim, stretching my legs before finding 2nd <da:thumb id="425864740"/> 3rd 

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A Siren's SorrowA/N The actual entry for the dA contest. There is a oneshot companion that goes along with it.
A Tale of the Siren Song
Day after day, year after year. Why must I keep doing this? I drowned at sea, so why am I not with the lord of the dead, Hades? I stay in the world of the living, as a being sent to bring evil and sorrow. I am a wicked person, to keep doing this, and not fight back. But I know nothing, not how this came to be, nor how I can reverse it. So I must go on.
Being evil is an easy thing. I simply open my mouth, and let the air out, and they flock to the island. I then allow myself to feed, along with my sisters. It’s true, I am not alone. But they have been here far longer than I. They don’t remember their human lives and they feel pleasure in their simple depravity, while I feel remorse every time that I indulge and allow my new self to show through.
I remember that my name used to be Lachesis. That I was the daughter of a good, respectable tailor. He gave me a

Photomanipulation

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Mature Content

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1st <da:thumb id="436403609"/> 2nd  ACG Contest: Why Do You Do What You Do? EntryTormented by what I’ve left unsaid,
I can only voice through this page
These thoughts dancing in my head.
I spend my nights awake in bed
Trapped within an unseen cage,
Tormented by what I’ve left unsaid.
At times it feels like my world is dead,
Writing is the only thing that can engage
These thoughts dancing in my head.
Other people’s judgement I dread
Against their hate I silently rage,
Tormented by what I’ve left unsaid.
On these pages my soul is fed
I’m an actor, the paper is my stage,
These thoughts dancing in my head.
This ink flows, from my veins it’s bled,
My aching soul the letters assuage.
Tormented by what I’ve left unsaid,
These thoughts dancing in my head. 3rd 

Congratulations to all the winners. 
The first journal version of TVOM will be out soon!!