Archive for April 2000

4th

I'm really sorry for the lack of updates. It's not because I haven't been writing. It's because I've been working on just about everything (yes, even POW), but there hasn't been enough on any one story to really post an update. However, I did manage to get Chapter XV of New Gaia ready just in time to make my Tuesday deadline. Now, it's back to writing (okay, so I actually have to do some work first, but then it's back to writing again). Expect to be inundated with updates in the next week or so, as I finish stuff off. :)

Oh, one more thing... I'm scheduled to give a chat interview, hosted by The Uber Abode, April 19th or 20th (depending on where you are in the world). You'll be able to ask me questions in real time and meet some other people you can talk about my stories with (do you have any idea how weird that is for me to write?). :) For more information, go to the link above and then click on the Talk To The Authors link. Hope to see ya there. :)

6th

I just added Part VIII of TVH. Sorry, I didn't get it up earlier in the day. I just got sidetracked with my writing and only looked up at the clock a few minutes ago (it's 11:23pm here). The new chapter has also been added to the PFV section, so ya'll can print it out if you want to. Enjoy. :)

10th

Hi. I just posted a new story to hopefully tide you over until I can get some of my other stuff finished. The next chapter of New Gaia will be ready on time for tomorrow's update, but I seem to be having problems finding a place to stop for the other updates. That's what's taking so long. Anyway, hope you enjoy Morpheus' Influence. :)

11th

I managed to get Chapter XVI of New Gaia done on time, and I even finished Chapter 6 of Assassin as well. The PFV section has been updated with the new installments, too.

Well, I've come to the decision that I need to space out my updates where New Gaia and The Vampire Hunter are concerned. As the stories have progressed and become more complicated, I've found that I have to really do a lot of double-checking to make sure I'm not contradicting myself or writing myself into a corner. I have outlines for both stories, as well as most of my other stories, that I've been following, but the details are always left in the air until I actually write the chapters and sometimes entire story arcs are created from those details that I couldn't foresee in the original draft. So, I'm just not going to be able to get completed chapters done every week anymore. I need to either change the schedule or start putting out incomplete chapters and I don't want to do that to you guys (I hate major cliff-hanger stories myself).

So, instead of updating NG every Tuesday and TVH every Thursday, NG will be updated the 1st and the 15th of each month and TVH will be updated the 7th and the 21st.

This will also give me time to focus on all the other stories that I don't work on by a schedule, as well as the new ones I'm constantly coming up with (like the recent Morpheus' Influence).

I think as you see where I'm going with these two particular stories, you'll understand why I have to take more time with them. In fact, according to my latest outline revision for NG, Chapter XIX is looking like it could practically be a book all by itself. And TVH is getting close to being finished up (sort of) and then I'll be moving on to its immediate sequel, which I've titled Bloodlines for now.

I'll still be posting updates every few days on all my various stories the way I have been, but the guaranteed weekly updates of NG and TVH will now be biweekly.

15th

Somehow, I managed to get Chapter XVII of New Gaia done in time for the change in the update schedule. I'm sure you'll all be happy to know the story finally includes sex. :) I've also updated the FAQ with a new question and the PFV section is up to date. Enjoy.

16th

X:WS III is complete. I suggest starting from the beginning because I've changed some of the details of what was previously written. No major changes to the opening scene, but the one after it has some extra stuff that I felt was seriously lacking in the rough draft. Anyway, let me know what you think. :)

19th

Just posted a new story. It's titled Bard... Priestess and is my first attempt at doing a story in Xena Episode Format. It's also totally PG, though the subtext becomes maintext by the time the story is finished.

I'd also like to remind everyone that the interview/chat hosted by The Uber Abode on Delphi.com is tonight. If you're on Eastern Standard Time (EST), like me, then it's at midnight tonight. If you want to check the time for where you are, go to the listing at The Uber Abode. Hope to see ya there. :)

21st

Hey. I just uploaded Part IX of The Vampire Hunter. It's almost twice as long as any of the previous chapters in the story, so, hopefully, it'll tide you over until the next one (yeah, right). :) Hope ya like it. I also finally got around to updating the homonyms page. There are 11 new word sets (denoted with an *), so go check them out, if you're interested in that kind of thing.

Oh, and thanks to everyone who showed up for the chat. It was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed talking about my stories with you guys. Hope ya'll had fun, too. :) If you didn't make it, but you'd still like to see what we all talked about, you can read the transcript, hosted on The Uber Abode, here.

30th

No, I did not disappear off the face of the earth. I do apologize for having a life. I didn't mean to, honest. :) I ended up having my name forged on somebody's check that was made out for $600 and that really freaked me out. Luckily, all that happened was I had to close out my account, open a new one, and transfer all my electronic payments over to the new account number, but it really threw me for a loop and I couldn't concentrate on writing. I think I got barely two pages written and that was spread out over several different stories. Anyway, you have one of your fellow fans to thank for snapping me out of it. She came to visit me and brought me tribute from Trout Brother... Heh, sorry, wrong episode. Um, actually, she brought me a bunch of taped Xena episodes from Season 1 & 2 that I had never seen before (I didn't really start watching the show until Season 3), and getting to see new (to me, anyway) episodes really got me back into the groove and I've finished Chapter 8 of Lights of Life. I didn't realize how much I had based Kaylee on the early Gabrielle characterizations I had read from transcripts of the shows, but getting to watch the actual episodes really put me into the right mindset to work on Lights, so I hope ya'll are happy now. I know I am. Again, I'm really sorry about the lack of updates, but I'm back now. :)