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Wahooo! I submitted yesterday night (early this morning) and confirmed my 81K manuscript. Yes! I am finished.

Admittedly, it needs LOTS of works and there are plotholes so big you could drive Optimus Prime through them, but still, it's done. Now I can take a break and return to something else. Namely finishing up some of these random and waiting projects.

To Do List:

1) Finish The Sweetest Downfall
2) Write the Byakuya/Ulquiorra trade
3) Write Birthday Gift Fic for Ariel
4) Start Seph/Tseng drabble series for Margyy
5) Finish Chronicles of Valentine

Them be my goals for December. Wish me luck!

Also, I think I will begin posting The Sweetest Downfall on here, as well as future new fics. I hope to eventually post on lj alone and nowhere else. We'll see how successful I am.

So I'm at 77K and approaching the end. I'm looking forward to stamping a COMPLETE FOR NOW on this beast. It's led me on a wonderful chase of highs and lows. It's going to need massive re-editing, and I'm still not fully satisfied with it.

Perhaps because it's het and not shounen-ai? Maybe that's it. I just don't like women all that much. And while I'm fond of my characters, I don't think the story is nearly as dark as it could/should be. Or nearly as amusing. I feel it's just blah....

Hmm, well time will tell. Once I get it ready for human consumption, I'll start posting it on here. Not anywhere else, but here. I'm trying to shift a lot of my activities to one site to save me on time (which I have little and little of every day). So we'll see. I dunno.

Here's hoping I can cross the COMPLETE line before the 30th!

So I passed the mark. Now I just need to actually finish the damn thing. I'm worried I won't make it. I may have to cut some scenes, moving them to the second book. Some scenes are stalling me, so I move on. I'm concerned the story sucks. I mean, it is the first time I've written a het romance. And it's not even focused on the romance, it's more of a plot fic with romance attached. I think the romance moves too fast, that it's only a side note and when it does come, it slams the reader in the face.

I'm sensing many, many revisions in my future. And Aizen, but I hate revisions.

Still plodding along...

Already at 30K which means I'm right on schedule. Work is kicking my ass though, making it harder to stay on schedule. Oh well. I shall prevail!

I've discovered that my plot is too long for one book, so ta-da!, Infinity's End is now two books, with a possible third. I've had to go back and add to the beginning and divide it right down the middle. My goal is to finish at least one for NaNo and start the second, keep on writing up until the final day of NaNo with however many I get.

Ah, so good.

November 1st!

As of right now, I have 5126 words. I've finished the first chapter and I'm going into the next. Why so many on the first day? Because work is a bitch and a drag, and who knows how Iong I'll have to work on it when I'm exhausted from Real Life. So on my days off, I'll rack up the numbers and slack during the days I have to work. And Monday through Friday will block me good.

So I decided to go with my Minutes to Midnight remake -- retitled Infinity's End -- and I'm actually pretty proud of it. I'm interested in this and I must admit Ione is pretty awesome and Gale is darn right cute and my other characters are neat too.

I have the feeling this is going to be longer than 50K. It's already plotted to be about sixteen chapters long... so I'm thinking 100K?

Here's hoping!

I've updated. I'm lazy. I'm not bothering to list them all here because I'm pretty sure no one's following this so... this is more for my benefit really. I like to use my livejournal to focus my thoughts

ANYway, today marked the last round of updates until December. For the entirety of November, I'll be on hiatus as I focus all my attention on NaNoWriMo. I'll definitely need it for the plot I cooked up.

The original Minutes to Midnight finally has a name! Big thanks to my beta who has provided for me the wonderful title "Infinity's End". I also have names for the main characters and a cemented plot. Also, a synopsis. Here it is for your reading pleasure:

The war between the rebels and the nobles is still in its infancy, both sides building up forces, both sides convinced they are in the right. Trapped in the middle is Ione, a woman neither rebel nor noble, who holds secrets of her own. She, too, has been trained in the so-called "dark arts" that divides the lines in the building tensions.

When her own allies do the unthinkable -- call for her imprisonment and likely execution -- Ione flees into the solitude of the wild, thinking only to escape, and winds up in the hands of her enemies. There she discovers another side to the war and a truly hideous secret that her very own allies had been scrambling to hide. Mass murder and destruction, strange disappearances and even stranger happenings.

Ione finds her sympathies shifting even as she falls for her enemy, the smooth-talking Gale, second-in-command to the rebels.

I can't wait for NaNoWriMo to begin! I've got a great plot and a great drive to write it. This will be my first time writing a purely heterosexual story, though I will have a faintly homosexual pairing in the background -- Kieran and Azriel, which are Urahara and Aizen respectively.

I'm sure success will be all thanks to Azar.

A very bad authoress I am, but I must claim that it is purely not my fault. A series of Real Life Intrusions made my amount of free time dwindle into the negative numbers. But I have returned now, and I am back on track with everything. Here's a short update!

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I just met my editor for Monster. She was really nice and she loved the story! Which is always a good thing. She even complimented my editing skills, mentioning that she needed to correct very little.

Booyah!

So I received the first draft last night and got so excited that I looked through it and sent it right back within an hour.

No further changes needed to be made. Huzzah!

Now I am just waiting for it to be officially published. Excitement!

In other news, I'm down to 133K for the rewrite of The Requiem of Janus. I pulled out one scene that I plan to release as a oneshot later and I ripped out another small plot that's pretty boring. Let's hope I can pull out 13K more.

Unfortunately, The Requiem of Janus was not accepted for publication. *tears*

But! A bit of hope. It wasn't a complete rejection. At least they didn't say my story sucked. Just that they aren't looking for romantic fantasy, which confused me a bit, but that's okay. I guess I'll try sending something else in the distant future if I manage to write something that fits into their calls for submission. Le sigh.

Back to the drawing board.

Unfortunately, all of the other available publishers require the manuscript to be less than 120K. Which means... yes, back to editing. I need to rip 24K out of The Requiem of Janus before I can submit it anywhere else. Que triste.

I really don't know how I'm going to do this.

Perhaps I can convince my lovely beta friend for The Sweetest Downfall to give me a hand....

I forgot to announce the updates. Whoops.

But that doesn't matter! Because I just received an e-mail from DreamspinnerPress asking to see my complete manuscript of The Requiem of Janus! Huzzah!

That's no guarantee of getting published, mind, but it's several steps closer than I've ever been before! It's the first time I've gotten beyond the query stage for my slashy/homosexual love works. And the first time I've gotten past the query stage for a novel as well. Even if they don't take it, this proves that I had something worth looking twice at!

Here's keeping my fingers crossed that they want to publish it! Then I can finally start handing out links and stuff for all my fans to buy it. How exciting!

So I thought I'd give this a try. I've fallen in love with Japanese yaoi manga so I thought I'd share that enjoyment by highlighting a lot of my favorites on here, along with fic reviews and all that.

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Yeah, so I updated on Saturday and yes, I'm just getting to announcing it. I'm a slacker, what can I say? 

And this week, it was both fanfiction and original fiction. Huzzah!

Fanfiction: 

1) Shattered Children Chapter 16
2) Shattered Chidlren Interlude 8
3) Seireitei Monogatari Drabble 136 - Gin/Grimmjow 
4) Unwritten Final Chapter

Original Fiction: 

1) War of the Animum: Hourglass Four

And as for announcements, Shattered Children is finally complete. So I'll be updating a chapter every three days until it's finished. to commemorate the four-year anniversary of it. Wow. Four years. That's a hell of a long time.

At last, I dare step into the massive collection of stories that is my Final Fantasy VII arc "Shattered" initially focusing on the Vincent/Cid pairing and later, branching into several others.

The first in the series, "Shattered Ice" was the first full-length Final Fantasy fiction I ever wrote. I started this arc back in September 2005 and it's reaching it's end in September 2009. Fitting, I think. If I can finish in time, I plan to post the last chapter on the last day of September, to commemorate it's beginning.

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I did update yesterday. Was too lazy to mention anything about it till today. I am an awful procrastinator. Heh.

Anyways! This is what we had!

Bleach:

The Beautiful Lie Chapter 9: Memories
Seireitei Monogatari Drabble 135 Rukia's Dating Service: Kira Izuru (Take Two)

Final Fantasy VII: 

Shattered Children Chapter 15 A Bittersweet Requiem

Original: 

Still nothing. But! I can offer you a link to a new commission of mine. They are the characters Rai and Haiden from my NaNoWriMo fic Aftermath. See them here.

Why haven't I updated the site, you ask? Because Tripod, who I am currently creating one through for free, is in the process of migrating from their current website creator (Trellix) to a new one (Webon) which I know nothing about. All free accounts are required to migrate whereas all paid ones (such as is the case with my fanfiction site) have the option.

Since my site is going to be automatically switched over the moment they work out the kinks, I'm reluctant to create more work for myself by having to fix everything that is is going to mess up by the migration. So I'm waiting until they are finished, and I can spiff up the site. By then, I'll have plenty of stuff to offer you guys.

And more posting should be coming soon! I'm done with the frantic push to finish stories, so I can pick up the story reviews again, and I believe I will start some manga reviews as well, since I've read so many yaoi manga that I want to share the good ones with you guys.

I'm going to try and make this a daily thing. Let's see how well that works. It might start only as a MWF thing and then go on from there. Here's hoping!

... draws ever near.

Here I be, on chapter 18 of Shattered Children, with only chapter 19 left to go, and a possible interlude should someone provide me some ideas for it. If not, I'll just forego the interlude in lieu of a simple epilogue. Really, it's up to the readers. What few I have left. *laughs*

I'm rather pleased with the way Shattered Children's final chapters are shaping. I thought I would get stumped on the relationship between Tseng and Sephiroth, but it's actually flowing very well. I suspect even the smutty scene will come easily. Two more chapters...

Looking back, it seems like so long when I started this arc. And now the end is in sight. It almost makes me a little sad. And nostalgic. I reread most of Shattered Dreams the other day -- just for kicks -- and was amazed by how much my writing style has improved, even more so than in Shattered Ice Redux. Though I'm awfully proud of Shattered Boundaries. I think I'll turn Reeve and Reno's relationship into an original story one of these days. It's so great.

Ah, and Archer Kyle is totally going to become an original character. Perhaps the main character in another slashy fiction of mine. The guy who's always unlucky in love, through his fault and not, he's just full of bad luck. Maybe a touch of comedy? Hmm...something to ponder. In any case, Archer will get a chance to shine. And so will Reis. Undoubtedly, she will show up in the story as well. Perhaps as his temporary het foil? 

In any case, Shattered Children draws to a close. I'll keep ya posted!

First things first, I will catch up on my updates since I totally missed it last week. Gah, I am such a slacker.

Last Week: 

1) Seireitei Monogatari Chapter 133 - For Solace - Chad/Ichigo
2) Shattered Children Chapter 14 - Delusions of Grandeur
3) The Butterfly Effect Chapter 4: - A Jail Called Remorse

This Week: 

1) Seireitei Monogatari Chapter 134 - Toy Soldiers - Ichigo-centric
2) Unwritten Chapter Three
3) Shattered Children Interlude Seven: This is the Last Time