Update Link: Hits Different – Part 30

Back to work! We’re in the final rush of the school year — 46 days of classes left! Hard to believe it went so fast.

I’ve made HUGE progress on These Small Hours since I last checked in — I’m halfway through Chapter 48 right now (hoping to finish during the Phillies game) and there are three chapters and an epilogue left! I should finish this draft by the end of the week, if not earlier. Very excited to nearing the end!

This flash fiction is wrapping up this Friday! (I can’t count, lol), and we’ll be diving into the next one right away, so hope you’re excited for a trip back to 2003 and that time Jason and Elizabeth chilled in the chapel and she was still in the same clothes the next day. And when Sonny shot Carly in the head. It’s an era of GH I haven’t touched since 2003 and I Shall Believe. I always wanted to rewrite that — but instead of taking that story and revisualizing — let’s just write another one, lol.

See you on Wednesday for another Flash Fiction update!

Update: Hits Different – Part 29
Novel Release: Fool Me Twice, Book 2

Special Saturday update to make up for missing last night. I was working on a chapter of These Small Hours all day and it was just being super cranky (mostly because I was cranky for unrelated reasons) and then the Phillies were on and the game lasted a little longer than I thought it would. So I’m here tonight to make up for it 😛

Hours is making great progress! I wrote 3 chapters on Thursday, and 2 more today. I just finished Chapter 43, which leaves me with 7 chapters and an epilogue left in this first draft. I really feel like with Act 3, I’ve worked out some kinks in the plot. I was always a little vague on the Russians and relationship with the drug ring at GH (which, to be fair, the show really sucked at making clear) and I think I’ve really nailed it down in these last few chapters. I’m looking forward to going back and edits and making it stronger. Plus, I think I’ve been influenced by recent events on GH and where we’re hoping Jason’s return story goes.

I’m back to work on Monday, but my content is already prepped. All that’s left are some small pieces for my Seminar class and posting my lesson plans. But baseball back and so are my family Sundays — I go to my parents for the games which start at 1:3o my time and hang out down there.

Seems crazy that we’re already in April! See you Monday night, and I’m going to leave you with a short exchange from a recent chapter of These Small Hours that was absolutely not in the outline, but well —

Carly sniffed, then got to her feet, stalked out of the kitchen. Jason followed her to the door, but before she left, she spun and glared at Elizabeth. “I’m not still in love with him, you know. But I still really hate you.”

Elizabeth shot her the finger. “The feeling’s mutual, sweetheart.”

Carly scowled, started towards her. Jason grabbed her arm, pulled the door open, and shoved her towards it. “Go home, Carly. You come back before I say you can, and that’s the last time I’ll ever talk to you.”

“But—”

He slammed the door on her face and looked back at Elizabeth. “You had to get the last word, didn’t you?”

“Absolutely did.” Elizabeth came over to him, slapped the ice pack against his chest. “Problem with that?”

Update Link: Hits Different – Part 28

We were originally scheduled to have this update at its regular time because the Phillies were supposed to be on at 1:05 and done already, but the region has been flooded so the game got pushed back all the way to 7:30, ish. It’s going to be interesting scheduling around baseball this year, but I’m determined, lol.

I’m making some really great progress on These Small Hours. I can’t wait for you guys to read it! I really feel like I’ve found the groove over the last few updates, and it’s given me a lot of insight into what I want to work on for edits. I’m hopeful this book will be out in mid-July or so, but it’ll depend on how edits go — and you know I’ve stopped pretending I can predict that, lol.

I made some more design tweaks — new header inspired by Monday’s scenes! I also got rid of the menu at the top of the page. I don’t think there were any links anyone was regularly using, and it was really just taking up space. Let me know if there’s anything I can do to make navigating CG easier!

We’re still looking good to wrap up this story up on April 15, and we’ll be going right into Chain Reaction, the next series after that. I’m really looking forward to it. Going to be fun and angsty 😛

Update Link: Hits Different – Part 27
Novel Release: Fool Me Twice, Book 2 | (Re-read Book 1)

The Liason scenes that just aired today were soooo much better than I ever could have hoped for. We got sooo much awesome. Liason sparkly, some layers of angst, Jake ripping into Jason, Jason doing a little fighting back, Elizabeth parenting her boys — if you’re not watching, try to catch today’s episode! I’ll update this post if clips become available.

Earlier Flash Fiction times, thanks to baseball being back! When the games air at 6:40, I’m going to do my best to start writing at 5 and post at 6 because that gives me time to grab dinner. We’ll be at our normal time on Wednesday (8) and 6 again on Friday.

I’ll be wrapping Hits Different up on April 15, believe it or not — two weeks from tonight! If one of my planned parts go longer, it’ll still be sometime this month. I think I’ll be going right into the next series right away because Act 1 is mostly set in my head, and I’m going to work on the rest of the story plan after the first few parts. I’ll talk more about that as we get closer.

In other news, These Small Hours is finally moving along! I wrote Chapter 36 this morning. 14 chapters left, and about half of those will be done this week on break, if not more. (Going to try and double up on non FF days).

I also made some design tweaks and updates — the Recent Updates page got a face lift and is organized into sections. I also cleaned up the styling on Alternate History and updated info for stories. I cleaned up the sidebar — hopefully that’s easier to read now.

Update Link: Hits Different – Part 26
Novel: Fool Me Twice, Book 2 – All Chapters Posted

LIASON IS GOING TO BE ON MONDAY AND ABC POSTED A SNEAK PEAK I AM FREAKING OUT!!!! THERE’S A LINE ABOUT TIMING!!! WE USED IT ON OUR BILLBOARDS

*takes a minute to freak out on Twitter*

Okay, sorry about that. The link dropped literally as I was setting up the posts for tonight, and I AM JUST SO EXCITED WE’RE GETTING LIASON SCENES AND THEY GAVE US A SNEAK PEEK– *takes a deep breath* I’m okay.

All right, let’s try this again.

I did some design updates — adjusting colors. I like the mix of purples better. I’m also working on the sidebar to keep it more organized.  There’s other stuff but I ran out of time because of my freaking out, and I have to write, lol. I write these posts before I start the timer.

See you ON MONDAY AFTER I WATCH LIASON SCENES LIVE–

*faints*

Update Link: Fool Me Twice, Book 2 – Chapter Listing (Added Chapters 53-77)

Happy Spring Break!

When I got home from work today, I checked reviews on FF.net and saw I had a bunch of people disappointed I was writing Jason as “settling” for Elizabeth and that I was secretly writing JaSam fanfiction. I got annoyed, and I thought, you know what? I’m just gonna dump the whole stupid book today and stop thinking about it. (I clearly have unresolved rage issues.)

I started organizing the chapters to post, and then I thought — well why do I post chapters like this? Spacing them out, making you guys wait?  It’s so I don’t disappear for months on end between books, lol. And that was a good plan 2014-2018 when I was writing and posting as I went. But I’ve been finishing the books before posting for six years — and Flash Fiction is a pretty regular fixture.

SO. Executive decision. I write the books, I release the books as books. You read them in however many sittings you want. And Flash Fiction can be bumped up to 3x times a week, especially as we move into the end of the year.

Don’t forget to let me know what you think! I’m working on Book 3 right now, and if you like something (or hate it) let me know! You’re the audience I’m writing for.

Have a great night and enjoy 🙂 See you tomorrow at 8 for Flash Fiction!

 

Update Link: Hits Different – Part 25
Previous Links: Fool Me Twice, Series of Table Contents

ONE MORE SLEEP UNTIL SPRING BREAK!

Actually — the hardest part of my week is over — I finished testing and grading 98% of all the work for this marking period. Tomorrow is a half day and my last two classes don’t meet because of a pep rally, so I start my classes at 8 and finish at 11. Even I can survive three more hours 😛

Looking forward to doubling on Flash Fiction starting this Friday! Don’t forget, with baseball season kicking off this week (First game, Friday at 3PM) Flash Fiction might be around a little bit — it’ll be posted between 6 and 9 PM on Wed/Fri. You can always check the Posting Schedule Google Doc.

Update Link: Fool Me Twice, Series of Table Contents | Chapter 51 | Chapter 52

Happy Double Update!

I was looking over my schedule for the next few months, and I decided to change up how I’m posting FMT. For one thing, I’m hoping to squeeze Flash Fiction on Fridays from time to time (I have to look at the baseball schedule to pick good days and times), and for another — well, this story is really ensemble in nature so I think some things are getting lost posting 1-2 chapters at a time. I’ve had two reviews over at Fanfiction.net suggesting that they feel like Jason is settling for Elizabeth, lol (I think it’s mostly because of the Sonny/Sam scenes about Jason going home to her first). I definitely get more Liason stuff in the next few chapters and there’s some big stuff in Book 3 that settles all of that for good, but I wanted to get more of the story to you faster.

So I’ll be posting 3-4 chapters every week, and finishing up a bit earlier — in mid-May instead of mid-June. I’ll post them at the same time on Monday mornings, so you can read them when you like. Then we’ll have our firm Wednesday flash fictions, then occasional Fridays.

In other news, I’m switching my editing/release schedule. These Small Hours looks like it’s going be longer than I thought (I had plotted 29 chapters, it’s going to be 50 I’m sure no one is surprised), so I’m going to keep working on the alpha draft of that through April, and start editing FMT3 — so FMT 3 will be out this summer, and then Hours in the fall/winter.

See you on Wednesday!

Update Link: Fool Me Twice, Series of Table Contents | Chapter 50
Other Updates:  Hits Different – Part 24 |

Forgot to schedule this update post, so in a rush this morning! See you Wednesday!

Update Link: Fool Me Twice, Series of Table Contents | Chapter 49
Other Updates:  Hits Different – Part 24 | 

Forgot to schedule this last night, so this is a quick one 😛 See you on Monday!