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!

Update Link: Hits Different – Part 24 | Previous Parts
Other Updates: The Last Time | folklore | Fool Me Twice, Series of Table Contents
Shop: Fool Me Twice, Book 2 | Books 1 & 2

Hey, it’s been a minute since we updated this story 😛 But now that I’m fully recovered from Covid, all caught up at work, and FMT is fully edited, I can get back to my normal writing. I’ve already written a chapter of These Small Hours, and am halfway through a new one that I’m going to finish tonight.

The #Liason fans on Twitter are organizing a charity drive — Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis) is having an ALS Daytime event in early May, and we’re raising money for a donation in our fanbase’s name. Let’s show them we can do more than just rent billboards (though that was pretty sick!)

GH has been great the last few days! The new HW are officially in control and Monday’s episode was the best Elizabeth scenes we’ve had in YEARS. She’s on again tomorrow — and BOTH episodes were unspoiled, so that’s really awesome for her. I’m really hoping the new HW value Becky. Both of these episodes have her away from that horrible Finn, and she’s in the Jason story now. Love this for us!

See you on Friday for an FMT update!

The #Liason Crew is organizing a group donation for NLG’s ALS Daytime event. Anyone interested in donating can do so at the link below. All proceeds will go to ALS One. We hope to present the group donation at the event on May 4th. #GH #ALShttps://t.co/gu6Af70HBO

— Mrs S – #LiasonPositivity👑 It’s Time…”no word…” (@MrsS1506) March 20, 2024

Fool Me Twice, Series of Table Contents | Chapter 47 | Chapter 48
Other Updates: The Last Time | folklore
Shop: Fool Me Twice, Book 2 | Books 1 & 2
Campaign Link: Time To Write For Jason & Elizabeth

Hello! Happy Monday! This is my last full week before Spring Break starts next Thursday. I know I just had a few days off, but Covid kind of ruins any of the fun of not being in work.

I finally finished editing Book 2! I posted the full PDFs in the digital shop — Book 2 on its own, and a combined Book 1 & 2 PDF. Both are $5. Crimson Devoted and above Patreons get the books for free. They’ll both be free in July — none of my finished products ever remain permanently behind a paywall. (If you read the OG alpha draft in July, I hope you’re happy with how far it’s come!) All that’s left is scheduling chapters, which I’ll be doing off and on over the next few weeks.

I’ll be throwing myself into finishing These Small Hours, so I can start editing it and have it ready for summer release. It’s going to be weird not having FMT taking up all my thoughts for a while (though I’ll be diving back in as soon as Hours is completed). I’m excited to get back to a different time period.

Flash Fiction updates are going to shift again — we’re in baseball season starting NEXT week! First day of spring break, first game! It’ll still be on Wednesdays, but the time will shift — anywhere from posting at 5 PM EST to 9 PM EST, at least until June 13. I’ll keep you guys updated as we move into the season.

We’re starting a new campaign for Jason and Elizabeth, sending pencils to the execs and writers 😛 Patrick Mulcahey and Elizabeth Korte officially took over with March 15’s episode, but I know there’s a lot of mess to clean up from the previous writers — it’ll be a while before we can really see what their vision is. I hope their vision includes our couple sharing screen time together 😛

Fool Me Twice, Series of Table Contents | Chapter 46
Other Updates: The Last Time | folklore

Hope everyone had a great week! I got back to work, and I’m so glad I took it slow and avoided direct instruction as best as I could. I think I’ll be good to go next week, and then before you know it, it’ll be spring break! (March 28)

I should finish cleaning up Fool Me Twice’s posting draft this weekend, which will be a huge relief to put this one in the finished column, so I can get back to These Small Hours. Book 2 is a bit more ensemble than Book 1. It’s kind of like Mad World — Book 1 was very focused on our core characters, but the storyline is rippling out, gradually drawing in more characters and more story threads (the way they’re supposed to!) So I hope you’re enjoying this broader look at the other people in this world. It was a huge challenge writing Lucky and Britt, but I just fell in love with writing their storyline, and I’m really looking forward to editing their scenes in Book 3, and seeing where they go. I’m also interested in seeing what you guys think of them. I know neither of them are very popular characters, lol, but I had fun pushing myself out of my comfort zone.

I would love to come back this weekend with a Flash fiction update. I miss writing Hits Different and I want to make up those two missed updates, so I can finish on time. But either way, I’ll see you on Monday.