Your Update Link: A King’s Command – Part 2

Happy Friday! This should be last Flash Fiction that’s off schedule. My niece is sleeping over tonight, but she’s the last one who’s old enough, LOL, and I just had the other niece two weeks ago. They go through phases of thinking my house is the most amthe azing place in the world. Which — spoiler — it’s not. So we’ll be good in six months.

I am done breaking down Fool Me Twice by chapter — right now it looks like it might 32 chapters — but that will likely go up by 1 or 2 by the time I’m done. Next, I’m going to be soundtracking so that I’m ready to write on October 1. This weekend, I’m going back into the Beta Draft of Book 3 — can you believe we’re less than a month away from release???

And finally — I released the first episode of my new GH commentary series on YouTube, Crimson Suds. In the first video, I critique the kidnapping and ELQ take over series, drag Sam, and demand justice for Monica, Bobbie, and Skye — and Brook.

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Your Update Link: A Shot in the Dark – Part 2

ICYMI: Site & Story Status – September 2020

Happy Wednesday! I’m back on my evening schedule, but uh — *sheepish grin* we’ll be updating Friday in the morning. I know, I know, but I’m having my other niece sleepover and she will not tolerate me ignoring her for an hour so that I can write. I swear — next week, we should be good.

I worked A LOT on Fool Me Twice over the last few days, and I think I should be able to finish up the chapter breakdown today or tomorrow which is ahead of school. Chapter breakdown was going so well today that I ended up not getting to Mad World Book 4 at all — but that’s okay. I’ll be able to work on it on Friday. Fool Me Twice, Book 1 looks like it’ll be around 35 chapters, give or take one chapter or two. That could still change once I get into writing it, but I’m really happy with how it’s structured so far.

There are some places where I think I need to adjust as I write, but I definitely think I’m giving myself a lot of options. Even more — a few subplots have developed I wasn’t planning. I had one thought for the teens, and it’s going in a slightly different direction but I really like it. I’m also surprised by how the Liason storyline is working out — it means shifting some things for Book 2, but I’m not mad about it. Moving the start date from December to mid October means that some things would happen earlier than I thought, so I’m going with it for now.

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Your Update Link: Not Knowing When – Part 2

In Case You Missed It: The Ghost in the Girl – Part 1

Happy Monday! I have a baby-sitting thing later today, and while I should be home by 7, I wasn’t positive and I really didn’t want to miss a chance to write the next part of this today. The group of scenes in today’s post and next week’s are the first scenes I got in my head for this story, so it’s always fun to write the stuff that inspired you. I should be back on the 7 PM schedule Wendesday.

I hope, with the story I posted yesterday, that you guys are enjoying the new round of series 🙂

I’m going to be digging (lightly) into some plans for the beta draft for Book 4 of Mad World this week, and finishing up my 2002 screencaps. I worked on June today, and man — I got annoyed Elizabeth all over again. Jason put up with some real bullshit from her ass back then. LOL. It also gave me some ideas for other early 2002 stories, but they’re on the back burner for now.

I know I still owe you a September status update — I filmed it last night, and now I just have to edit it and update the post. I’m hoping to have it done tomorrow, but definitely by Wednesday. Have a great day!

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Your Update Link: The Ghost in the Girl – Part 1 

I’m so excited! This is literally the first story I have ever written set in 2001! I’m anxious and nervous to dip my toe into this time period because I wasn’t watching actively due to high school — it was my junior year and I don’t think I ever slept between classes and activities. I vaguely remember the Face of Deception and Carly getting recast, but I was out of the loop and Mom actually stopped taping on the VCR for a few years around this period.

I didn’t watch GH almost at all from the summer of 2000 through the summer of 2002 and it’s been harder to get caught up with that time period because YouTube didn’t exist at the time, and I’ve never really prioritized going back to watch it.  The Ghost in the Girl is the first of a few things I’ve planned for 2001, and I’m really excited to dig into these new stories.  I included a thorough show recap to orient you to the time period and specific scene.

In other AMAZING news, I finished the beta draft for Mad World, Book 3 yesterday and posted it at Patreon for supporters $5 and above. I’m insanely proud of it, but I’m also glad to have a bit of a break, LOL. I’m taking this week to look at the construction of Book 4 so I can make the final round of edits for Book 3 starting next weekend. Starting the week of September 22, I’ll be posting a sneak preview of the first chapter — then another chapter the week after before releasing the entire book on October 6.

See you guys tomorrow with the next part of Not Knowing When!

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Your Update: A King’s Command – Part 1

Happy Friday! This is an early update because I have a wedding this evening — and Monday’s update will probably be in the morning as well because my sister-in-law asked me to baby sit so she and my brother can go to dinner for their anniversary. I never get to see my babies enough, so I’m not passing on that chance — but we’ll be back on the schedule again on Wednesday.

This flash fiction series reworks an idea I had when I originally launched Flash Fiction a long time ago, and it was definitely the most requested of all my older series. I hope you guys enjoy this 🙂

I only have a few chapters left to edit for Mad World, so I’m super excited to be finishing that up and moving into the final round of edits. I can’t wait for you guys to read it it next month! I’ll probably be posting the first chapter or two as a sneak peeks when we get closer, so stay tuned for that!

In other knows, I posted the summary for Sunday’s 2001 flash fiction — I mentioned that these will be shorter stories and ficlets, and I had finished organizing my 2001 caps the other day so I was excited to get use some of them. I’m going to preview them here for you:

The Ghost in the Girl Set March 2001. After Elizabeth storms out of the Face of Deception photoshoot because of Carly’s attack and Lucky’s failure to support her, she turns to Jason. Status: Not Yet Published Genre: Romance Type: Flash Fiction Series Characters: Jason, Elizabeth, Lucky, Emily, Nikolas, Gia, Carly, Sonny Couples: Jason/Elizabeth

And here’s the banner:

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Your Update Link: A Shot in the Dark – Part 1 

Hello! Welcome to the second of the four new series. I’m so glad you guys liked Not Knowing When — it’s definitely fun for me to go back to that time period. I honestly haven’t written anything directly set after Elizabeth left the penthouse in October since 2003. I’ve spent a lot of time writing 2003 (A Few Words, Mad World), rewriting 2002 entirely (Bittersweet), 2004 (The Best Thing), and of course, 2006 (All We Are and For the Broken Girl), so it’s really fun to go back. And I haven’t written Brenda in YEARS so this one is going to be fun.

Today’s entry continues my Collect Your Regrets universe where I rewrite terrible Elizabeth stories. In the first story, I rewrote the maternity lie, and in this one — you might have guessed which story I’m rewriting by the ending of Darkest Before the Dawn.  I just remembered that I won’t be updating Friday night because I’ll be at a wedding, so I’ll update that one in the morning. We’ll be kicking off the Scottish historical

In other news — Mad World is zipping along great. I just finished Chapter 71 today. I’m going to be writing 72 and 73 the rest of this week, then editing the last two chapters on Saturday, which means I’ll be dropping the beta draft for Book 3 on Sunday morning. I can’t wait for the Patreons to read this new version. I’ve already added 40k and reworked a lot of beats. After that, I’ll be going into the final round of edits to clean up typos, grammars, and any other consistencies. I’m still working on Fool Me Twice, but I’m in good shape to start writing that one in October.

I also started Desperate Measures last night AND organized all of my 1999-2001 Liason screencaps by scene and date. I’m starting 2002 tomorrow, and this is going to make graphics and the rest of the facelift so much easier. I’m excited for that. I also continued working on the checklist, and most of the Bittersweet subsite is done. I just have to add the Character descriptions, and redesign the ebook cover.

I haven’t heard back about the job yet — the districts are crazy busy right now, so hopefully within a few days.

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Your Update Link: Not Knowing When, Part 1

HELLO! Happy Monday! Welcome back to Flash Fiction pn its new day and time. I am SOOOO excited to get started because I spent a lot of this weekend working out some details for the flash fiction series, and I am just ridiculously happy to be back. I missed this!  Today’s entry kicks off a revisit of 2002 and the post-penthouse disaster of that fall. All recap details are included in the first part. You might notice that this update is longer — to compensate for not updating twice a week, I’m writing in two 25 minute sprints starting at 7 PM on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays — although Sunday won’t be as late as 7.  I won’t be able to carve out time every day, but I can probably manage an hour a few times a week.

I thought I might be out of work in September because both my districts are on remote for the first month (and possibly longer) but I found out today there’s a possibility I can snag a long-term permanent position in my district. I won’t know any details until tomorrow, but obviously if I get a long-term job, it’s going to mess with my schedule. School starts in my district tomorrow, so I’ll be playing massive amounts of catch up. I’ll let you guys know when I know more.

I’ve been super busy since I came back from my break last week. I’ve been working really hard on revision plans for Flash Fiction, planning the new round of stories (you guys are going to LOVE Sunday’s update), and I’ve been back to working on Mad World and Fool Me Twice. ALSO! I’ve been knocking items out on my Facelift. I’ve been crazy productive and happy about it 🙂 The biggest update was that I finally finished writing and formatting all the copy for the Alternate History page. Now — I just need to move those stories over!

OH! And the most important thing — I relaunched my soaps blog, Crimson Suds, with a daily snarky recap that’s short and takes me like 10 minutes to put together as well as a longer weekly commentary column.

I won’t have my usual Site & Story status video up tomorrow — that’s been delayed until the weekend, so I’ll save the details until then. I’ll see you guys on Wednesday!

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Well, after more than 60 people voted (SERIOUSLY YOU GUYS), it’s very clear what story you guys want first. Nearly 70% of voters want Desperate Measures as the first revised flash fic. Thank you so much for voting! Because the votes were so overwhelming, I’ll set up another poll later to see which flash fiction gets revised second (because…um 43 people are getting their first choice, LOL).  I was worried my little Western romance wasn’t going to get any love, so thanks for those 7 people.

I don’t have a timeline just yet as to when I’ll have Desperate Measures completed. I’m still working on a new writing schedule for next month which I’m hoping to get sorted out this weekend. Thanks again to everyone who voted. I freaking love you guys 😉

The other piece of news I wanted to share is an adjustment to Flash Fiction. Up until now, I’ve set my timer for 20 minutes then posted what was done at the end of it. That worked when I was updating daily this summer which meant we still moved through the story at a good pace. I do not want to commit to updating daily in the fall. While I’m likely not going back to work in September, I should be back to work by October and I would never be able to keep that pace up.

However, I also don’t want to be writing all of these series FOREVER, lol, so I decided that the best way forward would be to lengthen the time I write each day. So what does this mean?

I’ll be doing Flash Fiction on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in evenings, starting at 7. At 7, I’ll use my Pomodoro timer which is how I write my novels. I write in 25 minute sprints with five minute breaks. I’ll complete 2 Pomodoros between 7 and 8, and then post what’s completed at 8 PM. The parts will be longer and will make up for not posting twice a week for each story. On Sundays, the time of the Flash Fiction might move around a bit, but will likely be around noon and will be 2 Pomodoros.

In other news, I’ve been chipping away at the CG Facelift. I worked on some pages in Mad World that needed to updated, including a more detailed Timeline & Setting page that hopefully does a better job of recapping the situation in 2003. I also started to chip away at the screencap and video organization by capping the last of my Liason DVDs. Once all my DVDs are screencapped, I’ll start sorting and cleaning them up. Ultimately, I want to put them online as a good source for graphic makers. But we’re probably a year away from that.

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Hello! I said in my livestream yesterday I might be checking in with a poll before I came back officially on Monday, so here I am! I’ve spent the last three days working on outlines and plans to revise my first three completed Flash Fiction series, and I’m here to ask you guys which one do you want me to write first.

All of the series will be largely rewritten (with the exception of Desperate Measures — some of that dialogue will still work) so that I can expand and flesh them out. All three will be substantially longer (40 to 80k). Here are the revised synopses for the projects.

An Everlasting Love

Alternate Universe. Set in California, 1870s.

Their families settled Diamond Springs before the Gold Rush turned it into a boom town, but Jason Morgan and Elizabeth Webber were born into different worlds. She’s the beloved granddaughter of town patriarch Steve Hardy and he’s the illegitimate grandson recognized by the powerful Quartermaine family, but not fully part of them. Jason leaves Elizabeth behind in town to make money working on the railroads, promising he’ll come back for her.

Letters are exchanged and promises are kept, but Elizabeth’s father pressures her into marrying another man — Ric Lansing, the local powerful banker who seems obsessed with her. Elizabeth refuses — until news from Jason’s grandmother causes her to lose faith. She won’t marry Ric, but accepts another proposal. It seems her dreams of romance are behind her for good.

Five years later, Jason finally returns to town as the sheriff, prepared to care for his grandmother in her final years. Jason and Elizabeth realizes that someone has been lying to both of them, and finding their way back to one another might cost them their lives.

Whatever It Takes

Alternate Universe.

Jason Morgan met Elizabeth Webber when she saved his life, alongside her brother Steven, the local mob doctor. He left town to recuperate away from the eyes of the police, and by the time he returns, she’s dating Ric Lansing, his boss’s smug brother. Jason and Elizabeth are drawn to each other, and after some twists and turns, they’re finally together and planning their future. But Ric doesn’t let go so easily

Just before the birth of their first child, Jason and Elizabeth are injured in an explosion that leads to the death of their daughter. Elizabeth sinks into depression as Jason nearly kills himself searching for vengeance, finding enemies around every corner. One night, Jason disappears, and Elizabeth has to force herself out of the darkness to go after her husband to drag him back to her. Will their quest for revenge cost them more than just their marriage?

Desperate Measures

Alternate History.

Set Summer 2018. Angry and disappointed in Franco Baldwin’s constant lies, Elizabeth Webber breaks their engagement and moves her three boys to a new home, eager for a new start.

Standing behind her in support are new found twin brothers, Jason Morgan and Drew Cain, who still struggle to separate their identities and their relationships with the sons Jason created but Drew raised. Jason’s closer to Jake, and Drew is closer to Danny, but their mother has left town, struggling to deal with the return of Danny’s cancer.

But Elizabeth’s first night in her new home ends in a bloody attack. A phone call in the middle of the night finds Jason desperately trying to clear Elizabeth’s name of murder and searching her missing children. The mistakes and regrets of Jason and Elizabeth’s past are coming back to haunt them, and this time, walking away won’t stop it.

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