Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 108
Hope everyone is having a good day 🙂 Weather in New Jersey is back in the 70s this week — it actually got so chilly here I had to close all my windows and wear long sleeves inside. I hate when the season is going back and forth. PICK A STRUGGLE.
Kate Mansi is leaving GH as Kristina which is such a relief — she plays such an unlikeable version of that character and that really surprised me because I’d watched her on Days as Abby, and I really liked her. But that surrogacy storyline and fallout needed someone who could tap into even an ounce of vulnerability, and Kate just…was so flat. It made it easy to write a narcissitic version, which I’ve done in this last flash fiction.
One of the most frustrating things that’s happened in the last few years since I published Fool Me Twice, Book 2 is that three of the characters I put into important supporting roles came back or were recast and completely ruined my vision of them — Lucky, Britt, and Kristina — the Lucky and Britt of it all is suuuper annoying lol because I was building my storyline from Britt’s OG run back in 2012-14, and I was ignoring JJ’s entire second run and using Greg’s Lucky as my base. Britt was a neutral character in the fandom back then, and now we hate her, lol.
In other news, the Phillies are on the West Coast this week — they have a late start tomorrow night at 9:40 and on Friday at 10:10, so both of those days are planned double updates, but they’re playing at 4PM on Wednesday, so no update that night.
We should finish this story up this week or on the weekend, and I’m working on the next Flash Fiction — well, I’m trying to work on it. I’m looking for ideas! I put up a video on Patreon talking about where I am on ideas, but my basic call to action:
What should I write that isn’t set in a era where I have to do so much baggage work, lol, like half my stories are spent explaining why Jason was with Sam, why Liz was with Franco or Lucky, yada yada — I just want to get to the story! I’m looking at AU, 2000 Summer/Fall, or 2001 era, but open to anything. Bonus points if you have a Taylor Swift song connection.
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I liked KM as Abby as well. I haven’t liked Kristina, as a character, since she was old enough to ship Jascam. So idc what they do with her character. She could leave the canvas and go find Luckless somewhere for all I care. Lol
As for stories, what about continuing that one you started a few updates for with Elizabeth as Michael’s nicu nurse? Maybe you touched base on that in the video. I’ll watch it when I get a free minute. I’m eager to see how You’re Not Sorry wraps up! Don’t push too hard in your last two weeks of school! You got this!
As much as I’m eagerly awaiting the next Fool Me Twice book, I think Jason’s return and the Dead Ted storyline are prime for a retelling that actually ends with Liason being together. It’s definitely more light than his return in 2001 and him hiding in her studio. Or if you want a bit more angst, the 2001 return is another one that is absolutely perfect for a pan ending where Liz actually leaves town with Jason and leaves Lucky in the dust. Whatever you choose to write, I will be here for every chapter.