Scribbles and Updates

So I decided to scrap the opening I had for chapter 32 because, yeah, it tells us somethings but not enough to justify the 3k+ words it will take up. I still like it though, I wanted to show how her attitude was affecting her family and the fact that little things were changing even as her parents said they have everything under control.  It contains 'spoilers' for chapter 32 so read at your own risk, nothing too major, just hints at things. Enjoy.

School is finished for the term, so I'm focused on getting chapter 32 done and posted by Christmas. I'm really aiming to have the story complete before the new year starts even if the other chapters have to be handwritten with point form thrown in for ideas I don't have the words to get complete, lol. It might not get posted until the new year starts but I just want to be secure in the fact that I have it complete, lol. We'll see how well that goes since my baby brother alone has me all over the place (he has never met a club he didn't want to join so we're going to a bunch of Christmas concerts for him now. I'm actually pretty proud about that, lol, not to mention this is the first time in almost five years that I've been able to go to one of his concerts). But seriously, I do need to step my game up. I remember in '08 I was working on my supernatural story, and there was another girl working on her paranormal story. She was/is around the same a...

Sorry about the internet silence, school is coming to an end so things have been busy. IWOAK I'm about a third of the way finished with this chapter, I'm over the 3k mark but the more I look at it the more it feels unnecessary but at the same time it does have bits that I want to highlight without it just being her telling us about it. I don't know, I need to finish the chapter and then based on that see if I should cut the opening or what. I have a little over two more weeks of school left for this term, thankfully, so as long as I remember to make sure I bring all my writing with me this chapter should be posted late December. I'm aiming for Christmas at the latest but no promises. GENERAL I failed Nano horribly, today is the last day and I'm not even going to bother and push my word count. Next year I'll try again, maybe working full time *crosses fingers* will make me more productive. HA. How is everyone? For my neighbours to the South how was y...

I feel so behind on everything. I'm behind on review replies for chapter thirty ( I usually try to get them out either the same day as the new chapter has been posted or a day or two after), chapter 30 was posted mad late (it was supposed to be up for Halloween) and I was supposed to post a blog a few days ago. IWOAK Currently working on IWOAK32 (scene transitions hate my life, I thought I had gotten better then I get to this chapter. Oy) and decided to take a slight break because everything is getting frustrating. I know what I want, I know the emotions I have to get across but nothing is working the way it needs too. So frustrating. I'm also worried that some things might seem like they came out of nowhere, which to be fair, they do. but Judi has either been in the dark about certain things or willfully forgetting stuff and since she's the main character and the only person we hear from, you learn things when she does. I've also been printing off the chapte...

Chapter 31 has been posted for any of my readers who don't get alerts. Hope you like and anon review replies will be posted soon.

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I am working on it, it will be posted on Sunday *crosses fingers* because I have a rough sketch for a chunk that I left at my house at school (came home for the weekend) and while I'll try to write it out as best as I can the little snippit thing I forgot has more the emotion I'm aiming for. Also quick question, how many of you read supernatural/UF with little romance? This isn't really relevant for right this moment but I'm curious.

Happy Halloween! And if you don't celebrate it, well, happy day before you can buy massive amounts of candy and stuff for half the price, lol.  Doing a bit of rewriting because I have a fun scene with Judi, Missy, Talia and Lisa butttt it's not necessary and it's making it difficult for me to get to the scene that I need to make the story move forward so I'm holding onto it to see if it can be put in at a later date and if not, well then I guess we'll have an outtake scene for the blog at some point, lol. I'm hoping to have it up by the end of this week, I'm pushing to have it up by tonight/tomorrow but no guarantees.  School wise, eh.I fumbled on two assignments, one I did wrong in every way possible, I might as well not have done it at all and the other I forgot to do a section, thankfully not a large section but still. I don't know why because I do not play with my school work.   I think I'm so caught up with my group assignments and ...

Still working on IWOAK, chipping away at it between assignments.  So, I don't know about other writers but when I plot I can't just put down the bare bones of an idea. I've tried creating a story from beginning to end but that doesn't seem to work for me at all. Instead I get the idea for a story from a scene or conversation that a character has and then I build thing around it or I put a few notes down and create the character that would fit that scene and the story is built around the character. Sometimes it'll be a concept and it'll show itself through various scenes/stories. For example, IWOAK was built around a scene that still hasn't happened yet and the reveal scene. The scenes came to me and I just loved them. I knew that at those points in the story I needed a character who was strong enough to deal with those blows and keep on going, but I wanted to write someone who was less confident in herself and someone who was *too* confident in himse...

So finally, the latest chapter of Choices is up. The first half is new, second bit you've already seen on here. I hope you enjoy :)

Alright, taking a quick break from assignments to give you guys an update. I have been getting some writing done, both on IWOAK and Choices. The plan is to have Choices 2 up sometime this weekend (finally) and then just put in work to get IWOAK31 complete for early October, so keep your fingers crossed. Plagiarism wise, I still haven't heard back from fanfiction so I'm going to be sending another email to them sometime this week and writing the girl another review requesting she take it down although I am positive that's pointless since she's had almost a full month and she hasn't done anything about it.  What else... oh! During class today I may or may not have figured out a subplot to add some zing to FFYT. Yes, I do have it plotted out for the most part but there was something missing and I think it's the fact that I'm strong at writing internal conflict but for some reason I can't carry off a story like that all the way through without some s...

I just wanted to make a general post to thank everyone for the support with the plagiarism issue. It still hasn't been taken down and still hasn't responded back to my message but I still want to thank everyone for taking the time to message her/fanfiction about the issue. I'm not sure what I'm going to do now but I'll continue to work on it and watch her. From the way she hasn't responded I'm getting the vibe she might either just let the story die and continue to 'write' on another site or wait until she thinks the hype has gone down and then post. Either way, I'll be waiting, lol. I hope everything has been going well with everyone and again, thanks for the support <333.  Click for story status updated and a look at AJ's POV.

Has not responded to me or taken down the story/chapters with my work and fanfiction hasn't responded back either or taken her work down so here's hoping that if enough people make a fuss it'll disappear. Her story is based in the world of Highschool Musical and is about someone with an eating disorder and a jock who's dad beats him. The girl with an eating disorder is hers I believe, although, I don't know if she has just stolen that character from someone else.  The author is the orangecarebear and her story that has bits stolen from me is here to stay starting from chapter three , Troy's POV. Troy is Adrian since the majority of his scenes are the ones I wrote and she just altered names and removed any scene that had to do with Elliot. I posted When Doves Cry on fictionpress September 4, 2007. She posted her story November 6, 2010. She has other stories up as well but if she has plagiarised anything from anyone else I'm unfamiliar with the orig...

It has been brought to my attention that large parts of When Doves Cry has been copied by someone on fanfiction.com. Right now I have sent both the girl and the website and nothing has been done. She doesn't have a valid email account or private messaging and I have given her a week to take everything down/fix her shit but she hasn't acknowledged anything and I haven't heard from fanfiction.com. She pretty much copied Adrian's thoughts and swapped out names and some objects and as a result, not only is her main character mine, his friends/girlfriend are copies of Bryce, his sister, Alyssa and his parents are Adrian's. She does have some original work up (I think, unless she copied her main character from someone else's work). Does anyone know how long it takes for them to get back to you on plagiarist complaints and do you know what I can do, aside from putting her on blast to get it taken down? I found out Sunday and told her she had a week to take it ...

So, IWOAK 31 is coming along, I know the scenes that have to happen, it's just the order of things and the pacing that's being difficult. I want to get as much as I can done in August since when school starts back I'm going to destroy it. I managed to finish last year with a 4.0 average and As in all my classes and I'm doing that again this year. But, as y'all know, as my marks rocketed my updating went to shite, lol, so now I want to make sure I have enough done to keep me updating monthly without sacrificing quality for either aspects of my life. Currently the plan is to update at the end of the month as usual but I'll be moving back to school during that week/first week of September so things might be a bit late but it will be up.

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Story Update IWOAK I'm over halfway finished with chapter thirty, I hit my stride a few days ago, hit a rough snag transition wise but I'm feeling good about being able to post first week of August. I'm feeling fairly confident about this opening although I'm worried that what I'm aiming for might not come across as clearly as I want it too but we shall see. CHOICES AJ's voice is killing me. I'll probably post some of the rejected material on here since it's not bad, per se, but something about it feels off. FALL  FOR YOUR TYPE First chapter has been drafted, plot has been figured out and I have a rough idea for the summary [which I will post on here later]. I'm not going to start typing it out until I'm closer to the end for IWOAK since I don't want to get distracted by the shiny. --- During one of my long absences [one of the six months ones] I got frustrated with my inability to actually write the chapter I was supposed too...

Hey you guys, I want to thank you for your patience and kind words, the funeral was last Saturday and it was harder than I expected considering he had been sick since last summer and he was just getting worse. Since I doubt the latest chapter will up anytime as soon as you'd like and for Choices the first person is killing me I figured I'd give you a look at one of my 'babies', lol. My 'babies' are stories that I came up with when I was younger and I still adore or I doubt have the skill to actually write. This is the opening of my first ever straight romance from a  possible series called StarCrossed. I started it when I was 17/18 but didn't have the skill to put it where I wanted it to go. It took me forever to get this opening chapter and it's still no where as good as it could be.  Hope you enjoy and I am working on IWOAK30,  I was actually writing it when I decided to take a break and do a progress report thingle.

Due to a recent loss in the family and drama that has popped up recently I won't be able to update IWOAK by the end of this month/beginning of July. I'm hoping the shit storm will pass relatively soon and I can get the next chapter out mid-July.

It Was Only A Kiss Stalled. I have about 500 words written but it doesn't feel right for an opening. I don't know if I should jump a head a few days and give her a chance to gain control or go right into her confrontation with her parents and even that is iffy since her dynamic with her parents makes her reactions feel iffy. I'm going to try and write a different scene and then come back to the opening and hopefully by then I'll have figured out what's wrong and won't have to do another 10k scrapping session before it comes out right. Choices Second part of AJ's POV is coming along nicely. I considered doing it in chronological order but honestly I'm pretty much writing his parts as they come to me and since it's a series of one-shots/his memories each scene is strong enough to stand on its own if you've read the main story (I think). When it's finished I'll post it on here first and see what you guys think. Fall For Your Type M...

IWOAK 28 quotata: I'm glad you enjoyed it and we'll be learning more about her brother and that situation. [I know you were logged in but apparently review replies go to your PM now and yours is disabled]. Sera: Glad you liked the chapter! And the Labyrinth themed room was a lot of fun for me to write even if I do have to tone it down when I edit it, lol. A lot of people forgot about Anita and the blackmail thing. I'm glad you liked the chapter :) Grumpirah: I think a lot of people would like them to be dealt with, lol, no promises on my part since although I have the rest of the story plotted out I haven't really placed them into it. Well Carmen a bit, but not Anita. I'll definitely try and fix that but no promises. And Vince had his reasons as did AJ even though it's up to you whether you think they were justified.  We will be seeing more of Jared and get to see some of his thoughts on the matter. Thanks for the review :) gp: yeah, Anita gets no lo...

So, this chapter is hell. HELL. I have written over 10 000 words and had to scrap all of it because it was shit. None of the characters sounded like themselves, it felt stiff, it was boring and just ugh. It's one of the most emotional scenes in the story and it's just not coming out properly. I think the problem is that I have nothing to draw from to write it. I mean, I know she feels betrayed and hurt and angry, but how would she react? Once I figure that out I think I can finally get it to actually work and flow like her.  I have managed to rewrite about 3 000 words but a little over 2 000 are most likely going to get scrapped because 1. it still doesn't have the oomph I need and the voice is off and 2.it's backstory that is necessary for the story but not for the readers. So to make up for my lack of presence I'm going to put it up on here. If I don't finish the current chapter by the end of this month I'm aiming to post another one of AJ's POV...

AJ's POV is coming along, I have the first 'chapter' done and I like it even though I'm still trying to figure out the voice.  I'm going to do a series of really short one-shots instead of trying to get everything down in one go. Currently it has just hit 1,500 words and I like it. The tone is a bit experimental, I'm trying to stay true to AJ's voice but it's being difficult so don't be surprised if each 'chapter' seems different from the first until I hit my stride. The shorter length feels more realistic in regards to his character and I decided to go with third person so that it'll be more distinct from Judi's and because I feel it carries over his feelings a bit clearer since AJ is more of an action person. He plans and then he does, he doesn't really worry about the consequences of his actions which is why he screwed himself over this time. I really need to figure out a title for this. Since it's not going to b...

So this chapter is harder to write then I thought it would be. I know everything that has to happen, and to be honest I've known how this chapter was going to go down from about chapter five, lol. I have scenes written out and dialogue I want to throw in, except all of my scenes and dialogue are for when she finally gets to hear AJ's side of the story. I still need to get her away from the Goblins. I don't want to drag it on like I did with the previous chapter but I'm having issues with making it realistic while holding the tension. Ugh. I was really hoping to have it ready for the end of this month but I don't see that happening right now since I'm not even half way finished, on a good note, I did finish the first 'chapter' of AJ's side of things. I'm going to make another post for that though. I'm also hoping to have IWOAK29 done for May so I can keep up my posting once a month thing going on as well as possibly post a few one shots ...

So I haven't gotten a lot of writing done with the current chapter as I have about a week left of school so I've been working on assignments/studying but once I get back home that's top priority [alongside the job hunt]. I have, however, gotten about halfway through AJ's one-shot although I still need to give it a title. Also, Missy's story has a title [Fall For Your Type] and if I can figure out the conflict it should be a go go, lol. I hope everything is going well with you guys, and I'm hoping to have something up sometime during the first two weeks of May. 

Chapter 27  grumpirah: Lol, I've pretty much updated once a month so I'm back to normal. And chapter 28 is up, hope you like it, lol. Thanks for the review :) Nia: Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying the story. And honestly, the Caribbean flair is there because that's what I know and I thought it would be nice to incorporate it there since I've yet to read a story with Caribbean characters who were raised as first gen. Canadians/Americans etc. even though all of my friends are from one island or the other. And can I just say, lol, that when I started the story the longest wait between chapters was about three months, otherwise I tired to update once a month, it wasn't until my school things started to act up that I had those long six months hiatuses and as someone who has waited years to get a new 5000 word chapter or less, I don't think the wait period is that bad. I mean, you're getting it for free. Thanks for the review, I hope you like chap...

So, no update on IWOAK, that's still moving along, bumped into a few voice issues but I'm rewriting and working on that and hopefully it'll make Judi's reactions more realistic based on the character I've created without messing up everything I have planned out. What makes it really frustrating is that I finished the chapter, it's written out and everything but it just feels wrong. I'm most likely going to cut the opening scene because the voice doesn't sound like Judi at all there and it feels pointless. I'm hoping I can get it figured out and smoothed over by this weekend. In the meantime, here's a website that is dedicated to stories with black females in the lead with a large focus on interracial stories. I haven't been on it for long but it looks like it has something for everyone, and you don't have to be a member to read and review. http://www.valentchamber.com/index.php

So I'm over halfway finished chapter 28. I currently have 8946 words of an expected 13 000 finished. I've also written out most of AJ's one-shot, I just need to type it up which will be done after the chapter is complete.  I'm aiming to finish the majority of my class assignments this weekend and then just focus on the chapter.  Also, I found the first person version of that wedding snippit I put up a few posts back. The voice in this one is stronger than third person (I feel) but the descriptions are lacking.

Currently chugging along, got the opening down although that might change depending on how the rest of the story flows. I always find the beginning chapters of 'major' events difficult because should I just jump right in? Do we want a build up and then the event? Can you do both? And I tried to do it from them being at the event and starting from her waking up so I could start tying things together but it just felt like too much and I asked my sister and she told me I didn't need any more build up for this story, lol.  As well, I have decided  I'm going to try my hand at writing a one shot for AJ. I don't know how this is going to turn out because he is not open with his feelings, or at least soft feelings, so it should be interesting. I have an idea to either write it from when he decides to use her so we can see where his mind's at and how he notices her for the first time or during show and tell. If it turns out I can actually write from his voice [note...

In regards to chapter 28's progress, I'm working on it, lol. I know exactly what's happening but again starting the chapter at the right moment is proving harder than I thought it would and I'm balancing it with school work and job hunting. There are about 5/6 chapters left, maybe two more depending on chapter length and if any scenes I wasn't really planning pop in. I actually can't believe that I'm almost finished the book, well... that's not true, I should've finished it a while ago since it has been up for almost three years now. I definitely need to work on my writing pace, or figure out how to get across everything I want in a more concise manner. Currently I'm going through some of my older stuff and I found one of my exercises for trying to write a story in third person. It has been years since I've written anything in third person and I want to get back into the habit so I have a flexible writing style. Not to mention I fee...

Chapter 26 Kjersti: Chris is an ass. That's what happens when you never have to fully deal with the consequences of your actions, you think you deserve everything handed to you and other people to fix your problems for you. And Judi's mom likes to think that she's open-minded, and she is, but when it comes to the safety of her children she has no problem making them hate her for a little while if she thinks that someone they're hanging out with might actually put them in harms way. A boyfriend who's in a gang? Someone who will put you in harm's way, lol. To be fair, she's been fairly good about it considering Judi has gotten into the most trouble she's ever been in since she started dating AJ. On the other hand, she's also been the most confidant so that could be why she let it slide for so long. Chapter 27: AzlTrs: Yeah, Judi is a baby, lol. I think it's easy to forget since I don't really focus on them in school. And I hope it's...

Chapter 27 is trucking along. It has been outlined fully [along with chapters 28, 29, and 30] and I have started writing it and I think I should be able to post it Valentine weekend. It's a weird chapter that's not a filler but it doesn't get to the meat of the matter, I tried to just write the black and white affair but this came out and I think we do learn something and I really like it so far. I'm feeling quite inspired to be honest, I have a short story idea that won't leave me alone and quite a few other works that I haven't touched in a while (some of them I haven't touched in *years*) but I'm thinking I might adjust them and I might have my next project for fp once IWOAK is done. I might post some summaries on here when things are slower or I'm blocked, see what you guys think. Also, how many of you would be willing to read an M-rated story from me? I'm not sure if this will even happen, but I was thinking about Missy's story (do...

So, I don't know if anyone is reading this yet but I'm about a little over 1/4 way through chapter 26. I should be finished it but like I mentioned before I had quite a few false starts so I thought you guys might like a look at one of the openings for 26 that I really wanted to work but I'm trying to tighten up my writing and this is really just backstory that's nice to read but didn't really fit. Not to mention it gets a bit ranty which fits with Judith when she gets caught up about something but again, doesn't add anything to the story. Personally I really like the part of Missy that it shows us, even if it doesn't move the plot along.  So here you go, Missy and Judith bonding with Missy being the one being questioned for a change.

So I know that I've been slacking on the updates and it's not because I'm not writing. I am. I'm writing a lot of things and they're just coming out as fillers. They don't move the plot along it's just backstory or things that mgiht be interesting but if I were to edit it, they'd have to get cut because they bog the story down. I mean, by this chapter I had originally planned for the black and white event to have happened. We're still two weeks away [in the story line] and I have no idea how to jump that gap. I'm working on it though, and when you throw in school and personal drama it's a bit of a mess.  But I will be putting story progress up on this blog along with snippets for things that I have written that don't fit in with the story but have already been written. And probably looks at stories that haven't been posted on fp but I'm thinking about writing [when I have time] or have started writing but haven't gotten aroun...