The Sweetest Downfall

Good morning~

I'm here to report another victory. I have, at last, finished Shady Hill! An urban fantasy I started years ago and became stalled on because of the plot. I call this the first draft and it's DONE.

I'll be posting a few snippets here and there to gauge interest in it and if there's enough, I'll start posting it to read. And I've also realized that, in the search for fixing the plot, I've changed up a few things and.... it's actually a sequel to Synesthesia. It's set in the same universe at least, though far in the future. No Ethan to be found here, alas, but you'll get a glimpse at what happens to Ethan's future.

Fun times!

And now back to the list of 2014 goals. I'm crossing items off it. Huzzah!

Good afternoon everyone!

This is a fly-by post to let all fans of my original fiction know that I'm hosting the Torquere livejournal today. Stop on by to say hello and enter for a chance to win free stuff! I'll also be posting bits from my eventually upcoming fic Shady Hill for the curious and also talking about the yet untitled sequel to The Requiem of Janus. I'll also be offering opportunity for prompting ficlets for original works.

Hope to see you there!

http://torquere-social.livejournal.com/

a/n: I like to write just before I go to bed. I come up with the strangest things that way. Plus, it's fun to do it longhand. My very best friend likes to buy me these cute notebooks, and I like to fill them up. *laughs* 

So, one of the things I do, is put on my mp3 player, and write for the length of a song, and let about three songs play. So.... here's three of them! I did nothing to these but tidy up the grammar and finish up some incomplete sentences. Some may give birth to longer fics. Time shall tell.

Featured fandoms today: Synesthesia and Shady Hill

Coheed and Cambria – Wake Up
Synesthesia, Ethan POV, implied JaidenxEthan, Not Canon At All
( Ethan, realizing some truths.  )Madonna – The Power of Goodbye
Shady Hill, SanderxJasper, Canon, Spoilers for event near end of fic. Read at own risk.
( Sander feeling useless.  )( Kisuke, learning how to be badass.  )

Good afternoon folks!

Today I bring you another in my series of real life people who resemble the characters I've created for my original fiction. Much thanks to azardarkstar and mandalee1013 for their suggestions on these characters!

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... and prompt fics!

Yep. Today I'm announcing the winner of yesteday's free copy of whichever novel they prefer, and I'm going to go ahead and post the prompt fics I wrote for my hosting of the TQ social yesterday. These prompts were given to me by the visitors to the TQ social and feature my original works prominently.

First, though, I'd like to say congratulations to gypsygrrl420 whose name I drew out of the hat to make her the winner of yesterday's random drawing. Send me a PM and let me know which novel you'd like.

For sydmcginley 
Prompt: laundry day gone wrong, your choice of pairing

( Joshua just wasn't cut out to be Suzy homemaker.  )For sydmcginley
Prompt "rice pudding accident"

( "That was not an accident."  )For stevie_carroll 
Prompt "hair-related story" 

( He wanted to distract Janus from whatever dry historical tome he was reading... )For ali_wilde
Prompt: Leonard and Willoughby, "Wow, would you look at that penguin?" 

( "Hey, it's snowing."  )Phew. Those were all pretty challenging, but I had a great time writing them.

I hope you all enjoyed those little snippets. Thanks for reading!

I'm still working on the flash fiction, don't worry. You'll see some of them tomorrow and then the rest on Monday.

Today I'm on chapter six of Shady Hill and still going strong! Turkey Day will see a lapse in writing as I'll be spending all day either working or driving (what luck!) so I'm not anticipating much word adding. BUT! Friday will see the return of Flash Fiction and Saturday is a day off to spend writing, writing, writing. I can't wait.

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As promised, today I bring you an update to the word count and a snippet of my NaNo novel, which I was finally able to get started on a week ago. Yep, I'm pretty late to the game. Luckily, I had In Darkness Dwells to boost my word count while access to my notes for Shady Hill was wavering on impossible.

Progress has been proceeding at a steady clip. Today I'm on chapter three and it's moving along swimmingly. I'm quite pleased with the way Shady Hill is turning out actually. It's even better than I could have anticipated.

Today, I bring you an extended description and summary.
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