Oi!

Yes, Im still alive and kicking. I'm a little busy preparing for my move. Cross your fingers for me that everything goes ok. I still am writing, I just haven't had time to go over the revisions and such. (Everything's currently in point form, waiting for me to add some meat to the bones.)

Take care,

Lady J

Updates

So, Prodigy has had chapter 3 updated, and ficwad.com now has the complete versions of Longing to be with you, Visions of You and Fallen up.

I'm gonna put Prodigy chapters 1-3 up within this week, or maybe today if I'm feeling better. I'm a little under the weather, and I'm not sure if it's just a cold or allergies. Either way, I'm feeling pretty crappy and need some rest.

I've been working myself hard lately. Those who know me know it's because I'm working my ass off to save money for my move in a few months, and student loans are being called in. BLURGH! :S

I'm currently working 2 paying gigs and 1 internship. I guess it's starting to take it's toll on me but I'm sure as hell not going to let anything stand in my way of what I want. I'll rest for now then get back on my feet and be the crazy, hyper and outgoing lady I usually am. :)

I started jotting a few ideas for the RE4 fanfic... I don't think I want to do it though. It's just not a fanfic I can make to be adult, and really, that's what I'm known for.

Ok, strike that! It is something I can make adult, but it greatly spits in the face of the quality of writing if at every opportunity they drop their pants and hit the sack. ::sigh:: I don't like fanfics like that; sex is important in adult fanfics, but not enough to me... it should not trump a good plot, just be an accent to it.

The issue is that the RE4 fans are split between who they like paired up with Leon in terms of a female character. It's either Ada or Ashley. And as easy as it would be to have him go with both of them, I honestly doubt Leon's actual character would agree to that; his character and personality is too straight-ace and noble for that.

So it comes down to the woman opposite of him that sets the tone for the story. Ashley strikes me as an innocent, she will always be a follower to Leon. Whereas Ada is very much capable of striking down any alpha male. Ada is not a follower or a leader; she's the one you have to chase or eventually end up being stalked by.

It reminds me very much of the game. As Leon alone, you can go nuts, shooting at people, not giving a shit because you know you can reload. As soon as Ashley's following you, you suddenly become more cautious. And even though you know you can reload, you don't want to; reloading means not only have you failed Leon, but Ashley—the feeble one—as well.

I should probably say this now. I HATE Ashley; she's annoying and every time she goes missing I'm happy; I can't help but cheer "Escort mission over!" And then she comes back. -_-; She's like that person you invite to the party because you feel you have to but you'll desperately hope they don't come.

Oh well, maybe I'll tinker around with it longer. Chances are it will be Ada he's paired with, and Ashley shows up just so I can kill her off in the story. :)

Many Ashley fans will cry foul over that though. :P Oh well. It's about time I gained a little notoriety, even if it's for something stupid as that. XD

longing to be with you

Longing to be with you is complete!

I've finished rewritting and editing most of the ugly glaring errors in the final 6 chapters and put them up. I didn't spend as much time on them as I did the previous chapters as I want to move on with my own writing.

So, projected finish date of Prodigy moves to... January 2008.

And I guess this is where I announce the story I'm considering working on :

Resident Evil 4 - Two years after Ashley's rescue and Ada's disappearance. Leon is past his mourning the absence of Ashley; she no longer resides in the whitehouse as President Graham's term is up and has not won his re-election. Under the new government, Leon finds himself working mundane tasks until the past returns to haunt him, throwing him into yet another terrifying mission, this time to save himself. The price to pay however might be too steep as he is forced to confront his ghosts, the choices made in Raccoon City as well as the unspeakable horrors of the remote Spanish village.

I'm not sure if I like the idea of bastardizing the RE line. :S

More updates to LTBWY!

Longing to be with you's fifth & sixth rewritten chapter is up now. Woot.

Also, I'm working on putting my stories up on Ficwad. And, if anyone wants to be a beta reader for me, let me know.

A slow down!

My writing will be currently experiencing a slow down. Projected date of Prodigy being complete will be pushed back to March 2008.

I've decided to try my hand at a few other video game fanfics. Hopefully one of them will work out and my style of writing translates well. It worries me though that some of them have definite plot and aren't open enough to allow for my fudging.

Also, the feedback for Diablo 2 stories is TERRIBLE. My writing cannot improve if I don't get some feedback as to grammar errors, what the general thoughts on it are, etc. I think many writers will agree with me that even though our stories are free, we don't put them out there without our own personal reasons of doing.

But, that is the nature of the internet, isn't it? Everything for free and nothing given back.

I've written for two other places besides aff.net: Greyarchive.org and Fanfiction.net. Those two communities seemed a lot more supportive of its writers. Oh, there were freeloaders, but it felt like for every 100 freeloaders there was one reviewer and the reviews often came as soon as a new chapter was up.

::shakes her head:: It's kind of disappointing, but all that can really be done is look for other sites to post at as well.

Longing to be with you - Chapter 4

The re-written/edited version of Chapter 4 of Longing to be with you is now up!

Woot! Also, progress on "Prodigy" is going great. I had to rearrange a few things in the bare bones list I have of the plot, but it's all good! The story should be complete by December... so yay.

So there are now 7 planned chapters for Prodigy. The third one is about three-quarters complete. :) I'll post that one as soon as I'm halfway through chapter 4.

Until then, go read some other authors' works and rate/review for them while you're waiting; some feedback to them is maybe what they just need as a positive push to continue writing. :)

Chapter 3: Longing to be with you

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Late night writing

Do people really need to write "night" as "nite" ? It drives me nuts. It's a difference of one letter.

Bleh, anyways. Chapter 2 of Longing to be with you has been fixed up and rewritten. Hopefully you people like it. I think I should admit to this now as this should probably explain a lot in regards to my earlier stories... Longing to be with you and Visions of you were written while I was still a virgin.

Oooh, shocking. Actually, not shocking at all given how romanticized I am about it and how I for some reason wrote in that Nevia still had a hymen after shoving a magic wand into herself in the first version of Longing to be with you. XD

I got asked a long time ago if writing these kinds of things improved my sex life of enhanced it. And I laughed. Considering my sex life was non-existent there really was no way to improve it until I finally hooked up with my fiancee. Before that, I never really even had an interest in cybersex.

A friend tried explaining cybersex to me... I didn't get the appeal. But then years later, my fiancee (boyfriend at the time) suggested it, and it was a means to dealing with the strain of a long-distance relationship. So it helped.

But, returning to the question: does writing enhance the sex life? Well... I let my fiancee read my writings before... and I think he was relieved by some of my fetishes and likes according to what I wrote about. So, yes and no. It could've backfired! O.o;

Then again, my writing has been a way of expressing things as well as recording things in an indirect way. Some of my stories have snippets of conversation taken from myself and a friend or myself and my lover. So at this point in my life, the real life is inspiring things in the written word.

Before it was the other way around.

... ::busts up laughing:: Life's funny that way.

2nd chapter for Prodigy

Yes! If you read it, you know there's oral sex in it. Woot-woot!

I know that of three of the biggest complaints with my story is the long buildup/few appearances of sex. So, hopefully that will tide people over while I build up the sexual tension and all those fun things.

Two other complaints usually received is my crappy writing skills—which I'm fully aware of and working on—and the confusing pace or jumping around.

Also! Another announcement. I have finished re-writing and editing chapter 1 of Longing to be with you. I personally cringe at reading them and I think that's enough motivation to correct it. I didn't rewrite from scratched. A lot was reused, reworded, rewritten and corrected. So, I'll also make notes whenever I rewrite any old stories' chapters.

So back to Prodigy:

I hope it's clear enough that "Leene" is Celesta, and that she's not a sorceress, but an amazon wearing a sorceresses garb as to fit in with the xenophobic community of the Zann Esu sorceresses. Of course, anyone who skipped right to the sex probably won't realize that, but that's their own loss.

There's still a lot of personal history and reasons missing—with good reason. This particularly applies to Bayard and Celesta too given that they are the newest characters.

I think I should explain that when I say "bard" I don't mean the singing and strumming an instrument type. If any of you have seen the original "Spartacus," hopefully you'd remember their version of a bard that is simply a lyrical and spoken-word story-telling bard. That is what I envision mostly of Bayard... but that is not to say he does not get bored and hum or sing once in awhile.

Now, comes the question of "what class is Bayard?" You'll know the answer eventually, but you just need to pay attention to the clues. It's quite obvious what he is. The bigger question is why does he introduce himself as a bard first rather than what his fighting class is?

All will be revealed in due time (hee, mean!) and I really hope you guys enjoy Prodigy. After this, I do have a story plot waiting for me. It does involve someone of a druid class—not Rune, he needs to continue wallowing in self-pity and suffering a little more before he can be truly happy. And a demon will be involved... maybe even two.

:)

In the meantime, just enjoy Prodigy.

New story up

Greetings world! The new chapter of a new story is now up!

Diablo 2: Prodigy. It continues with the first line of the D2 stories I did. I'm glad those who read Fallen liked it so much. It was meant as a side story and is shorter than its predecessors.

And so, Rune, Ferrum, Alys and the ever-lovable metal golem Spikey are re-introduced. Krysta's missing, I'll figure another story for her to appear in after this one. I do have various possible plans for her, really. Just not sure which to pick.

I still remember that people _LOVE_ Spikey. I got various e-mails from visitors of the site I used to write for that mentioned Spikey and how much they enjoyed his mischief. I'm glad, I love the little metal midget.

I don't know how long Prodigy will run for. I've got about 6 definite chapters planned, but it could be more considering how much I flesh out the basic plot and such.

Anyways, other than that, things are all good considering. I've been thinking of trying my hand at another fanfic that isn't Diablo 2. For those of you who don't know, Shadow of the Colossus happens to be one of my favourite games of all time. I cried at least twice during it and had many close moments of sniffling.

I do love the story and the artistic direction. It's a beautifully done video game and I do like how vague the story is as it leaves room for much to tweak with. But that being said, I do fear bastardizing the story by writing a fan fic for it.

Hopefully I can do it some justice. As far as I know, the team behind SoTC named the man "Wander" and the woman "Mono" if you paid attention to the credits at the end. :)

Have any of you read the document dissecting the theories behind the story of SoTC on gamefaqs.com? I particularly like the one of Wander loving Mono, but it being unrequited love. However, that doesn't make for good material to read in a fan fic; it would just be him basically jerking it... or fantasizing.

Also, I don't want to guess Mono's age.

For the sake of the fanfic, she'd be 18. Anything less is just... blech.

And for the sake of fanfic, Wander's in his early 20s. :)

Meh, I'll entertain the notion for awhile. Prodigy needs to be done first. There's also a Resident Evil (game series, not movie series) fanfic I've been thinking of writing, but I'm not sure.

So, we'll see.