Can you believe it’s almost Christmas? This will probably be my last update before the holiday, so I was just thinking about that. I hope everyone has all of their holiday shopping done! Speaking from past experience, I don’t think a last minute shopping excursion would be much fun.

So I’ve posted Chapter Eight of Orange Sky. I like this chapter for a few reasons. First, because there’s more Zac and Scout interaction and also because it answers a few questions about Zac. Ones I’m sure you probably wondered about after the last chapter. And because you all are not the only ones telling Scout she’s an idiot for saying Zac isn’t her type.

So I hope you enjoy this chapter as well, and don’t forget to vote at the Fools Banquet Awards. Voting ends on December 31st, so don’t put off voting or you might miss your chance!

And since I’m thinking about it right now and I’ve forgot every other time I’ve updated, I wanted to give Becca an extra special shout out. She was awesome enough to become my beta for Orange Sky, and I know she had her hands full betaing for a few other people too, so I just wanted to thank her again for all of her help!

And last but most certainly not least, thanks so much to Nat, Jessica, Erin, Katie, Amber, Foxtrot, Gina, kristin, and Becca for signing the guestbook!

I hope I can get this typed up without the power getting knocked out. It’s storming out right now, and overall pretty yucky, so I’ll make this quick. Chapters Twenty-Seven and Twenty-Eight of Starlight are posted. These are interesting chapters in my opinion, but I’m not going to say much more than that.

I’ve sort of been running around like a chicken with it’s head cut off working on things for The Spark Inside. I seem to be getting a few a day, which is good, but it just seems like a lot of formatting and setting things up so we’ll be good to go around the 1st! Hopefully I’ll be less chicken-esque after everyone gets their stories in!

Thank you to Daiana, Audrey, Kristin, Becca, Gabby (x 2), and Nat for signing the guestbook. And thank you to whoever nominated me at Chaos Into Art. Whoever you are, I <3 you!

So enjoy the new chapters! I have a feeling you will, and make sure you sign the guestbook and let me know what you think!

I’m always nervous when I story comes to an end. I think I always say this, but it really doesn’t get any easier. Chapter Sixteen of Trash is posted, thus concluding Mika’s saga. I’m not going to ramble on about it here because I did write an afterthoughts page, so you can read my thoughts and feelings after you’ve finished reading the story. I am anxious to hear what you think, although I am a little scared.

I do really want to thank everyone for their feedback on this story. I like to think I’ve progressed as a writer, but I don’t know how you, the readers, feel, but I felt like this story was a bit different. There were a lot of dark spots in this story, and writing some of those parts were a challenge, but all of your comments, really made me feel like I did a good job portraying what I set out to do. So I just want to say thank you.

And, never fear, I’m going to start posting Starlight next Thursday. I know some of you have been waiting for that, so we’re almost there! So I hope you enjoy the conclusion of Trash, and I’m sure you’ll let me know what you thought.