So, I fail at that updating twice a month thing. Sorry, sorry! Between being really sick and being busy, I just kept putting it off. At least this time I have a few updates.

First, Chapter Three of Shelter is up. Maybe now that some things have somewhat settled down, I can try to stick to my word and updated every two weeks. No promises, but I’ll try.

Second, I wrote a Distorted Blessings side-shot called Solid and Strong. It takes place about five years after the Epilogue. It was really just errant idea that I decided to write, so if you’d like to take look into Julie and Zac’s future, check it out. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think, please?

Third, I’ve been adding some other little random drabbles and stuff to aloneinthe@lj. I’m planning to add some other little random things there as well, like some Twilight fan fiction I’ve been working on off and on. I’m also going to be posting some fic recommendations from the various fandoms I like to read, so join the community so you can see those updates!

Fourth, I rewrote the first chapter of Bed of Lies for The Spark Inside. There will be a new story each day, and mine will be up on the 4th, so make sure you check the archive for that. While the rewrite is essentially the same story, I tried telling it a different way, and there were several things that were added to it – like Taylor and Eden’s night together.

Fifth, the April edition of the JSOR Newsletter will be coming out in a few days. If you’d like to be kept up to date on all of the latest Hanfic news and fiction through a monthly email, make sure you go and sign up now!

And I’m sure there’s probably something else that I’m forgetting to mention, but it escapes me right now. So, I hope the chapter update and the other little random bits will sort of make up for my updating failage. Also, thank you to Tracey, Amber and Ditte for signing the guestbook! I really appreciate it, and it’s good to know that people are still reading. So if you read something, please drop me a note. I like knowing I’m not talking to myself (all the time anyway).

So, I have a pretty big update today. I posted Chapters Three thru Six of Rust. Also, the first of the two stories I wrote for Christmas Time as been posted. It’s called Blessed and it takes place in the Catalyst universe.

Check it out, along with all of the other great stories I’m looking forward to reading as soon as I’m finished with 10 in 10. Also, voting is still open at the Hanfic Christmas Awards, so if you haven’t cast your vote already, make sure you do that!

I only have three more chapters of Rust left to write, so you can expect another update very soon. I have to thank Nikki and Mel for helping with the story. Nikki has been my springboard for bouncing ideas around, and Mel has been busy editing for me. Without them, me and the story would probably be a mess. And without the girls from HanficSprints, I would probably would have quit after Chapter Two because, left to my own devices, I have no focus, so thanks to them as well.

Also, thanks a bunch to Renee P., Amber, Amy, Mel and Michelle G. (x2) for signing the guestbook, and thanks to the girls on Twitter and the JSOR forums for thier comments. I really appreciate it. I hope you enjoy the new chapters. I’m a bit anxious, so please let me know what you think!