Oh my gosh! I am alive! It’s a been a while. I’ve been rather busy over the last few weeks. I started a new job, and I’m still adjusting to that. I’ve been having a bit of a hard time with mustering up enough self-discipline to write much. I have been working on Solace. I just don’t have anything finished yet. I did redo strangeandbeautiful.org a few weeks ago, so check that out. The site is best viewed in Firefox. For some reason IE just didn’t want to cooperate with the layout. You can see some of the chapter stats posted over there.

Honestly, though, I can’t say how soon the next update for Solace will be. I’ve decided to do NaNoWriMo this year. I really only put my foot down and decided a little over a week ago, but now I’m really excited about it and I’ve been doing a lot of planning. The story is called Absolution. It’s a dramatic thriller with a touch of mystery and a little horror, so as far as the genre goes, it’s really something different, but the biggest difference about this story has to be that I’m not doing a Hanfic this year. I’m a little nervous about it because I feel a bit rusty on the original fiction front, but I think it’s time. I will still post the story online if anyone is interested in reading it, so I’d really appreciate it if you’d drop me a comment in the guestbook and let me know!

Also, to Jen, I read your comment in the guestbook about reading Beautiful Disaster. I’m still in the process of editing and recoding the chapters, and I already know I won’t get that finished until after November, so in the meantime, I’ve posted all of the chapters in pdf format in case anyone else feels like reading it. You can find the link to the pdf here.

I’ve also got a new hostee! Heather from YouForAlways.net has moved all of her fiction over so that it wouldn’t be lost when her domain expires, so update your bookmarks!

And, last but not least, thank you to Amber, Gabby, Gotyou, Katie, Diana, Mare, Lauren, Rosie, Jessica, Jenna, Michelle G, and Jen for signing the guestbook. I’ve been so bad about updating lately, but I really appreciate everyone who’s hanging in there to read more of Solace as well as everyone else who has continued to sign the guestbook. Please remember to leave me about your comments about posting Absolution, and, hopefully, you’ll be hearing more from me soon!

Well, it seems that I’m a bit late in updating this week. Sorry about that! The good news is that I completely NaNoWriMo well over 50,000 words. It was quite exciting. Now I just have a lot of editing to do. I’ve posted Chapter Five of Orange Sky. You’ll be pleased to find that Zac makes another appearance in this chapter.

While I have a lot of editing to do for Orange Sky, I’m also really excited to jump back into writing Solace! It was nice to take the break and work on something different for a while, but I love writing Silly, so I’m really happy to get back to her story.

Also, for those of you who enjoyed reading Catalyst make sure to check out tomorrow’s story at 25 Days of Christmas. It’s a companion piece to Catalyst that I wrote a couple of months ago. And if you haven’t already checked out the two stories that are already up, make sure you do that and sign the guestbook! They’re both really good. I’m already beginning to warm up and get a little Christmas spirit!

You should also check out the Fools Banquet Awards. It’s a short session of awards for stories from just this year. Check it out and see who’s already nominated and if you’re favorites aren’t already nominated, fill out the form and make sure they are!

And, go check out Hayley’s new domain imaginary-love.org. While I might have lost a hostee, I’ve gained a new affiliate, so I can’t be too terribly upset even though I’ll miss having her here at aitp.org!

And, of course, thank you to everyone who signed the guestbook: Nat, Jessica, Katie, Becca, Foxtrot, Jen, and Mel. I really appreciate your comments and the fact you took the time to sign the guestbook! I hope you enjoy the new chapter, and once you’re finished make sure you go and check out everything I mentioned above as well as Natalie’s story for NaNoWriMo - Revelations. It’s excellent and it’s my current fave, so give her some love!

Well, first and foremost, Happy Belated Thanksgiving to everyone who celebrated! Secondly, sorry about the slight delay in the update. I’m blaming the holiday and Black Friday. I was one of those insanely early shopping, and I’m still trying to recover!

Anyway, I’ve posted Chapter Four of Orange Sky. I have to warn you that this one is a bit … insane. I think I laughed writing most of it just because it was one of those things where I found myself writing stuff I thought I’d never been including in a story. But I hope you enjoy it. It’s one of my faves of this story.

Thank you to Becca, Erin, Diana, Sara, Nat, Katie, Irene, Foxtrot, Jen, and kristin for signing the guestbook! I’m so glad to see you’re enjoying Orange Sky! I hope this chapter makes up for the delay in updating! And don’t forget to sign the guestbook. The reactions are always my favorite part of updating!