I'm sure you'll note, if you look carefully around the site, that my two stories under "Original Stories" are now no longer here on FFA. The reason for this is simple.

I have a small chance of getting one or both published. Note the use of the word SMALL.

However, the chances are significantly higher than if I leave them up, even if all it did was raise the likelihood to 1/1000th of a percent. (I have no idea how much more likely it is now - that was just an example.) That is far greater than zero, which is the likelihood of them seeing print if they stay up.

If the publishing falls through, then I'll put 'em back up. Until then, however...

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Yes, I took over the story from Liz.

And I got to Chapter 9, started Chapter 10, and realised that I was about to put in a major continuity error. It can't be fixed through simple editing of the chapter, so I've pulled the chapter to rewrite it and get rid of the error.

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Okay - after some wait, the new site for the fics removed from here is up, over at http://www.kinsfire.net. There may still be a bobble or two in regards to the email, but those are getting worked out as you read this.

For those fics that exist both here and there, changes have been made to the version here to allow the fic to reside here once more. Some of these changes may be minor, but the difference is that it can live here again.

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I have gotten to the point I wanted - I've written 50K words in two separate stories. The first will undergo a rewrite at some point in the future, and this one (A Time To Reflect) is nearing completion. I'm on Chapter Nine, and I'll be really surprised if the story goes to Chapter Eleven. I'll be working solely on this one until it's finished, and then go back to some of my other unfinished stories.

At the last check, I had written 107,190 words for the month - with ten minutes to go in November. I think I've shown that I can be verbose.

Next year I see if I can be original.

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I am running behind on the next chapter of A Time To Reflect.

Why?

OpenOffice crashed on me, and I have to catch up to where I was before, and then catch up to where I should be.

I am thinking language right now that I'd be a little antsy about putting in my most mature stories.

I'll get there, but I'm a little peeved about having to play catch-up.

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Someone pointed out that it was listed as rated "Everyone" when it had swearing and some more mature situations.

That was my fault. I had made a change to the story while I was creating it, and had to restart the process.

And forgot to set the rating again. I expect it to be at Teen + and not go higher.

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...and I'm not that many words from hitting 50,000.

It is my intention to finish this story tonight, and start a new one tomorrow.

Since Burning Day is unbeta'd, it is actually quite likely, when I get around to a rewrite to fix the problems, that I will expand sections that need it, and possibly bring it to a less speedy end.

Or I may really like this ending and leave it alone.

But I want this done tonight, if possible.

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Where I am, it's right about 12:30 am on November 7, and I am not finished with the chapter yet. I am, however, less than one thousand words away from the goal I need to hit for November 7, word-wise. I may well break the level needed for the 8th as well by the end of this chapter, which I likely will be able to finish tomorrow. (Later today, really, but I haven't been to sleep yet, so my body clock says that it's still the 6th, even though the clock says the 7th.)

So despair not - I haven't forgotten about the story, or gotten stuck. It's just a bit longer of a chapter than I expected it would be. (Plus the story finally earns its Adults Only rating!)

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...a new chapter of Ties of Blood finally makes its way to the site!

Remember, folks - this one is completely unbeta'd, so all the errors are there in all their glory.

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This will not make fans of certain stories happy, but I am abandoning at least two stories: Sorceror's Apprentice, and My Father's Image.  My Father's Image was an attempted rewrite of Sorceror's Apprentice that simply did not work out, and I put in far too many major plots to safely deal with.

Now, if either story as it sits fires someone up to complete them by taking them in a direction that you want, just tell me about it, and you'll have my blessing - I'm not writing them any more, and I just can't wrap my brain around the space needed to properly finish Sorceror's Apprentice.

My apologies.

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I have finally been able to get to a point where I can work on Harry Potter and the Ring of Doom. It has been TWO YEARS since I did anything with it, so that's an accomplishment in and of itself.

I've sent the first 24 chapters to the first-line beta, who will work his way through them. As he sends them back, I'll send them on to the second-line beta, and finally to the third. Once I have a couple chapters available, I will start posting them. Depending on how fast they return to me, it might be as slow as once every two weeks, or I might be lucky enough to start posting them one a day. Considering that I'm on Chapter 25 right now, and have Chapter 26 finished (since Dorothy/Ishtar is co-writing it with me), even at one a day, it will be close to a month before the entire series to date will be online.

Keep your eyes on this site, because the story will be coming soon!

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I had pointed out to me that there was a tiny error in the chapter, so I fixed it.

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After far too long, an update to Like A Phoenix From The Ashes has happened!  Chapter 14 is now available for your perusal.

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You'll see over the next week or so a bunch of new stories arriving on the site.  I'm finally getting some of my other work posted here.

So they aren't new stories, they're simply old ones that are new to this site.

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