This Fall in Gifs

WELCOME TO A GIF POST ! 

When I saw a new LiLe post with more Litany Lane stories!
 

Re-living the Fierro/Clara-ness of LL with TDOLL

What I'm waiting for everytime LiLe writes anything with Fierro and Clara

 

When LiLe mentions An American Fairytale

 Reading old IRL drama play out in Lile's old blog  comment sections while reading T-DOLL

Okay, on to me...

Why I rebooted Veritas

 When I re-read some of the intimate scenes from Veritas

When I posted the first chapter of Vice 

and realized I had to keep writing the rest

What it's been like writing 2 serials at once

When I start working on new Vice Chapter

15 Minutes Later

When I finish a chapter of Vice

When I turn word count back on 

and see my chapter is only 2,000 words long

When I first mentioned New Thing 

When I get frustrated with Vice and switch to New Thing

When Erik asks me how it's going with New Thing I promised readers 

When I find a good song for a future scene in New Thing or Vice

 

When I get frustrated mid-chapter and take a "snack" break (I'm not breastfeeding anymore)

Then

 What goes on in my brain when I give my characters angsty, depressing backstory

Looking online for names for characters in New Thing

When I talk to Mary's Doctor (The only adult I see regularly besides Erik and Laura and The G-Moms) about how I do this for free in my spare time.

When I see your comments and you catch the little things, pick favorite quotes, give me feedback and I'm pumped to get the next chapter ready.

 

When I actually start on the next chapter

  

Why I  (and Lile, I suppose) keep doing this

How I imagine you guys react when I don't post a chapter 
for more than two weeks

When you realize this is one of those times 

But smile.....

Because I have a trailer for New Thing...

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A little more

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Did I mention it's also a title reveal ?

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You're Here ! Check out the trailer !

http://youtu.be/LTRyqWUFHIw

Scroll for more info

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Keep Scrolling

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How My Light is Spent

First things first, please excuse the cheesy Windows Movie Maker-ness of it all...but I like visual representations.

I hate to tease you all, but this is hm, how do I put this ? No where near finished. I only have about 2 and a half chapters, no official outline and a lot of the characters still don't have names, but my goal is to have some headway by December. I just wanted to share some of it with you all. Also, yes, the trailer is intentionally pretty generic. I like to keep my cards close to me.

In better news, I'm in love with the HISML playlist. It's an interesting mix.

Vice

I have really hit a stride with Vice, I mean the whole thing is outlined, but I needed more time to figure out a few plot points in the chapters I am writing. I know where I want to go, but I'm working on how to get there.

Back to the trenches for me ! 

I've Learned Nothing From TDOLL

To Lile
I saw this and thought of you

Questions
How is motherhood ?
Well, it's been pretty crazy, but I am so fortunate to have Erik, Lauren and who I am now calling The Moms ! My mother and Erik's mother have just been wonderful with helping out while still giving us space. Erik's parent's even have a rental house in CA now (subletting soon, just putting it out there) so they can spend time and help with Mary. I'm really enjoying every minute of her infancy, because I know it will pass by in a blink (although I am secretly already planning her first birthday)


But, I'm also a stepmom to a 15-year-old and that has it's own joys too. My stepdaughter is just the most positive and heartwarming teenager I have ever meet. While Erik (VERY rarely) has to be the disciplinarian I get to have all the fun with makeup, boys and homecoming dress conversations. I just have the most beautiful and loving family right now and I can't imagine doing this with anyone else. And I realize none of this explains why everything I write it so dark.


Favorite part of Sundays ?
Every time you all mention Sundays:
 

But really, I've always loved the playlist I had for Sundays and I need to see if I can log into playlist.com and still get it. I also like the idea of writing such a contrasting couple and how they navigate around that. Also, secret/forbidden love is fun.

Any updates on OHG ?
You know, I've been thinking of turning it into a series of vignettes or short stories. I think with that one I need to abandon the idea that all serials have to be "prose-novel-shaped".  I'd also have change the ending, since I told you all the original plan,

I'm still thinking on the Playlist question !


The Trenches
You guys I have never been this far ahead skeleton-wise. In fact, I said last post that Chapter 5 was the chapter where things got drastically different, but it is actually THIS chapter.

 I have really been in the trenches lately and I've been working a lot on pacing. I've been shifting scenes from chapter to chapter trying to make it flow so one chapter will be kind of short. But, guys I think I am working on a 10,000 word chapter, I have learned nothing from TDOLL.

In better news, I have a new song I'm obsessed with and can't wait to use. It will probably be around chapter 8/9/10-ish.

New Thing
So, New Thing is coming along...slowly. But, I do want to share a piece of it with you at some point even if you won't see the whole thing for a while. What can I say, I want to see your reactions because they sometimes help me write better.  Like I forgot about Sara's tattoos and so when someone mentioned it in a comment, it sparked the whole scene with Alan fixing the door and Luce pissing everyone one off. Anyway, the New Thing thing is not today or next post...but soon.

Next Up
I've been saving up and I think I'm going to do a GIF post next time !

Chapter Six
Okay, so Chapter Five was a bit of a filler chapter, so hopefully this one get the plot moving.


Sara's crew have just been given a hit by Rayne Washington, they make a plan for attack, but is Alan ready for his first kill ? And what exactly is going on with Luce, who Sara left behind ?

Chapter Six