<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578</id><updated>2011-10-21T03:47:55.206-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Addicted to Writing</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>18</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-8426314332299916478</id><published>2011-05-26T21:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-26T21:26:36.420-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Little Update</title><content type='html'>Nothing new, really. Haven't written here in a long time. My life has become quite the desperate little sitch, yet I ignore the crisis I'm in to write, and rage when I'm unable to do so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Latest little mini-fixation: Hetalia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't get me started.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have to say, I'm not a big fan of anime. Not anymore. I certainly don't find it entertaining or amusing, or any of that...it's now only a research tool for what I write. Writing is my life, and I write fanfiction currently, so the damn anime the fictions spring from are by extension, part of the writing addiction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think using established characters is a crutch though. I need to try writing a little fic of my own and put it on fictionpress. I think I'm ready.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As far as my current work goes, I made this table and had, like, 19 items on it that I had to get rid of. Fics, if you will. That number has now grown to 39. I have a shitload of life issues to deal with so I am going to make myself stay away from the net and its many distractions until June 7th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I seriously need to get a grip, yo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peace.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-8426314332299916478?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/8426314332299916478/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2011/05/little-update.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/8426314332299916478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/8426314332299916478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2011/05/little-update.html' title='Little Update'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-7629773586057453774</id><published>2011-01-02T09:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-02T09:19:17.199-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Well...I'm consistent, at least -.-</title><content type='html'>Okay. I'm one of those people who abhors the idea of losing control or being out of control in any way, shape or form. Hence, I'm not addicted to any substances, have never done drugs, drank alcohol, smoked, or the like. The idea of something or someone controlling me is ludicrous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet here I am a willing, mindless slave to writing stories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The worst part is I perpetuate my addiction by taking on more giftfics. I mean, people earn them, but why can't I say no? Well, because people earn them. I pay my debts, and I'm a responsible person. And I have trouble saying no. I think though, in the interest of saving my sanity, that I need a cut off point. Like only three on my plate at a time. The rest go to a waiting list to be addressed when, and only when, I have completed the three. Not one of the three or two of the five, but the whole three. Plate clean, I will then take on another group of three.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a plan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Going by that, I'll say that the three I have to do now are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;What Lies Between&lt;/span&gt; ~ for Ego sum calaestis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lost in Reality&lt;/span&gt; ~ for my beta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Casual Encounters&lt;/span&gt; ~ for SexyKakashi99&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So then...Not sure if I should put yet another list up there in the left margin for giftfics and the waiting list. Seems as if that poor left margin is slowly being over run. Since I have a list of works on fanfiction.net, I guess I should delete my works there and put up the girftfics and waiting list. *Sigh*...that was quite a bit of work. But oh, well!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel better with this plan in place. I went through a writing crisis a couple of weeks ago. Stress from the sheer volume of pending works was driving me insane. Affected my writing and everything. Hopefully this will help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adios&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-7629773586057453774?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/7629773586057453774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2011/01/wellim-consistent-at-least.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/7629773586057453774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/7629773586057453774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2011/01/wellim-consistent-at-least.html' title='Well...I&apos;m consistent, at least -.-'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-4717118559144719389</id><published>2010-07-20T12:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-20T12:31:52.726-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Been awhile</title><content type='html'>I have so many things going as far as writing. I've been through a lot of ups and downs personally, which I find affects my writing a lot. As in I don't feel like writing when I'm going through shit. But when I stop writing I feel even worse, so what's a hag to do, neh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right now this blog isn't letting me edit the lists I have up there. I have several things I'm writing, a few I've completed, and more on the way. That's nothing new, and I'm still too interested in writing unusual pairings. Latest obsession? A Nazgul fic, A Lincoln Burrows/Sara Tancredi fic, and a Jacob/Edward fic, wherein Edward gets schooled big time...oh, plot bunny! wolfpack/Edward. Oh yeah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just now I'm doing a Woody/Buzz fic....it's giving me trouble for the simple fact that I want the crossover from toy world to human world to be as jarring for the readers as it is for the characters, while still maintaining a smooth flow of prose. Not sure how well I'm doing with that, but I will tweak it until I'm satisfied.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok, let me see if I can screw with this blog so I can update the lists...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-4717118559144719389?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/4717118559144719389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2010/07/been-awhile.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/4717118559144719389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/4717118559144719389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2010/07/been-awhile.html' title='Been awhile'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-8390006958411247986</id><published>2010-03-17T18:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-17T18:52:24.076-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Unusual Pairings</title><content type='html'>Love 'em. Yup. I just finished a Harry Potter/ Dudley Dursley fic. I plan on doing a Lana Lang/Tess Mercer fic...of which there are none on FF.net. Seriously. I think I'm going to do a Davis/Doomsday/Chloe Sullivan fic, too. There was chemistry there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hmmm, what else? Not sure yet, but I love when I write something unusual and a reviewer tells me I've swayed them to liking that ship. Means my writing was persuasive enough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just remembered I'm doing the Orochimaru/harem fic...that will be VERY unusual, I couldn't find anything like it on ff.net at all. So many people believe he doesn't deserve to be with anybody. Me, I think he has potential. Especially since my fic won't be all lovey dovey. It's more like harem/orochimaru, with him having little say in the matter. I actually can't wait to write it, now that I'm talking about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*sigh* But I have TTB on my plate. And giftfics to finish.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-8390006958411247986?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/8390006958411247986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2010/03/unusual-pairings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/8390006958411247986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/8390006958411247986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2010/03/unusual-pairings.html' title='Unusual Pairings'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-9208889518221866488</id><published>2010-02-14T17:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-14T17:28:37.107-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The addiction is serious, ppl.</title><content type='html'>Case in point, I just finished an entire week of non-stop writing. As in only four hours of sleep a night. I wanted to get some fics done and beta-ed in time for V-day, which I did, and so hence the frenzy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On top of that, I had some giftfics to do. One I offered to do because I really like the chic, seriously. It turned out to be my first Bleach fic (Kenpachi/Kisuke) and I think she liked it. I'm pleased with the way it turned out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The other giftfics are for people who earned them other ways, but one of them seems to be going from a oneshot to a threeshot. Then one of the people who is getting a giftfic hasn't been able to specify a pairing that I can write about...still waiting to hear back from her. And lastly, I'm doing a surprise one for my beta...that one will be beta-ed and edited by me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then I have chap 4 of Rapunzel to do. Chap 22 of TTB needs to be done before I can begin researching and shit for Part 2. All this is on my plate RIGHT NOW, not stuff I plan on doing sometime in the future. As of this post, I haven't written anything in...hmm, about 20 hours. Such a nice vacation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But get this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My wonderful illustrator, the guy I use on DA, has some pictures I found interesting; at least, they inspired a few oneshot ideas. I asked about doing this for him and he had no idea what I was talking about. Once I explained it, he was all kinds of shocked/happy/ecstatic and said he already had a story in mind and had been looking for a writer. He's Indonesian, so his English isn't great, but I said I would be happy to do it. And I am.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He sent me an outline for an 8-part, 48+ chapter saga...an entire world, literally &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;worlds&lt;/span&gt;, of his own design.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The detail, the sheer enormity of the fic is ...mind-boggling. Almost horrifying. Me, being the junkie I am, jumped at it with mouth foaming and eyes mad to begin. I've never done anything like this. It will be original fiction, Sci-fi fantasy, everything COMPLETELY out of my element...but I think I can do it. I &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;want &lt;/span&gt;to do it. It will give me untold amounts of new experience. I could really grow as an author. He's just over the moon about finding someone to do this for him finally and I know how he feels. I was just as happy to find someone to bring my OC's to life so I could finally see them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naturally, he said I can be his writer for all his works. And just as naturally, I wondered if I should offer my services to other artists, who can't write. There are actually quite a few out there. I don't know, though. I wouldn't do it for free, that's for sure. But the idea won't go away. The prospect of getting so many new ideas to put on paper...the challenge...it's enough to make me shiver in delight, for real.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah, so my plate is so beyond full...I need something like a wheelbarrow or whatever to carry it all. I'm about to outline chap 22 of TTb. Should be an easy piece, nothing much going on except smut, which has already been pretty much drafted in my head. I do that sometimes...draft entire scenes or chapters in my head and keep them there until I can put them on paper. It's what lets me update as fast as I do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, that's it. Writing still and loving it. I really need to take time and continue with my drawing, though. I have to find a balance.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-9208889518221866488?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/9208889518221866488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2010/02/addiction-is-serious-ppl.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/9208889518221866488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/9208889518221866488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2010/02/addiction-is-serious-ppl.html' title='The addiction is serious, ppl.'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-7360336273229890785</id><published>2010-01-21T00:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-21T00:41:26.056-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New adventures!</title><content type='html'>Excited! I feel really excited, and that is a foreign feeling for me. I usually feel depressed, apathetic, angry, furious, hopeless and helpless. Or any mixture of those.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But now I feel happy and excited.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due to a few things happening recently, I've decided to take up drawing. Thing number one that happened was I commissioned a fairly well-known artist on deviant art and asked her to draw something for me. I gave her specific instructions, paid her the money, and waited. Being as she expressed such enthusiasm for the commission, I expected a stunning result. After all, her work is good and popular.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The hag did NOTHING that I wanted, not one thing. I pointed this out to her and she seemed to think 'oops, sorry' was enough. I cannot express how disappointed I was and still am. Other artists I've worked with corrected any errors they made and showed me their progress along the way. She did none of that. So that's the first reason.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second thing that happened is I saw this photo of this guy on the same site, faved it, commented, and struck up a small dialogue with him via notes and comments. I swear to god, he is so fucking hot. I'm totally stalking him on there. If he ever made it to this blog for whatever reason and read this, I'd probably die, but I don't think he will. Just a feeling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have to take a moment and say that if my fantasy of the perfect man ever came to life, he'd be it. He's older (I love older men), beefy (I hate skinny men), and has hair (I love long hair on guys). Naturally I spend a lot of time on his small gallery. He is absolutely outrageously talented. He draws as well as carves, paints and does digital art. I asked him about commissions, but I think I scared him away with my comments. Oh well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But yeah, his talent is reason number two that I've taken up drawing. He just inspired me, you know? Reason number three is I see a lot of authors illustrating their own work and I am just so fucking jealous. It's like, damn you can already write, why do you have to be an artist too? So I figured hey, I should give it a shot. I stopped being jealous over it (that really lasted only a day or so) and began appreciating their work. Some of it anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last reason is that I have over sixty pics I want done. Commissions cost, man, they cost a lot and money is tight right now. Also, no matter how good the artist is and how great they follow my instructions, nothing they do is ever going to look exactly like what I have in mind. Well, except for DomDozz. He is fucking awesome, I swear, but he only does anime style. We're experimenting with semi-realism now and he's delivering quite well, but...but. And the other artists I've commissioned are taking MONTHS to finish. I don't know if that's normal, but DomDozz only takes days, at most a couple of weeks. One chic took only a few minutes, I kid you not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I prefer realism for my commisions. I just love the idea of anime characters rendered as real people. So, I've decided to try my hand at drawing and so far I suck monumentally. I'm committed to learning, though, and have even looked up what materials I'll need. It'll be a hit in the pocket getting some of that stuff, but not as bad as shelling out for commissions every other minute.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second thing that I consider a new adventure is I've just made an account of fictionpress, using the same name I use on ff.net. I have a short story already mapped out in my head to go on there. It's weird that I consider this new territory, since I've been working on an original story for some time now. Still, I'm used to anime fans and yaoi fan girls, not readers of original work. I think I'll consider this as more practice for my novel. I'll be able to leave the constraints of anime and yaoi behind to work on an original character. Using real world settings also promises to be liberating. I'm really looking forward to this and can hardly wait to begin typing the first chapter-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Damn. See? I originally wanted this to be a one-shot, but now I see it going to 10 or more chapters. *sigh*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That means I'll need to do an outline and all that other shit. Oh, well. I'm dedicated enough to this craft to put in the work, I suppose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adios&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-7360336273229890785?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/7360336273229890785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-adventures.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/7360336273229890785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/7360336273229890785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-adventures.html' title='New adventures!'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-1609231445016631801</id><published>2010-01-08T15:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T15:24:36.445-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Renewed!</title><content type='html'>Yeah, I do feel renewed, refreshed, reborn, etc. Whatever funk I had about writing TTB left and I'm one again excited to be writing the next few chapters. I have a lot of twists and turns planned for this story. Hope it's not too much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But also? Someone left me a really stupendous comment on my last post. That cheered me up tremendously. I'd been feeling like shit for the past while, but now I feel tons better. And I found out today that someone nominated one of my fics on the sasunaruawards.webs.com site. I feel so humbled and honored!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I went and checked out the site myself. I ended up trying to submit a couple of my stories for the contest, before I read the rules and found out you couldn't do that. I bet the site owner thinks I'm a complete spaz. Anyways I joined the site and found a few of my reviewers there, ppl I've seen on Y!gallery and whatnot. Seems cool, you know? I'm not obsessed with yaoi the way the site residents are, but I enjoy it enough to want to immerse myself more in the community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, I have news. I mentioned it on that award site, but I'm going to announce it here as well. Not like many people read this blog, so it will still surprise a lot of people, I guess. The news is this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm doing a sequel to My Destiny.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess it's not big news. A lot of people liked it, but that's not why I'm doing the sequel. I've only done one sequel because of fans demanding one and that turned out to be a disaster. Nope. This idea fell into my head a few days ago and it is almost painful for me not to get to it right away. I'm enjoying my relatively light load right now. I'm only updating TTB, though I'm supposed to be doing Rapunzel as well. It's weird. That whole fic (rapunzel) is written in my head, chapters and all, but I just can't seem to find the will to type it out. Dunno what it is. I need to address that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As it is, I'm kind of engaged in a contest with myself to see how long I can hold out from starting the MD sequel. Oh, and there's going to be a third part. So, a trilogy. Each part will be short, probably no longer than MD was. Both parts are mapped out and 3/4 written in my head already. It will be an emotional nightmare for me to write, I expect lots of tears, but I can't always write happy stuff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aside from that? I got this idea from this one reviewer to write an Orochimaru/harem fic. Possibly one-shot. Plot so far: A bunch of dominating, sexually aggressive women and girls decide to try out the Sannin. I think they call that PWP, actually. I think the women will be Tsunade, Anko, Temari, Karin, Tsume and that crystal chic from that dumb 3-tails filler arc. I might not include her, actually.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But yeah. So these new fics are going down there on the upcoming fanfics list. I know I'll probably cave and start writing either MD-2 soon or the Oro fic. I'm a glutton for punishment and unless I'm updating 4 or 5 fics simultaneously, something's wrong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thus the title of this blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peace!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-1609231445016631801?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/1609231445016631801/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2010/01/renewed.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/1609231445016631801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/1609231445016631801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2010/01/renewed.html' title='Renewed!'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-7005812947778164605</id><published>2009-12-19T07:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-19T07:32:38.513-08:00</updated><title type='text'>*Groan*</title><content type='html'>Ugh. I am sooo not feeling TTB right now. I don't feel like writing it even though it's basically all planned out in my head. I feel like writing every other thing except that fic. I'll be happy when it's done because right now I feel like it's a chain around my neck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wonder if this is what the writers of those stories that have those dreaded words 'ON HIATUS' or 'DISCONTINUED' attached to them go through. Maybe. But I will never tack those words onto a fic of mine. If it's started then it needs to be finished. And I will finish it. Nor will I do a half-assed job just to be done. I'll do my best work no matter what.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I suppose (hope desperately) that this feeling will pass. I bet locking myself in my room tonight in complete darkness will help. There, with everything a rich, velvety black and the only illumination to be had is from the MS Word I'm using, I think that the aversion to writing will go away. Writing in that kind of environment usually produces good work (ex: 'I'm with Sasuke/Naruto, Bonded, Secret Promise). I'm able to fall into my characters and the story writes itself. And if I play a little music softly...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perfect. So &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;that's &lt;/span&gt;settled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know...I wonder how original my stories are. I mean I don't read a lot of fanfiction so I wouldn't know. The fanfiction I do read isn't really Naruto. With hundreds of thousands of Naruto fics out there, surely the things I say in my stories have been said before? Several times? How original can one be in such a large fandom? Me thinks not very original. And there are ppl who dominate the NaruSasu/SasuNaru niche...ppl I will never be able to measure up to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess it's not a competition. I write because I have something to say and I hope I say it well. That ppl read my work and seem to enjoy it is a wonderful and amazing thing. I've never shared any part of myself with anyone the way I do with writing and it's opened a part of me that's been closed my whole life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hopefully I'll be able to publish an original novel. I certainly feel closer to reaching that goal now than I did when I first began writing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Deep breath* This is why ppl blog. See? Now I feel better.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-7005812947778164605?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/7005812947778164605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/12/groan.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/7005812947778164605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/7005812947778164605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/12/groan.html' title='*Groan*'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-5550418307899741917</id><published>2009-11-18T00:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-18T00:56:25.055-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh, Gawd</title><content type='html'>Well TTb is finally started and I'm having a lot of fun writing it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How, then, did I get roped into writing not one, but two request fics in addition to SafireCharmz' giftfic?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well I agreed to the first request because the chic is such a great and faithful reviewer. A one time exception type thing, you know? But then this other chick said she read Mirrors and wanted a sequel with Naruto and Gaara doing a lemon. I was all prepared to say sorry, no. I even told her in my reply that I was really busy. But the idea stuck and wouldn't let go so before I even finished typing the reply I told her that I'd do it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then SafireCharmz got back to me with her pairing for her giftfic and it's like wtf? Why am I so busy when I had all intentions of working on only one fic at a time?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well it's my own fault for accepting, I guess. I should learn to say no.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a positive note, I am enjoying the stories themselves, so there's that. I've also acquired a beta. I have to say that so far I've given her 3 chapters to edit and she hasn't gotten back to me yet. I would have had the chaps done and uploaded by now, so I feel like using a beta slows the whole process down. I guess we'll see how it goes. It's just I'm tempted to edit myself as I always do and just submit the chaps but I'll wait till the weekend when my beta said she'd be free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've finally gotten some fanart done. It's of Itachi's kids. I'm going to put it on the Bonded blog. There's more artwork coming, should be completed in a couple of weeks. I'm so excited!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adios!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-5550418307899741917?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/5550418307899741917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/11/oh-gawd.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/5550418307899741917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/5550418307899741917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/11/oh-gawd.html' title='Oh, Gawd'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-7030830192717427488</id><published>2009-10-31T04:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-31T04:42:30.367-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hmmm</title><content type='html'>Well, the giftfics are mostly done! Just waiting on SafireCharmz to get back to me with her request. My next project should be TTB but I kind of like the way my upcoming projects list is dwindling as I delete stuff. And since I won't be able to work on a single other thing while I'm doing TTB, I figure I should get some of those other fics out of the way before I start and while I'm waiting for SafireCharmz to get back to me. Seriously, TTB is going to be something on par with Bonded, I think, lots of chaps, lots of scope, lots of meticulously planned detail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So. I think I'll work on the Bleach fic, Decompression. That's a multi-chaptered job, not much plot, sex, sex, sex. Should be fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adios!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-7030830192717427488?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/7030830192717427488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/10/hmmm.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/7030830192717427488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/7030830192717427488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/10/hmmm.html' title='Hmmm'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-3325087823663324100</id><published>2009-10-22T02:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-22T02:15:19.140-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New project</title><content type='html'>Another fic successfully completed! I submitted the last chap for AY about an hour ago. The Kaito/ Hanabi oneshot was done days ago (You're Mine) and now I'm finally doing the giftfics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had to dig through my inbox on FF.net to remind myself what they were supposed to be about. The first one is going to DemonicKitsune-chan, a GaaNaru job. Ideas are already coming to me. I hope she's satisfied with what I produce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next one will be for SerenitySoul, a GaaraNeji and the third one will be for SafireCharmz. I have no idea what Safire wants, she said she needed time to think, but I'm going to start on DK-chan's right away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adios!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-3325087823663324100?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/3325087823663324100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-project.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/3325087823663324100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/3325087823663324100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-project.html' title='New project'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-1512652443148089546</id><published>2009-10-10T04:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-10T05:03:57.269-07:00</updated><title type='text'>So Much Inspiration!</title><content type='html'>Honestly, I have so much I want to write, I just don't know where I'm going to find the time to do it all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, for the immediate future (like in the next 24-48 hours) I'll be writing ch 7 of Always You and a oneshot about Kaito and Hanabi. After that (like sometime in the next 4-5 days) I have &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;got &lt;/span&gt;to tackle the three giftfics I've promised to people. I don't think it's right to keep them waiting. And after &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;that &lt;/span&gt;I guess I'll be researching and outlining Ties That Bind. Once those things are cleared up, we'll see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe then I can tackle the rest of my ever-growing to-do list. New Bonds has just been completed and I'm quite happy about that fact. I'm always happy when I can get something done. I feel like I've accomplished something. Once the whole Bonded saga is really over I'll probably feel a sense of relief. Not that I'm not enjoying every second, though!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I haven't forgotten about my bleach fic. It's just that so much else is taking precedence right now that I really can't work on it and do it justice. I owe it to my readers to responsibly conclude what I started with Bonded. I'm going to see to that and then I'll get to the rest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All in all, I'm feeling pretty good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adios!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-1512652443148089546?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/1512652443148089546/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/10/so-much-inspiration.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/1512652443148089546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/1512652443148089546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/10/so-much-inspiration.html' title='So Much Inspiration!'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-3921219220453007376</id><published>2009-09-25T04:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T04:20:10.484-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hello my life, how I've missed you!</title><content type='html'>Got back home the day before yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hells Yeah!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Internet! TV! As much music as I want without ppl screaming at me about Ramadan this or that!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel my creative juices coming back, too. I pulled up Always You in Word and lo and behold...more plot fell into my lap just like that. I'm writing chapter 4. Hope it will be interesting and satisfying. I'm doing my best, but then I always do my best. Sometimes my best is pretty good, other times...not so much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm forcing myself to work on Always You, too, since what I really want to do is write chapter 19 of New Bonds. Half of it is already written in my head, just waiting to be picked out on my laptop. And such an exciting part in the story, too! *Sigh*. But I'm disciplined enough and fair enough to see that Always You is due for an update. Besides, I promised I'g get ch 4 out after chaps 17 and 18 of New Bonds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's see...if I type steadily through the evening, I should have ch 4 done and edited by late tonight maybe around midnight. I could have it posted by then, dawn at the latest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wish me luck!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-3921219220453007376?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/3921219220453007376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/09/hello-my-life-how-ive-missed-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/3921219220453007376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/3921219220453007376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/09/hello-my-life-how-ive-missed-you.html' title='Hello my life, how I&apos;ve missed you!'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-1984670378703932795</id><published>2009-09-15T04:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T04:41:34.771-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A little mercy, please?</title><content type='html'>Ok.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been here for the past month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really don't think I can take much more of this shit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Readers, you can chalk my lack of regular updates up to this last bit of traveling I'm doing. I'm over here in one of the Gulf countries. Living conditions are deplorable. The electricity goes out regularly. It's about 115-125 degrees farenheit every damn day. I hate the people I'm visiting and will certainly never trouble myself to visit them again. Today I had to &lt;em&gt;walk &lt;/em&gt;across the border to renew my stupid visa. I can't wait to go home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Needless to say, this atmosphere has totally killed my will to write. There's no privacy, quiet or peace. Nothing but filth and frustration. I HATE IT HERE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That said, I did manage to get some writing done, so chaps 17-18 of New Bonds are on the way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can't write anymore right now, too pissed and hot.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-1984670378703932795?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/1984670378703932795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/09/little-mercy-please.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/1984670378703932795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/1984670378703932795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/09/little-mercy-please.html' title='A little mercy, please?'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-6043966604126270131</id><published>2009-08-29T21:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-29T22:03:31.571-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Future projects</title><content type='html'>Ok, I got the upcoming works listed there in the sidebar. Items with an asterisk denote actual story titles. Everything else is just what the fic would be about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Probably the next thing from the upcoming works list to be completed will be Decompression. It's a Bleach fic, my first in fact, and will have Ichigo, Inoe, Tatsuki and Chizuru. I might make it into a two-shot, maybe a little longer. It was originally supposed to be a one-shot, but...well some ideas have come to me. Basically, there will be a lot of sex (um...all of my stories have a lot of sex. Wow. I just realized that. )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bye for now!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. It's 120 degrees farenheight where I am and there is no A/C in the room I'm sitting in. Ain't that some shit?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adios!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-6043966604126270131?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/6043966604126270131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/08/future-projects.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/6043966604126270131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/6043966604126270131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/08/future-projects.html' title='Future projects'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-6414135725986134598</id><published>2009-08-29T01:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-29T01:45:44.297-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dark fics and other rambles</title><content type='html'>Just submitted the 3rd chapter for Always you. This chapter took a darker turn than I expected it would. With Until You I found that I actually like writing dark material. At least what's considered dark in fanfiction. Personally I feel things could go a lot darker, but whatever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think I like writing it because it's closer to real life. I empathize with it more as opposed to the comparably sunny material in Bonded and New Bonds. I disgust myself sometimes with Sasuke and Naruto's devotion to each other, it's just so sickeningly sentimental. Then I get over it because I'm such a NaruSasu fan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I actually did stop myself from writing Itachi's sex scene with the girls in the way it originally played out in my mind. He was supposed to fuck a single three year old instead of all the girls he did. I could have made the original way poignant, but this way felt truer to my interpretation of his character in Always You.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ah, Itachi. in this fic I hate and love him at the same time. He's different from Sasuke. Sasuke was someone who was originally good and was then corrupted by outside influences (his brother) and circumstances beyond his control (abandonment in the village). Itachi is another matter. I've decided that for this fic, he isn't a product of society, rather he just is the way he is. I'm toying with the idea of having Sasuke, flawed as he is, be the intrument of Itachi's salvation, but what form the salvation will take remains to be seen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, no, I already know how it's going to be but that might change. Stories, especially characters in the stories, seem to have a life of their own. They do weird shit like take the plot in directions other than the one I was going in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that I've gotten 3 chapters for Always out of the way, I'll be working on New Bonds. Fun, fun, fun! I left Sasuke and Naruto in a state. I fully expect wackiness to ensue, but I'm not sure how much comedy will be in the chapter. I generally don't put humor in my stories intentionally. Some things strike me as funny and I'll put it in, but not with the intention of depicting humor. I do it because I feel it rounds out the characters and feeds the story. Plus, funny shit just tends to happen in real life and it's usually stuff that was never intended to be funny.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's potential for some profound moments to come up in ch. 16 of New Bonds, what with the body switch and the Bleach crossover. I'll do my best.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just want to add here that the names of stories in the sidebar will be linked to pages that tell specifically about them. So far I've only linked Bonded, but I'll try and get to the rest later today, once I'm finished writing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till next time...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adios!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-6414135725986134598?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/6414135725986134598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/08/dark-fics-and-other-rambles.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/6414135725986134598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/6414135725986134598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/08/dark-fics-and-other-rambles.html' title='Dark fics and other rambles'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-7536828201877818748</id><published>2009-08-27T07:28:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T07:50:57.980-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Struggles</title><content type='html'>So, as promised I'm writing a meatier post. I'm kind of pissified right now; I made a list of all my works and added it to the sidebar there and now I don't see it. Maybe it'll show up later. I hope so, because I plan to put a list there of upcoming works and there really won't be any point if the fucking thing is just absent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, today I managed to complete chapter 2 of Always You. I started chapter 3 and so far I'm pleased with it. I swear to god though, doing this sequel to Until You was &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;the &lt;/span&gt;hardest thing ever. I finished Until You, got a bunch of reviews saying I should do a sequel and so I did. I should have just left well enough alone. It's one thing to have a story and know how it's going to begin, progress and end. It's something else entirely when you set out to do a sequel and have no idea what the plot is going to be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways, I thought and thought...and thought. Finally, ideas started coming and I began writing the first chapter of Always You. I got as far as a few paragraphs and stopped. For, like, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;weeks. &lt;/span&gt;I had some kind of block. At that point I decided to map out the story with an outline. That helped. I got chapter one done, deleted more than half, then finished it up in a satisfactory manner. Chapter 2, now. I was stumped. I did the only thing I could think of and pulled out my trusty music.  Sure enough, once the tunes were flowing, the ideas followed. I now know pretty much all that's going to happen in this story and how it's going to end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other than that, I'm currently working on my first Bleach fic. I originally said it was going to be just Ichigo and Inoe, but have decided to add Tatsuki and Chizuru. I have to add here that I am not attached to Bleach and the characters therein the way I am to Naruto. However, I found that after watching the latest episodes, some ideas came to me. I started work on it a few days ago. There are only a few paragraphs right now, but it's complete in my mind, so I just need to type it up when I get a chance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alrighty, I'm going to stop here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adios!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-7536828201877818748?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/7536828201877818748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/08/struggles.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/7536828201877818748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/7536828201877818748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/08/struggles.html' title='Struggles'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001516136659154578.post-5463291028100325520</id><published>2009-08-27T00:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T06:51:38.892-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi, Guys!</title><content type='html'>I usually have a lot to say that I don't want to take up on my profile at &lt;a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/%7Edmnq8"&gt;FF.Net&lt;/a&gt; or in the author notes I put before my chapters so I've decided to create a blog. Friends and fans can check here to see what's going on with me, to find out info on stories I've written, am writing or that I plan to write.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll be putting a significant post up here soon, but now I have to go and customize my new blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adios!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001516136659154578-5463291028100325520?l=dmnq8.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/feeds/5463291028100325520/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/08/hi-guys.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/5463291028100325520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001516136659154578/posts/default/5463291028100325520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmnq8.blogspot.com/2009/08/hi-guys.html' title='Hi, Guys!'/><author><name>Consuelo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00191246038293231314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGTo9mMoC4c/Td8p9N8dQBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lASyEuF81js/s220/canstock4226042.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
