In Leu of a new story, I'll inform you all of forth coming stories:

The currently untitled story where Catherine visits the Lair Mansion is still forth coming. I'm toying with the idea of doing an interlude story where she goes & visits her Grandfather. This visit also would help me set up a future story I have planned. Not sure I'll do it, but the visitation to the Mansion will happen. It's most likely my next story to be written.

I have a few Chad & Ronnie centric ideas rattling around in my mind. One recent development is that I finally figured out who Chad's mother is. I've had who Ronnie's parents are, even a possible sister for awhile but with The Swiss' there was just a major block in coming up with who they were. Recently it just popped into my head. It was so obvious, I don't know why I didn't think of it before. At the moment I'm trying to come up with the right ways to induce all people. I don't want to just plop them into a story with really no reason for them to be there other then have them in a story. I've got an idea of how the Beeslyhuxtoys' come into the picture but the Swiss' are still unknown. Having the families show up also brings me a few steps closer to revealing an origin for the duo. I've had an partial origin for them for years but recently I've thought of altering it a bit. Not sure I will, the alteration sort of cheapens who Chad & Ronnie are. Plus, it sort of says everything you knew about them is lie.

Once this time of the year comes around I start to think of the holidays & one such holiday comes to mind: Chrismahannaqwanza. Does anyone a story based around this story this year? Almost every time beyond the initial story, I never finish it for various reason but I think if I start it now I should at least be able to finish it around Christmas or at least New Years.

Lastly, again Chad & Ronnie related: awhile ago I introduced the idea of a "Chad & Ronnie cult" but then it looks to be that I dropped the idea: I have not, I just haven't gotten around to it. I started a prologue for it but then got sidetracked on other things. I might get back to it by the end of this year, sort of thinking of folding this into a Chrismahannaqwanza story but not sure about that. I will get to the Cult in 2009, maybe.

On a sidenote: I'm taking a fiction writing class. It lasts for a few saturdays (starting this weekend) & is for a few hours each time. Hopefully it will make me a better writer or at least give me a few ideas.

-Brian/L!

... So I know how it goes.
Unfortunately, exhaustion - from my increased workload and my obsession with the election - is kicking my ass, or else you'd have a completed new story tonight, serving as a "director's cut" scene to Ian's latest story.
My other nearly-complete story is a Dream/April/Bettie/Iris scene, in which Dream comes clean about some of what's been bugging him lately.
Here's hoping THIS is the weekend that I can finish both of those off.

At a pinch, there is nothing wrong (copyright not withstanding) with posting some of your other work. I rather enjoyed the "Convention speeches: Obama versus Palin" piece you wrote.

After all, not all of us live in the states, and most of the news we get is coloured by our media (or Rupert's media if you are on Sky, which thankfully I am not).

As to work, I think there is some sort of third-quarter bulge. Everything seems to be hitting my desk at the moment, and while it is fun (and occasionally theraputic), it doesn't leave much time for writing. Let alone talking myself into writing.

I'm going to be in Florida next week (27th to the 3rd) so no writing while I'm there most likely.

This weekend I'll post the last piece of the Saving epilogue. After that I have fragments to post, but nothing more, so it might be up a week after my return that I post anything.