Okay, folks, here's the dealio:

Since that surgery I had (to those who know and/or sent your well-wishes, a very sincere Thank You guys for your thoughts and concerns. It means so much that you guys thought to check my profile :) ) I was recovering for a while, and as you know, I updated "Unstoppable" in October, just a couple of months after my surgery (and a lot of other crap too). I had just been wanting to thank you all so much, and I didn't know of any other way.

Unfortunately, since then, I've come to a block that I just can't get around. I do have every intention of finishing "Unstoppable" and I ask you all to send some ideas my way. I might just get some juices flowing from the ideas you all send. It may make me start thinking of how I want the next chapter to go. I have fallen in to the obsessions that are AliceHatter (SyFy's Alice), AliceTarrant (AIW - Tim Burton's), and BuffySpike (outta no where, I know, and believe I was -just- as surprised as you when the urge hit me to read about them), and plan on writing some things about them. Maybe some one shots, and a multi-chaptered story for AliceHatter (SyFy's Alice) have come across my mind, but still nothing for Unstoppable.

I know where I want to go with "Unstoppable" later on (and there won't be A LOT of it...I just don't have it in me to do something epic) but it's the in between I'm having issues with.

So, as the author, I am asking YOU, the reader, to lend me some help. I would love to see some ideas that are floating around all o' yall's heads. Send them my way and I will sift through them and try to conjure some ability to articulate them in to a chapter if I can make my thoughts work with them. I have a poll started, asking what you would like to see first, okay? Just let me know what you all think :)

Thanks again,

Ash :)

I have an LJ and I am just plain ol' ashmanda there. You may or may not get some stories there...:looks around:...you never know...I MIGHT post one there that I wont post here...or vice-versa...you never know...I'm just that unpredictable! LOL

http://ashmanda.livejournal.com/ Might have so small things for you peeps to look at there. Maybe some small samples to stories and the like :D

“Careless Whisper” – Seether song-fic featuring Remy and Rogue. But the song was originally done by George Michael, so credit for that goes to him.

I feel so unsure
As I take your hand
And lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies
Something in your eyes
Calls to mind a silver screen
And all its sad goodbyes

I'm never gonna dance again
These guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it’s easy to pretend
I know you’re not a fool
I should’ve known better then to cheat a friend
And waste a chance that I’ve been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you

Ohh

Time can never mend
The careless whispers
Of a good friend
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
But there’s no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you’ll find

I'm never gonna dance again
These guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it’s easy to pretend
I know you’re not a fool
I should’ve known better then to cheat a friend
And waste a chance that I’ve been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you

Ohh

Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe its better this way
We hurt each other with the things we wanna say
We could’ve been so good together
We could’ve lived this dance forever
Now who’s gonna dance with me?
Please stay

I'm never gonna dance again
These guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it’s easy to pretend
I know you’re not a fool
I should’ve known better then to cheat a friend
And waste a chance that I’ve been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you

Ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh

MEEEEE!
Age: 20
Eyes: blue - green - grey (mine actually have a habit of changing colors depending on what I wear, or what colors I use in my make-up. its weird...)
Hair: Natural - Brown, but for now I've got it dyed red. and its PERTY! XP
Fave band: Breaking Benjamin
Fave color: green or blue or any combo of the two :)

I play many different games including but not limited to:
--Final Fantasy series
--Castlevania series
--Dragon Quest 8
--Kingdom Hearts series
--Mario games (they are the best for instant fun XD)

I have a DS so naturally i have FF3 and FF4 :) Edge and Rydia are the best!!

I love romance stories with happy endings. Im just a happy ending type o' girl, i guess :)

Im friendly, but not too friendly ;) i try to be laid back and generally i am. I've been known to be very motherly towards everyone. Just every now and then im crabby, but it doesnt last long...i just pout then im back to normal :)

I love the movie " Hairspray", and "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". (Think deep!!) i love more than just these, but seriously, i dont think theres any space big enough for ALL the ones :P

I love different kinds of music (not JUST pop and not JUST rock...i just like whatever happens to make me happy at the moment...which Breaking Benjamin ALWAYS makes me happy :) i love to sing with Sara Bareilles and Katy Perry, and occassionally Paramore. I find myself jammin to The Offspring sometimes :P and i LOVE techno and dance music...like holy cow you have NO idea.

Im not afraid to say that i find fake guys to be sexy (Balthier, you know who you are :P) and hes not the only one lol

I love hot chocolate, not coffee.

Gambit from X-Men. He's my favorite! :) I got these from IMDb.com

dealing with Gambit's flirting
Rogue: You know what happens when I touch somebody. You wanna end up in the hospital?
Gambit: Maybe it's worth it, no?

Gambit is carrying Jubilee over his shoulder
Gambit: How do you sweat so much, Petite, and not lose weight?
Jubilee: Ooh, I hate you!

Works In Progress:

Basch/Penelo Drabbles -- Basch/Penelo -- Final Fantasy 12 -- This will be chapter 2 of my drabble set that stars Basch and Penelo. Someday I hope to do some for Balthier and Penelo just cause their so fun to write about.

Maternal Instincts -- Balthier/Penelo -- Final Fantasy 12 -- He always knew she loved to take care of people, but he never realized just how much it meant to her to be able to do so. " If I don't make you happy, then what good am I?" Not a tragedy.

When She Learned -- Vincent/Yuffie -- Different shots throughout Yuffie's life. So far, most are set POST DoC, but I'm no where near done yet. After each short, I will tell you what she lesson she learned. Its mostly just silly little bits, with a kick of cutesy romance thrown in. Nothing major for now, and personally, I'm kinda in a slump. If any of you have any ideas that you wanna see done, lemme know. Keep in mind that these things are usually pretty short, but if your idea calls for more...flourish of words, then I'll do my best :) I'll just let you know it may take a while ;)

The Cafe -- Rude/Yuffie -- A/U -- Different instances where a simple hyperactive cafe waitress meets and interacts with a bodyguard who becomes a regular customer. At the chapter that im currently writing, ive thrown in some paranormal/mythological stuff. nothing major, just a slight reference in the last couple of sentences of the chapter. ;) Have posted 3 out of 8 so far, but 8 is all i have written. there WILL be more. i just dont know how many. :\

Unstoppable -- Gambit/Rogue -- Evolution-verse -- Thats right, folks. I've delved in to the X-men group now. "When they were so close that they were inseperable, they were unstoppable." is the quote that started this ficcie. Bascially, Gambit gets knocked out by Rogue, and gets a visitor in his dreamworld who tells him about the other universes. His visitor takes him to these other places and lets him see the differences and similarities in each. Romy of another color ;) Check it out and lemme know what you guys think, alright?

My characters Delilah and Cornelius Sherrim are going to get their own story, multi-chapter, and in progress. (not really...im still doing the research to get their looks exactly as i want them to be.) I've got part of their character profiles written, but they arent complete just yet.

I have started writing the "Penelo-goes-to-Balthier's-past" story, and so far I'm kinda...ehhhh...about how it's turning out. still needs some work. but atleast i have it started now, right? ;) so far she has met "Little Ffamran" (and ive made him a little spoiled and a little bratty, hope you dont mind) and is in the process of finding a way to stay near him.

Untitled -- Alice/Hatter -- AU Romance/Humor -- SyFy's Alice -- Multi-Chapter -- They had been friends since the beginning of Time... Okay, that's a total lie. They met two years ago at a martial arts convention. She had been a bright-eyed nineteen year old taking her instructor's place since his wife went in to labor the night before. Young, beautiful and the pride of her mother's life, Alice Hamilton was a logical and thorough minded woman where most things in her life were considered. He was a devilishly handsome, sinfully charismatic, and undoubtedly verbose young man at the ripe old age of twenty-one who still visited his grandfather weekly.

Untitled -- Buffy/Spike -- Romance/Humor/Drama -- BtVS -- One-shot -- He was quite possibly the most infuriating creature she had ever met. And she could not have been happier to see him than in that one moment. Three years after Spike's death, The Powers have given our Slayer a spot of happiness to make up for everything else they have taken from her. He's back, and she will do everything in her power to convice him that she meant it when she'd told him she loved him. May wind up being my first try at smut. XD

Untitled -- Buffy/Spike -- Romance/Drama -- BtVS -- One-shot -- Spike is alive and well at Angel's office, not contacting anyone he had been around six months before. One night, Angel gets a call from a distressed and sobbing Dawn, telling him that Buffy has caught something and is terribly ill. Spike catches the words and deals with it as he usually does in every other aspect of his life: Head first. He goes to save his slayer and to calm the upset Nibblet.

Untitled -- Alice/Tarrant -- Romance -- Tim Burton's AiW -- One-shot -- She's back. And she's alive. And she's well. And those blasted voices just won't let him be. Oh the woes of a mad man. A happy little ditty.

Now for my Cajun Piece (Gambit) ;)

a typical X-Men Christmas...
Gambit: yells What do you mean, you're not coming home for dinner? My gumbo... my pot roast... my creoles...
Jean Grey: We can pop it in the microwave tomorrow.
Gambit: Gambit don't make no TV dinners!

Gambit: to Jean at her and Cyclops wedding Where I come from we always kiss the bride.
kisses her
Gambit: to Rogue who is a bridesmaid We also kiss the maids.
Rogue: This ain't Cajun country, hun. Zip those lips!

From Wolverine Origins: (One of my fave parts!!)
Logan: Are you Remy LeBeau?
Remy LeBeau: Do I owe you money?
Logan: No...
Remy LeBeau: Then Remy LeBeau I am.

Another: (going by memory here, so bear with me.)
Logan: If it makes you feel any better, this is gonna hurt.
Remy: Yeah...It...It kinda does...
Logan: Good luck.
Remy: The same

Those are also from IMDb.com, except the last one.

talk to yall later!

AshmandaLC