The Ten Commandments of Reviewing - created by Zoneshifter D and FictionReader98
1) Thou shalt point out the parts you enjoy
2) Thou shalt point out the parts you disliked, if any.
3) Thou shalt point out the parts you utterly hated and explain why
4) Thou shalt write with good grammar!!
5) Thou shalt not give anonymous reviews, for the authors might want to reply to thine criticism!
6) Thou shalt not flame
7) Thou shalt write a four sentence paragraph minimum!
8) Thou shalt use constructive criticism!
9) Thou shalt review as much as possible, not merely once!
10) Thou shalt voice thine expectations.

Just as amusing little thing I came across while searching for an interesting story. Used with permission from both Zoneshifter D and FictionReader98, posted in hopes of spreading the word of the Good Review. (Or the bad review if you absolutely hate my stories, at which point I must wonder why you're reading them.)

By the way, don't expect too much more stuff like this to appear on my profile, I'm one of those people who hates having to scroll down for five bloody minutes just to get to the stories. Also, I promise, I won't have more that two rants/apologies see below posted at the same time, that way you don't have to sprain your finger trying to get to my stories (By the way, this is just a note, it doesn't count toward the two post limit. ;P )

7/8-2009

Greetings and salutations to all those out there reading this,

I'd like to thank everyone who has been reading my stories and my profile, for those of you who even noticed it, my poll for Hinata's personality in Heart of Winter has closed. Sorry for everyone who wanted to see the results, but you'll have to wait because I want it to be a surprise. To be honest, a couple times there I thought I might have needed to cast a tie-breaker vote when the poll ended because of how close the choices came a couple times, but I'm happy to say I didn't need to and that we have a very clear winner (and it's the one I was hoping for actually.) Oh yes, this will be fun. I'm not sure when I'm going to have the next HoW update out, the third chapter is somewhere around sixty or seventy percent completed. Also, my muse has been beating me over the head with a pipe wrench to work on Deep Run the Scars, so I may have an update for that one by the end of the week. No guarantees though because I need to get ready to move into a new place (ain't that gonna be fun?). So new DRtS chapter might be out this week, but I'm going to have to say probably not. Anyway, thanks to everyone who voted (all seventeen of you) and I'll let you know the full poll results at the end of the chapter when she appears. Why? Because I'm just evil like that. Cue maniacal laughter

Alright, thank you everyone, goodnight/morning/afternoon/evening depending on where you are.

24CC

10/31-2009

Hey everyone, just updating things a bit.

As some might have guessed by now I did manage to both get rid of the viruses on my computer and save my story update. The real reason for this update, and I'm sorry to have to tell everyone this, is there is likely going to be another long period until the next update is ready to be posted. Why? You ask, it's very simple. I'm studying again, while I have my GED, I am planning on entering into the army. So, I'm studying for my ASVAB test, while normally I wouldn't be too concerned with how well I do (the army has pretty low standards for the test) I want to get into the linguistics field (big surprise there) and that actually has some pretty damn high standards. So unlike the GED, i do actually have to study pretty hard for this one. I don't know when I'll take the test yet though I would guess somewhere around mid-November to sometime in December. How will this affect my updates? Well, don't get your hopes to high for frequent updates. Maybe one or two chapters before the test (if we're all really lucky), and possibly one or two chapters after the test/before basic training. Don't hold your breath for four chapters though, 'Cause I've got a lot of work to do for this nightmare, I mean test.

Thank you all for your patience, and my apologies to those I disappoint with this information,

24CaratCoal

P.S. Happy Halloween to those celebrating it.

03/21-2010

Finally have an update on Deep Run the Scars. Sorry for the delay. More later. Sleep now.

24CaratCoal.

9/31-2010

Sorry for the long delay in updating, but it's going to be longer still I'm sorry to say due to technical difficulties. What that means is that I can no longer see what's on the desktop of my PC because the screen is either a) so severely blurred that I can't read what's on it or b) no receiving a signal. It's been switching between the two the last few attempts I've made at accessing it. The way I see it, on of two things has gone wrong. Either the cable connecting my tower and monitor is shot, or my graphics card is. I really hope it's the former, but even if it is I can't afford to replace it for a while. Anyway, between that and job hunting, it'll be a while before I can update any of my stories since my little notebook has trouble reading the external harddrive to use it. Some days just suck like that.

In closing, I once again appologize but my stories are on an indefinite hiatus for now. I really hate doing this but I don't have much other choice at the moment.

Here's hoping I can update soon,

24CaratCoal

2/11-2011

Okay, still no change in the hiatus, all my stories are still on hold, but there has been a change in my computer. Now I can't see the screen at all, so, I'm stuck with my little notebook- tough and cute as it is- and I still can't update any of my existing stories here on FanFic. That said, for those who still want to read my work- low quality as it is by my book (pun intended)- I'm going to look into one or two of the challenges floating about here. Because, ironically, while I can still write, I just can't read my main stories- or rather my computer can't read them. That said, writing is fun, job hunting isn't and being broke sucks. Unfortunately, a job is the only cure for being broke and times as they are are making it difficult to find one, so for now the search continues and any updates I do make are going to be few and far between. I'm sorry. *mutters* Stupid economy. *sigh*

Later,

24CC