First I want to take a moment to thank every last one of you who has taken the time to read, review, favorite, and/or follow those stories I have posted here thus far. Your support on this journey back into being a writer has meant more to me than words can convey. Thank you just doesn't seem enough. But I shall say it anyway. Thank you so very, very much.

For those who don't know, my muses live in an asylum and the characters come to join the slumber party. They breed plot bunnies in the back yard. So, if I talk crazy, that's because I am. lol

It's amazing how I can go on for hours about this or that, but can't say a thing about myself worth reading. In any case, I'm about as crazy as a person can get and still fit in with civilized society. Since I'm not very good at this, I'm going to let others do the talking for me. Summing up my entire philosophy on life in a few, simple quotes.

"Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive." Unknown

"If you must hang...give a coin to the hangman, a jest to the crowd, and make the drop with a smile." B.S.

"When nothing makes sense, I'll fight...believing only in myself." H.Y.

"Bad memories make good angst." H.L.

Reading Recommendations here on FF

Lemon Zinger

Riandra

Aleine Skyfire

If you are reading this and have any questions...well, that's what PM's are for, right?

Time for some honesty.

When it comes down to it, I am not the most active writer ever. My muses are sadists and my characters are masochists. I rarely get even a single night's sleep when they demand my attention.

I don't write nearly as much as I should. The desire and ability to write was buried with someone I love many years ago, now. My writing was how we met. She was more than a friend, sister, or daughter; she was the better part of me. There are mental and emotional blocks that will likely never be bested in my life. However, for her and all the others, I will spend the rest of my life trying.

Previously, fanfiction was not something I took at all seriously. I have now come to realize just how important fanfiction is, even just as practice, for a writer. For those who have complained that my constructive criticism is uncalled for and unfair in a review due to the fact that I don't have the "guts" to post anything of my own...

Go ahead, my stuff is here too.

I am absolutely terrified that someone will actually read my stuff. I always have been. I am horrified by the idea that I would actually have to face someone that's read my work and think it sucks. So I leave myself as wide-open to criticism as everyone else. As to anyone actually reading it, I plead for some patience and instruction where needed. I am always willing to learn.

1/19/13 Update

I am currently working toward publication of several things in the next few months to a year. Among these are the Amelioration Series, Sightless, Causation, Septenary, and a collection of shorts. I will also be opening a joint account with a co-author in regards to some original fictions that are based off of ACD canon. So, I appreciate everyone's patience as I continue on this journey back into being a full-fledged writer once more.

Septenary

My deepest apologies to anyone who is currently following this horrendously long fic. It has been put on hold a couple of times due to some RL issues. Then, of course, there's the creation of two trouble children OC's and a joint custody agreement that has all but derailed everything else of late. I promise to have the fic completed and posted well before the June 2013 deadline.

Amelioration Series (I-V)

Currently working on revisions and massive quantities of additions that did not make it into the first draft. And if you think that series is a monster now... Optimistic publication date set for summer of 2013 along with Septenary and others to follow shortly after.