"I might as well warn you; flattery will get you anywhere." - Dorothy Shaw, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

"Sounds like sh-t, but what else are we going to do? Go home?" - Lt Aldo Raine, Inglourious Basterds

"Love doesn't share itself with the world. Love is suspicious, love is needy. Love is fearful, love is greedy. My friends, there is no love without great jealousy!" - Bender, Futurama

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Here's what's happening:

Most of my stories are undergoing big time revisions, and as such, new material will probably not be posted any time soon... which is not surprising, really, as I haven't updated anything in a long, long time anyway. I just finished revising Tongue Tied, and am now working on Self Esteem. Return of the Med-jai will be updated and hopefully completed once I'm satisfied with the revisions.

I plan similar editing projects for my Pirates of the Caribbean fic, as well as the first story in the Who the Hell Are You? series, my Supernatural re-write. Lonely Is the Night will be updated once Who the Hell Are You? is finished with revisions. Who the Hell Are You? will also get a name change, to Get It While You Can.

Jump the Shark is still on indefinite hiatus. I've lost my inspiration. Maybe I'll get back to it some day.

Apologies to the many fans of all my stories, who have been patiently waiting for updates and continue to review and write PMs, asking after me and whether or not my stories will be finished! Hopefully, the answer is yes. You all rock!

That's all I've got for now. Thanks for stopping by!

PS: One of my readers created an RPG using Self Esteem for its basis:

http:///The_Mummy_rpg/index.php?act=idx

Check it out!

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poorpiratelass's fanfiction philosophy - nay, her writing philosophy in general: In the words of my often annoying and yet surprisingly wise younger sister; you can't please everyone. No matter what you do, someone's not going to like it. Someone's going to complain. So you might as well just do whatever the heck you want to do. (Of course, this comment was not provoked by fanfiction, as she's not a fanfiction type gal; it was actually provoked by a male enhancement commercial... but it still holds) So, don't worry about what people are going to think. Just write what you want to write. But try and write it well.