Beyond Redemption

First, to all my friends that have checked up on me and showed some love on the blog, thanks. <333 I'm doing better today, a great deal better. Last night I went to bed at 10:45pm and woke up today at 5:15am. I'm off this weekend, so I'm going to devote it to writing and resting. My insomnia, hopefully, is starting to fade, but I'm not out of the woods yet. This has been the worst bout of it in a long, long time, and when you add just how upset I was over MJ's passing... Well, I'm just glad that I finally got some rest, because the day he passed, I had been awake for 24 hours, and after I found out, I was awake nearly another day. Very stressed, lots of tears, and lots of hard memories of my mom and grandma. Sigh. But like I said, I'm better today. I'm spending the weekend listening to his music (not that I didn't do that all the time anyway) and working on some fiction and trying to celebrate the legacy, rather than focusing on the fact that he's gone.

As for the fiction, the 3rd chapter of Loved will most likely post sometime today. It would have been sooner if my insomnia and grief hadn’t hit so hard. Right now, that’s the only story I’m writing because it’s very short and I want to conclude it quickly. Then, I’ll be working on editing the next chapter of Danga’s fic, The Last Exit to Eden. He’s been waiting for ages and I feel so shitty about that. >.< For reasons unknown, that story just gives me a really hard time. I'm not even happy with the next chapter, but it's so long overdue that I simply have to post it. Ever After is about to finally get its ending, too. (So sorry, Chibi!) I’m halfway into that chapter, and it’s on my ‘to do’ list as far as getting completed this summer -along with a few others that are 1 or 2 chaps away. At this point, it will be a shock if anyone remembers those fics, but for my own collection and piece of mind, they must be completed.

And while I’m here, thank you, lovelies, for coming to Absolution and showing Fallen and Loved so much, well, love! lol. I always worry if something I make will be accepted by my peeps, and it was nice to know that you’ve been entertained. I don’t write as much as I once did, but I do try to give ya’ll something new and fun as often as I can get my head to cooperate. So, again, thanks for encouraging me and letting me know the effort isn’t in vain. <33 Then, there's Eternal Destiny. Well, if you haven't been to the site since Friday morning, you missed the announcement. As a summer activity/project, ED has opened its own ficlet community: Challenge Destiny. The basic ED rules apply there (IK ONLY) and there will be weekly challenges. (Check out the profile for details.) There is also a little goodie I came up with called “Ficlet of the Month“.

Every month a special poll will be held and the winner will be crowned our FOTM. They’ll get a banner, a spot on ED’s homepage for a month, and a tangible gift that will either be mailed, or redeemed online. For now, we’re open as a summer thing, but if interest remains, it will be around longer. I was probably the last holdout as far as making a drabble comm, and that was simply because I didn’t have the time to devote, nor am I on LJ very much. But my lovely moderators have all agreed to to pretty much run the place in my stead, thus allowing me the freedom I need to offer it. So, big round of applause to them for that.

The comm is 17+ (because I don’t plan on excluding adult entries), and profiles will be checked for age. It’s also open to all IK fans, not just members of Eternal Destiny. So long as they respect my staff and follow the comm rules on content and behavior, come one, come all. But if you’re a wanky fuck, steer clear because I’ll ban you without discussion. I’m not dealing with any more shit from assholes in my domains. Period. We’re there to have fun and win goodies; if that concept escapes your tiny brain, keep it moving.

Okay, I think I’ve properly updated y’all, so that means I need to get to work on Loved. But before I go, I mentioned to Lina that Sayuriko (My Lily!) made the cutest pic of InuYasha as Indiana Jones and that I would post it with my next update. Here it is! 😀

Kawaii, ne? She’s too awesome. 😀
Happy Saturday and I’ll see ya on Absolution when I update. <33 P.S. “Give in to Me” is probably my favorite MJ song. Awesome doesn’t even begin to describe him…