Beyond Redemption

Got yet another illustration completed for If I Want To today. InuYasha looks like a boss. I’m now very sure that I like getting art more than I like writing the actual story. lol. And no, I won’t be showing it to anyone until the story calls for it.

That is all.

Just a little note to let y’all know I’m still working on updates. They’re giving me a little trouble, but I am chipping away and this is not another hiatus. Like I warned you guys before, updates will be rusty, but they are coming.

Lately I’ve been getting a lot of kind comments and notes from people who admire me and my fictions and are pushing me to try my hand at publishing (I used to get that in the past, too, but this month I’ve gotten it more than usual). I’m happy to say that I’m finally considering it. However, it would be a long time before that ever came to pass (if it does at all).

You should also know that I don’t have any plans to just drop my IY fics simply because I plan to write more originals. You guys have been with me for years and I wouldn’t just abandon you (like some writers have when they got a bug up their asses to be pursue writing careers). My plan is to finish as many IY stories as I can since, at this point, I still write them solely for you guys.

Okay, you’ve been brought up to speed, so I’m out! (づ￣ ³￣)づ

I really needed to clean Onna’s fic, so that’s what I did over the last few days. Since it was complete, and a novella, I wanted to make it presentable ’cause it was seriously messy. Now, it’s clean and neat. I’d like to do that with several fics, but I’ve written so much over the years that I’d be doing that shit forever. >.> Anyway, I’ll be working on other stories now that that’s out of the way.

Depeche Mode was fun, but I wasn’t wild about the set list. They did a lot of songs from the new CD, which I’m not really feeling. I made a few fan cams, but will only share one that I uploaded to YT. It’s unlisted, so it’s not really available to the masses.

My cam is a bit fuzzy ’cause I was 2 levels from the floor, and people kept bumping my arm, making me screw up, but at least you’d get an idea of what I saw. Heh.

And this is the front of the Barclays Center, filled with DM fans. It’s a real monstrosity…

The opening act was “Bat For Lashes”, which seems to be just one chick. She has a nice voice (I checked her out before I went to the concert). She had a very simple set, but like I said, she has a nice voice. The song playing now, “All Your Gold”, is hers. She has a real ‘Sarah McLachlan’ feel to her. This is a nice one, too (ignore the weird video).

So, I’m going to see Depeche Mode at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn tonight and I’m pretty stoked. I haven’t seen them since the “Playing the Angel” tour (I’ve seen them about 4 times altogether) and I’m really hoping that they do a lot of the classics cause the new CD, “Delta Machine” just isn’t all that great to me. >.>

Some group called “Bats for Lashes” is the opening act, so I looked them up to decide if I wanted to get there early enough to catch their set and they’re pretty good. (At least this song is)

It’s kinda nice to be doing something enjoyable today since my mom’s anniversary is tomorrow. I may even grab a t-shirt (I have so many from different concerts!).

My back issues have reappeared, so I’m doing meds and stretches again. Sigh. My arms are angry, too, but I’m not willing to stop writing yet. My sleep patterns are way off again as well, which makes everything worse, and I’ll be having many doc visits in the coming months. Joy.

Right now, tho, I’m in the process of cleaning up “The More Things Change” so I can send it to Onna with a lil red bow, and then I’ll work on some other stuff you guys have been waiting for. ( •ॢ◡-ॢ)-♡

Later!

Those are the areas carpal tunnel affects for me, so they’re a little miserable. I’m typing very slowly, so updates will take a bit (You guys did get two, though, so chew on that for a bit. :P)

Also, I’m working on the last chapter of an old story I wrote for Onna. It doesn’t have a lot of readers because of the pairing (I don’t care; it’s for her and only she needs to read it in the end), but it’s part of my campaign to finish some of the old stuff I started if I can. That was the warning, because if I finish it, that will be the next thing I post, so just bear with meh!

My back is bugging me again, too, so it’s back to meds and hopefully it will stop again. >.> Can anything else break down on me? o.O

So, I’m 2 for 2 and about to go for 3B! >.> Okay, that’s baseball talk…

In other words, I updated twice in as many days, and I’m about to start my next chapter. I don’t know what it will be yet, but probably Eden because I seem to be feeling that one at present. (Sorry if it’s not your cup of tea, but it’s a severely neglected story, so I’m happy that I’m finally making progress on it) For those who aren’t on the mailing list, I updated it last evening -though I was actually going for morning. The reason?

I waited all fucking day -on zero sleep- for a repairman who never showed, (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ so I just worked on the story during that time. It wound up being about 6500 words -roughly 1500 more than the goal- so I’m pretty pleased with myself. Got a lot done plot wise, along with a little IK smushies for the romantics in the house. (◡ ‿ ◡ ✿) So, yeah, not too shabby.

The one down side is that my hands are pissed off. It’s not severe -yet- but they’re definitely irritated, so I’ll have to be careful. Sigh. I really hate that I have to deal with this crap; it really impedes me in all the worst ways…

In other news, I got the lineart back for the next If I Want To art and that shit is bangin’. For realz. It’s so playful and cute… you guys are guaranteed to like it. ＼(＾O＾)／ Also did a points commission with a dA artist that I’ve been liking for a while. I hope it turns out as cute as I think it will… I’m also on the waiting list for yet another IIWT art -InuYasha- and it should be pretty sweet. Yeah… story art is still a thing for me.

And last, now that I’m updating again and such, I’ll be watching site activity. If you’re amongst those who log in, read, and don’t review, you should be aware of the fact that I have a log of Every. Single. Member’s. activity on Absolution. In other words, I’ll know when you’re consistently reading and not reviewing. And if your numbers are severely uneven, I’m going to delete you. Without warning.

That was the deal you agreed to when you asked for an account. And there’s no excuse because reviewing isn’t hard. If you’re enjoying the updates, say so. It’s that simple. And if it’s not that simple for you, kick rocks. You don’t even have to tell me you’re leaving because I periodically check site activity and will delete your account without you having to ask me to.

We good? Coolies. (°◡°♡).:｡

If you read my last update, you’ll be happy to know that you’re going to see another one tonight. I spent the entire night writing again (Really gotta stop that, but my zone is in the late night hours, always has been), and I want to make this chapter a little longer than the last, so I have about another 2k I’d like to add to the 3500 words I already have. My original plan was to try to update something else, but I decided against it. This one is fresh in my mind, so I’m going to pile on until my head decides it’s ready for something else.

Okay, I’m out!

EDIT: This will probably be updated by morning. Had some unexpected errands to run today, which ate up quite a bit of time, so I’m starting far later than I wanted to. In any case, you’ll hear from me sometime in the AM. Hooray for progress! \o/