I'm so very sorry for not posting in such a long time.

It seems like it was almost someone else who wrote Accidental Magic and all those other things.

I am rewriting Accidental Magic, at least the first few chapters, and I have a chapter 28 or 29, whichever it happens to be.

Anyone still interested in it?
Let me know.

ALLY KAT.

So, I was listening to a podcast from the new NPR series, "Invisibilia" and on one episode they describe a condition which causes a the sufferer to mentally switch genders at whim. They even interview a Trans person who initially suffers from it and they are repulsed by the body in the mirror after a shower to the point of nausea, because it did not match who they are mentally at that time.

They actually start to transition to make themselves more androgynous, only to find their switch stops flipping and they seem 'Locked' into their new gender and finish the transition.

I can't believe that I can't get my butt in gear to write anymore...

I hate to do this, but I think I will post what I have, then post scenes as I get them in my head. I think it would likely make people happier than me not posting anything for such long periods of time.

Stand by for short posts Chapter 28.1, ETA... a few minutes from now.

How many ways can I name Terri's future version, without actually calling her Terri?

Doppelganger
Lexi's mother
the other...

The problem with having a conversation between two versions of the same person is that how do you help the reader tell them apart.

Any suggestions?

Yesterday, my muse struck me hard. I nearly got in trouble for going too long on my break. But the last few paragraphs came to me and I had the good sense to jot them down.

Thank you all for waiting..

Oh, I haven't thought of a preview for the next chapter, mostly because I haven't figured out what part of it I could take a snapshot of and still leave you all waiting to see it.

I'll just stop wondering for a bit and try to get the actual chapter finished.

Ally Kat.

Someday I will make it all better.

I am just not satisfied at all as to the action, dialogue or anything for this next chapter. It's as though the events in my head, the one you are waiting to read, are toying with me all by themselves.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" screamed Augustine as she grabbed Lexi to hold her at eye level.

"Run," was Lexi's blunt response.

... Nine months for Chapter Twenty-Four.

Hah! I got it out in less than one. A personal best I think.

You know, all of you who assumed different things and expressed their opinions as to what was happening, I really appreciate that.

the "Wow, they were close, I'd better rethink this a little because that comment has promise..." train of thought is one of many reasons why my tale takes me so long.

Do you know how hard it is to write a story that is tied to, and mirrors at the time, your emotional state, only to have your own life quickly and unbelievably changed around?

I literally don't have the same feelings now, that I did when I started Accidental Magic. Trying to maintain my existence in the real world has done a number on my creative juices and sent them in off in other directions. I spend a great deal of my time just re-reading my own story to remember why my characters were feeling the way they did.

It's never good enough, never ever ever.

...and 22 is easily half done, with what isn't fleshed out is clearly defined.

Not long now, since the bits to follow are long ago written and need only touch ups.

Crud.....

Can I just skip this part and flesh out the stuff I already have figured out? It's the End for goddess' sakes!

I am well underway with the next Chapter of Accidental Magic.

It is entitled Chapter 21: Dancing puppets.

Please don't go off on me on how I should know these things. I worked inbound Tech support for Gateway computers back at the turn of the millennium. I do already had a keen grasp on this concept. I actually kept a log of how many grown men broke down weeping after I told them that neither their "novel" was okay or Gateway was responsible for a hard drive crash.