The last time I wrote a blog entry, I was so sure I had 22 done.
I know you can read it now, but it originally ended with the line:
"Of course I do, She's my daughter."
I thought that would have been a perfect ending for a chapter, then having the fight in 23, but damn it was shorter than I would have liked. I really wanted to expound upon the birthing-fight scene, making it a big hospital with lots of doctors and nurses roaming about, but it just would work for me, so it got cut.
Then a few things happened,...
My father-in-law passed away. Two weeks from diagnosis is not enough time to say goodbye. I wish I could have gotten to know him better, but sadly I cannot.
Then, sometime after I got back, I lost all the data on my SD card that held the last edit of 22, which I had not backed up as often as I should have. I rewrote most of 22 again using a twenty-four day old backup and my memory, it isn't the same of course, but I think it's better than before, just not good enough to please me right now.
Chapter twenty-three I plan to call Revelations, because a great deal of speculation and wonder as to where I have been going with this story is actually going to see the light of day. I hate talking like this, not going into detail, but until it's done, I don't want to spoil it... that and I might change my mind on what exactly I'll reveal, so I best not go into detail.
Chapter 24 will be titled "Endgame" for obvious reasons. It may be very long, or broken into parts for ease of reading.
Chapter 25 is tenitively titled "Feedback"
and Chapter 26 will be an epilogue.
I promise I will not rest until this is finished. Please do not lose hope on me. This isn't my first story idea, only the best and the first I will see to completion.
Ally Kat
Comments
Not a problem here
I'd prefer you to to take as long as you need, just as long as you don't abandon it until you are finished with it some time in the future!! It is one of my favorite in-progress stories.
Hugs
Frank
Likewise
Your story is one of the ones with which I managed to get a friend of mine to start reading on BCTS, and it's one he especially liked, and was frustrated when he discovered that it was as-yet incomplete. Please do take the time you need to write, and we'll be here waiting eagerly!
Now, if I could just get him to comment on stories... >.>
-Liz
Successor to the LToC
Formerly known as "momonoimoto"
It makes a person tear up
Thank you all, for your words of inspiration, I will not let you down.
Ally Kat
"If there are any Psychics in the room, Please raise My hand." - Emo Philips, Comedian
Loved chpt 22, Allystra
You confirmed some things about Lexi and created some new mysteries to be explained.
That your father-in-law was dying and all the other delays are nothing to apologize for.
I am glad for what we received and that you are with us.
John in Wauwatosa
P.S. What ARE Lexi, the dying future Terri, the teenage Terri and her late Grandmother up to? I assume we are dealing with alternative time lines crossing here and no matter how Terri chooses some version of her or Lexi lose. I even began to wonder if Lexi is a Terri, that is a magical clone of the wounded, dying Terri and her timeline, and not teenage Terri's future daughter, the bizarre birthing dream hints at it. Plus Lexi's vocabulary and powers are way too advanced for a four year old, Terri even said so. It's like Teri's with her vortex powers or grandmother with her powerful magic and precognitive abilities is in that body but forgot that a four year olds brain is very emotion driven and immature.
Whatever your plans, great stuff, most imaginative. Now you have us wondering who is or are the good guys if any.
John in Wauwatosa
Professional writers...
...burn through an average of seven major rewrites before a story is published.
One of the advantages of a forum like this is that one can collect "instant" feedback that may help guide one during those necessary rewrites.
Cheers,
Puddin'
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Cheers,
Puddin'
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