Not Dead

Not Dead

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Nor have I forgotten you guys.

I am working on the newest chapter of Sacred for your reading pleasure.  It’s going back and forth between tj6james6 and I.  She has good points from the last work through I had, so I am going to go back and work those in.  I’m also working on another chapter of a story I cannot tell you about.  This week, as long as RL doesn’t come into play like it did last night, is spent getting more chapters ready for the betas so when I go into the OF writing mode, I don’t have to worry about chapters for you guys right away.

Also, for those not in my Facebook Group, I sent out a call to bloggers.  If you have a Blog, and can do banners, or have someone doing banners for you, I need a banner in the size 888×499.  If you have one, please send it to me at the kittyinazsbetas@gmail.com.  Along with your blogs address.

I will advise you guys to update your Abouts.  I am using them.  The reason?  Let’s say I am updating my Blogs I love as well as someone we all love is doing a rec story and blog site.  My rec’s got to be too huge for us to update on this site.  Seriously, a couple hundred on Fanfiction.net alone.  I will admit I am spending much more time making the banners for it than anything else, so if you want me to make one, know I am going to try to reproduce the one on your blog.  I just don’t have time to spend on making them to order.

So if you are in my Blogs I Love page, you will be done.  If you update and I follow you, you will be done.  The ones that I have finished so far have been updated, I have a couple new banners to put in that I received today.  Any others, well you can always send the details to me in the above email addy.  I would give you guys the personal one, but frankly, I have enough junk that would be sent by grabbing the email from here.

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Also, Bertie’s Contest is ending Friday, and to quote her:

Currently we have a tie for second place and 1st and 3rd have narrow leads. Another close one as predicted, so make sure you vote for your favorites today! Voting is allowed once a day, so if you’re torn between multiple stories feel free to stagger your votes accordingly! – Bertie Bott

So please don’t forget to vote!!! And as the banner to her page shows, I Participated!

And of course, there is my own contest…..

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I am off to work on chapters, banners and so on.  See ya soon!

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And the Results Are In!

And the Results Are In!

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I know you guys are waiting on this, so without much more ado, I would like to congratulate:

1st place goes to WorldTravelGirl who wrote Reinkarnasjonen!

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2nd Place goes to LightK for Sands of Time!

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This one was a close one for the 2nd place.  I congratulate everyone on submitting an entry.  I loved the stories and was thrilled to be able to apply some of the new techniques I learned through my classroom in a book.

I really need to finish that!!

That is it for this contest.  But I wanted to remind you that Bertie Bott’s Contest submissions are owed on Monday at Midnight PST.

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Then after that one, there is the new one for here!

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I am off to work on the end of my submission for Bertie’s Contest.

Congratulations to all who worked and submitted stories, you are more than free to grab your banners, reply to your comments and post where you want.  If you only post on Fanfiction, contact me and I will make the banner for your story there.

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A test… in a way

A test… in a way

I figure what better way to see if all my connections to Facebook, tumblr, twitter and Google were all working again by making a post on the next contest.

Yes, this is late, but you will find out later what is going on.

For now….

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This is the next contest.  The banner is also a link to the page for the rules.

Basically, this contest is to be inspired by either the name or the pictures.  And I warn you, I did have fun hiding things in the banner.  Not everything is what you see at first glance….

I hope to get some entries in this one.  And yes, there is a Participation Banner, it is in the page listed.

The contest entries are to be in no later than August 31st, 2016.  That should give everyone time to finish up their entries into the Bertie Bott’s Superhero Contest!

Enjoy!

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And the Results Are In!

Two More Days to Vote!

Participation-Banner-for-063016-2-1024x576Seriously people, give some serious love to those who are brave souls and submitted stories.  That first story or submitting one to a contest is hard!  I know!  I am working on a contest piece, and it ain’t easy to do!

So click on the banner above, and go give some love to these brave souls who sent their work in and vote!

Also, not to brag, but there are some new techniques I used for the banners, so go enjoy the work I put out for these amazing individuals.  I hope they like them, and look forward to seeing in a few days what they have for us….

I will admit, that the next contest is set to kick off here shortly. I made the banner, and I may say it is also one of my favorites.  I will give you a teaser of the new banner.  And, don’t take the first impressions as the ones I had in mind.  There are all types of hints in it that you may see only when it is larger.

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Though, the banner is hidden in a conversation I had with someone in my group…..

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So vote, and on the 15th, I will be publishing the new contest.  Since I am working on an entry for the Bertie’s Botts Every Flavour Superhero Fest, I am pushing those due dates to the end of August.  It should give you time to have fun with her contest.  (for more information, please click on her banner, it will take you to the contest page!)

See ya later!!! (I’m in a writing haze, so I am not thinking of anything but getting this thing out.  Once it is done, I will back to our normal schedule of me working to get you new chapters each week.  Sorry, but I want to finish this!!!!)

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And the Results Are In!

Finally!!

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I had trouble with a banner, then I realized Simple is not always wrong.  The picture appeared and the banner was made to it.

I had a lot of fun with this contest.  I loved the entries, as well as enjoyed playing with ideas in my head for the banners.  The lessons I started helped a lot, and I am eager to back to them for more ideas on how I can keep improving my banner making.  Centuries of Mirrors is one that used a lot of new techniques to me to show the different ‘Mirrors’.

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So I am going to do what I said before, I am entering Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Superhero Fest.  I am doing a superhero fic!!!!!  I highly encourage you to enter she is an excellent writer and the entries into her contest are always interesting!!!  I often find new people to read as well as new stories to entertain.  I just hope my story entertains others and it fits the criteria!

The next writing contest for me with be ready on the fifteenth.  I will give you a sneak peak, it is called Angels and Outlaws.  I found the saying on IMDB for one of their lists, and the idea will not leave me alone.

I am working on ITE steadily.  It is much harder to sit down and make myself work on one story, and my muse is being extremely mean and introducing new stories.  I am being good, writing them out in journals (which by the way, I love the new Volants by Moleskine!  They allow you to tear out pages.  Before they were all bound together, but now they perforated then and it makes things much easier!).

I will be going back to work, encouraging you to read, comment and vote on the stories.  The authors CANNOT reply until the contest ends on the 15th, but after midnight CST, the authors will be free to answer back.

Enjoy, and next week I will have another chapter to send you.  This week has slayed me, and I rather not cheat you guys.  Who knows, I am getting where I feel I can just maybe release a chapter of ITE…..  Maybe.

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Dying to Start Again

Dying to Start Again

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For those that know what means, yes, it is here!

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Description: The Source of Evil finally finds someone who accepts him as he is, and he will do everything to protect her.

I have had sooo many people ask for this story.  It has been with the betas and I am getting the chapters back.  Slowly.  There are reasons behind this, but I can say that it will be worth it in the end.  Remember how I said I don’t like tossing my betas in the deep end?  Yeah, circumstances had it happening, but now we got it fixed. We have someone who is being a mentor and saved my ass.  Thanks t6james6 and Miss Potter for your work on the chapter.

So this story is the first one I ever completely plotted out the idea.  This means it is easier for me to pick up and write anytime.  There are 5 chapters written out and waiting for the betas to look over.  Due to the fact I am still posting the Chapters of Revelations and Clocks (1 left until I need to write more…I think.) And I am still working on ITE, be kind.  We are still doing one post a week.

There are other stories I had ready for betas, and there are reasons why things are still in the holding pen.  RL sucks for all of us, and can hit us all.

Good news?  1 completed chapter for ITE, yet another one in the works and getting close to being finished.  Unfortunately, there will be another chapter of the current arc I am doing.  It is lighthearted fun that our trio needed after the drama and angst from the other ones.  It is also helping me get back into writing these three. I won’t be releasing chapters until I am ahead.  Remember, I write basically a rough draft, then go back and edit it to add in the details.  Then it goes off to the betas.

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We had some latecomers to the contest saying they will be turning in their pieces Sunday.  I receive all the pieces at one time, so there is no way I can figure out who is who.  Once I get them all, I will work on getting them ready for you to read and vote, comment and etc.

Meanwhile, M bought me a present a few weeks ago on Photoshop.  It is a book on classes for Photoshop.  It has 14 chapters and is obviously self-paced. Since I have it, as well as a WordPress Bible to look over, I am going to work on the lessons, then fit in writing and making banners around it.  I already found a technique that will help me in the future.  It is outdated (he tried, but he has no idea what is current on Photoshop.) but it is the most updated until the Creative Cloud came out to replace the old PS.  I figured that two chapters a day (or more) will be helpful.  Some chapters will not do a lot of good, (editing film and so on, but who knows) but some of it I am eager to get my hands on.

So this week will be dedicated to getting through it, as I work on everything else.  It will be one less thing sitting on my desk to do.  Which will make me a happy little Kittyinaz.

I also only have two more movies to watch through my Marvel marathon.  I have watched everything but Dark World and Guardians of the Galaxy.   Maybe Iron Man 3.  I have to check on that one.  I have been watching it all on the 3D being amazed by the picture.  And falling in love with Loki all over again.  My favorite three so far?  Hawkeye, Loki, and Bucky.  Stark is another one, but nowhere close to the others. Will I be writing on the Avengers?  Maybe.  After I catch up on other things.

Ok Reminders:

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I am still reading it.  I am in the parts where I put it down and read something else to come back to it.  But heck, I still come back to it!  The fact that the story is turning towards Sookie more makes me thrilled for however long it goes on.

We are still working on the site.  Just face it as I have, it’s always going to be ongoing.  But 4Padfoot is freaking awesome.  She improves it all the time.  And it leaves me time to do what I like to do.  Write and work on PS.  I never can say thank you to her, as well as MissRissa81.  These two ladies do more than you can ever imagine behind the scenes.

For those of you wondering, Stormy is back to normal, running through the house, bouncing off walls and so on.  And then acting normal when I am around.  WE had some laughs with her and her cone, but all in all, we are done with that episode in her life.  Connor and Murphy are happy to be allowed back in the bedroom and they got their baths today.  Exhausted but thrilled Connor.  Murphy is just putting up with it since I pay attention to him more when he is clean.

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They got this Sunday night when I released it in between lessons.  Just saying.

I am off to work on my lesson now.  Or go to bed halfway through it.  We will see. It is late.

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