I am not sure when the next time I can post to you guys again, so I am letting you guys know what is going on.
My mom has her surgery on Friday. Seems I have a bridal shower to go to the following day. And yes they invited her too. That’s all I am going to say about that.
There is a trip to Ikea to pick up my frames and boxes. Then I will be done. ::Fist pump::. Unfortunately this means that since she thinks I did a great job on my side of the room, she wants me to decorate the rest. I sighed and agreed. But this will be a challenge. She wants a tea/coffee station. Not in the kitchen. Yeah, this will be fun. PLEASE Ikea have something so this will be moderately painless!
I have finished the prep work, and now am ready to start writing. Thank Godric! I really have been feeling the need for writing. So I plan to get it out of my system, and then come back to editing. I know, I know. You guys want your E/S new story, as well as the other stuff, especially the sequels. Last count I have 14 open stories, and I am trying to cut down on those, plus I have a mom who will be demanding some chapters of her own story.
Everyone wants stories, and I need to write them first!! I am also wanting to work on my Original Fiction. If everything goes the way I am wanting, I will finish the Twilight one I am working on, work on the LOTR one, then finish Aos Si. Then edit All I Want, and the Twilight one, while the prereading team and Betas start looking over Aos Si. Then I can write more, (tons of stories to do this too) and then edit some more. I may miss a couple of weeks of posting, but hang in with me! There is so much going on in my life, that I am trying. Writing is the way I escape and I need to relax.
For those of you clicking away at the Amazon Link, Thank you! It is slowly giving us some much needed financial help, and allowing me to stay here writing. It is nothing to you guys, no extra charges and fees, just use the link from here to go to Amazon when you shop. Even Kindle Books and gift cards count. It’s amazing what all can be credited to me, and those clicks and buys help me out. So thanks!!! WE will try to keep up the Amazon page so you can be aware of sales.
And while you are waiting for fics from me (In case I don’t get back to editing in time for when You’re is done, which will take a few more weeks, maybe a month or two even), check out my betas!!! They are freaking awesome and they write too! My WordPress Whisperer has been unwell, but she has also put together many sites for others, to get them started to publishing away from FanFiction. Click on the links and read their work!
Don’t forget the food blog. My biweekly contribution is a bi-weekly menu. We also have a new person in the blog. If you wish to help out there, let the ladies there know. They are anxious and full of ideas for it. Just needing some lessons on how, but 4Padfoot is working with them to help out.
And last, but by no means last, we are still on the hunt for Betas. We have some excellent benefits for being a beta, or even helping on the Food blog. And what we like to do now is pair up new betas with some of our pros at it. So if you want to, but not sure how, this is the best time to apply! The beta email is around here, (somewhere on the side tab) and just send to them your particulars and/or contact Karen Meridian on Facebook, and she is the Queen of the Betas. She will get you sorted into the right beta for you, and no worries, new ideas are coming along, so there will be stories to beta.
Enjoy the week, and hopefully there might be a post on a chapter, but I will need one of the ladies to post it, since Friday I will be at the hospital. And enjoy Alex. I have missed him… So I wanted to see him for awhile when I am on the home page.
Oh Yes!!!! There is a one shot challenge on the Facebook Challenge!!! I am so freaking eager for the results of this, which is ending on Friday 02/28/2014 at Midnight CST. All the entries will be posted here, and then you will get to vote on the winner! There will be more contests (And I may even enter a few!) coming since this is a huge hit. I even got comments of it breaking through writers blocks. If interested, join our group. We love new members, and there are benefits to it. from what I hear, my group is not your normal, I lord it over all, I try very hard to get the ladies involved in it. It is also closed for a reason, to allow for more freedom for the group, and no one from outside to point a finger at us for any reason.
Yep!! I am off the ban and back in Texas. BUT. I am also moving furniture so I can have an office. Well I was moving furniture until we found out that I pulled a tendon on my knee. That major one that makes you leg move, yeah.. that one. It kind of hurts.. ALOT!
The funny thing? I did it doing the Couch Potato to 5K. Which is fine!!! Even my bone Dr. said it was great. AS long as you don’t pull up, and as long as you listen to your body. His words, Muscles sore good. Joints sore BAD!!!! I did this last week, and yes I moved furniture around the house too. But I REALLY want my office. REALLY, REALLY!
So what have I been doing since I am sedatory again? Umm trying to deal with the pain. Right now, per the Dr.’s orders, the brace that keeps my knee stable is off, and I am on the computer. Bad thing? The computer is butted up to the wall, and I can’t move it much. (Another reason for the office to be done soon!!!)
For those that wished me Happy Birthday, THANKS!!! It made my day awesome. Specially Sharon and the Banner she made for it!!! It was really special since Sharon shares the b-day with me.
I am also going back to journal all the stories, to make sure it is easy for me to pick them up. And OI will be editing any content still in my folders. I am starting with You’re. Give me time, I have a lot to journal, including mentions of what I need to do to it to turn into other stuff, for the sequels and such. I have a new story that is also ready to go, a new beta to start up on Tin Man and a story that will take some time since it is very angsty. Not normal for me, no, but it has been a story in my head for over 15 years. It deserves to be written.
Also, There are contests galore happening over on the Facebook page. Banner contests for this month and next for stories, and Robin has a contest for book covers for those stories in the media area. She has, as the most awesome web Admin ever, made all my stories available for your choice of formats, to download and be able to read in other formats in case you want it.
Next month will go back to the interviews, and then every other month will be a new contest. I am trying to make our Facebook page more interactive. Kelly has done an awesome job organizing our photos. If you can think of some ideas, please let us know!
Just for information, I am writing MamaKitty’s fic when I am done journaling and so on. Some stories will be worked on afterwords, but some are looking to be as epic as the one I am working on. Epics stories: Tin Man, Revelations (Which is a series but epic..) Best. Best may become its own series, but I need to talk with everyone involved with it. Blood of Innocents has the capacity to become epic, and when I say epic, I am thinking over 50 chapters…
So be patient, I have many things going on, including nasty drugs for my knee that is messing with me, but as I finish a journal, I will be editing and so on, so I will be handing off to the Betas. You’re is finished. The new E/S is finished. those two will be coming. If it is a story I have published, then you will get the updates. if it is one I was working on, then you won’t. So anything new will be given as complete by the time you are seeing it. Those others, well I am updating them with a chapter at least.
As always, we need Betas. If you wish to be one, we have a process and you just have to get hold of Meridian. We are NOT allowing you guys to go solo and flounder. Those days are by gones. we have a excellent set of betas and we look forward to having them work with the new ones to understand processes. But don’t forget the bennies, access to the whole site, and so on.
Also. the season for shopping may be over, but please click on the link to amazon if you buy anything. It really helps me pay for stuff, like the journals. Well Not really yet, but it will!!! It costs you not a dime, but the money you send my way, will help Marty out.
See you guys soon, hopefully my office may get done, the moving, the decorations shouldn’t surprise too many of you, I am using my favorite artist Ansel Adams, and Owls. Shocking right? I am going to love the room once it is done!!!
As always, many, many thanks to the Betas who keep this all together so that I can do what needs to be done. I really appreciate each and every one of you!
This is the last post from me for 2013. So much has happened this past year, and I thank you all for the support from you all. Often you had left me such moving comments when I would pour my heart out in these posts. Thank you, a lot of you had me crying, and that should say all of it.
This has been a busy year, this domain is owned by me, is one of the prouder things I have done, and getting the Amazon Partnership makes me happy since Marty no longer has to support this site as well as the both of us. And you guys made that happen, since I had to be approved to have the site approved to be a member of the Partnership. So, thanks from Marty and I!
There has been the ending of Every Dark Night, the ending of You’re is written out, and the Beta for that one, Alicia is eager to have me edit so she can beta and post. There has been huge restructuring of the way we work, Karen stepped up and agreed to be the Queen Beta, making sure those that those who apply are all taught the same thing, and doing who knows what else. Sharon stepped up to make banners and buttons, while having a terrible year herself. Rissa became the Continuity Beta so no one will ever feel the need to come behind me and fix my mistakes. We gained a web admin, Robin, who as we speak, is getting the media page ready for you guys. It will have the stories published available for downloading on your ereader of choice. You can find it here.
We also have me changing my practices after a meltdown, and I am now finishing stories before moving on to the next. This means, when you see something posting, you can be relieved of the worry that it won’t be finished. It will already have been by the time you see the first post. I have one new story done and as I said You’re done. They both need edited, but expect to see them in January. I am also finishing up some one shots I started and not finished for whatever reason. One is called the Shortcut Home – One Shot, that was published as a Christmas present for the readers of this site to find. The other will be up once I get to work on it. Songs that inspired little stories. Karen and I will be posting Shortcut home on the other sites, but this will be the only one that has the entire story on it.
We also came to an agreement, Karen pointing out that I pay for this domain, so announcements will come in this format. Facebook first. The ladies who support us there get to know things first. We are also just 4 members away from 200, so if you haven’t joined, make mine and the rest of the ladies day by getting us to that pinnacle. After Facebook gets it, WordPress will get it, (Because I write these ridiculously long posts.) Then a day or two later, the other sites get it, sometimes modified. So depending how badly you want to know when things are posted, sign up for your preferred poison. We have WordPress, AO3, TheWritersCoffeeShop, Fanfiction, and Fictionpad.
Also I thank you for all the support for the awards this year!! ED won 2nd place for the Energize Awards earlier this year. You’re came in the end of year Energize awards in second (And Ashley, one of our betas, Thirsty got Third!), we both won our categories in the Bloodthirsty awards, and we are awaiting the results in IntwinedForEternity awards. the Burning Diamond awards are going to be happening again soon, the nominations just ended, and both Ashley and I were told we were nominated for those. The Crossovers for Twilight and Vampire Diaries are a strong community. We are playing with the idea of encouraging an award for TB/SVM stories and crossovers. Not sure if we will have it or not, but it will be interesting.
WordPress has released it’s blog stats for the 2013 year, and here is what Robin has to say about the site after she read through it. “In 2013 Wendy and the other betas posted 237 times and you guys viewed about 254,432 times. From 126 different countries you all came. From the US to Kenya.
Best day of the year with 2,712 views was June 2.
theladykt was our most active commenter at 135 comments.” Wow!
Thank you to Robin for breaking that all down for me.
So I know the interview will be up later, and another one shot. But I am off for the rest of the night. Actually going to go play with a cat.
Happy New Year, and I hope it will be a better one for all of us!
Yes ladies, I am announcing this months voting for the interview of a character this month. Why? Cause it closes on Friday at midnight. Sorry it is so fast, but I need to get this one done soon so that I don’t do a repeat of last month.
So how does this work? Go to Kittyinazs Facebook group (Link is on the side), and vote for the story you want, and nominated the character you wish me to interview this month(unless it has been nominated, then you can just like). If a story wins, but has no nominations, the story is eliminated. The story with the most votes, then the character in that story with the most nominations wins.
I’ll notify you to the next stage also. If you wish your character, no matter who, to be interviewed, vote!! Make a case for yourself!!
I am off to write, hopefully. The changing weather is getting to me, so I am experiencing the bad thing with AZ, headaches. I am sensitive to barometric pressure this high up, so the huge changes in the weather affect me. But this versus being actually sick? Take it!!!
The views out here are beautiful, and I keep missing waking up in time to get you guys a picture of snow on the mountains. I still have a month and two days left, so we will see! WE are on a warming trend right now, the nights are above 30 degrees. LMAO! 40 degree temp change in the day time? Already used to it.
So I have been already helping out the family, cooking, and helping others to spend money. I spent all Saturday setting up iPad and computers. Thank God for WordPress whisperer. She came on and helped me out!
Connor is enjoying his visit out here, but looking forward to Marty being back on Friday. Heck, so am I. Though he will be a slave driver, getting me to start running. Ah well, I need to.
So updates? AS far as I know, Betas are working on stuff. I am still looking for one more Beta, Tin Man needs a beta. Yes it had one, but we promoted her from it to being our continuity beta. One that I am blessed each day to have!!
I was just told that the next to last ED is almost ready to post, so I am going to post this one, so that when Meridian is ready, I will post a short one. But it will be up today!!! Next to last. Wow. I need to get working on stories!!!
Yeah I know. We are running late, and it is all my fault. I truly lost a week and thought that I had a week to get this up to find out on Friday I didn’t. So I wrote it up on the 30th and sent it out.
I am in Arizona right now, and internet is spotty, unless I use my own, and even that is slow, but they charge by the gigabyte. So I am holding that in reserve. But maybe not for long since I really want to be ‘normal’. I will be here until the 13th of January, so expect to see more posting from my Betas than me. They may even copy and paste for me because this sucks…
Updates: For those that fans of The Best is Yet to Come, I have the chapter back and am reading through it for my part. We are looking for a beta for it, and once we have one, then they need to go through the story and edit. Just to let you know, if you are interested, do NOT message me. Send it to the Beta email address: kittysbetas@gmail.com. Karen is the one who appoints Betas, not me. And there are tests. Just warning you. (I hate them, and I barely take them, only to find out I am not bad… But then I read my unedited stuff and cringe.)
Also, I bought the domain for Kittyinaz, so you can use the www.Kittyinaz.com to get here now. I also had to fork out quite a bit on other things, and discussing with Karen led to the Amazon Partnerships. If you shop Amazon, click on the link here (on the side under the Amazon Partnership heading), or save it as your bookmark, and for the money you spend, I get a very small percentage of it. This will go towards defraying the costs for me to keep up the site. Don’t get me wrong, WordPress is free, but since so many of you come here, I have upgraded some of it. I am finding I am needing to upgrade the memory not only here, but also in our Dropbox too. Once I do that, I will load up the stories there and won’t experience the losing of a chapter like I did this last week. No idea how, and it pissed me off.
I am also working away, since the internet is so bad here, I have more time to write, and not read. I am also resting a lot to catch up on the lost sleep I had the last couple of weeks. My back spazzed out so, I am glad to have this time. My stress level was high, and I was putting aside my grief and everything to deal with what needed to be done, such as helping to take care of Mama Kitty and getting everything ready for this trip.
Mama Kitty update. She is home, and enjoying it. I set up the TV, though when Marty gets back, he may have to fix the Blu-ray player since it was buzzing and the colors were off. But it is easy peasy for him, me it was not fun. I like computers, but have me hook up a TV and all the stuff, with only having two HDMI’s inputs and needing three of them? Ugh.
Connor is with me, and this has been interesting. They have a doggy door and it is not getting through his head yet he can use the door and not be let out. Hey the time is young. He is learning that he can use it, since I won’t let him out but will stand outside. So he will use it, then when I leave him out, he will come in. He is getting used to the other people, dogs and everything. But he is enjoying it, though Marty left today to go back to Houston, and he is looking for him…
So please click above for the Interview with Killian. Sharon aka MissRon80 (click on her link under the betas area) will have her interview of him on her site, she is the co-author for The Best is Yet to Come. Also, when we do Emma, she will be doing it, since she is Emma. I write Killian, she writes Emma. So please read it, and enjoy. And be looking for when the next chapter will be posted. I will try to write the next one here soon so I can get it out to her.
Don’t forget the foodblog, I gave Megan all my recipes from the family cookbook and she is adding it. So all of my cookie, well most of them are given to her. I think I didn’t include the ones from those checkout cookbooks. Yes, I buy them, and use them. I am not at home, so feel free to send her some recipes (kittyinazfoodblog@gmail.com). She runs the site, so go over and check it out. Let her know what you are looking for, and she may have it already, or be able to find it. Just try it!! There has been a lot of time given to that project, and you guys don’t want me wasting time right?
I think that is everything. If you want input into this month’s coming interview, join the group. It’s a little quiet, but when people get talking, my phone blows up and I get a huge grin on my face. And don’t forget the Saturday Gif hunt, Robin has been posting on the group but she is changing up how to get the points for finding it. It is getting nifty!!!
Enjoy and hopefully you will have some updates soon!
I know, you guys are expecting some posts tomorrow. Well, I am telling my betas not to worry. Yep I know, cliffy and such, but seriously. I will be driving tomorrow to Tucson, and they will be gearing up for family times. And you know my mantra, family comes first!
I have been writing when I have a chance. This earlier departure to Tucson is to give me time to settle. I have barely slept in a week, and been making up for it the last two days. But going there, not having to take care of anyone but Connor and I? Heaven. I need it right now. We won’t go to how yucky stress has been on my body. Bad, Bad, Bad.
So my plan when I am gone? To write my little heart out. No one is expecting us, so Connor and I will attempt to learn to go from a couch potato to a marathon runners in the next few weeks. I need the outlet running gives, and since they have dirt roads there, awesome. ( I used to be a long distance runner, so I fondly remember the time when I run, and be able to think or not when your body is just moving.) Then I can take my laptop and write away. No idea what the internet service will be, but I bought a new jet pack aka mifi. If nothing else, I can email? Who knows.
I will not be back to normal stuff until after my birthday on the 13th of JANUARY. Yes, that long. Marty is taking a month off between the 2 years, and we will be taking the time to recharge ourselves. Sometimes a new view will give your batteries a recharge.
ED is finished, Meridian is going to be working on that when she has time. I may have some other stories done and handed out to betas while I am out. I am aiming to finish some of those hanger outers, and finish my first book. I had wanted to work on that exclusively, but hey, Real Life sucks sometimes, and mine has sucked more than most. I will be working on the interview this month for Killian. And my Betas may post the next poll. WE will all see when I get there.
For an update, Momma Kitty (As my mom has been nicknamed) is now home. Connor is leaving with me tomorrow to allow her time to heal. She is loving the being home, there is nothing like your own home to feel better. She has been making strides, and is talking about the marathon for Susan G. Komen for a goal. Hehehe. Like she can keep up with me!!! Well, me then. LOL. She is still in pain, but she is settling in, and is happy to be wearing normal clothes. Well no jeans and none for 6 months, . But all in all, she is doing well!
I have sent over my recipes for family cookies and such to the Food Blog, and Megan is working on getting all those updated. And as soon as I can, I will be purchasing my domain this year for Kittyinaz, so if the Kittyinaz.Wordpress doesn’t work, try dropping the WordPress. This is exciting since our WordPress Whisperer has left little notes saying how much more she can do if we had the domain, so be looking forward to that.
Lots of changes, but I am letting my Betas know that as the holiday madness encroaches on their free time, to put me on the backburner and enjoy the time for the holidays. Myself? I am going to try to stock up on your stories and relax. Luckily for you, I’ve exhausted all my reading so I have nothing but writing to do. LOL.
Have a happy holidays if I don’t talk to you before then, and I look forward to the new year and all the excitement. Oh yeah, WordPress normally puts the snow out there, and as soon as I find it, you know I will be signing up, since I love playing with it. It’s the little things folks!
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