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Between Good and Evil Chapter 2, New Challenge

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The second half of Between Good and Evil is now up in the library- go check it out. Just to avoid confusion, the entire story is up now. I was thinking of dividing chapter 2 into two seperate chapters, but I decided against it, so now the whole thing is available in the library. Get readin'!

Also, we've got a new challenge up in the forum. We actually had one last week too, but I didn't post about it on the main page. Interested writers are welcome to make a late submission on that one too.

Between Good and Evil Chapter 1

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Hey! It's been a while. I'll spare you all some of the blabber and simply say that I uploaded a new story to the Library. It's called Beyond Good and Evil. This is just the first chapter, there's another one to come- or possibly two. I'm not sure how to split the remaining two thirds of the story and might wind up posting them as one. If I do you'll find out next week.

In the mean time come check out the forum, where I might even post a new writing challenge, you never know. I can't make too many promises, but hopefully there will be more updates soon.

Miss Mars Season 2

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0700

At long last, a new chapter of Miss Mars is available! Check it out on our forum.
We actually posted the chapter a few days ago, but me being the moron I am I forgot to update the RSS/mainsite. So, this is my belated update. Sorry I didn't say sooner. I've fallen out of the habit of updating the site and so it isn't second nature...
I'd waffle on about the chapter, but really I think I'd just be wasting your time; if you want to read it, go read it. You don't need me to tell you 101 things you're going to find out when you read it anyway. While you're on the forum, though, you might check out the Timeless Writing Challenge I put up a little while ago.
The site's update schedule is still on hiatus. Right now I have got stuff going on in University that is eating up all of my time, and while I can tend to the forum, I don't think I've got the time or energy needed to do weekly updates to the site. And I don't really like the idea of updating if it isn't weekly.
Anyway, go enjoy Miss Mars! It's been a long time coming.

Ghost Story Halloween Special

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Happy Halloween!

'Tis the season to be creepy. In that spirit, I have put together a short update this week; a Ghost Story Halloween Special. It's a little story with some of the cast from Ghost Story. If you haven't read it (or only read the preview), hopefully it will be self explanatory. It also includes a rather awesome little illustration by Saburo X. Check it out! And also, look forwards to November!

Happy Halloween to you all!

More Short Shorts

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Hey! Another bitesize update this week. In fact I think this might be the shortest story in the library. The new story is "New Motherwell", a short one scene tale of future space colonization. Hopefully that will tide you guys over... I have a little something more in mind for next weekend, if I get the time to put it together. If so, look forwards to Halloween!

From the Ashes!

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Aaaand my internet is back. Finally. For those not in the know, I moved to my term-time flat a few weeks ago, and unfortunately we had no internet hooked up. This was why the site updates completely and utterly ceased for a while. Now I'm hooked up again!

I can't promise the update schedule will return completely all at once- I have a lot of University work to keep up with now and it's going to eat into my maintenance time, but I'll do my best.

As for this week, I have a super short story for you all about a girl(/mythical creature) named Phoebe. Go look it up in the library. It's short, but I think you will find it is sweet too.

Please check out the forums over the next few weeks. NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, November) is coming up soon (duh, in November), and I would like to see if we couldn't put some stuff together on the site. But only if there's demand for it, soooo... Go on the forum if you're interested and give us a shout.

Fräulein Chapter 4

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

More Fräulein, at last!

Sorry for last week's non-update. I may wind up rescheduling things, as I really didn't count on how busy my weekends would be after coming home. I have a couple of social commitments and wind up being out of town and net access on Sundays, which leaves me with little time to cover essentials, including site updates.

But anyway, now Chapter Four of Fräulein is online. The chapters are tending towards the longer now, so hopefully that'll make up for our uneven updates a little. Chapter Four sees the introduction of two more 'main cast' members who complete the story's band. Things start to pick up momentum from here, so look forward to future updates.

On another note, I'm very happy to report that Ghost Story has sold better than I expected! I'm still eager to hear what more people thought of the book, but as is I'm more than pleased with the revenue. Cup Noodles Galore! The book and PDF are still available at the linked site. All the feedback so far has been positive, so, who knows, maybe if you buy it you might just enjoy it!

Ghost Story available now! Fräulein Chapter 2 and 3!

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Grand Update! I know this is midweek, but I've been having a lot of technical issues recently... (not to mention being busy catching up on a year of missed social life) Now I've finally put up the stuff I wanted to put up on Sunday.

First we've got more Fräulein, Chapters 2 and 3 are now up. I actually got 2 up on Saturday night, but it was all on its lonesome and I couldn't get the update system to work properly. Now I've put up Chapter 3 as well. Chapter 2's on the short side, but Chapter 3's on the long side so... maybe it balances out? Anyway, there's some good reading there so check it out.

And now, something I've been waiting to do for a long time... Ghost Story. There's a preview up in the library, but Ghost Story itself is actually available as a book-book (in print!) or a PDF at Lulu.com. Yes, it costs actual cash moneys, I'm afraid, but for several years of effort put into M stories, I'd appreciate earning enough money out of it to buy a cup of noodles ^_^; Anyway, judge for yourself- if you like the preview, maybe you'll like the full thing! If you hate the preview, drop it like a ton of bricks!

Either way, opinions are always welcome on the forum. Tell me what you think of the preview, or heck, maybe even the full thing!

Fräulein

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Sorry, another late update...

As promised last week, here is the first chapter of Fräulein, a story co-othered by Saburo X and myself. Fräulein is the story of a female Frankenstein and her adventures in investigation of her pregnancy. It's a sort of sister-story to Lady Vivienne (we had discussion of crossovers, but we really needed another monster girl to round out the trio). While the hook (pregnant monster girl wants to know why she is pregnant) the story goes to very different places and has a diverse and hopefully interesting cast.

Chapte 1 just starts with our two heroes, Francis and Ollie, so go check it out. Chapter 2 will be up next week with Adventures.

Matrontron First Edition

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Heeey, just on time update... Woo.

I won't lie to you guys, I feel a bit bad about this week's update. It's the first 'chapter' of a story I finished a few weeks back. The story, Matrontron, is the longest thing I've written to date, at about 90,000 words. Unfortunately this makes it a royal pain in the ass to edit. Worse still, the story involves a lot of time travel, so there are a few bits and pieces of internal consistency that I need to look at. I have not had time to do this yet, but somehow I find myself posting chapter one. I think the writing still holds up, but I tell you all this because I might pull this "first edition" back and post a second edition in the future with more edits.

Why am I posting this? Simply put, I'm in a tight spot as far as updates go this week. I have, as I've previously indicated, run low on short stories to put up, but I still have a few super long ones. But there are sticking points with all of them which lead me to posting this. I hope you still enjoy it.

To make up for this, I'm going to post the first chapter of my first big non-M story up on the forum. If you like my humorous writing style and want to give it a spin without pregnant girls, go check out the first chapter of "Dread Pirate" on the forum.

Next week I hope to be able to post the first chapter of Fraulein by Saburo X, a sister-story to Lady Vivienne. It's a good one so look forward to it (fingers crossed)!

The Sweet Tiller

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Ack, late again. But this time I totally have a reason.

This week's story is a little on the short side, buuut, it's a good one, if I do say so myself. The story is "The Sweet Tiller". It's an idea that I've had for literally years, but my previous attempts to put it into writing were unsuccessful. This time might be short, but it got the job done, aaand I might even write more about it at some point in the future. I held off on uploading it because Saburo X said he might illustrate the main character, and low and behold he did (and boy is it purty). But I had to put off updating until the horrible photoshop rendering machines had finished cranking the picture out, and so, here we are on Sunday. Oops.

Anyway, I'll talk more about the story on the forum, so if you enjoy it be sure to come and hear more about it, and hopefully give me some of your thoughts to boot.

Just like the Wind...

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Just a little update this week I'm afraid; the Epilogue to Lady Vivienne. It's short, but I think readers will still get a big kick out of it.

Be sure to post feedback on the forum! So, until next time, Vivienne is Just like the Wind...

Still throwing around ideas for the Bad Idea Challenge, so check that out on the forums too. And if there's any BlazBlue fans on the forum I want to hear from you!

Lady vivienne and the Bad Idea Challenge

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

What's this? An update on time? Clearly we are living in a parallel Universe or something. But, I swear by the hairs on my evil goattee, I have in fact uploaded Lady Vivienne Chapter VII on time. Woo!

This is the last chapter of Vivienne, not counting the epilogue, so go on and read the final action! I hope it's as fun to read as it was to write. And maybe the ending will even have a surprise or two for you. Check it out and gimme your thoughts on the forum!

Speaking of the Forum, I'm trying out a little event right now- sort of like a Writing Challenge only more limited and hopefully still a lot of fun. It's the Bad Idea Challenge! You can check it out on the forum, but here's the general lowdown; I think that a good writer can make a good story from even a bad idea. But to put this to the test, I want everyone to come up with their best worst ideas for stories with pregnant girls in. Everyone suggest away, and then we'll put the results into a poll to decide which idea is the worst after all. Then I'll do my best to write the very worst idea to the best of my ability, and we can see whether it can really be turned good or not.

Aaaand if anyone is interested we might run it as a regular old challenge where everyone can pitch in to try and write bad ideas. So, come and check it out.

'Til next week!

Lady Vivienne, Chapter VI

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Oops, a little bit on the late side... but still on the right weekend at least! Here we are, Lady Vivienne Chapter VI. With this, the story is nearing its climax! There's a lot of action, and finally the real reason Vivienne's pregnant! I hope you all enjoy

If you've got time, I put a poll up in the General Discussion section of the forum about book stuff. I'm trying to gather some information, so I'd appreciate it if people took the time to vote. Thank you, and good day.

Double Update

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Aaand we're back. Eagle eyed readers may have noticed that we didn't update last week. Although I'm genuinely not sure how many such viewers actually exist, since only one person commented on the fact to me. But, hey, c'est la vie I guess...

Anyway, between one thing and another I didn't update last week. And rather than putting in a late update on Monday or Wednesday, I decided it'd be better just to do a double header today. So, this week, not only do we have Chapter V of Lady Vivienne, but also a new short story of around the same length, called 'Logistics'.

Logistics is short, and full of huge fun. It as an idea I had during the week after watching some Lupin III, and managed to squeeze out time to write it between other projects. It's about thievery and pregnancy, and I hope it'll amuse.

Vivienne, on the other hand, is now into the action, and my favourite part of the story. Last two main characters show up (barring the 'final boss'), and I quite like them, even though neither of them is pregnant (*gasp*) or even female (:O). If you've been following the story, I think you'll really enjoy the latest developments.

Please check out the forums and comment on stories you like there. I'll endeavour to keep the update schedule going again now, but when I get no response or activity for a while I get a strong "Why do I even bother?" feeling.