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Looking to the future...

Hey all,

It’s been a while since I did a general message to everyone and I think it’s time because I want to talk about my future and my writing going on. Don’t worry, it won’t...

No update today (Mon11Aug)

I have been called in to speak with my doctor today. I've been told to come in for a discussion, but not to worry too much because it isn't bad, but also that it's quite important so I can't push i...

Sister Complex (3rd June)

I'm afraid that ff is not working very well right now, throwing me off with 503 server errors whenever I try and login to post the update. It's happening to a lot of people going by the forums. 2025-06-03 17:24:26 +0000 UTC View Post

Sick today (and perhaps tomorrow)

I came down sick on Sunday from my parents but assumed I'd be fine. Writing Bard was rough, but doable. What I didn't expect was to be so sick that I couldn't sleep even a single minute all night. ...

Notice - no update 8th March

Hi all. Sorry again but another notice of no update on today (Sat 8th March) due to sickness. I'm fairly certain it's sickness due to stress since I'm not sleeping much. All related to my closing j...

No Update Tomorrow (13th Feb)

The company I work for is finally beginning the insolvency process and I have to hold a group redundancy meeting with every member of staff and then individual meetings with each member to discuss ...

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all!

As a small gift, I've attached a chapter of an old story idea that's currently in limbo. Not 100% sure if I'll ever do it, as it's one of those ideas that comes, seems...

Sick Today

Hi all. I'm too sick today to write and may be sick tomorrow as well. Not sure. It was bad yesterday but that chapter was pre-written on Friday so no problems. Today is worse, and I've barely had a...

No update - Mon 2, Sept - also, some stuff

Hi all. There will unfortunately be no update today as I've been sucked into an all-day teams meeting with a sales rep in Singapore and will be in this through afternoon and evening as well. Taking...

Wise as an Old Qrow

Since fanfiction.net is currently experiencing an outage, I'll update the chapter here. It is set to public so if you have any fr...

Some good news

Sharing some good news here as it'll hopefully mean less reasons for further disruption. My mother's tests results have come back as NOT bowel cancer. Huge relief. They don't know what it is yet, a...

No Update June 10th

Just a quick email to warn no update today. it's been one of those days I warned would be exceptionally busy, capped off with the raw news that my cancer-surviving mother has been found positive fo...

Status Update

Hey all. I don't want anyone to think this is a bad or negative message because it really isn't. I'm just being honest with you all and letting you know what to expect.

As you may have seen f...

No update today - 16th May

This is an announcement of no update today as I've been in 3hr crisis meeting today, followed by 2 hrs addressing staff to try and ease their concerns. Have just gotten home and been invited (deman...

No fanfic update 18th April

Hey all.

Just a notice to say that today's update has to be postponed. I went in for a biopsy at 10am (such was my appoitment time anyway) and was told it'd be quick over and done with and I ...

Update Status

Hey all, so just keeping you all in the picture as to my updates.

There will be no update tomorrow and was not one on Tuesday.

This is due to my mother going into hospital with a heart ...

No updates 17th-18th Feb

Hey all. This is just a quick notice that my fanfiction won't be updating Feb 17th-18th (the weekend of this message) as I'm taking the weekend off to rest and recover. I've been sick all week but ...

Story Poll - New story in January

Hey all.

Over the Christmas break I’m obviously going to be thinking about my stories and I need to come up with a new one starting in January. I do have one idea that I’m quite excited a...

In Your Wildest Dreams Chapter

The fanfiction.net site is down or having server issues and I cannot upload there right now.

As such, I'm throwing the chapter here and enabling it for free.

Remnant's Blonde Bard - Ch1

This is just me uploading the first chapter here for free because fanfiction.net is having an aneurism over its servers and people aren't able to access it. I'm hoping the issue will be fixed by th...

No Update Today (Sat 22nd July)

I'm going into hospital today to try and regain the appointment cancelled this week; I could be there for hours at the very least while they see if they can find time or space to fit me in, so, yea...

Too sick to write today

Message as it shows; my sickness is not exactly worse - maybe even a little better - but "better" in this case means 3 hours of sleep, hopped up on medicine, and shivering and shaking. I can't real...

Dusty Old Qrow - 5 (Feb) - and Sunday update

Hey all. Here's the 5th chapter of Dusty Old Qrow, which, to remind people, will become a live and free story on ff.net once one of my existing ones end. 

Also a brief notice that there ...

ROAD ACCIDENT - NO UPDATE TODAY

As you can see from the above I won't be able to write today as I've been hit by another car who skidded on ice. I was sent into a ditch as a result. I'm too busy arranging recovery and doing accid...

NaNoWriMo

I thought it might be good to talk about NaNoWriMo this month - the challenge that sees people try to write 50,000 words in one month to jumpstart their writing careers.

I look here at how va...

Writing Article - and need help on new idea

Hey - here is the writing article for the month. We look at writing for younger audiences here, including young-adult and children, and why it's a lucrative market that isn't as easy as it sounds.&...

Writing Article September - Editing and Rewriting

The least entertaining part of writing is having to edit your work, and it's even worse when a portion of it - small or large - needs rewriting. I look here into the importance of editing, but also...

September - Second Choice Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Second Choice, which is likely to take the Saturday slot on ff.net and replace Arc Royale. 

That does mean you'll have read the first six chapters of it, and that another st...

August - Genre Review: Urban Fantasy

Urban fantasy is huge right now with many big names converting urban fantasy stories into TV shows and movies. They're more immediately accessible to the average reader than traditional fantasy bec...

August - Second Choice 5

The fifth chapter of Second Choice.

See Jaune experience a new education and a new upbringing at Atlas working with Flynt, Neon and Penny as part of a team I haven't bothered to name yet beca...