Don’t forget my contest story, linked in the update below.  Give it a read and a vote, if you haven’t already.  The ego boost from a contest win might just help me get over the difficult hump I’m still climbing to get back into writing regularly.

I typed the last line of SOTM 15 just a minute ago.  I’m going to go back and flesh out the imagery of the world a bit more in 14 and 15, and then sally forth in to Ch. 16 ( which is already started )

I’m going to try ( no promises ) to keep this page updated a bit more often.  I want to have at least one more chapter ready to go before I start posting again, so I’ll try to keep this page updated as to how it’s going.

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m having to bounce back and forth between various stories across my pen names in order to keep my juices flowing.  It slows down everything, but at least I’m not at a dead halt, as I was for a long time over the last year — and really before that.  I’ve gone through a lot in the last couple of years, and it’s hard to summon up the motication and imagination necessary to bring the stories to life.  I’m always experimenting with new ways to revive my passion, so here’s hoping I find more to get me back into the place I need to be.  It seems to be doing some good so far.

Just had several major flashes of inspiration regarding SOTM. First, everything opened up about the scene I was struggling with in Ch. 15, and I blazed through it in just a few minutes, as well as a couple of other scenes. The main scene is very sexy, and one bit of it is a seed important to the greater plot, as well.

The other flashes are two important plot points from later in the story. These are things that have to happen to bring the story to a close, but the characters hadn’t yet told me how they were going to happen. The important people all dropped off memos in my mental mailbox today.

The reason the first is important is that it has 15 moving pretty quickly. As soon as I post this, I’ll be running right back into the chapter. The reason the other two flashes are important is that they were part of what was slowing me down. There are other major points that still need resolution, but these two were sticking points that were keeping me from putting the initial seeds of them in now, when they need to happen. A couple of other things resolved in my head over the last few weeks as well. The actual details of the story are starting to come together, even if I haven’t been writing much.

The way I write, I know where the story starts, and I know where it ends. I depend on the characters to fill in the blanks between. In a long story like SOTM, I usually know about several other important points, too. The breaking of Celes’ curse in Danica, for example. It was that very plot point that slowed me down at the end of Danica. Neither of those two lovely ladies were telling me how they were going to end up in the right place to make it happen. As soon as they did, the whole ending of Danica and the beginning of SOTM congealed with crystal clarity in my head.

It’s not a gurantee that I’ll be back to full speed on the story, but it’s sure as hell a good sign. I’m feeling more comfortable putting pen to paper right now than I have since my Babydoll passed on almost a year ago.

Cross your fingers for me.

Moved the old news off to the cache.

Still working on Ch. 15, and that new Mindblind tale. I’ve also started a Celes history tale that hit me and demanded writing. Jumping back and forth between the stories ( and as Leslumens, on LST3Ks, etc ) is keeping me writing, even if nothing is moving forward at lightning speed. Right now, that seems to be the only way I can write at all. I just have to work on what’s inspiring me at the moment. Apologies for the wait, but I hope to have a nice jump on SOTM before I start posting chapters again, so the wait won’t be so long, and other stories will be complete before I start releasing chapters.

The Literotica year-end contest is underway. If you think any of my stories or characters from 2008 are worthy of nominations, then go to the thread here to find the categories and nominate me.

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=632852

You need to sign up at Lit to nominate on the forum, and that’s the only way to do it. Just read each individual thread for the correct way to nominate in a category.