Note: For those of you who saw the random notes at the end of Role Reversal, those were notes left by one of my editors... Didn't know that they carried from Google drive.

Anyway! I managed to pump out two chapters this month and that makes me a happy creeper :3

I'm working on My Little Serial Killer next and hope to have something done soon-ish, but this week is looking to be one of those weeks I dread. (Long story short, I have legitimate time off now and since I still live with my parents for the time being, they require me to devote all of my time to being their personal groundskeeper/maid. Sooo... Yeah :/ )

So, I'll try to keep you guys posted on my going ons and when the next release will be.

Oh, and if any of you guys have any questions for me, go ahead and ask. ^.^

TODAY IS THE DAY MY FRIENDS!

Here I've sat in my room, silently pounding away at this key board, writing paper after paper, all for this day... And now? I turn them in!

Which meeeeeans...

I have MORE than enough time to start working on more stories!

Now, I was trying to figure out what to do for my next story release and after a very vivid dream in which I woke up in the middle of the night, just to jot down notes, I'm going to go with Role Reversal.

I'm going to try and keep a schedule again and have something released between the 12th and the 14th.

I have a feeling you guys are gonna like it :D

Well, ta ta for now! I gotta get to school.

SO

An update.

A much needed update on my current situation.

I've had to do nothing but writing for my classes this semester. Paper after paper, project after project, and you know what? I'm glad it's coming to an end this summer.

But the end of my classes are still a ways a way... About a couple weeks. But you know what? I'm one of the lucky ones. I don't have any final tests. No, just some projects that I'm almost done with.

SO

I plan on going balls to the wall this month. I want to post things. I don't know when exactly, but I'm planning on having something up within the next 4-5 days.

I hope I don't jinx myself by saying this but... I'm back!

Well, I gotta say, I don't know if I'm going to able to continue writing all of these commissions... I keep trying to put aside time for them, but either schoolwork, social obligations, or personal matters (I'm going to say "My parents" and leave it at that) get in the way and I keep telling myself "I'll type tomorrow" and tomorrow comes and I can't get the time.

I want to continue writing, I seriously do, but right now, I don't know if I can fulfill these commissions.

Those that have commissions me for something, PLEASE contact me. I want to talk to you about it and figure something out, like paying you back or something. I honestly can't keep going on with this weighing down my conscience, it's depressing me way too much.

Seriously.

If I had one of those, I'd stay in for about a year and do all the writing I wanted to do and come out an hour later.

*sigh*

If you haven't guessed yet, I'm frustrated.

I'm taking three different classes that require me to write paper after paper. So it gets a little tiring. Not only that, but I'm trying to get stuff together for when I transfer to a new college to get my journalism degree.

I've chipped and pecked at By a Fireplace, but I haven't been able to sit down and go to town on it in the way I'd like. Partly from a lack of time and partly from well...

If you spent the whole day hunched over a computer, writing poetry, prose, thematic essays, and whatever else the teachers want, would you have the enthusiasm to sit down and spend your free time doing more writing?

I honestly hate myself for admitting that, but it's true. I wanna kick myself.

I'll try and utilize free time I have between (and maybe during classes as well >.>) to work more on By a Fireplace before turning my sights on Role Reversal again.

Just thought I'd let you all know what was going on. I owe you guys that much.

Just something I thought I'd talk to you all about that I've been meaning to, so if you don't mind, I'm going to get up on my soapbox for a while. Just remember, these are my own personal thoughts. I wanted to put these here to share. Please don't judge me based on them.

First and foremost, if you have been living underneath a rock since Friday, there was a mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. Twenty children and six adults dead.

The shooter, one Adam Lanza, has been identified as having Asperger's Syndrome and a personality disorder. What shocks me just as much as the killings is how cold some of these reporters, some of these people react to this knowledge.

One news reporter, who I will keep anonymous to stop any flame wars, suggested that we lock up those with mental disorders to stop them from hurting themselves or others.

A neighbor of the shooter said that he was "always a weird kid" and "wasn't really surprised this happened"

I first want to state that I speak out for those with mental diseases being a sufferer myself. I used to suffer from Generalized Anxiety Disorder and OCD which plagued me with suicidal thoughts until I received counseling to help me push away those thoughts. Funny thing is, that nervousness and obsessive behavior was sort of a... coping mechanism. Now, I find myself plagued with a new disorder that goes by a rather ugly name. Schizophrenia. It's self diagnosed, but you don't need a psychiatrist when you know you're hallucinating and hearing things. I've found a way to cope with it through my friends, my family, and even you guys. My readers. It helps so much to keep me grounded in reality. Because of all three of these forces, I'm functional. If I was cut off from any of them, I don't know what would happen to me. I know it wouldn't be pretty.

But all of these reporters are vilifying the shooter, calling him a monster and a beast for killing all of those kids.

I'll admit it, I teared up when I heard about the shooting. All those kids dead with their whole lives ahead of them? Of course I was mad. I was pissed. I was ready to hate this Adam kid, some 18 year old kid who thought he'd recreate Columbine in his own backyard.

Then I learned he was mentally sick and it was like... hard to hate him anymore.

The point I'm trying to make is, this all could have been avoided. We've all been the 'weird' kid before and we've all be picked on and alienated just for being different. I just got to wonder if someone, anyone stopped and listened to Adam and asked what was going on inside his head, asked him if he wanted a friend to talk to, maybe we wouldn't have this tragedy on our hands.

So if you know anybody with a mental disease, are being ostracized or having a hard time keeping the voices away, let them know that you're there for them. Hug them, tell them that you love them, anything will do. Just don't let them suffer alone.

I'm done now. I'll step off my soap box and let you all get back to your lives.

After a weekend with friends and the knowledge that all my finals are done, I've been getting back to work on my stories and I'm working on keeping an average of 1000 words a day. Day 1 has come and gone and I'm on track. Wish me luck on trying to keep on schedule.

Not much going on right now, just thought I'd let you guys now I'm legit alive now.

And holy f**k has it been one crazy, hectic, and stressful semester...

Finals are almost done, so that's good. I was on track for writing My Saving Grace for a few days, but my grandmother passed away near the end of November and I've had to help with a lot of the processions. And before you ask, I'm okay about my grandmother. She was a wonderful woman who I loved deeply, but the day she was admitted to the hospital, I knew she wasn't going to leave. It was just one of those things. I was prepared and strong when it happened so I could support my family and help them in anyway I could.

But, everything is on track now. Life is settling back into the norm and the writing bug is nibbling on my neck as we speak.

So! That's all I wanted to say. I'm working hard, gonna wrap up this semester, and get back to doing what I love to do. Writing. :3

Ciao for now, guys. See ya really soon!

Here I thought I'd get a little time to myself and start writing more...

Welp, I've been busy, but not on what I'd like to be.

My English 102 class has been crazy, writing essay after essay.

My last one was about Walt Whitman and how is poetry was, at its core, American, and how it related to Manifest Destiny.

Now I'm working on my final essay in which I talk about how Existential Nihilism plays into literature, namely two stories: The Stranger and The Metamorphosis. Needless to say, this has been a difficult few weeks 6_9

I've gotten like, 1000 words typed for My Saving Grace and that's it. I honestly can't do much until I've got my college exams/essays/tests cleared off my plate, sorry.

But, this blog isn't just for me to whine, I kind of wanted to let those who have been asking me know:

My Little Serial Killer has been on the back burner for a while now, I know. I've been neglecting it and I don't like it, but I got to until I get more cleared off my plate. I already stated a blog or two ago that I plan to do the next chapter of My Saving Grace and then work on the next chapter of My Little Serial Killer, so please don't ask me about it. It just makes me feel bad. >.<

Well, I'm going to get back to work for a bit on my final essay.

Ciao for now my friends.

OKAY!

Now that I've got your attention, the title is just that.

I've got a friend who is quite the artist and she's gotten back into My Little Pony. She's been drawing ponies a lot recently and has asked me to let you guys know that she is currently taking commissions. She's bugged me about it a lot for a while and now I'm finally doing it. Anyway, how good is she? Just look at some of her work. Here are some of the things she's done, both pony and non-pony.

PONY:

NON PONY:

If you're looking for an artist, well here she is: The Tricky Bunny

Thanks for your time all!

See you soon.