Chapter 18 is done! It needs some editing and there's still the epilogue to go, but I'm hoping to have them both posted in the next week or so. Yay!

I've just finished a reread of Erebor Restored and have started on the final chapter. You can thank Coru's series A Man Who Wasn't There. It's the first fanfic I've read in about three years and it was just what I needed to get the creative juices flowing. No promises of when the last chapter will be posted. 

Well that year came and went. I have been picking at the next chapter here and there. My biggest problem has been remembering that I have a story to finish at all. I'm worried that it's been so long since the last update that no one will care when I post the next chapter. I know that's happened to me before, that I've outgrown a story before it is ( Read more... )

We're coming up on a year since my last chapter was posted on Erebor Restored. My goal is to get the next one up before that anniversary rolls by. Not sure if it'll happen, but I did just write up another scene, so we're that much closer. It's possible for this to by the last chapter, but I don't want to fall into the trap of rushing the ending, as ( Read more... )

There had to have been a hormone while I was pregnant that blocked my creativity. One week after we officially weaned I started writing dialogue again. It was for a new story and not one of the many that I still have yet to finish, but that is neither here nor there. Writing is writing. Today I begin the major reread of Erebor Restored. After this ( Read more... )

It's done! I know, I'm as surprised as anyone. There is some major editing to be done, but the new chapter should be posted soon. We're talking weeks, not months. If I can stay on top of it, maybe even next weekend. It depends on how much the chapter needs to be overhauled and how often I can remember to do it. My delivery date is June 16th and my ( Read more... )

Chapter 16 of Erebor Restored is almost finished. I'm on the last scene and then there will be some MAJOR editing, but the I can finally post again. I'm thinking that there will only be one more chapter after this one, two at the most. I am desperate to finish this story. I NEED to finish this story, but pretty much from the moment my daughter was ( Read more... )

I haven't written a single word since I posted the last chapter of Erebor Restored. The mojo just isn't there. There are only, maybe, two chapters left and I just can't get into the head-space to write it. Now, there are reasons for this. I once again find myself pregnant and this one seems to be doing well, which is new. It seems that the previous ( Read more... )

The best inspiration that I've found for writing my original story is avoidance of my Hobbit story....

It may be conceited for me to write this, as I am no great writer myself. I am, however, a great reader and thought that I would share what I've learned over the years.( Read more... )