Everything Will Be Alright

So... I was a little bored today, I admit, and though I did write a little, I mostly surfed the internet when I should have been doing other things. Below, you will find pictures of the main characters of Everything Will Be Alright - one of the stories that will receive a rewrite on Fictionpress. This is completely random, I know, but it was just something that I wanted to do.

Will Kelly

Lucy Banks

Juliet Harvey

Clarabelle Davis

Peter Fincher

Sam Wade

A Pocketful of Poppies - Part Eighteen

Hi, everyone. Part eighteen of A Pocketful of Poppies is now posted on Fictionpress.com so as always, please read it and let me know what you think if have the time. As I explain in my author note at the end of the chapter, this was added to the outline at the last moment but I think this chapter was necessary to give both insight into Poppy and to give more depth to Justin and his character. I know some are still talking about Wonderwall but I think A Pocketful of Poppies is now standing on its own as a completely new story. It is so different than Wonderwall and please consider APOP a completely seperate, different story. Thank you very much for reading, as always.

Better Together - Chapter Five

I was able to update the fifth chapter of Better Together so if you get a chance, check it out if you have not read the story before and let me know what you think. I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend. It has been raining all day in Milwaukee today and we went to the Marquette basketball but they lost. Oh, well. I will update again as soon as I can. Thank you in advance for everything.

Jamie

A Pocketful of Poppies - Part Seventeen

What is going on with me this week? I am the updating queen and it reminds me of the old days when I would update several times a day. I am quite happy with the way part seventeen of A Pocketful of Poppies - now posted on Fictionpress - turned out. I wanted to show more of Justin's past and why he sometimes gets those nasty panic attacks. Please read it for me and I hope that I have grounds to be satisfied with it.

I am heading up to Milwaukee tomorrow and will return Sunday - after a trip to IKEA Sunday afternoon. You all know how much I love IKEA. So there will be no updates from me in a few days. I know some of you worry when you do not see the blog updated but it will only be for a few days. I might be able to squeeze in another update of Better Together before I leave but no promises.

Oh! Before I forget, as you all know, I am posting Better Together and then More than Anyone on Fictionpress. Ben and Olivia's story especially is going to be getting a makeover with some editing and adding of scenes. Of my other stories on AFF, which one do you want to see get the royal editing treatment next? Leave me a comment and let me know. I know I have to finish A Pocketful of Poppies, which has two more chapters until completion, and then work must be done on Soldier Boy and When Night is Almost Done but I am nothing if not a person who multi-tasks so let me know which story should come after More than Anyone. Thanks and have an amazing Thursday, everyone. I am in a spectacular mood for some reason.

A Pocketful of Poppies - Part Sixteen

Another update from me! Part sixteen of A Pocketful of Poppies is now posted on Fictionpress so hopefully, the drill is known by now. Head over there and read the chapter for me and let me know what you think of it if you want. Also, thank you very much to Naoise for the banner she made below. I absolutely adore it.

When Night is Almost Done - Chap. Five

As planned, chapter five of When Night is Almost Done is now complete and posted on Fictionpress. Whenever you get a chance, please read it for me and let me know what you think of it if you want. Thank you very much.

Amanda

Tess

Connor

When Night is Almost Done Art

Inspired by Molly, I am watching one of my favorite movies, Rebecca, and finally getting around to uploading some of the art people have sent me over the past few days. I am currently working on the fifth chapter of When Night is Almost Done and am almost finished with it. I hope to have it posted sometime tomorrow. *fingers crossed* In the meantime, thank you a million times to both Mirjam and Naoise for the artwork below for this story. I love both of these banners immensely and I feel so lucky to have people make me things like this.

by Mirjam

by Naoise

Better Together - Chapter Four

If anyone is interested in updates for this story, the fourth chapter of Better Together is now posted on Fictionpress so check it out if you want to. I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend so far and I promise to listen to all of the song suggestions people have been sending me. I also have some artwork to post and work on some new chapters. Basically, I have much to do! But first, I want to finish watching Stalag 17. I just love William Holden. Thank you in advance for everything and hopefully, I will talk to you all soon and have some new updates.

Jamie and Violet

A Pocketful of Poppies - Part Fifteen

I am very happy with the way this chapter turned out and I hope others enjoy it as well. Part fifteen of A Pocketful of Poppies is now posted on Fictionpress so please read it and let me know what you think if you want. It shows some insight into Kim Aldridge and how she sees Justin and it of course moves the relationship between Justin and Poppy forward as well. Thank you as always in advance for reading and reviewing. I really appreciate it.

Hawkin and Lily

“Soldier Boy is my favorite story of yours right now and I absolutely love the character of Lily Hawkin. I found this picture of Jensen Ackles and I knew immediately that I wanted to edit it a little. I added text from your story and I tried to photo shop my own eye patch over his eye since Hawkin lost his eye at the end of The Flower Girl but it never looked right so I just gave up. I hope you like this picture and thank you so much for writing this amazing story. I hope you update it soon. Love Vanessa.”

Vanessa, thank you very much for the artwork (which I have posted below). I love that picture.

Simon, Marcus and Lily’s adventure is just beginning and Hawkin is definitely going to be acting somewhat crazy and vengeful to get his daughter back safely. Soldier Boy is not only going to be a story about Simon, Marcus, Lily and their coming-of-age tale but it is also about the Mogue and what the soldiers will do to protect their own. It is going to be a bit darker, a bit more magical and mythical than The Flower Girl but I hope it all turns out the way I am imagining it.

Thank you very much to Vanessa and to everyone for reading this story and hopefully, enjoying it as well.

Better Together - Chap. Three

I am glad some have showed interest and excitement about these two stories being posted once again after a little fine tuning. Chapter three of Better Together is up on Fictionpress if you want to read and review it.

More than Anyone is also going to be seeing some editing and even more fleshing out into a long novel-type story. I am going to add more with Toby and Olivia and Ben and his conflict with his ex-girlfriend, Jillian as well as include an epilogue of sorts with Ben and Olivia getting to know one another in the bedroom since I know many were dying for a love scene between the two.

Also, in case you missed the previous post, chapter three of Soldier Boy is also posted so check that out if you want.

I have noticed that not many people visit this blog anymore, traffic severely down than what it used to be, and I know that I have lost readers along the way so I am thinking about giving the blog a makeover or maybe... abandoning it completely. I am not sure what I am going to do but thank you to everyone who does visit this blog. I put probably almost as much work into it as I do into my stories so it does mean a lot to me. Thank you to everyone who does stick by me through everything. I am certain that if I did not have you, I would not be putting as much time into writing as I do and therefore, I would not be doing something I love to do so much. Thank you for everything.

Jamie and Violet

Soldier Boy - Chapter Three

Fictionpress appears to be up and running again so I was able to post chapter three of Soldier Boy. Please, as always, read it and let me know what you think of it. I love this chapter and had a great time writing it. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you very much to Lauren for the banner she made of Simon Fowlers - it is absolutely beautiful - and I have also posted the painting by Gustave Doré of Arachne, who is the basis for a new creature introduced in this chapter. As always, thank you for reading.