Anne Is Fiction

I’m so sorry for being so quiet and un-updating! I have a fairly legitimate excuse, though. I’ve started school (at an advanced, college-level residential high school, aka hardcore boarding school) and the internet in the dorms is BROKEN. This sucks so much. And it might not be fixed for another week or so, and carrying my laptop all across campus is a pain in the ass, so I’m still going to be quiet (though I’ll do my best).

In other news: I have the next chapter of Learning a Lesson outlined, but I haven’t gotten around to writing it yet. BUT, I’m getting used to my crazy-busy schedule, so I’m getting more general writing done. I’ve also got a few potential Covenant one-shots rolling around my brain, so we’ll see where that goes.

Nothing more to say right now. Y’know how glamorous and awesome Spenser seems in the Covenant? Yeah, real boarding school, so not like that. I wish.

Well, I’m off to enjoy the Internet while I can!

This was about to slip my mind, when my friend mentioned Deliberate. It’s late, but hey, it is still technically today. Or whatever.

This takes place after Running Away, where Reid decides to leave Ipswich and Spenser and go to Fortwright Academy in Boston. Fortwright is purely the figment of my imagination.

Winter’s Chill, Drabble Two: The New Guy

Whispers followed him around Fortwright like ghosts. So handsome, said some. Others: Why’d he transfer? Only one semester left…

It took days for someone to get the courage to ask him that question. His new icy reserve kept the others away, but not this persistent soul, a pretty girl who kept looking back at her friends for encouragement. Before she would have been treated to a charming smile. Now, she got distant blue eyes. Made her sigh anyway.

“Best thing to do under the circumstances,” was his answer.

He wouldn’t tell her the circumstances no matter how sweetly she asked.

GRRR! Fanfiction.net is being mean, and won’t let me upload any documents. So cruel…don’t know when it’ll start working right, but I’ll keep posting the drabble here in the meantime.

I’m going on vacation to New Orleans for four days. I’m pretty excited, because my mom and are planning on shopping and going to the museum. She wants to go to the new Insectarium (?) thing but I’m not too fond of bugs, so that may not happen. I hope the hotel has internet, or I shall be bored. Of course, when I can’t get online, I tend to write more…which would make you lot happy.

Even if I went bonkers and no longer wanted to write Learning a Lesson, I think I would anyway because I adore the reviews I get from readers. Looking at my statistics page, I have 21 reviews for three chapters (average of 7 a chapter!) and over 1000 hits. It gives me a very a happy feeling to see review alerts in my inbox.

I do believe that fanfiction is the crack for this generation.

Something I’m thinking about: a virtual writer’s group for fanficcers. I don’t have anyone beta my stories, because they’re usually pretty correct, but I would enjoy getting critical feedback as well as helping other writers. If you’re interested, leave a comment.

I made a poll about what readers consider crucial to a well-written story. It’s over >>>there>>>, on the sidebar. If you have a second, please pick some answers! It’s for a good cause: improving the quality of fanfiction.