Typing

Muse is not working with me today, but I'm still trying to type. Hopefully I'll get at least a chapter of roller coaster out tonight

The Emotional Roller Coaster Of Life, Rosalie's Ring

The ring Emmett bought for Rosalie was first mentioned in Chapter 62 - Elvis (Emmett) and again in Chapter 77 - Lost Girls (Emmett) has finally been given to Rosalie as of Chapter 118 - Talk and... (Emmett). 

Rosalie hasn't yet looked at it. But here's a sneak peek.

Mood Today

Was trying to write, but just can't get into the good mood

The Beast - Prologue

Prologue

He pulled himself to his full height. 

The shewolf should have known better than to run from him, it wasn't as if the little healer could possibly have outrun him - and especially not on a full moon. She was nothing more than some hundred generation bloodborn, weak and inconsequential. He was the second generation of their kind, more powerful and deadly than she'd ever dream of being. 

And the only reason he'd stooped to seeking her out was because of a prediction he'd made that she would provide a seer son. As the one true alpha, he had the gift himself, but it was a taxing ability he avoided using as much as possible. With another gifted as a seer, he could use them for the gift and no longer use his own. 

So he'd hunted her down, and when she'd shifted and fled, he'd chased. In all honesty, the thrill of the chase had only heightened the experience as he'd used his maw to hold her down to the ground by her throat and taken what was his by rights. 

He was sure humans would scream and beat their chests in disgust, claiming he'd raped her and so on, but they couldn't possibly understand the way of his world. And in his world, his word was law.

The fact that the child she would carry and give birth to would end in her own death wasn't even a minor upset to him.

He looked down at her form, still shivering on the ground, for a mere moment before he turned and walked way - once again on two feet. 

Introducing The Beast

The Beast is going to be a blog exclusive story. It will be a story that has an eventual tie-in to one of my posted twilight fanfics, but the reveal won't come until much later, and it is ultimately completely enjoyable on it's own.

Summary

A man born under a full moon to a life of sin and destruction slowly learns to lead as the beast that he truly he is even while the world around him is crumbling under the weight of the new demonic abomination.

RR Sneak Peek

A brief teaser of Chapter 7 - City of Heat:

Alice did not like the way Charlie's house looked. The vines – the ones that had always grown up one side of the house – seemed to have completely overtaken that wall, the paint was chipped and peeling all over the house and completely gone in certain areas, the drive was overrun with roots as if no one had parked in it in a long time, and the roof had giant sections with the outer shell missing. His house looked, in a word, abandoned.

She wasn't the only one to reach that conclusion either, because Carlisle stated, “I don't think he lives here anymore.”

“We should still check,” she said softly.

After all, Charlie had never been that much of a neat freak to begin with and perhaps after Bella had left, he'd simply stopped caring about appearances. Besides, humans were weird, and he'd hardly be the first person to live in rundown junk.

Carlisle pulled to a stop and she quickly got out of the back seat. She could still smell Charlie's lingering scent, but it was old, extremely so. Yet, she couldn't stop sniffing. She'd never smelled something quite as rank as what was currently in the air. It smelled like wet dog that had rolled in a skunk bath.

Sleeping

Long night last night, too busy to post anything, I'm sleeping like that owl at the moment, but should be back posting tonight

Movies Based on YA Novels

So I wanted to touch on a slightly touchy subject. Books that have been turned into movies. The reality is that books have been being turned into movies ever since film existed. One of the earliest movies of course being Sherlock Holmes Baffled, produced in 1900. Another early one being Nosferatu, a German rendition of Dracula made in 1922. And of course, one of most famous book to movie transpositions ever was Gone With The Wind in 1939 (and The Wizard of Oz was also released that year in film).

But in the last couple of decades there have been dozens upon dozens of movies and shows based on books. Some of which have been booming successes, such as the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, the Twilight Saga, the Harry Potter Series, and the Hunger Games Trilogy.

There have been several which I love that were so far from being successful that they were actually major flops.

First and foremost, I love the movie Eragon. Mind you, I'm not comparing it to the books when I say that, I actually watched the movie before I read the books and as such I'm able to enjoy it. When I watch Eragon, I think of it as it's own thing and not as a rendition of a book.

I've also fallen in love with are Blood & Chocolate, which if you are going to watch it, watch it with the understanding that the only similarity between the movie and book are the names. The book was based in the United States while the movie was based in Romania. In the book the savior is Gabriel while in the movie the saviors are Vivian and Aiden and Gabriel is ultimately the bad guy. The stories are completely different, but I love both the movie and the book.

The rest of these movies that I like, I actually have never read the books (at least not more than a couple of pages at most) and I think that's part of why I enjoy them. Some of those are The Golden Compass,  Beautiful Creatures, Beastly, Mortal Instruments, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Fallen (2006), Fallen (2016), Bridge to Terabithia, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and I Am Number Four,

Sex, Blood, Revenge (and Everything in Between) Sneak Peek

A brief teaser of Chapter 4 ~ Capitol Punishment:

I can still remember the moments after the gray smoke had cleared. My father had already joined my side so he had been safe. But across the field where Callidra had been bound, the two guards at her side hadn’t fared nearly as well.

I can still remember the anger in her eyes as she had looked at me. Callidra’s hands had been covered in crimson as blood ran down her mouth and chin, dripping onto her shirt. The heads had been literally ripped from the bodies of her two guards. It was the most grotesque site I had ever seen.

She ran away after showing us what she had done. In the next months Carlyn’s ashes were found in an urn with the words, ‘Though shalt not suffer a witch to live - Exodus 22:18,’ inscribed on the urn. In the next month the body of Cranus had been discovered. His head was still attached meaning he had been starved to death which was perhaps the most inhumane way for a vampire to die. It would have meant three months of no blood. Plus it was obvious he had been beaten and tortured the whole time that she had starved him. A sign had been wrapped around his body saying, ‘May there be blood in hell.’

Within the next year all eight of the remaining guards had died. Victor and I remained alive however. Other vampires slowly started dying. They didn’t have it bad though as it was clear none of them had suffered. All of them had had their heads severed, clean cuts. It was clear they hadn’t really been in any pain. She had shown them mercy when she killed them.

Inspiration Behind The Hunter

As I'm prepping the fifth chapter of The Hunter, I wanted to discuss what inspired this story originally. When I first started getting heavily into Twilight fanfiction back in 2009, I quickly delved into dozens of YA series. Among them was the Evernight Series by Claudia Gray.

If you've never read the books, the premise around them was about a girl, Bianca Oliver, who was a born vampire going to school at a place strictly for special or supernatural species, specifically vampires, though there are humans that go there as well. Among the humans at the school was a boy named Lucas who is secretly a vampire hunter. Bianca and Lucas fall in love making this huge forbidden love saga. The story series was very dramatic and while I loved the first two books, the second half of the series was nowhere near as intriguing to me.

But it gave me a crazy idea of how I could take some of the core theory from that series and apply it to the world of Twilight.

Evernight Series inspired The Hunter but there is almost nothing that is obvious and fully apparent.

In Evernight, it was the boy that was the hunter and he was part of a group called Black Cross.

In The Hunter, it's Bella who's the hunter and the Cullens are vampires. There are multiple hunting factions, not just one, and the one Bella belongs to is called Rose.

As the story proceeds there will be little nods to some of the ideas that were inspired from Evernight, but this is not a crossover and there's nothing directly from that series.

The Hunter Sneak Peek

A second brief teaser of Chapter 5 - Knowledgeable due to the chapter taking me longer to get ready than planned:

Rosalie got out of the driver's side, she held herself tall and aloof, and I knew immediately I wouldn't be able to get to them through her. There was nothing I could use to get in with a succubus... at least not one that was already mated, which she was.

There were still the other three though. I kept my head down, watching from the corner of my eye.

Emmett got out of the front passenger side, his body more relaxed than his mate. He was pretending to be a senior which would make getting close to him hard, but not impossible. He was a brute, I'd already classified him as such, but being a brute meant he was more than just physically strong. He was also egotistical, and having an ego was something I could use, but it was a risk. It was the equivalent of taking a giant chunk of tinder to a roaring flame. I wouldn't rule him out though.

Jasper got out of the backseat on the driver's side, the side closest to me, and his eyes immediately flashed to me. Of all the things I despised about vampires, it was the fact that some were gifted with extra abilities, and I knew in the instant that his eyes met mine he was one of them. I locked my muscles in place to prevent myself from fisting my hands and giving myself away anymore than I already apparently had. I didn't know enough about him to use him, so I shoved him off my list of possibles.

The fourth got out on the other side of the car, short enough that she was hard to see. The girl in school yesterday had called her Alice. I knew, as was the usual case with smaller vampires, she had to have an ability of some sort, which could be problematic. The thing was, she was also my best bet on getting into the family now that the unmated one had apparently taken off. She was in my grade, meaning it would be more reasonable to interact with her than the brute.

Crashed

Hopefully I'll get back to a routine schedule soon, but for tonight I've hit the sack after a long day

A Quick Note on The Emotional Roller Coaster Of Life

So this is a little about why I made it a drabble fic. I'll be the first to admit I haven't read a lot of drabble fics. In fact, in my ten years of reading fanfics, I think I've read four or maybe five of them. Of those, I don't think any of them did chapters as long or as detailed as I'm doing.

I know I read one where every chapter was approximately seventy-five words, and to me there's just no way to capture every thing that needs to be captured in such a short amount of words.

Originally, The Emotional Roller Coaster Of Life was actually supposed to have much bigger chapters, fitting everything that would happen in a day into the same chapter. Of course, in that original version, everything was in first person (and if you look through the first thirty chapters you may catch a couple errors where it's still in first).

For me though, I'm all about challenging myself, putting myself outside of my comfort zone, trying new things, etc. So not only is this story the first AH fanfic I've ever written, but I wanted to push my limits in other ways too. That's why this story deals with a lot of things that go on in the real world every day; ptsd, depression, drug abuse, infidelity, phobias, racism, adoption, etc.

When I finally figured out where I wanted this story to start, in the prolegomenon set five years before the first chapter, it was what inspired me to break this down into a drabble-esque fic. I decided to set limits and try to stay in them as best as possible. My limits, of course, was no less than 300 words and no higher than 1000. (I'll be the first to admit I've failed several times)

I wanted to set about a story where every chapter, while short, had both a clear start and clear end, as well as every chapter having meaning and depth. There is no unimportant chapter.

So it may not be a traditional drabble because the chapters are significantly longer than normal ones, but it is  still a drabble.

Sorry for Lack of Posts

Show Recs - Game Show Edition

Don't have anything to say about my stories at the moment, so I thought I'd go over some of my favorite game/competition shows.

I grew up watching Family Feud, I remember watching it with Ray Combs, Louie Anderson, Richard Karn, John O'Hurley and up through the current Steve Harvey. It has been probably my favorite game show for years and I don't see that changing any time in the near future.

I also grew up watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, and The Price is Right. They are all classic game shows on the primary channels in the United States.

I've recently started watching the two new game shows: The Masked Singer and The Titan Games. These two shows are both genuinely interesting, though in completely different ways. Masked Singer is fun and mysterious while Titan Games is opening.

The only other shows I truly love in this genre are some cooking competitions, namely Chopped and Guy's Grocery Games. 

Sleeping

Fell asleep early. Deep apologies, may get some posts out in the morning, but not sure

One-Shot/Full Story Idea

As I've stated before, most of the time I write to music, movies, or shows playing in the background. Sometimes I have audio books playing in the background. I do this so I don't get too caught up in what I'm writing and then get stuck. Background noise helps me tremendously when I'm writing.

Occasionally though, that background noise starts to inspire me. I already write a lot, so I usually try to ignore it, but I did write the one-shot Break Up With Him which was inspired by the song of the same name by Old Dominion.

Recently I listened to a song (essentially on repeat) called Missed You Just Right by Toby Keith. This song has seriously inspired me. Not sure the when, the length, or any real details just yet, but I'm pretty sure that I will eventually write a one-shot or full length story for it. Most likely a New Moon AU as I can totally fit it into that, or possibly as another All Human story.

I guess I'll see when I get to it.

Orthodox New Year

As with Orthodox Christmas, the New Year is also on a different day for them. So Happy Orthodox New Year

The Hunter Sneak Peek

A brief teaser of Chapter 5 - Knowledgeable:

I sat cross-legged on the trunk of my car as I waited for the Cullens at school. I had made sure to arrive at six in the morning so I could guarantee and park right next to where the Cullens had been parked yesterday.

Angela arrived about half an hour after I did, making her vehicle the second in the student lot. I waved at her when she looked towards me, but otherwise didn’t remove myself from my perch. Angela waved back and then headed inside. My guess was she needed to talk with a teacher. She seemed like the type who focused on getting top grades.

A few minutes later Tyler showed up, one of the three male admirers I had so far made note of. He was bolder than the other two, Eric and Mike. I could actually conceivably like the boy if I wasn’t already engaged. He'd be good for a roll in the hay... or on a bed or a couch. I wasn't particular.

He came up to where I was sitting. “What are you doing?” Tyler asked.

“I’m waiting on the Cullens to show, they dropped an item in my yard last night when they stopped by,” I said calmly.

“Wait the Cullens stopped by your house last night?” Tyler asked in shock.

Working on Rebirth and Affliction

I am getting chapter 14 completed and posted tonight if it's the last thing I do. 

World's tiniest sneak peek below:

I'd known, even back then, that I would willingly die to protect her, willingly kill to protect her, willingly run away with her. I hadn't, however, understood her equivalent to it.

Now I did.

She loved me. I smiled to myself. She loved me.

I got up.

A bit about the Longer Storylines in The Emotional Roller Coaster Of Life

The Emotional Roller Coaster Of Life has several ongoing long term storylines. Among those, we have rehab, pregnancy, construction, and adoption.

The first of these, rehab, which Edward is undergoing, can be a any number of different lengths, but most traditional rehabs are 30, 60, or 90 days and then are things like NA (Narcotics Anonymous) out there to offer continued support after the end of rehab. For Edward's sake, I put him in a 90 day program. That's because I felt due to his heavy addiction, he needed a longer time in rehab. With that being said, you will definitely see him get out of rehab during this story.

Second there is pregnancy, which, as we know, in humans in a nine month term in all. At the start of this story, Rosalie was three months pregnant, and (if Bella is pregnant) Bella was about 2 months along. We will definitely see Rosalie's child before the last chapter, but Bella's, most likely, won't be revealed until the epilogue.

Third, construction of property. In this case, it's a huge property. Construction is one of those things that can vary in length based on size of property, weather, reliability of the construction workers, money and a dozen other things. We get to see the start of the work during the story, but the final product won't be revealed until the epilogue.

Then, there's adoption. Adoption is not a short thing by any mean. My little brother adopted a little girl not quite two years ago now, so I got to see a pretty good second hand experience of how it works. Adoption is generally a two phase process. The pre-placement (the joy of social workers determining if you are fit to raise a kid) and post-placement. For the purposes of the this story, the girls Alice and Jasper are interested in adopting and the girls Peter and Charlotte are working to adopt are all what some people to consider to be "troubled" children. This means their generally less desirable in a lot of people's eyes. This is an unfortunate thing that happens with adoption, most people who adopt generally want perfectly healthy, beautiful, and normal infants - generally they don't want older kids, kids with health issues, or with mental issues, or criminal charges - and just quick note with this, if you are wanting to adopt a healthy young infant, waiting lists that last excess of five years are nothing. As the kids Alice and Jasper have decided to bring into their lives do not fall in that category, but instead are troubled - a Somalian refugee child with an aversion to men and a girl who hurt herself in the past (details still to be revealed in the story) - pre-placement usually only takes a few months. We should get to see the kids for a little bit before the end of the story. Post-placement is a time period before adoption is completed where the kid lives with you and there is heavy monitoring to make sure the fit will work. Post-placement a minimum of six months. With that being said, they won't fully adopted until the epilogue.

Pigs Are Flying

I'm working on the next chapter of Rebirth and Affliction as well as a couple other chapters from other stories. With that being said, I have nothing to post at the moment, so enjoy the flying pig

The Characters of the Continuation of Life and Death

My continuation of Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined by Stephenie Meyer, which consists of Death and Rebirth, Rebirth and Affliction, and finishes with Affliction and Life, follows the same idea as Life and Death, in that almost all characters needed to be gender-swapped. Below is a list of all the characters with both the original and the change

no marker = The name given by Stephenie Meyer
* = my name of choice
ⱷ = has ability

CHARACTERS

HUMANS

• Amanda Reed = Arthur Reed*
• Amber = Sal
• Angela Weber = Allen Weber
• April = Arturo*
• Ashley Dowling = Ashford Dowling*
• Austin Marks = Audra Marks*
• Beaufort Higginbotham = unchanged
• Ben Cheney = Becca Cheney
• Beth Crowley = Benton Crowley*
• Bob Banner = Mrs. Banner
• Brett Warner = Brenda Warner*
• Charles Evanson = Charlene Evanson*
• Charlie Swan = unchanged
• Charlotte Gerandy = Charles Gerandy*
• Coach Clapp = Coach Clapp
• Conner = Colleen
• Cynthia Brandon = Clark Brandon*
• Deputy Mark = Deputy Mary*
• Deputy Steve = Deputy Silvia*
• D.J. Garrett = Deidra Garrett*
• Dr. Gerandy = Dr. Gerandy*
• Dr. Snow = Dr. Snow
• Edward Masen Sr. = Edythe Masen Sr.*
• Elizabeth Masen = Edward Masen*
• Eric Yorkie = Erica Yorkie
• Francesco Solimena = unchanged
• Geoffrey Swan = unchanged
• Gustavo = Genova*
• Harold Greene = Henrietta Greene*
• Helen Swan = unchanged
• Henry = Henrike*
• Isaac Weber = Isis Weber*
• J. Jenks = Janice Jenks*
• Jeff = Jack* (still a guy)
• Jennifer Ford = Jeffery Ford*
• Jessica Stanley = Jeremy Stanley
• John = Joan*
• John Dowling = Janet Dowling*
• Joshua Weber = Josie Weber*
• Julia Hammond = Mr. Hammond
• June Richardson = Juan Richardson*
• Karen Newton = Karl Newton*
• Katie Marshall = Kane Marshall*
• Kaure = Katsu*
• Lauren Mallory = Logan Mallory
• Lee Stephens = Leann Stephens
• Lonnie = Lottie*
• Lizzie = Lawson*
• Marie Higginbotham = unchanged
• Max = Maxine*
• Mike Newton = McKayla Newton
• Mr. Berty = Mrs. Berty*
• Mr. Jefferson = Mrs. Jefferson*
• Mr. Mason = Ms. Mason
• Mr. Newton = Mrs. Newton*
• Mr. Varner = Ms. Varner
• Mr. Weber = unchanged
• Mrs. Goff = Mr. Goff
• Mrs. Stanley = Mr. Stanley*
• Mrs. Weber = unchanged
• Omar Jenks = Opal Jenks*
• Perrine Buyure = Penny Bruyure*
• Phil Dwyer = unchanged
• Renee Dwyer = unchanged
• Rob Sawyer = Rhonda Sawyer*
• Robert Walsh = Roberta Walsh*
• Royce King II = Rowena King
• Samantha Well = Sean Well
• Shelley Cope = Mr. Cope
• Tyler Crowley = Taylor Crowley
• Unnamed son of Esme = Grace
• Vera = Vaughn*
• Whitney = Whitcomb*

Quileutes (includes humans and shape-shifters)

• Billy Black = Bonnie Black
• Brady Fuller = Brandy Fuller*
• Claire Young = Clay Young*
• Collin Littlesea = Colette Littlesea*
• Connie Black = Connor Black*
• Embry Call = Embrianna Call*
• Emily Young = Elliott Young
• Harry Clearwater = Holly Clearwater
• Jacob Black = Julie Black
• Jared Cameron = Jaelyn Cameron*
• Joshua Uley = Jordan Uley*
• Kevin Littlesea = Kelly Littlesea*
• Kim = Kirk*
• Leah Clearwater = Leland Clearwater
• Paul Lahote = Paula Lahote
• Quil Ateara III = Quilla Ateara III*
• Quil Ateara V = Quilla Ateara V
• Rebecca Black = Aaron Black
• Rachel Black = Adam Black
• Sam Uley = Samantha Uley
• Sarah Black = George Black
• Seth Clearwater = Sarah Clearwater
• Sue Clearwater = Saul Clearwater
• Tiffany Call = Timothy Call*

Ancestors

• Ephraim Black = Emmaline Black*
• Kaheleha = Kahlilia*
• Levi Uley = Lexi Uley*
• Quil Ateara II = Quilla Ateara II*
• Taha Aki = Tahiya Aki*
• Taha Wi = Tahiya Wi*
• The Third Wife = The Third Husband*
• Utlapa = Uttara*
• Yaha Uta = Yahaira Uta*
• Yut = Yukina*

Cullens

• Alice Cullen = Archie Cullen ⱷ
• Carlisle Cullen = Carine Cullen
• Edward Cullen = Edythe Cullen ⱷ
• Emmett Cullen = Eleanor Cullen
• Esme Cullen = Earnest Cullen
• Isabella Swan = Beaufort Swan ⱷ
• Jasper Hale = Jessamine Hale ⱷ
• Rosalie Hale = Royal Hale
• Renesmee Carlie Cullen = XXXXX

Amazons (includes a human and hybrids)

• Huilen = unchanged
• Jennifer = unchanged
• Joham = unchanged
• Kachiri = Kamali*
• Maysun = unchanged
• Nahuel = unchanged
• Pire = unchanged
• Senna = Seneca*
• Serena = unchanged
• Zafrina = Zafrin* ⱷ

Denalis

• Carmen = Cameron*
• Eleazar = Elena ⱷ
• Garrett = Gabrielle*
• Irina = Ivan
• Laurent = Lauren
• Kate = Kirill ⱷ
• Sasha = Sampson*
• Tanya = Taavi*
• Vasilii = Valerie*

Egyptians

• Amun = Amiyah*
• Benjamin = Bernadine* ⱷ
• Kebi = Kerem*
• Tia = Taj*

Irish

• Liam = Lana*
• Maggie = Magnus* ⱷ
• Siobhan = Siddhartha* ⱷ

Mexicans

• Benito = Benita*
• Lucy = Lucas*
• Maria = Marcel*
• Nettie = Navarro*

Newborns

• Adam = Ada*
• Bree Tanner = Bradley Tanner*
• Dean = Denise*
• Diego = Deanna*
• Doug = Dolores*
• Fred = Freya* ⱷ
• Heather = Homer*
• Jim = Jeannette*
• Jen = Joel*
• Kevin = Kendra*
• Kristie = Kristopher*
• Logan = Lorena*
• Raoul = Raya* ⱷ
• Riley Biers = Raven Biers*
• Sara = Stan*
• Shelly = Sherman*
• Steve = Stacy*
• Warren = Wanda*

Nomads

• Alistair = Alison* ⱷ
• Charles = Charity* ⱷ
• Charlotte = Carlson*
• Cold Man = Cold Woman*
• Cold Woman = Cold Man*
• James = Joss ⱷ
• Makenna = Malik*
• Mary = Marvin*
• Peter = Peggy*
• Randall = Reyna*
• Victoria = Victor

Romanians

• Stefan = Stefania*
• Vladimir = Vasilisa*

Volturi (includes a human)

• Afton = Anastasia*
• Alec = Jane* ⱷ
• Aro = unchanged ⱷ
• Athenodora = unchanged
• Caius = unchanged
• Chelsea = Clarence* ⱷ
• Corin = Corbin* ⱷ
• Demetri = Demeter* ⱷ
• Didyme = unchanged ⱷ
• Felix = Fahima*
• Gianna = Gavin*
• Heidi = Hammond* ⱷ
• Jane = Alec* ⱷ
• Marcus = unchanged ⱷ
• Mel = Mele ⱷ
• Renata = Reinaldo* ⱷ
• Santiago = Sandra*
• Sulpicia = unchanged ⱷ

The Emotional Roller Coaster of Life - The Cut-takes Sneak Peek

A second brief teaser of The Date:

As she climbed in, she couldn't help but grumble under her breath, “Annoying monster truck.”

“What was that?” Emmett asked by the door.

She'd never say it out loud, but the man looked positively sinful in spite of wearing such simple clothes, his hair begging for her to grab, and his smell was a simply divine musk and leather. If she needed any further proof that her decision to go out with him was a mistake than the fact that she was wanting him to kiss her should have driven it home – it didn't.

“Nothing,” she replied.

She situated herself in the seat as he shut the door and came around, opening the door and getting in beside her.

The hour drive to Port Angeles was spent mostly in silence, albeit not an awkward one. Emmett had the radio in his truck on a classic rock channel, but was set at such a low volume it could actually be just about any music, Rosalie was choosing to imagine it was country – the music her father always had the radio turned to whenever they went anywhere outside of Forks.

Once they reached Port Angeles he drove straight to Gordy's Pizza & Pasta. She narrowed her eyes suspiciously at the place. Her love of this restaurant, or good pizza in general, wasn't something a lot of people knew and she'd never told Emmett about it.

Another Holiday

I happen to have a few friends who celebrate Orthodox Christmas. So for any of you that do, Merry Christmas

The Inspiration Behind It's A Twin Thing

So, as I already mentioned in the last chapter part of the inspiration, specifically the part that has to do with their very unique mental connection, is one of the oldest and most common folktales in the world. Throughout mythology, fables, myths, etc... there are myths of a parent or a village elder giving up their life, their very soul even, so that a young child with no will of it's own could survive. Working from that idea, what if the life that was give was another child instead? If Bella's soul was used to revive Beau, than is she the spirit-self (or shadow-self) or is he? So there's some open ended interpretation here, but you can decide whichever way you wish. I will say this, that though they share a spirit, they are both in fact human in one way at least – wherein they both bleed, age, and can potentially die.

But more than that, is the fact that because I've written Twilight stories for ten years now, I've written a lot from Bella's perspective, and far more recently (as in about a year and a half ago) I started writing a continuation of Life and Death, which of course means the perspective is from Beau. Even though the two characters are supposed to be gender-swaps of each other, I so far have found them to not be quite the same. That, in large part, inspired me to mesh them.

But I didn't just want to make another Twilight remakes, I wanted to push forward and past the normal world of Twilight, introduce types of supernaturals - and even  other-natural. As I continue the story, I hope I inspire people to think outside the box and take stories, be they fanfiction or original fictions in routes other than what has become essentially tradition.

On the other end of that though, for the purposes of my story, I want you to question what is? and what isn't?

A Basic Timeline of The Emotional Roller Coaster Of Life

This is just a small portion of some of the events throughout the course of story. This does not include any true spoilers, just events that have either already happened or are definitely expected.

• The Prolegomenon was set on July 21st, 2006 (the date of  Bella and Jacob's wedding)
• Alice and Jasper's wedding was May 18th, 2007
• William Charles Black was born on June 5th, 2008
• William Charles Black died on June 8th, 2008
• Charlie died on August 12th, 2008
• Rosalie and Emmett's first date was April 21st, 2011
• The first chapter of the story opened on July 25th, 2011
• Edward went into a ninety day rehab program on August 3rd, 2011
• Edward will be leaving rehab on November 2nd, 2011
• Rosalie's due date is approximately January 20th, 2012
• IF Bella is pregnant, her due date would be somewhere around February 15th 2012
• Epilogue will be set one year after the final chapter (yet to be revealed)
• And finally, an Afterward set about five years after that. 

Scheduling Info

So, I'm sort of going to make this a regular thing for the blog as it sort of helps to ground me as to what I'm working on. With that being said, my due date is about three weeks away and I could go into labor literally at any time, so if I just vanish for a few days that is likely why. Also, because of this, the order below may change, all depending on my hormonal mood.

• The Emotional Roller Coaster of Life - The Cut-takes, chapter The Date.
• Rebirth and Affliction Chapter 14 - Declaration (That's right, we're back on the schedule)
• RR, Chapter 7 - City of Heat
• The Differences Between Fantasy and Reality, Chapter 27 - Stitches (name subject to change)
• Newest Shift
• Forever Protector
• It's A Twin Thing, Chapter 6 - If Faith Was Real
• The Hunter, Chapter 4 - Knowledgeable 

As always, The Emotional Roller Coaster Of Life should be daily (technically nightly) or as close to it as possible.

And to my three original fictions, posts aren't officially scheduled, they are more as the mood strikes type of thing.

The Emotional Roller Coaster of Life - The Cut-takes Sneak Peek

A brief teaser of The Date:

Rosalie looked at herself in the mirror, verifying that the dress she'd designed herself fell perfectly around her the way it was supposed to. She knew men often salivated over the little black dress, but she found that reaction to be extremely crass. Yes, little black dresses were racy and she was sure that was a large part of what appealed to the male population, but she preferred something a little more sensual and a little less sexual.

The dress she wore now was loose, allowing her skin to breath if she needed to do anything like dancing or running. It was made of a simple flat teal which most would assume was a cotton or polyester if they were to look at it without touching it, but was actually made out of an extremely fine flat satin. The dress fell to her knees with only the slightest of widening at the bottom of the skirt, the top just tight enough to hint at her cleavage without giving it up, but the piece de resistance were the cut-outs in the dress – showing the smallest touch of the side of her left breast, a portion of her right hip, her belly button, a hint of her leg at the same height as her garter belt – and since the dress was loose enough to move, the cut-outs would shift as she walked to show slightly more or less modest areas of skin.

She was in the dress, the stockings with garters, the lacy underwear, and the three-inch stilettos all to go on a date with Emmett. A date at an unspecified location and of an unspecified length. She still couldn't believe she'd agreed to it the week prior, but she needed to make him stop asking her out someway. Besides, she had an itch she needed scratching, and her silicone Demetri wasn't cutting it for her at the moment.

Itty Bit of Bragging

My story, The Emotional Roller Coaster Of Life is officially listed as a Featured Story on STARS Library from January 1st to 15th. It's a first for me, so that is a huge accomplishment.

Story Lengths - A 2019 Update

I made a post about the lengths of my stories back in October, but thought I'd revisit it now that I'm a little further along in my stories. So below are the lengths of my active stories.

The Fanfics

My continuation of Life and Death:

• Death and Rebirth included a preface, 25 chapters, and an epilogue. (fully completed)
• Rebirth and Affliction includes a preface, 28 chapters, and an epilogue.
• Affliction and Life is slated to include a preface, between 40 and 45 chapters, and an epilogue.
• The Unfortunate End of Bradley Tanner is slated to include 18 chapters.

The Differences Between Fantasy and Reality:

•  This story includes a preface, 25 chapters, an interlude, another 25 to 30 chapters, an epilogue, and finally a postlude.

It's A Twin Thing:

• This story is going be somewhere around 25 to 30 chapters. It includes a prelude and will end with an epilogue.

RR:

• This story is a relatively short story, somewhere in length between a novelette and a novella. It's going to be between 12 and 15 chapters. It includes a prelude and will end with an epilogue.

The Hunter:

• Originally this story was going to be about 30 chapters with a preface and an epilogue, but I'm now contemplating it going closer to about 40 to 45 chapters. 

The Emotional Roller Coaster Of Life:

• At this I am still uncertain of what the exact length will be for this story though I do know it will be no less than 150 chapters. It also includes a prolegomenon, an epilogue, and an afterward set several years in the future.

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The Original Fictions

The Vengeful Lust Series:

• Sex, Blood, Revenge (and Everything in Between) 
• Desire, Fire, Hate (and Every Other Thing on that List)
• Night, Tears, Life (and All Those Mysterious Things)
• Anger, Hope, Fate (and the Whole Magical Getup)
• Pain, Games, Lies (and Many Other Dark Affairs)

Each of these novellas has a prologue, will run for about 10 to 12 chapters, and end with an epilogue

The Dark Assassin:

• This story has a prologue and will likely be around 35 chapters in length with an epilogue at the end.

The Wish of the Damned:

• This story has a prologue and most likely last about 40 chapters with an epilogue at the end. 

Happy 2019

Welcome to the New Year. Here's to hoping for a good one