1000 Words

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 36

2012-02-11T17:10:00.002+11:00

Prank

It's been a while. Have a drabble :D

Halcyon Days: chapter 7

2012-01-09T12:25:00.000+11:00

Link

As expected, this story is so much easier to write now that Naruto's in the modern world. The canon Naruto universe is... complicated. No wonder people like AUs XD

Nine Minutes (oneshot)

2012-01-02T00:32:00.000+11:00

Link

Ino is living on borrowed time, but Sakura is willing to lend it to her. Sakura, Ino, Shikamaru – nine minutes.

Yet another idea that came to me in the shower. I do love this story. I actually felt sad writing it, which is a first. I do such terrible things to characters. Sorry Ino ):

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 35

2011-12-31T18:52:00.002+11:00

Angel to Eggnog

Hope everyone has a great New Years! =D

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 34

2011-12-24T19:08:00.000+11:00

Promise of a Lifetime

Merry Christmas, everyone! 2011 is almost over. Make the most of it <3

Halcyon Days: chapter 6

2011-12-20T12:04:00.000+11:00

Link

This update was brought by my sudden inspiration to write 5K in one day. I didn't realise that the last update was two years ago. High school really did bog me down, and I'm going to guess that university will do the same after I start in late February. Until them, I shall happily write away! I don't know which story I'll be updating next. Whichever goes, I guess.

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 33

2011-12-18T21:51:00.001+11:00

First Time

Supernova (oneshot)

2011-12-14T23:36:00.000+11:00

Supernova

"We'll be in the right place at the right time eventually." GaaSaku.

I haven't written a oneshot like that in a while. Even Endless was something I'd written half of, then dug up again after several months to finish. I love oneshots and drabbles. So much freedom <3

This might be a good time to briefly brush over my views on pairings, haha. A lot of my stories are NaruSaku, and I love the couple. But I have nothing against other couples involving Naruto and Sakura. I believe in situational romance; i.e. if the right situation comes up, any pairing is possible (fandom realism-wise). I mainly write NaruSaku because they are a fun pair, and because canon has already set up some foundations for it. I've written NaruHina before, and if a good idea ever crosses my mind, I have nothing against writing SasuSaku. That's how I see pairings. In fact, I'm sometimes tempted to embark on a mini journey of writing oneshots/short chapters for all kinds of pairings, just to show that fanfiction can let most of these pairings be portrayed realistically. But I've got enough on my plate right now, so that reckless idea is on hold XD

Those are my fanfiction views. If someone asked me what I rooted for in canon, I would say NaruSaku. But if it doesn't happen, or by a small stretch NaruHina ends up being canon, I wouldn't throw much of a fuss. That's what fanfiction is for =D

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 32

2011-12-12T17:19:00.002+11:00

Faith

EDIT: This chapter took over eight hours to show on the site for some reason so I was advised to reupload it, which I did even though it was already showing up by the time I woke up. Well, either way the second upload showed up right away. Yay!

Blossom In My Eyes: chapter 18

2011-12-12T17:04:00.000+11:00

Chapter 18

Finally! It's been a long, long wait and I've actually forgotten most of what had happened in the story, haha. At the moment, there will be two more chapters coming before I can call this story complete. Can't wait!

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 31

2011-12-07T00:57:00.001+11:00

When It Hurts

I spent today sketching out where to take the next chapter of Blossom In My Eyes. Ironic how I finally begin planning in the story's last chapters when it's too late to do anything but adhere to the previous chapters that I've winged from chapter 1. Bah, writing this story was so much easier before I started developing higher standards of myself XD

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 30

2011-12-04T14:33:00.000+11:00

Clueless

Whoop, hit 30 chapters! 8D I love having a story that I can update whenever I like, without having to think about anything except the oneshot I'm writing. No strings attached, haha.

Lately I've been back to picking at the in-progress fic I've had in the works for a couple of months now. I also pseudo-started another one to test the plot bunny. And I've got a semi-engaged plot bunny from a few months back that is also sitting on a half chapter. I'm starting to feel like I have a new generation of stories at my back, although only one of them is confirmed at this stage. I itch sometimes but I stubbornly won't post it until I finish Blossom (I seriously need motivation to do that; I love Blossom for being my first fanfiction writing experience and cringe whenever I think about how it's going to get butchered...)

I'm also starting to realise that I effectively have four in-progress fics going on at the same time. I mentally don't count Cherish and Memento because they're 'young'. Sometimes it feels like I'm juggling a lot more than that. But it sure is helpful to be able to switch to writing another story when you're stuck on one XD

Only Human: chapter 7

2011-11-28T22:54:00.000+11:00

Link

Finally have it up. Thank God I stopped to think about where I should take the plot, or this chapter would have been completely different. I was right at a plot junction there, and could so easily have messed it up like Blossom. Phew! XD

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 29

2011-11-25T13:26:00.000+11:00

Selfish

I've now started to slowly pick at Blossom In My Eyes, and also had a quick burst of inspiration for the next chapter of Precious People. Stuck on Blossom again though, haha. This may take longer than I thought.

Precious People: chapter 17

2011-11-21T12:38:00.000+11:00

Link

Finally finished with it! Now that I got that chapter out, I'm really starting to feel like I'm getting back into fanfiction. I wonder how much has changed on the scene in a year and a half, because forums I once frequented have indeed gone quieter. Maybe we're all too enraptured by the epicness that is the latest chapters of the Naruto manga =D I actually loved writing this chapter, especially the last parts. Three years after joining FF.net, I'm relieved to see that I still like writing this much. Reviews and meeting new people are just a bonus - but damn, fanfiction is such fun business!

Back in action!

2011-11-04T23:25:00.002+11:00

Exams
Are finally over! Whoop! Graduated, all exams done, completely done and dusted with high school. Just have to wait for exam results and then I'll be scouting out universities and courses. Time really flies, doesn't it?

So now I've got roughly four months of holiday break. Which means... I have time to write again! =D I am rather rusty though, so it may take me a bit longer to settle back into getting the words down. I promise there will definitely be updates coming as soon as I can get them out. It's been far too long and I do owe it to the ones who have stayed on and waited. Here's a quick rundown on the stories:

Precious People
As you can see by the progress meter, I've already started moving with it today. Roughly under halfway through the chapter, but I expect inspiration to flow more easily after a certain point. Having a bit of trouble envisioning fight scenes, though, and that slows me down.

Halcyon Days
Although it's the one story where I have literally planned out every chapter from start to finish, I currently seem to lack the inspiration to put it into words. I'm hoping that will change after I've satisfied plot bunnies. I've tried forcing out a paragraph or two, but it just doesn't work. Inspiration is a fickle thing.

Only Human
I did say it could possibly be the first story to be updated since my super long hiatus. That was before I realised I should get a better picture of the plot before posting new chapters and locking myself into situations where the story becomes shaped by whimsical decisions. I'm actually only 1500 words or so away from finishing the chapter, but I'll do the wise thing and slow down to concoct a plot first.

Blossom In My Eyes
Ah, Blossom. There's a reason why I left this fic last. A few days back, I had a crack at it while avoiding study. I found it unbelievably hard to pick up the story again. My writing style has changed so much, to the point where it's actually uncomfortable for me to write such an emotionally intense story. That, and as I touched on in the Only Human overview, I just winged the story as I went and it essentially has a pit of plot holes and has shot off in a direction I now find undesirable. I opened up the document with the determination of finishing the story and not abandoning it, but I will admit I had several moments where I actually felt I couldn't write the story anymore and seriously considered dropping it.

But ultimately, I have decided that will not happen XD There are a few reasons:
- it'd be unfair to the readers who actually want to see the story finished
- I want to see the story finished, because it's the first multichapter story I've written
- and because it's my first multichapter, I feel it's a reflection of what I started off as, and to complete it after all these trials would bring a ridiculously large sense of accomplishment
- I've actually come to the point where I may end up butchering the rest of the story with my attempts to write in my old style (I can't help it; my new writing style is so drastically different that putting it into an old story just... does. not. work.), I think it's still worth it! I'd learn not to make up stories on whims, without even coming up with a plot :L
- and the final reason...

... is because, as I've mentioned a few times before, I'm sure, I have another story in the works. I'm quite excited to put it up for a taste of something new, but of course that would cause my unfinished stories count to skyrocket. Therefore, I shan't put the new story on FF.net until I have finished one story, and the one most fitting would be Blossom.

So that's the rundown! I can only hope the updates aren't complete disappointments for the long waits!

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 28

2011-10-16T11:13:00.000+11:00

Smile

Honey, I Love You is a brilliant and hilarious game with the right people. To the ones who said they'd try it out: go for it and hope you have fun!

I also worked a little bit on the next chapter of Only Human. With any luck, it might even be the first multichapter story to be updated because I'm on an inspiration drive. But alas, I shall not touch writing for the next three weeks. Or aim not to anyway. I say I've got exams and everything, and sure it's quite stressful, but I'm such a natural procrastinator that I can't help it. To be honest, writing again is what I'm looking forward to most at the end of the tunnel. I loved the rush of churning out thousands of words in a day, rereading it again after publishing it to find a billion typos, and months later cursing the terrible plot direction I winged <3

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 27

2011-10-02T15:49:00.000+11:00

Reason

Just something quick that gave me a break from mindless studying. Does not help that I've yet again been hit by a plot bunny for another multichapter fic. Painstakingly staving it off for now x.x

New poll

2011-09-28T20:16:00.000+10:00

Naruto question: Your thoughts on the Wave mission in fanfics?

Something every 'rewrite' author must have considered in the process of writing their story. I got stumped on it when I was writing Precious People. Years later, I still wonder if it was a good decision to invent an entirely new mission; some days I think it works, others I'm on the fence. So as readers and writers of this big fandom, what do you guys reckon? Pop into my profile and vote :)

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 26

2011-09-25T11:43:00.000+10:00

Sweet Sixteen

He had started off as her when worst comes to worst, but she had always been his only.

My super duper important exams are right around the corner ~~and I only just started studying~~! Can't wait for them to be over. I want to write so badly! D:

Quick update

2011-09-11T17:16:00.000+10:00

Hiya! Thought I'd drop by and give a quick update on what I've been doing lately. So here we go:

1) My final exams are fast approaching. They are in a month or so. I've been slacking off since my last exams finished, but you bet I'll be busy cramming! It's terrible that I'm losing my steam when the end of the tunnel is so near, but I'll survive. I've always been a last minute person XD

2) Lately, I've been picking at a new story while I still have the inspiration. It's quite fun because I find it different to everything I've written so far. If I do decide to put it up on FF.net, it most likely won't be up until after I've finished Blossom In My Eyes; if I don't put my foot down at some point, that story is never going to get finished - which would be tragic, since it's one of the first multichapter stories I've ever written and I'd really like to complete it, to tie up loose ends. Blossom is like a legacy of my old writing style and looking back amuses me, haha.

3) I did have time to make 700 words progress on Precious People. It's slow work at the moment.

4) On other stories, I'll admit I haven't touched them much. I rewrote what I had for chapter 6 of Halcyon Days, and then left it there. Only Human, I've occasionally looked over and adjusted what I already had, trying to figure out where to take it. Cherish and Memento haven't gone anywhere after posting the first chapters, and I imagine they will take a while to be updated ):

5) That's all for now! I will now hermit myself to ~~convince myself to~~ cram like a madwoman.

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 25

2011-08-22T20:41:00.000+10:00

Indirect

Endless (oneshot)

2011-08-22T20:40:00.000+10:00

Endless

Sometimes he makes her wonder why she is still here.

Belated update because I broke my router and didn't have internet for two weeks. I resisted buying a new router to stay focused during exam period and it paid off somewhat. I completely failed that maths test :L

Over the Rain: drabble 10

2011-08-06T01:21:00.000+10:00

Smell

Kakashi knows exactly how to deal with his cute little students :3

Also starting up requests. Check out the story (chapter 10) for some quick guidelines if anyone is interested.

Have I mentioned how screwed I am for my exams? x.x

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 23

2011-08-04T20:48:00.000+10:00

Mustard

It's not easy being them, and even before they knew it, they had long been each other's silver lining.

I was supposed to be studying hard for exams when I wrote this XD I am so screwed... wish me luck!

Memento

2011-07-25T19:23:00.000+10:00

Memento

Waking up with no idea who she is, Sakura doesn't know what to think of herself and those around her. Gradually, she learns to live again - but there are many things she does not know. The only thing she does, is that she wants to meet him.

Quite the belated post. School life made me stingy on time, and there are so many things on my to-do list x.x

Anyway, Memento has been in the works for a long time. All I can say is, I loved working on it and I hope you guys enjoy it too :)

I had a bit of a brainwave for another story. Which, considering how many in-progress fics I've got on my plate right now, isn't exactly the best news for my willpower XD I'm determined not to touch the idea until after I graduate, or at least until I finish Blossom In My Eyes. I have yet to actually finish a multichapter story. It's tragic ):

Doors Wide Open (oneshot)

2011-07-10T09:33:00.000+10:00

Doors Wide Open

Naruto doesn't need excuses around Sakura. He knows that when he knocks, she will let him in.

Just a quick oneshot I whipped up in the middle of the night. I think my writing style has changed a bit. A result of reading too much Sarah Dessen, perhaps? She's a brilliant young adult fiction author, by the way. Highly recommended :)

Over the Rain: drabble 9

2011-06-14T21:16:00.000+10:00

What?

Immediately thought of Sasuke when it comes to one-word responses XD

Over the Rain: drabble 8

2011-05-12T22:31:00.000+10:00

Parents

I missed writing NaruSaku <3

Over the Rain: drabble 7 + downloadable table

2011-05-07T23:47:00.000+10:00

Thunder

Inspired by this work of art: http://nivalis70.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3d6vci

I've put up a table of the prompts, recording which ones I've done and with which characters. It's below the progress bars (click on the big fat icon). If anyone is also doing the challenge and would like to download a clean template, I've also put up a download link. Again, I emphasise that it's a good writing exercise and is heaps fun :)

So. Who spies a prompt that I've ticked off on the table but haven't yet posted? ;D

Over the Rain: drabble 6

2011-05-04T19:41:00.000+10:00

Star

I quite like Hyuuga family fics <3

Over the Rain: drabble 5

2011-05-02T15:23:00.000+10:00

Months

Lee's bright ideas aren't so bright.

Over the Rain: drabble 4 + poll

2011-04-30T17:59:00.000+10:00

Insides

You learn something new every day.

I've written a few of these on bursts of inspiration so I'm putting them up one by one to avoid spamming inboxes, and to prolong my sporadic activeness on FF.net XD

There's a new poll on my profile page. Please pop in and vote when you have the time. The idea popped into my head this afternoon and I'm curious to know what others think of it. The results of past polls are also available on my profile page (look to the right for a quick link)

Over the Rain: drabble 3

2011-04-29T23:49:00.001+10:00

Snow

What can I say? I'm on a roll XD

Over the Rain: drabble 2 + progress meter

2011-04-28T22:38:00.001+10:00

Hours

I've been finding that writing from prompts is a great way to exercise your imagination. I've found that I can look at a prompt and usually come up with something in minutes. My thought process: hours... waiting... Kakashi...omg Team 7! So here is my first Team 7 fic <3 Writing Sasuke is always a challenge. I hope I did everyone (or most people's) favourite team justice!

I'm also adding a progress meter for Over the Rain. No word count for this one. It will just keep track of how many prompts have been completed. Hopefully we'll be seeing the meter reach over halfway, which would be a pretty good achievement for me XD

Over the Rain

2011-04-26T21:00:00.002+10:00

Summary: They live in an ugly yet beautiful world of laughter and tears, love and hate, themselves and everyone else, and they are all human. A collection of drabbles based on prompts from fanfic100. All characters.

Link

Over the Rain is a little project inspired by the fanfic100 challenge. I don't post on the community and I don't see it as a challenge. Rather, I'm just borrowing the prompts so I minimise chances of a writers block due to inspiration, and also to encourage me to think in more abstract ways. What better way to think beyond myself than to write something on a prompt like 'spade'? :P

Here is a link to the fanfic100 community. I reckon it's a good writing exercise. Try it out :)

Phew, I showed quite a lot of activity in 48 hours!

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 22

2011-04-25T11:35:00.000+10:00

Wrong

Because there are as many wrongs as there are rights and that's how it's supposed to be.

~~lookie i'm aliiiiveeeeee!~~

Time flies

2011-04-04T16:07:00.000+10:00

Precious People racked up 300,000 hits without me noticing! Phew, that's a great milestone for me and I can appreciate how far I've come from where I was when I started writing two years ago (that was yonks away, I was only fifteen!) So I just wanted to say a quick thank you to everyone who have read my stories, dropped in a review or chatted with me over PM. And I've got big cuddles ~~and cookies~~ to those who have been patient with my absence. I can't wait to get back into writing because I miss it like hell.

So thanks, guys!

Crisis in Japan

2011-03-14T22:14:00.001+11:00

As I'm sure you all know, Japan's been hit hard by powerful earthquakes and tsunamis. A lot of natural disasters have been happening lately. What has happened in Japan has been devastating, with thousands dead, missing and suffering.

I've seen a lot of very meaningful and sincere concerns expressed, but at the same time I'm sad to see some very negative and insensitive comments. It's really disappointing. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but at times like this I do wish that we can find more sensitivity and priority. It doesn't matter whether 'pray' is just a way to make us feel better without doing anything, or if Japan is receiving more attention than New Zealand and other countries who have suffered/may experience natural disasters, or if Japan is much-loved for its anime and manga culture. All disasters are terrible; the victims or scale of the disaster shouldn't affect our ability to empathise and help in whatever way we can.

Whether it is a thought, a donation or volunteer work, I believe it all counts. Believe me, it is certainly better than trending 'Pearl Harbor' on Twitter. I know that if I were to ever experience such a devastating tragedy, I would want to believe that there are people thinking of me. Of course, donations are more practical and I believe that, regardless of the affected country, we should try to help out in some way, big or small.

There are a lot of appeals circulating around. You can donate directly to the Japanese Red Cross, your national Red Cross, any legitimate organisation or appeal. Nothing is 'too little'. $1 from each individual in a developed country will amount to a lot at the end of the day. If you've already contributed, good on you! We shouldn't be divided over prejudice or obligation :)

I guess what I'm trying to say is: Think about those who are suffering, help out when you can, and remember that we all share this Earth.

P.S. I've been out of action for a while and since this is a writing blog, I should explain myself, huh? XD I came to a realisation a couple of days ago that I probably won't have time to writing anything substantial for most of this year (yes, it actually took me that long to have that epiphany). I'm in my last year of high school and it's getting really intense. I have a longlonglong break after it's over though, so I will kick back into gear then. I'm sorry I've been so inactive for practically a whole year. I'll do my best to make it up to you guys if you're still sticking around!

If you ever have questions, want to give me a poke, or describe the weather at length, feel free to PM me at FF.net. I love getting emails from FF.net. Really takes me back to when I first started posting fanfiction and would wake each morning looking forward to checking my mail XD

Update (ramble warning)

2010-09-30T14:35:00.002+10:00

I haven't posted or updated anything for months now so I thought I'd throw this up to let people know that I haven't completely fallen off the face of the net XD There's the usual reasons for my absence: school commitments, procrastination, too tired/lazy to make my brain work. To be honest, I think there's also a factor of gradual indifference. I write fanfiction as a hobby and, well, I've developed more hobbies. Writing is always in the back of my mind but it's mostly been taking a backseat these past few months. I no longer have the passion that drives me to churn out chapters every weekend. I'm simply too distracted nowadays, and even when I have the time to sit down and write, the words don't come as easily anymore. My standards have grown higher than I'm capable.

But, of course, here's me being a hypocrite - I love writing. I've been having a go at some original stuff lately, and mostly getting stuck. But every now and then, I'll strike inspiration for one of my fanfics and I'll burn through a whole chapter in a matter of days. It's sort of magical, how you can suddenly get back on track and don't even want to rest until you've reached the end. I think that's what keeps me in the middle between in and out of the fandom. Most of the time I'm struggling to write and don't produce anything, but then out of the blue I'll be madly fleshing out a story when I'm supposed to be studying for exams.

I though I'd be honest with my thoughts, because I feel that the people who still want to read my stories (thank you!) deserve to know the situation. But that said, I haven't completely given up!

To make it nice and simple (or more complicated, depending on how you look at it):

So... are you still going to write fanfiction?
Yup. It'll most likely be an on/off thing. I'm sorry; I can't entirely commit to it so frequent updates will be rare, but I do pick at the stories every now and then, especially when I have time. It's the best I can do at the moment ): But one thing's for sure: if I ever decide to stop writing fanfiction, I will definitely let you know. So until you see an update, I'm still in business.

When are you going to update ______?
I get this question a lot, and I can't blame the people who ask. I honestly don't know the answer. The progress meters on this blog are the best indicators I can give. I always update them when I write a considerable amount. Don't be disheartened if they don't seem to budge for months - most of the time, that's very normal.

Have you abandoned ______?
To this, I can definitely say no. Even Blossom In My Eyes, which has been left unfinished for... I think it's about two years, is still lurking in the back of my mind. I may not work on a story because I'm unsatisfied with decisions I've made while writing it, or simply because I'm stuck. Most of the time I'm stuck because those past decisions have put me in a tight spot: my thoughts change over time and I find that I no longer want to take the story in the direction that I had initially planned. When this happens, I just leave the story and work on something else, with the hope that I eventually figure out how to make ends meet.
When I really, really can't make it work, I may rewrite the story. I haven't done it yet, but I will if I'm determined. For example, I scoured Precious People a few months ago. I corrected typos, reworded sentences, shuffled the structure, cut out some scenes. Nothing major, but I felt the need to brush up and reconnect with the story because it had been a long time since I started it. This process, I call a brush-up. A rewrite, on the other hand, will be massive. I'll explain this in the next paragraph since this section is rapidly becoming a block of text.

So what would happen if you decided to rewrite, say... Blossom In My Eyes?
Loads of changes, most likely. I've given this some thought in the past. If I feel that the current plot is okay, I'll just take the story as it is and give it a brush-up. If I cut out a lot of scenes, I will put out an update with this, and maybe arrange for the story to be read uncut (upload it as a pdf or something). On the other hand, I might be completely unsatisfied with the story. I might take the main idea and start from scratch, creating a story that goes in a completely different direction. Some may hate it, some may love it. Or I might start from scratch and still keep most of the original story's ideas; it'd be like a brush-up-bordering-rewrite. I'm using Blossom as an example because it's the story I'm most stuck with. But at the moment, I'm leaning more towards a brush-up. We'll see.

So yeah. A long winded update to tell the people who read this blog that I'm still alive. So what sparked this sudden update anyway? Well... I've kinda hit a bit of inspiration lately for a new oneshot. I hope I don't jinx it. I'm on holidays at the moment so I do have some time to tinkle with it. I don't usually announce work in progress stories, since there's always the possibility that they'll never get published. But I've been gone for so long and I feel bad XD I'll put up a progress meter for the story in a while. Hopefully I'll get it finished :3

If you still have questions, you can drop a comment on this post or PM me on FF.net :) To those that are still interested in my stories, thanks for sticking around!

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 21

2010-05-09T21:34:00.000+10:00

Replacement

Because some things can't be replaced. ;)

Been working very, very slowly on the multi-chapter stories. I'm only writing a few sentences a day but they feel like very half-hearted compositions so I'll most likely rewrite them when I hit inspiration. I got stuck in Halcyon Days, and today decided to cut out an entire scene because I couldn't make ends meet. Hopefully I'll be able to put a chapter together before school gets busy again.

In the meantime, I may or may not be likely to write a few more drabbles. I'm getting better at keeping them short, haha.

Precious People: Chapter 16

2010-04-16T15:19:00.002+10:00

Chapter 16

The don't believe this chapter could have been finished if I hadn't hit sudden inspiration while I was supposed to be studying for my exams. I found myself waking up early in the morning to work on the chapter, and eventually had to put aside a whole day to finish it before my study plans went down the drain. XD

It was really fun to write, maybe because I included a lot of Sakura development. I'm hoping to start on the third exam on the next chapter and move onto the more exciting arcs. But for now, I'm going to have to focus on school, and after the exams may work on my other stories.

Happy belated Easter? :D

Cherish: Chapter 1

2010-02-25T22:05:00.003+11:00

Summary: The fact that Naruto left without telling her had never boded well with Sakura. So when she finally gets a hold of him, letting go is not an option. Now they're in for the toughest lesson of their lives: you never know what you've got until it's gone.

Link

Yes, a new story. XD It was born out of a slightly twisted idea I had and I get the feeling it will be slightly different to my other stories in some aspects. Oh well, let's just see how it goes.

I'll add a progress meter for Cherish after this, since it is technically a multichapter story despite my intentions to limit it to three chapters.

The title and lyrics came from the song Cherish by Otsuka Ai. If you want to check out the song, I highly recommend you check out this magnificent video. =D

Under construction!

2010-02-09T21:39:00.003+11:00

Yep, another spur of the moment thing that I seem to be notorious for. If you take your gaze up to the top left hand corner of the page, you'll see that there are new links for 'profile' and 'bookworm land'. I'm still working on them right now, so that's why the profile page happens to be blank. I'll fill everything in when I have the time. Now, a quick run-through.

Profile: I'd be worried if you didn't know what this page is for. :P

Bookworm land: This is where I'll post my opinions on books I read, because a) I think that writing brief reviews will give me that final closure after finishing a book, b) I can remember what books I've read and what I thought about them, c) TO SPREAD THE LOVE OF READING! 8DDDD

You won't believe how hard it was to create those pages. They're not really attached to the main blog, which is this page - dubbed 'home'. Since blogger doesn't have an add page option (it probably does, but I obviously didn't figure it out), I had to create multiple blogs and link them to the main page. It was very, very tedious. D:

Some changes: my music player has been moved to Bookworm Land, since I think it can be put to better use there. I had to change to Grooveshark because mixpod was being an ass and limiting certain songs. Also, sudoku was replaced by a Twitter update widget.

I've left the live feed option available on Bookworm Land, which will automatically notify you of updates to that page if you choose to subscribe. I don't know about other browsers, but Flock handles feeds very well. Follower option is available as well to those that have an account. I figured that I couldn't be the only book-lover out there. XD

Alrighty... I think that's it. I've been writing again lately, though I'm getting held up by school work. I've been picking away at another Naruto story, one that will be three chapters long. I'm on the second chapter now so we'll see how I go, and I'll post it if I ever finish it and am satisfied with it. :D

Oh - and the comment function on this blog is open to everyone, including unregistered users.

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 20

2010-01-18T00:02:00.004+11:00

Teddy Bear

I remember starting this drabble a long time ago during a computing lesson. I never really paid attention to class. XD

I've been trying to update Precious People lately but I haven't gone very far into the chapter. I did go back and do a thorough edit of the previous chapters though. I was never really satisfied with it. I rewrote pretty much every second sentence, cut out bits that seemed to do nothing but raise the word count, and added honorifics. Watching so much anime has kind of drilled honorifics into me, so it feels strange to write certain parts without it. Names are also written in Japanese format now - i.e. Uzumaki Naruto instead of Naruto Uzumaki.

I don't seem to be able to actually sit down and write something substantial. Hopefully writing some drabbles, maybe even a few oneshots, will get me back into the groove. I think I need to read some books and get my mind churning.

Halcyon Days: Chapter 5

2009-12-24T23:54:00.002+11:00

Chapter here

Bit slow with this post because my internet was acting up.

My fanfiction writing has really slowed down lately. I seem to have the most inspiration to write for Halcyon Days, and am stuck with the other stories because I don't know where to take them. Especially Blossom In My Eyes. It's very near completion, but I'm trying to come up with something worthy of one of the most eventful chapters in the story. I've been coming up with ideas for my stories as I go, so my decisions at that moment really affect how the story turns out. I think I've made a few bad decisions along the way, so I'm doing my best to avoid releasing a chapter just for the sake of updating. Doing that could easily turn a half-decent story into a bad one. Please bear with me for now. I know I haven't updated a few of my stories in months. ^^

Halcyon Days: Chapter 4

2009-10-09T15:22:00.003+11:00

Here we go!

Now that I've updated something, I can at least feel that I haven't completely wasted my holidays. XD I almost managed to squeeze the chapter under 10K but ended up going over by around 400 words.

I think I should start working on Blossom In My Eyes now. It's been a while and I distinctly remember that I left that with a slight cliffhanger. My bad. >.> I don't seem to have any inspiration for that at the moment, so I might have a go at Only Human first. I hope I can get one of them updated before the end of the holidays.

Precious People: Chapter 15

2009-09-26T11:39:00.002+10:00

Chapter 15

Whoo! I've finally managed to update Precious People! It's been holding up my writing for months. I really gotta get a move on with the other stories after my exams are over.

This is the longest chapter I've ever written. 17K is huge for a single chapter. It pretty much killed me. XD

Hopefully, I'll be able to update quicker now. I'm going to pray that I never run into a writer's block ever again. x.x

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 19

2009-09-18T19:40:00.002+10:00

Drabble 19

Okay, so it seems I'm not really facing a writer's block, if I can still come up with drabbles. I think it's the planning and tying things together in the multi-chapter stories that are giving me trouble. Not to mention I've got my finals next week and the week after that, and all those assignments that have been piled on me.

But not to fear! I will nevaaaarrrrr abandon my stories just because I haven't updated in months. Every writer has a lack of inspiration sometimes; I'm just going through this horrible cycle at the moment. Hopefully I'll be able to get back on track after my tests are over. I should have plenty of time in Term 4, and I swear, if I don't at least update one of my stories by the end of this year, then I suck. Officially.

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 18

2009-08-23T11:00:00.002+10:00

Drabble 18

I'm sooo close to finishing Precious People's chapter, and yet it feels like I have forever to go. I've started working on Halcyon Days in between to exercise my inspiration. I know I promised myself that I wouldn't work on anything but Precious People until it was finished, but I've come to realise that I should at least try to keep the words flowing, just in case I pick up the story again and discover that I've forgotten how to write. XD

My Life Would Suck Without You: Drabble 17

2009-08-04T22:42:00.002+10:00

I forgot to post my last update for My Life Would Suck Without You. This is Drabble 17.

I seem to be having a lot of trouble writing chapter 15 of Precious People. I thought I had a writer's block specifically for Precious People, but I've realised that I can keep writing, it's just that the inspiration to write is scarce. I know what I need to write, but don't know how to set it into context. I'm going to have to ask people to have more patience. I'm focusing solely on Precious People now, hoping to get the next chapter up so I can update other stories. :)

Only Human: Chapter 6

2009-07-05T19:31:00.005+10:00

I just posted the next chapter for Only Human. Now that I have it out of the way, I can finally tackle Precious People again.

This blog is actually helping. Whenever I feel like procrastinating, I update the progress meter, look at how much I've done, and then get back to work. Of course, inspiration is another thing, since I'm making these stories up as I go. XD

Talk about the progress meter. MS Word gave me a word count of exactly 7500 words, which is what I'd estimated for the meter. Haha, what a coincidence. I was just thinking how hilarious it would be to get it on the dot while I was going over it, and then I looked at the word count and just stared. I bet that's not going to happen again a second time even if I want it to.

Got the progress meter and playlist up

2009-07-04T17:47:00.005+10:00

I managed to fix up some progress meters last night. I'm hoping these won't crash when NaNoWriMo comes around; they're pretty lightweight... well, at least I think they are...

I have a progress meter for each of my running multi-chapter stories. My Life Would Suck Without You doesn't have one since it is a drabble fic and those aren't really planned out; I barf them out at random.

The target count for each fic is just an approximation. There really isn't a set limit for the chapters, so I just give it a rough estimate. These numbers will probably change with each new chapter. For example, I'm currently focused on Only Human since Precious People is being mean to me, and I've already exceeded the 5000 word mark I had intended, so I just added a couple thousand more onto the meter.

These meters will hopefully keep everyone updated with each fic's progress. I'll try to update them each time I've written a huge chunk. It also encourages me to keep working, seeing how much I've done - I'm a horrible procrastinator. Sometimes I think this blog is just another excuse to do something without really doing it... aaaaand, that makes no sense at all. Do ignore me.

Now, on to the playlist. I embedded it through a site called MixPod, and I had a bit of problem with it. See, on the right hand column is the player. The one currently used is the ninja skin. I liked it on first sight, but it's got several disadvantages: you can't adjust the volume and you can't view the playlist's songs all at once. There was another skin which looked like the imeem player, and it allowed both of that. Now this was the problem: it was too big and it didn't fit well in the space I had intended it to. In fact, it didn't fit well anywhere on the page.

I've decided to go with the ninja skin for now, since there were no other suitable ones I could find. It's not too user friendly without the volume control, but I've tried to do something about that. The playlist will not play unless you click on the play button, so hopefully no one will be falling off their chair in surprise when music blasts out of their speakers. The other thing is the volume. I know every person prefers different volumes when listening to their music, and I know that different speakers and computer volume will affect the sound as well. I've lowered it to about half its original volume; I figure that it's more troublesome to have a startling eruption of loud music than to turn up your volume because you can't hear it. It's set to volumes I'm comfortable with and I'm sorry if it's a bit of a hassle for other people out there. There's nothing I can really do about it unless a better skin comes out.

The playlist is just something I randomly decided to include, anyway. It's actually more for my benefit, since having a separate music application is sometimes a little annoying when I've got too many windows open. It's just a small compilation of songs I prefer - not necessary my favourites, but I did have fun choosing the songs. I'll add and delete some as I go. It's currently got... 47 tracks. I'm hesitant to cram it full because that would probably slow it down and cause problems. I can't imagine why anyone would listen to this for longer than 10 minutes anyway - the blog isn't that much of an exploration ground. Unless you get sidetracked by the sudoku, of course.

After spending a good six hours today playing around with this blog, I think I'm starting to get the hang of this! :D

Just getting started

2009-07-03T17:31:00.006+10:00

This was just a random idea that attacked me out of nowhere. I'll be using this blog to post my progress with my writing - mostly fanfiction - so people know what I am working on, and an approximation of when to expect updates. It should get me motivated to stop procrastinating and I'm hoping it will benefit my small handful of readers if they do choose to stop by.

I might even post reviews of books I read. I must have gone through at least a quarter of my school library's fiction books by now. It'd be interesting to look back on the books I've read every now and then, I think.

I'm still trying to get the hang of using this blog, and I'm playing around with the themes and widgets. Hopefully I'll have this thing up and running soon.