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Sup guys, long time no see.

First and foremost, no matter what your holiday plans are or are not, I hope you all have a merry one tomorrow. This has been a tough year, and I think we all deserve a nice break from the bleakness. Here's hoping next year will be better.

Second of all, I have not posted anything since the semester started and I'm sorry for that, but really, it has been a brutally busy last couple of months. Plus, don't think that just because I haven't posted anything means that I haven't been writing. I had an 83-page Creative Writing assignment to keep me busy, so you don't have to worry about me getting rusty. I'm on Christmas break until January 14, so I should be able to get something out between now and then. I'll get back to writing Desire of the Night right after Christmas, and after that, I can't say. I have quite a few ideas, but I don't want to commit to anything; you know how bad I am at keeping promises.

Anyway, that's all I got. Thanks for being patient with me, and I hope you all have a Merry Christmas.
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"OMG Apelord, what are we bracing ourselves for?!!"

"Fall is coming..."

"What does that mean?"

"School..."

"...And?..."

"Slower uploads..."

"...But...how can you be slower than you already are?"

"Shut up..."

Hey guys, long time no journal.

Just letting you know that next Monday, the 20th, school is going to start up again. Yeah, again. So, with school, the job (I got a job, btw), and this honors English project that I'm apparently going to be working on (I only learned that I was supposed to do it yesterday -_-), I'm going to be even slower with my updates. I'm going to try (TRY >.<) to get the next chapter of Desire up before then, but there's no guarantees, as I am busy every day of this week...I'm going to try to look at this as an actual school assignment and set the due date to Sunday. Hopefully that'll light a fire under my butt and motivate me to complete it. And then after that...pretty much nothing.

So yeah...wish me luck, and I hope you guys keep checking in even during these dry months. ^^

Have a good one!
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Nothing major or anything; just letting you know that my next story will NOT be Belly-Time Story. Instead, it will be the "fatpire" story that was requested of me oh so long ago. I had almost forgotten about it, but the requester, Nexis, reminded me, and he and I were able to brainstorm and bang out a basic plot to it...It won't be as long as TTS; I'm not sure how long it will be exactly, but I do know it will be relatively short. Between 1-3 chapters. Anyway, so that'll be next.

Unfortunately, though, this come at a pretty busy time in my life; I'm kind of at a crossroads with all the different assignments I have due within the next couple weeks, so most of the "writing" I will be doing will not be for you guys. However, like I said a while ago, my list of priorities has changed recently, now that writing is actually PART of that list. So I will post it eventually; probably just not soon.

Anyway, that's all I got. Have a nice day!

PS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 30,000 VIEWS GUYS! OMG YOU'RE ALL SO AMAZING, THANK YOUUUU!!!!

Seriously guys, that's awesome. ^^ I really appreciate it.
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Alright, I've got some news, updates, all that jazz. Bear with me for a minute.

First of all, and most importantly, I'm writing again! Yes, after all those months of complete and utter writer's block (I'm not sure that's what I'd call it, but I'll use it for lack of a better term), I've finally gotten back into writing. I recently rejoined (shameless promotion incoming) the ChubbyChannel forums forum.chubbychannel.com/index.… , and they've helped encourage me get back in the game. Plus, one of them gave me some advice to help me get over that huge hump in The Talking Stomach, and now I know how to end it (Yay!).

Yes, after all those millennia of being stuck on that one last detail, I can finally say I know how the story is going to end, and I know how to get there.  I went to the forum, mentioned I needed help, and within two minutes I had an answer that fit so well I'm surprised I never came up with it. I guess that's what you get when you (let your heart win) ask for help from other writers, instead of trying to plow through problems yourself.

So, soon, I will post the conclusion of The Talking Stomach. I have gone through what I have, edited the hell out of it, and am now ready to finish it. The-Eldest-Few2, I am so sorry for taking so long on what should have been a quick, fun request, and I'd like to thank you for being so cool about it. I realize now that it was a mistake to take requests when I did: I thought at the time that taking requests would light a well-needed fire under my butt, but instead, life got in the way, the fire was unfortunately left alone, and it kinda burnt out.

BUT, that won't happen this time because, for the first time in forever, writing is actually on my list of priorities, and not just something in the back of my mind that I might get to eventually when there's nothing else to do and I'm bored with everything in the world (which never happens because the internet exists). I actually have the motivation and (more importantly) desire to continue writing, so I will.

So long story short, like the title implies, I should be posting the final chapter of The Talking Stomach soon.

After I finish TTS, I have a story in mind that I've been wanting to do for a while now. I'm not going to give too much away, but it's called Belly-Time Story, and it's basically a fat mother's weight gain story told as a fairy tale. I'm going to try to write the whole story at once, instead of my usual chapter-by-chapter update thing. I might have to separate it into chapters depending on the length, but they'll all be released at the same time.

And after that? Well, I do have quite a few ideas I could write: there's a summer camp-related story, a WoW story (yes, I thought of one that could work), a male-WG-related kinda ninja story I'm kinda sorta thinking about maybe, and, of course, there's always Flora's Curious Adventure. No requests this time, unfortunately. Hopefully it'll all be for the best, though.

One thing that could be construed as bad news is that I might be scrapping the whole Woman vs. Food storyline, for a few reasons. First of all, I don't think there would be enough variety to justify it as a series. When I started, I hoped that each chapter would be set in a different city, taking on a different challenge, and there would be a continuing story arc that would progress throughout the series. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that each chapter would pretty much just be Abby eating. Yes she'd be eating a different meal, in a different place, and with a different outcome each time, but it would just be her eating.

Plus, and this is a more personal thing, I feel like I'm not good at letting characters..."die." If I like a character, I tend to keep writing stories about them instead of just letting their story end. I'd like to get into the habit of writing stories that have definite endings, instead of constantly going "Hey, what are these gals up to?" after their plotline has finished.

I don't know, I'm kind of up in the air about the whole thing. If you have any thoughts or suggestions, let me know.

Well anyway, that's about it. I gotta head for class in a few minutes, so I guess I'll see you all later. Have a good one!

Damn I'm long-winded aren't I?
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Okay, holy shit, let me tell you how today worked out. I woke up this morning, finished a History assignment, turned it in (it's an online class so I can do that), and left for class (a friend drove me). I have an hour between classes where I can't go anywhere, so I sit in the main lobby area to work on assignments. I was planning to use that time to work on a 2-page math assignment, which I would turn in tomorrow, and then spend all of tomorrow working on a 3-6 page English draft due the next day.

HOWEVER, during my math class, I was informed that the assignment was actually due on Friday. And then during my English class, my professor changed his mind and told us that we wouldn't have to have the draft complete until next Monday. So what was once a hectic two days of frantic paper-writing turns into two relatively assignment-free days. I realize that a lucky break like that doesn't happen everyday, so I figured now would be a good time to let you know what's going on with me. I've seen a few of my favorite writers do this recently and I was planning on doing it soon anyway...

As you may have guessed, I'm a college student now...but it's community college so don't get too excited. It's a lot less expensive, especially since I'm going there on scholarship as long as I keep my grades up, and it gives me a chance to find out more about what I want to do with my life before I commit to a 4-year university. Hopefully I'll spend the next couple years getting my associates degree before transferring to a 4-year...

So anyway, I'm in college now. What does it mean for you? Unfortunately, it means a lot of the same you've been getting from me recently: Nothing. For now at least. Until I get more used to this new schedule, I can't really set aside enough time to write, for you guys at least. I've already had to write eight papers for all my classes so far, and the two I mentioned earlier are my ninth and tenth, so I'm a bit burnt out on writing. However, that won't be the case forever; I'm not done writing stories for you all, and I doubt I will be for quite some time.

But what can you expect from me when I do finally start turning in papers - er, I mean, writing stories again? Well, first and foremost, I wanna finish The Talking Stomach. Like I said, and like I've been saying for a while, I'm really close to the end. I know what'll happen and why, I just don't know how to get there; I may end up asking for help if I don't have that major breakthrough.

After that, I've had a few ideas in my head for a while that I could work on: One story takes place in a fat camp, which isn't very original in itself, but I have a little twist in mind that'll hopefully bring it into its own. But it's more of a summer-ish story that I was hoping to work on DURING the summer, so I'm not sure how that'll work. I also have plans to continue working on Flora's Curious Adventure...eventually. I still have that Woman V. Food storyline I can work on; that first chapter worked out pretty well and I can probably keep thinking up of cities for them to visit. And I've gotten back into World of Warcraft again, so I MAY write something on that, if I can come up with an original plot that's actually worthy of a story; I don't want to just write a regular ol' WG story that happens to be set in Azeroth, or try to force in an incoherent WG-related plot into a universe that doesn't fit. If I can think of a nice, original plot that fits in well with the lore, you can expect something along those lines in the future, but there's no real guarantee.

Anyway, that's all I got. I'm sorry I wasn't able to get more work done during those summer months, and I hope you continue to stick around. Fall's coming around soon, which is and has been my favorite time to write...Hell, I may even use these two free days to start working on some of these projects...Yo never know.

Either way, Have a nice day!
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