Six Sentence Sunday: Evil Jack: For Worse

Evil Jack: For Worse

BookWorm's Library | Ao3

Hannah Davidson leaned her back against the wall of her mother's garage. The sun shone down on her knees. Her uncles told her to guard the bag of kitty litter that towered over her head. But they just wanted her to watch while they played.

Uncle Modo revved his purple bike near the end of the block. The tires hit the puddle of oil in front of the Last Chance, but he controlled the skid heading for the bottle.

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Summary: Jack returns to Chicago determined to use Charley and Throttle's drunken mistake to destroy the Biker Mice.

This story finally deals with the Vinnie-Charley-Throttle triangle that has been hovering in the background of the Evil Jack series (until the characters decided to change things up in the future on me--authors, always the last to know). And Jack makes his reappearance to cause deadly trouble. I hope you enjoy the story and the series.

Six Sentence Sunday: Evil Jack: In Sickness

Evil Jack: In Sickness

BookWorm's Library | Ao3

"Well, if you would just kick his cheesy ass for keeps, you could come home." Carbine's voice punched through the whispering static.

Throttle stared at the communication receiver before he closed his eyes. "Not this argument again."

"What argument? Limburger's the reason you won't come home, take out Limburger. You just don't want to do what it takes."

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Summary: Hannah is in the hospital with an unknown disease. How can Throttle save her from that?

Evil Jack: Domestic Bliss was a huge success and spawned another series in my head. Thankfully, only five stories long this time; not counting the crossover that takes place after the series is completed. Evil Jack: In Sickness came together fast, and is important to the series despite the lack of Jack MacCyber. This story does take place in a hospital with a sick child. I hope you enjoy this story and the series.

Six Sentence Sunday: Wars Are Won By Those Who Dare: Let Us Give Thanks

Wars Are Won By Those Who Dare: Let Us Give Thanks

BookWorm's Library | Ao3

"Another Earth holiday is comin' up." Sparks plopped down on the couch between Throttle and Modo. The Sunday night football game was on a commercial as he maneuvered a thick book in his lap and opened it. "It's called Thanksgiving."

"Must not be real important." Vinnie stretched out between the couch and the TV set. "The stores are already decorated for Christmas, have been since Halloween."

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Summary: Sparks wanting to celebrate Thanksgiving sets off a mystery from Charley's past. Can the Biker Mice find the answers?

Back when I was planning the Wars Are Won By Those Who Dare series, I realized holiday stories were popular: Christmas, Halloween, New Year's. I was going to do Mardi Gras later, and nobody had used Thanksgiving. It is an American holiday and Native American culture is appropriated and fails to acknowledge the violence colonists did to the Native American tribes, which was also beyond the scope of my story and wasn't on my radar when I wrote it in 2006. But being thankful for blessings and family is a universal theme. It is the perfect holiday for exploring Charley's past and showing proof that this band of Martin mice and humans have become a family. I hope you enjoy the story, and the rest of the series.

Six Sentence Sunday: Wars Are Won By Those Who Dare: Family, Friends, and Foes

Wars Are Won By Those Who Dare: Family, Friends, and Foes

BookWorm's Library | Ao3

Zack tapped the ink pen against his bottom lip. He stared down at the blank loose-leaf paper and wondered how to start. Detailed snail-mail letter writing had never been a skill this fifteen-year-old had bothered picking up. For him, e-mail was quicker and flowed more naturally. But he wasn't even sure how this letter was going to reach his errant sister, so e-mail was out of the question. He sighed as he used the pen to brush his straight black hair out of his dark, almond-shaped eyes. It's not gonna write itself, he thought. He brought the pen tip down to the paper.

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Summary: The bros are being chased by mutated humans who aren't working for Limburger. And Chi-town is shaken by the arrival of two more vigilante groups who are attacked by Limburger. Can the mysterious Ronin pull the good guys together? Or will Manuelo's family pay the price? A crossover with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

"You were expecting maybe turtles?" -- Modo

I don't remember when I first saw "Rock 'n Ride." I must have started watching Biker Mice From Mars at the end of their Saturday morning run and the switch to weekdays--which Fox put on in the mornings; Disney Afternoon filled the after-school hours--but I was hooked. However, I don't remember what episode I saw first. Not that it mattered when I got up a half-hour earlier than I needed to just so I would be dressed and could watch them. That's how I got up every morning my senior year of high school.

But the first time Modo uttered that line, all the "what if" receptors fired in my brain. When I saw the following exchange in "Chill Zone"

Throttle: "Oh no, man! You don't really want toys that look like waterlogged reptiles, do you?"
Vinnie: "Yeah! Fuzzy and buff is where it's at!"

it was cinched. This crossover was destined. I hope you enjoy this story and the expansion to the Wars Are Won By Those Who Dare series.

Six Sentence Sunday: Evil Jack: Domestic Bliss

Evil Jack: Domestic Bliss

BookWorm's Library | Ao3

She stood up out of the water and felt it sheet down her muscular and curvaceous body. She faced the shore, a secluded area with a grassy spot right under a large oak tree perfect for reclining beneath. Three males were already taking advantage of the shade.

"Even us interplanetary heroes need time off now and then." The tan mouse stretched out on his back. His black leather vest fell open and gave an unimpeded view of his fur-covered, sculpted abs and pecs.

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Summary: Charley is married to Jack, and they have a four-year-old daughter. But why can't Charley remember anything from the past four years? And why do three bikers keep following her?

Biker Mice From Mars: Evil Jack: Domestic Bliss is a what-if story. What if Jack McCyber was so totally evil everyone would have justification to hate him? So I made him a lot crazy. I also wanted to have Charley solve her own problem. And since the episode "My Cheese is Quick" was screwed up as a mystery, I'd make it a mystery. Charley would have to figure out what happened to her life. It ended up spawning a series. I hope you enjoy the story and the sequels.

Six Sentence Sunday: A Mist of Prophecies: Regrets

A Mist of Prophecies: Regrets

BookWorm's Library | Ao3

Owen Burnett sighed as he lowered himself into a chair in the parlor of his living quarters. The majordomo was faced with a singular problem he had limited experience with, free time. The Xanatos family had gone to Maine to visit Petros Xanatos. So no teaching Alexander as an excuse to let the Puck out to play and Owen's duties were finished for the day, provided no emergencies developed.

He could use this time to reminisce with Cassandra, but she was out with the rest of the Manhattan clan. The hawk-faced man let his stoic expression relax into a slight but unmistakable smile as he thought about his former pupil. He had worried about the halfling gargoyle living alone on her Mediterranean island. He had to pull her out of that isolation before.

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Summary: A Gargoyles Fanfic. What compelled the trickster Puck to create the role of Owen Burnett? Second place winner in the 2001 Gathering's Writing Contest, Category: Pucking Around.

I had already brought up Bridget in A Mist of Prophecies: Shivers the Heart to Hear (BookWorm's Library | Ao3). The wraith took her form and completely unnerved Owen. But I left the why a mystery. I figured I would eventually go back to explain her connection. Why not now for the contest? But how to tie it into the current story line I have developed? Then I had the brainwave, that resulted in this story. I hope you enjoy it.

Six Sentence Sunday: A Mist of Prophecies: The Party

A Mist of Prophecies: The Party

BookWorm's Library | Ao3

The ball of flame appeared inside the dark forest. It expanded then disappeared, leaving two gargoyles in the small clearing. The brick-red male dressed in a leather loincloth let go of the jade-green female dressed in a silk kimono. "Well, where and when are we?"

Sata threw her black hair over her shoulder. "We are here and now." She kissed Brooklyn's beak as he grimaced.

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Summary: A Gargoyles: TimeDancer Fanfic. Brooklyn and Sata find themselves in the future, just in time for the MidSummer's Eve party given by some members of the Manhattan Clan. Members they have never met before. Well, all except one.

My whole purpose for a TimeDancer story was to foreshadow some of the things coming in stories I have planned to fit between Gargoyles: A Mist of Prophecies: Shivers the Heart to Hear (BookWorm's Library | Ao3) and TimeDancer: A Mist of Prophecies: The Party. I also wondered what happened to Jerusha after TimeDancer: Requiem. This story takes place between TimeDancer: Menagerie Part Two and TimeDancer: To the Soul, both second season episodes. I hope you enjoy the story.

Six Sentence Sunday: Wars Are Won By Those Who Dare: Reunions

Wars Are Won By Those Who Dare: Reunions

BookWorm's Library | Ao3

Mice eased back from the floating silver sphere. The Captain frowned down at it and then at the salvaged transport booth it had just arrived through. "It reeks of stinkfish. Fry it," she ordered from the metal catwalk above.

The two closest mice pulled out their laser guns. Two shots and the blackened and cracked sphere fell to the floor.

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Summary: Limburger's latest attempt to kill the Biker Mice results in transporting the bros and Charley to the Olympian Fury, a refugee ship reported destroyed during the Martian-Plutarkian War. But this new hope for the future is dashed by a threat worse than the Plutarkians.

Biker Mice From Mars: Reunions was the first Biker Mice fanfic I wrote back in 1994. I realized it was the second in sequence and then wrote its prequel, Jack-of-all-Trades to introduce Tala.

Fast forward to 2000. Having just complete the Jack-of-all-Trades rewrite that became Shatter Your Illusions (BookWorm's Library | Ao3, I still wasn't ready to end my Biker Mice writing kick (I was also in the middle of a summer class for Spanish and the furry trio was keeping me sane). I had the second story, Put Me Back Together (BookWorm's Library | Ao3), all planned out but a problem developed. The radio station wouldn't play Matchbox Twenty's "Bent" so I could tape it and get the lyrics. I had to have that song for the story. These were the days before you could ask the Internet for everything.

Not a problem. I'll just do the Reunions--now the third story in my series--rewrite next. So I got started. The essential plot didn't change: Limburger sending the bros and Charley to an asteroid mining/refugee spaceship that Throttle's half-mouse cousin Hot Rod is now the Captain of and the insane mouse in charge of the Internal Security forces, Colonel Exhaust, threatens the ship along with some slavers. I ditched the slavers and expanded everything else. I hope you enjoy this version and the rest of the series.

Six Sentence Sunday: Wars Are Won By Those Who Dare: Put Me Back Together

Wars Are Won By Those Who Dare: Put Me Back Together

BookWorm's Library | Ao3

Charley Davidson smiled down at the appointment book laying open on the desk. Work had been steady for the past week. The bank balance was positive and would stay that way for a while thanks to her share of the three million. She glanced out the window in the Last Chance garage's office. She could see the bright blue, cloudless sky. "Life is good," she said to herself quietly.

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Summary: Sequel to Shatter Your Illusions. Now that Throttle has lost Carbine, he feels that he has nothing left. Can Charley help him realize who still cares for him? Or will Limburger's goons confirm Throttle's worst fear?

This story was finished third in the series after deciding that I was going to write a sex scene and that yes, I would use Matchbox 20's "Bent" in it even though it broke my only use songs current to the time setting of the story rule. Throttle is in the middle break-up depression and Charley helps him get out of it, and the song lyrics describe it perfectly. I hope you enjoy this story and the rest of the series.

Six Sentence Sunday: Wars Are Won By Those Who Dare: Shatter Your Illusions

Wars Are Won By Those Who Dare: Shatter Your Illusions

BookWorm's Library | Ao3

"Now this just reeks!"

Charley looked up from the carburetor she was working on to see Throttle crushing the morning paper in his fist. "I didn't have a chance to read that yet. A paying customer showed up first."

Throttle either didn't hear her or ignored her, for he chunked the stick of newsprint into the garbage can.

"This is why I don't bother with current events." Vinnie pulled two cards from his hand and drew two more from the stack. "You get all hot and bothered by it but there's nothing you can do about it."

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Summary: Limburger is scheming, the Biker Mice are thwarting, and a new player is riding into Chicago--on a Martian bike. What do you believe and who can you trust?

Shatter Your Illusions started off as a much shorter story called Jack-of-all-Trades in 1994, back when Biker Mice From Mars was still on the air. In Jack, I introduced the character Tala who delivered the news to the Biker Mice that Carbine was dead. She ferried them to Mars, helped them solve Carbine's murder, and brought them back to Earth. And Vinnie fell for her hard. I finished the story and its sequel, Reunions, for my own amusement.

Fast forward to the year 2000. Surfing the Net one day, I stumbled across The Unofficial Biker Mice From Mars Fan Club's site. Hurray! I wasn't the only gal in love with the furry trio! And it seemed like everyone had tried their hand at Biker Mice fanfics. I was inspired (that's putting it mildly). I pulled out Jack and made a face; the six-years-old story needed a lot of help. Major overhaul work. But all in all, it was a fast rewrite of what turned out to be the first story of a series that will span a large chunk of the fandom universes I have written stories for. I hope you enjoy this story and the rest of the series.

Six Sentence Sunday: The Ronin

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ronin

BookWorm's Library | Ao3

Zack Baker slammed the van door shut and stared up. And up. The Gothic building with its ornate gargoyles and foreboding look seemed out of place in modern-day New York City, but it suited his sister's dark views and pessimistic frame of mind about life. "All this place needs is a dark and stormy night with a few well-timed flashes of lightening and rolls of thunder. What do you think, April?"

April O'Neil brushed back her red hair with her fingers and gazed up at the dormitory. "Well, Allie, you sure know how to pick 'em. Are you positive you want to stay here?"

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Summary:Three years after Bloodlines, Allie's beginning college coincides with the appearance of a new vigilante on the streets. The Turtles name her the Ronin, but is she really master-less or is her hatred for the Shredder an Oscar-winning performance?

I finished The Ronin in 1996. In this story, I started expanding the universes that the Turtles are interacting with or unsuspectingly share an Earth with. Zack has had adventures with Legend of Zelda characters in between this story and the previous story Bloodlines. Allie's backstory has Kung Fu: the Legend Continues' characters and the Mutates, which started as an organization and scenerio I created for a role-playing game. I never got to the mechanics part, so it was easy to move it over to my fanfics and give Mona Lisa a different background for my fanfics. I hope you enjoy this story and the rest of the series.

Six Sentence Sunday: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Bloodlines

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Bloodlines

BookWorm's Library | Ao3

The ninja slipped into the darkened room and bowed to the man seated behind the desk. "I found the information you seek, Master."

The man seated at the desk never moved. He stared at the ninja letting the shadows mask his face. "What did you find?" He asked harshly.

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Summary: A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fanfic. The Turtles are used to being blamed for the crimes they stop in the Big Apple. But they aren't murderers--despite what Chief Sterns says. And the quest to clear their names is complicated by the arrival of the victim's younger siblings needing protection from the Shredder.

1990, the first Turtle movie was released. I loved it! The Turtles were just as fun-loving as ever, but more serious than their cartoon versions. I started a screenplay for their second movie, incorporating my characters--most importantly Billy, Allie, and Zack Baker. The second movie was released; I revised my screenplay. The third movie was released; I revised again.

1993, I was attending Math Science Upward Bound at Rogers State College in Claremore, Oklahoma and putting the last touches on my third revision of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Return of the Foot Clan, when I realized I can't write a screenplay. But I did know how to construct a novel. So I changed my lame title and by 1994, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Bloodlines's rough draft was finished. I hope you enjoy this story and its sequels.

2024 My Year in Fic

2024 Fiction Word Count:

615,535 / 219,600 words. 280% done!

2024 ended so badly on a personal level for me, this is the gif that spoke to me to best sum up the change of the year.

Insights To Not Forget:

I had to create a new spreadsheet to track the amount of words written for the year since I couldn't trust the formulas on the one I had been using for years. According to it, I reached my goal of writing 600 words a day 100 days.

Focusing on a Single Project in a Month: This continues to be the best thing to actually completely finishing lingering WIPs. I will be putting the months with the same fandom much closer together in 2025, because I struggled to remember what I was doing with Strix: Forget the Sun.

Stories I Posted:

Star Wars: Rescue the Farmboy: Mission on Mimban: Word count = 61,218. Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade's exploration of Mimban is derailed by the unexpected Imperial presence on the planet and their way off-planet depends on finding the Kaiburr crystal before the Imperial do.

Star Wars: Sororal Lineality: Plans and High Command Word Count = 7408. Luke wakes up and plans must be made and High Command must be briefed about what happened on Bespin and what Luke and Leia are planning to do next.

Stories I Posted at Ao3 Finally: This got paused as I try to figure out what still needs to go up besides the fanmixes, and then I forgot about it.

Stories I Finished: I don't have any stories that I completed the editing on to say it is ready for publication but haven't published yet.

Stories Caught Up in Editing:

Trigun: Three of a Kind: Word count = 236,237 (20,838 written in 2022 + 182,470 written in 2023 + 32,929 written in 2024). I have finally gotten this novel to creating on the third draft. Crossing fingers that you can read it in 2025.

Evil Jack: Till Death Do We Part: Word count = 14,150. And here's a great example of the focus on one thing for a month works, I have returned to Biker Mice From Mars. I didn't get edits finished this year but I tried.

Stories I Didn't Finish:

Strix: Forget the Sun: Word count = 91,269 (26,588 written previously + 4279 written in 2019 + 279 written in 2020 + 15,328 written in 2021 + 5416 written in 2022 + 23,714 written in 2023 + 15,665 written in 2024). I finally got out of the last battle and into cleaning up and hiding the paranormal from the rest of the world. Can I finish it next year and start figuring out what I have written?

Wars Are Won: Sacrifice of Happiness: Word count = 5180. I thought I had finished the first draft of this story, but realized after reviewing it for the second draft that I had neglected adding any complications so I had to start over and add some.

Sororal Lineality: Kyber: Word count = 1491. So my last month focusing on Star Wars got spent on rereading Shadows of the Empire since I plan on using some of it in this series. So, the month finished before I finished a draft of this story.

What I Think About My Stories:

My favorite story this year: Evil Jack: Till Death Do We Part Fourteen years since I worked on any of my Biker Mice fanfics, but this story and details canon to the show flew out of me. Too bad all my writing projects don't move that fast.

Story most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion: Sororal Lineality: Plans and High Command will probably get some more attention after I post it on Ao3 for May the Fourth in 2025.

Most fun story: Getting back into Biker Mice From Mars through Trigun and my own memories has been a trip, even if I had a hang-up in Sacrifice of Happiness.

Stories I wrote that I never thought I'd write: Wars Are Won: Sacrifice of Happiness. A whole story from a bad guy's POV, which I got into Karbunkle's head pretty well.

Hardest story to write: Wars Are Won: Sacrifice of Happiness. And then I proceeded to not give him any complications because it serves the whole series development, so that also makes this the hardest story to write since I have to not make it so darn easy for him.

Biggest disappointment: Strix: Forget the Sun. Why are you not done yet? If I had managed the same amount of words that I had last year, it might have a finished draft.

Biggest surprise: Did I mention remembering things after fourteen years away? Because wow, that blew my mind.

What's your favorite piece of dialogue you wrote this year? From Strix: Forget the Sun:

Sagara was gone. He ran his tongue over his teeth and scraped it against his fangs. He groaned in disappointment.

Raven lifted herself partial off him. “Ferris? Did the light get you?”

“No, not that. Lost Boys was wrong.”

She raised herself up on her hands and knees and stared down at his face. “You pinche idiota bitched about me wanting holy water Super Soakers and you’re taking how to be a vampire from movies?”

“He got to be human after they staked the sire vampire. I didn’t think it would work that for me, not really. Let me up.”

Raven got up to her feet gracefully, and Ferris accepted the hand up she extended. They were in a library, that explained the books. “What did you think you would get?” she asked.

“My head torn off by Sagara or one of his loyal idiots.” He shrugged helplessly at her dismayed expression of disbelief. “You asked, and I swore to be honest with you.”

“As long as we’re being honest, you’re not as cute as Keifer Sutherland either.”

What's your favorite piece of description or narration you wrote this year? From Sororal Lineality: Kyber:

Light expanded out of the box and scattered different flashes of color over Luke’s face. Green, blue, yellow, orange, purple, and white tiny rectangles of light danced over his closed eyes and calm expression.

Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would, less, or about what you predicted? I ended up with 77 tracked projects, which honestly was far too many for focused attention. 63 were non-fiction and most of those were Six Sentence Sunday posts I started to advertise every story I have written. So I should have way fewer of those moving forward. Of the 14 fiction projects, seven are the versions for the BookWorm's Library and Ao3. It might be double dipping to count them in the same fiction word count, but novels not going on those sites will only be counted once.

Regardless, the new spreadsheet did handle that many projects but I don't want that many next year.

Number of Days I Wrote or Edited: 332 days. The count I thought I had set up in the spreadsheet doesn't work when I put a zero in because I did work on something like updating the BookWorm's Library but wasn't measuring the words. So next year, I need to measure the words even on those so it works without my having to count.

Number of Days Meeting or Exceeding the daily 600 word count: 100 days.

Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them? I think it was less risk taking and more getting down to basics of writing. Do it every day and try to hit the 600 daily word count every day. I did notice that without outside accountability eyes (even if the group ultimately didn't care what my results are) my results on Strix: Forget the Sun decreased. So I think I need to be more public with that novel's progress next year.

Did you meet last year's goals? Let's find out. The goals from my 2024 one-page business plan are:

• Writing Strix series:
  • April, September: Finish Strix: Forget the Sun first draft
  • April, September: Edit Strix: Forget the Sun
  • April, September: Send Strix: Forget the Sun to a developmental editor
• Writing Star Wars stories:
  • May, October: Conlanging Honoghran = Finished enough to finish the scene I wanted in Mission on Mimban
  • May, October: Edit Mission on Mimban to second draft = Finished
  • May, October: Send Mission on Mimban to beta = Finished
  • May, October: Edit Mission on Mimban to third draft = Finished
  • May, October: Edit Sororal Lineality: Plans and High Command to second draft = Finished
  • May, October: Send SL: Plans and High Command to beta = Finished
  • May, October: Edit SL: Plans and High Command to third draft = Finished
  • May, October: Finish Rescue the Farmboy: Extrication first draft
  • May, October: Finish SL: Kyber first draft
  • May, October: Outline Everybody Lives But Maul story = Finished
• Writing Biker Mice From Mars stories
  • March, August: Finish Wars Are Won: Sacrifice of Happiness first draft
  • March, August: Finish Evil Jack: 'Til Death Do We Part first draft = Finished
• Writing Trigun fanfics
  • January, June, November: Finish Trigun: Three of a Kind first draft = Finished
  • January, June, November: Edit Trigun: Three of a Kind to second draft = Finished
  • January, June, November: Send Trigun: Three of a Kind to beta = Finished
  • January, June, November: Edit Trigun: Three of a Kind to third draft
• BookWorm's Library maintenance
  • July, December: Make sure software is up-to-date
  • July, December: Add Sororal Lineality: Miha = Finished
  • July, December: Add any other files that need adding
  • July, December: Add recipes to Cookbook
• Ao3
  • February: Upload already published stories
  • February: Upload Mission on Mimban third draft = Finished
  • February: Upload SL: Plans and High Command after Mission on Mimban = Holding this until May 4, 2025
  • February: Upload thirteen fanmixes

Do you have any goals for the coming year? The goals from my 2025 one-page business plan are:

• Writing Strix series:
  • August, September: Finish Strix: Forget the Sun first draft
  • August, September: Edit Strix: Forget the Sun
  • August, September: Send Strix: Forget the Sun to a developmental editor
• Writing Star Wars stories:
  • April, May, July: Finish Rescue the Farmboy: Extrication first draft
  • April, May, July: Edit Rescue the Farmboy: Extrication to second draft
  • April, May, July: Send second draft of Rescue the Farmboy: Extrication to beta
  • April, May, July: Edit Rescue the Farmboy: Extrication to third draft
  • April, May, July: Finish SL: Kyber first draft
  • April, May, July: Edit SL: Kyber to second draft
  • April, May, July: Send second draft of SL: Kyber to beta
  • April, May, July: Edit SL: Kyber to third draft
  • April, May, July: Finish Rescue the Farmboy: Homecoming first draft
  • April, May, July: Finish SL: Ord Mantell first draft
• Writing Biker Mice From Mars stories
  • February, June: Finish Wars Are Won: Sacrifice of Happiness first draft
  • February, June: Edit Evil Jack: Till Death Do We Part to third draft
  • February, June: Edit Wars Are Won: Sacrifice of Happiness to second draft
  • February, June: Send second draft of Wars Are Won: Sacrifice of Happiness to beta
  • February, June: Edit Wars Are Won: Sacrifice of Happiness to third draft
  • February, June: Finish Evil Jack: last story first draft
  • February, June: Edit Evil Jack: last story to second draft
  • February, June: Send second draft of Evil Jack: last story to beta
  • February, June: Edit Evil Jack: last story to third draft
• Writing Trigun fanfics
  • January: Edit Trigun: Three of a Kind to third draft
• Writing Zackverse stories
  • March, October, November, December: Finish Hyrueliana first draft
  • March, October, November, December: Edit Hyrueliana to second draft
  • March, October, November, December: Send second draft of Hyrueliana to beta
  • March, October, November, December: Edit Hyrueliana to third draft
  • March, October, November, December: Finish Gargoyles: Caught in a Web first draft
  • March, October, November, December: Edit Gargoyles: Caught in a Web to second draft
  • March, October, November, December: Send second draft of Gargoyles: Caught in a Web to beta
  • March, October, November, December: Edit Gargoyles: Caught in a Web to third draft
  • March, October, November, December: Finish Gargoyles: Wild as a Swallow's Song first draft
  • March, October, November, December: Edit Gargoyles: Wild as a Swallow's Song to second draft
  • March, October, November, December: Send Gargoyles: Wild as a Swallow's Song to beta
  • March, October, November, December: Edit Gargoyles: Wild as a Swallow's Song to third draft
• BookWorm's Library maintenance
  • July, December: Make sure software is up-to-date
  • July, December: Add any other files that need adding
  • July, December: Add FanFiction Garret section to the site
  • July, December: Add recipes to Cookbook
• Ao3
  • June: Upload already published stories
  • June: Upload SL: Plans and High Command on May 4, 2025
  • June: Upload thirteen fanmixes
  • June: Upload Trigun: Three of a Kind
  • June: Upload Rescue the Farmboy: Extricition
  • June: Upload Wars Are Won: Sacrifice of Happiness
  • June: Upload Evil Jack: Till Death Do We Part
  • June: Upload Evil Jack: last story
  • June: Upload Zackverse: The Hyrueliana
  • June: Upload Gargoyles: Caught in a Web

Here's to 2025.

Six Sentence Sunday: A Mist of Prophecies: Shivers the Heart to Hear

A Mist of Prophecies: Shivers the Heart to Hear

BookWorm's Library | Ao3

Alexander laid on his back on the quilt in the grass. The sunlight streamed into the solarium. Fox tickled Alexander's feet. He giggled and kicked his feet free. "That's my strong baby boy. You like that, don't you?"

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Summary: A Gargoyles Fanfic. Every sorcerer's apprentice has to learn not to mix magics. Now is Angela's turn.

Shivers the Heart to Hear was started during my Fall 1998 semester at Northwestern State University after A Storm of Things Foreseen (BookWorm's Library | Ao3) was well received. Angela needed a magical snafu, since everyone else that has learned magic in the Gargoyles universe has had one (Alexander in Gargoyles: Equality, Fox in Gargoyles: The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and Demona in Dark Ages: Dreadnought all written for The Gargoyles Saga). I finished it February 20, 1999, the Saturday before Gargoyles: Lethe was shown on The Gargoyles Saga. I guess I wasn't the only one who thought Angela was due for a set back. I hope you enjoy the story.

Tags: #my fic#six sentence sunday#gargoyles

Six Sentence Sunday: A Mist of Prophecies: A Storm of Things Forseen

A Mist of Prophecies: A Storm of Things Foreseen

BookWorm's Library | Ao3

The baby with red hair screamed--a boy hardly older than a year--as the man picked him up. The man had long, white-blond hair and cold Arctic blue eyes that his malicious grin refused to warm.

Madoc leered over Titania. A Titania whose hands were shackled in front of her in iron. "Do you dare deny me now?" The blonde man standing on the platform behind Madoc grinned and held the boy up higher. "Do you dare?" Madoc repeated.

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Summary: A Gargoyles Fanfic. Queen Titania has a mission for Cassandra that can bring the halfling gargoyle to a clan that will accept what she is. But can Cassandra trust the Queen that destroyed everything she knew?

During the summer of 1998 while eagerly awaiting the second season of The Gargoyles Saga (an excellent fanfic continuation of the Gargoyles cartoon series, beginning at the point in the arc when creator Greg Weisman left the show), I became involved in the TGS Comment Room. The persona I developed in the room was a halfling gargoyle named Cassandra. She was over three-thousand-years-old, was from Troy (Homer and the rest of those Greeks got a few facts wrong), and has prophetic visions that no one believes.

At the same time, the TGS Staff--in part to keep us rabid fans off their backs--asked that we turn our creative energies to writing our own fanfics. I realized that I wanted to tell Cassandra's story, have her join the Manhattan Clan--mainly because no one seems to take Goliath up on his offers--and use Loki as the villain. I hope you enjoy the story and the series it is the first story of.