Just thought I should give everyone a heads-up...

I know I've been pretty quiet as of late, but I've been busy both on and offline. First off, I updated Nexus a few weeks ago (almost two weeks ago, to be exact). While on the subject of my sci-fi story, I have found that writing an entire language is starting to become a bit confusing, though I'm not giving up this little challenge. To conquer it, I'm writing a translation "booklet", if you will. At this point, I don't have much, but this is a challenge I have sworn to take up. Have faith in me. As I write this little Avaani translation booklet, I will change the speech patterns of the Avaani in previous chapters in order to keep to form, because I'm such a stickler for detail. I'll try my best to keep any and all of my readers posted on that.

Moving past Nexus, other recent work, Roads Leading Back, has hit something of a roadblock. I know where I want this to head, but I haven't gotten my head wrapped around how I want it to move along. I've been testing several different ideas, but nothing so far. I will work towards getting another chapter up within the next couple of weeks. Fear not, faithful readers. You've kept with me so far in my endeavors, and next only to Internal Affair, James' and Jennifer's story has received the most attention. As I said, don't worry. Their story will reach an end. What end it will be, however, even I don't know.

I also have another story in the works, one that I actually took up in order to clear my head and get my thoughts when it comes to my own stories. Someone actually put up a challenge around the beginning of October to remake a story called The Baby Sitter. Now, the person who posted the challenge and the actual author are different people, and unreachable as well. I have sent Jaxxy an e-mail asking if this was...kosher, let's say, but I have not received a reply. More than likely I will not proceed with this challenge-fiction until I receive an e-mail from Jaxxy that this is a valid challenge and I can reply to it, or I have enough to warrant an actual chapter. Either way, I will note that the story, and the challenge, were not written with consent from the author of the original story.

Personally, it feels refreshing to work a remake rather than start something from scratch. I find that writing has always been a source of relaxation for me, and rewriting something may clear my head enough to give me that little push I need to move further ahead with my work.