I can’t remember when I started reading Stupid Post it Notes. It was a looooooooong time ago. If you haven’t read it, it’s sort of a rambling mess of cracky awesome teenage angst. SPIN, for short, is a slash fiction story about Seth and Tuesday. Yes, Tuesday. That’s his name and I think it says a lot about the story =D. It’s about all I can remember anyway nowadays about it. I can’t even describe what I love/d about it. I just…love it. I’m also someone who rarely reads two types of stories: unfinished ones and YA. SPIN is both of those things.
Way back before trans was something most of us in the slash reading community understood, the author of SPIN was in some kind of kerfuffle about ‘pretending’ to be a guy. I don’t know if that author was/is trans. I can say that I’m now smarter and wouldn’t question such a thing. In fact, I didn’t question it back then either. But a whole lot of other people did and it made the author disappear. I just wanted my story. I wanted my ending. I still, even though I’m subscribed to the story itself, check to see if it’s updated. I mean, I’ll be notified if it is. Fictionpress wouldn’t let me down, would it? GDI I check anyway. All the time. And every time I check, I’m disappointed. And angry. And frustrated. And a little sad.
What I’m saying is, I feel your frustration. I get it. And I don’t blame you one bit.
I’m slow. This process is slow. You have every right to feel frustrated. Angry. Done. Or whatever you feel. The only thing I can do is keep you updated and I’ve been shitty at doing that the last few months. The truth is, I had no news. I have no news now, but I remember just wondering if the author of SPIN had given up. But never quite knowing. I still don’t freaking KNOW! I still hold out hope. Maybe if they’d just come back to say, “I am never working on this again.” or “I need to finish medical school” anything, I would be so happy. (PS: Author, if you’re reading this, I am not saying that I’m entitled to that!)
Now that I read the above, I realize you might be thinking that’s what this post is about. Actually, this post is the opposite of that. I have not given up. I am dedicated to getting this story to you and I will not leave you hanging. I promise. You deserve to not wonder. No limbo for y’all!
For those interested, I can detail what I’m doing atm:
I finally stripped a chapter I was working on after trying to edit it and failing to write one word for nearly two months. That was 3 days ago. Maybe the pressure of knowing I was gonna write this update unblocked me, or maybe tossing that chapter was the trick because I woke up that night at 1:30 in the morning to hand print the scene. It just…came to me. And it works. I have to iron it out more, but it’s the right track. It feels right.
During the two months I didn’t write NSI, I took a deleted chapter from SG and rewrote it. It’s horrible. That’s not just my opinion =D But, I’m going to keep reworking it and see if I can get something to you all. It’ll be a sort of short story about Peter, Darryl and Cai before Austin.
That’s about all the news I have.
My last thing is…about yesterday’s blog post…and that email I sent to, well, you know who you are…and the other person who got my chat messages: Sorry!
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14 comments
Connor
Okay so maybe i knew it was a bad idea from the get go… I mean you said it was never finished and when i investigated the last update was in 2009 so uhm I stupidly decided to go ahead and read it, just… you know to see what all the fuss was about, so anyway two, three chapters in im hooked i can’t stop reading before i even realised im on the last chapter, things where just getting interesting with Tuesday and Seth and then the Authors notes are telling me the next chapter shouldn’t be long and it will definitely be good because, you know its the last chapter!!!!
So thanks!! (even though it was my own fault). I have that stupid feeling that you get at the end of a really long good book. But on the bright side i have Not So Inocent to look forward too.
Hpfreakout
So I just happened to stumble across this post just a few hours after checking to see is SPIN has been updated. It makes me really happy to know that an extremely talented author also is attached to a story that likely was abandoned years ago. And while I’m looking forward to your next book, I’m happy to wait for it! Whenever you finish, you finish. Your fans will still be here 🙂
Becca
Now I’ve read Stupid Post It Notes. I thought it was pretty good for rambling teenage angst. Despite having read your update, The ending (or lack of) made me want to throw my phone across the room.
Anyway, I hope you are doing well and look forward to reading Not So Innocent when it is ready for viewing.
nofne
Dear Dani: your Shattered Glass is one of the few books that I’ve read twice in a row and the only one, as far as I remember, that I’ve read THREE times in a row. now, that’s saying something!so it’s ok whenever you happen to publish Not so innocent because I just know it’ll be simply AWESOME and the more I wait for it the more I’m going to savour it when it finally comes out. thanks a lot for making it possible for me to read about this incredibly well sketched love story!
nofne
yeeee and plus I got the bunny slippers!now how cool is THAT!
noisette
I loved Shattered Glass and can’t wait for books 2 and 3 to “come out” 🙂 so even if you’re struggling with it, please please please just don’t give up on writing it, we’ll wait for you no matter what, and we will buy the books when they get published. Good luck 🙂
NomNom
@Kat I can relate to that so much. Loved Fiend of Mine by Xenobia but she is no longer updating and it has been years. I’m still waiting for the finished product or to see if she will ever find inspiration to pick it up again. Here’s to hoping for both of us!
Glad that you’re doing okay and work at your own pace. Inspiration will come at the oddest times and when you’re least expecting it. We will always be waiting! 😀
Wickid
I hope you ain’t gettin nasty emails and messages. That would be mean! Glad to hear you alive and doing well. Never said How the foot was though?
rdafan7
Just glad that you are doing well, part of the fun is the anticipation of NSI…and as long as we’re heading in that direction, it’s all good!
Carla
Well… I have not given up either!
It was good to hear from you.
Chrysa
I was starting to worry though,it’s been so long since an update! Well, keep trying ,I will be here for sure,the thing is not to presure yourself too much. Just do what you love and you’ll make it 😀
Sharon
I know that I am happy to wait for you. You’ll get there so don’t beat yourself up about it.
Aniko Laczko
It had been so long since you’d been around anywhere (I’d just suddenly thought about that a couple of days ago!), I’m just glad that you are okay and that’s more important than anything else. And as much as I’d like Cai’s story in my hands right now, I’d much rather have it when it’s truly done and not just forced to get it out 🙂
Kat
There’s this online WIP progress that I like to read, The Last Pure Human by twistedhilarity. It’s on Chapter 39 or 40 or something like that. Well, there used to be fairly regular updates, like weekly and then monthly. But then, she stopped posting updates and there wasn’t a new chapter update for around 13 months. Seriously, nothing. It’s a WIP and there was nothing new for over a year. It was so tortuous.
I am happy to wait for a finished book. Someday, you will finish the book and it will be complete and whole and ready to read and that’s okay with me.
I’ve learned my lesson. Jennifer Cruise may never write another book again and that is tragic. I may not get to read book 6 & 7 of Game of Thrones for another ten years. The Last Pure Human may not get another chapter update for a year. I just have to deal.