Fandom Event Reminders

Hi, guys
I know, it's been a long time since I posted in here, but I was on vacation for a while & my RL work is kind of overwhelming me right now.

But I have a couple of things I wanted to make sure any of my followers knew about.

1 - The Emerging Swan Award nominations close on Sunday 8/5.  Please make one of your fellow Twi-fic author's day and nominate them for an ES Award.  This award is for those little stories that could.  The ones you wonder why people aren't reading.  Hopefully winning will give them a little added exposure for the stories you know and love.

2.  Please help - the Fandom4Colorado is now accepting donations and authors willing to contribute a story for the compilation.  Over 1000 homes were destroyed in June when wildfires swept through parts of the state.  Anything you can do to help would be much appreciated.  As a resident of Colorado, I know the damage all this caused, and now that we've been having a lot of rain, those areas are now experiencing mudslides.  Please donate and help out all those affected.

3.  And lastly, if you haven't already done so, please follow along with my original fiction blog under the pen name - Michela Walters.  I will be posting various flash fiction and other short stories in there along with posting my Nose in a Book Reviews segment.

And to those anxiously waiting another Behind the Velvet Rope chapter, please be patient.  My RL is a lot more hectic than I thought when I decided to try and finish it this summer.  I'm trying, but please be a little patient.  It will be completed as soon as I can manage it.

Until next time,

Behind the Velvet Rope - Chapter 8 posted

Hi guys,
I know, I've been somewhat remiss with my posting in here, but it's because I'm trying to figure out a couple of original fic/story ideas and which to try and tackle first.

I'm a waffler by nature, indecisive to a fault.  So hopefully I'll outline and move forward with one.

In the meantime, I've vowed to myself to finish my sole neglected WIP - Behind the Velvet Rope by summer's end.

In fulfilling my promise, I posted a shortish chapter today if you're interested.

Behind the Velvet Rope - Chapter 8


Also - if you haven't heard - The Emerging Swan Awards will begin the nomination process on July 15th. 

Check out the site for all the rules and information.  Put together your list of favorite Twi-fics and then nominate them when we open in the middle of the month.


Until next time,

#TT25 - Completed Banner

Since I completed my Twilight 25 fic - Celestial Countenance, Ms. Ambrosia was kind enough to make a banner for each of the authors who completed the challenge.

Purty, isn't it?

New Blog for my Original Fic works

Hi guys,
Just a quick post to let you all know that I'm going to be posting all my original fiction stories on another blog.  This persona will still be what all my fanfic will be listed under, but I'm moving forward with my other goals of writing some non-Twilight based fiction.

If you enjoy my writing, then please follow my other blog & twitter/facebook accounts

Michela Walters Blog 
MichelaWalters Twitter
Michela Walters Facebook

I'm not abandoning my Fanfic story Behind the Velvet Rope, but once I'm done with that story, I'll probably cease to write any more Twilight based work.

I appreciate all of your support these last four years that I've written Twilight fiction, and hope you'll continue to support me in my other endeavors.

Until next time,
Mcgt

Here's to the middle ages

So today is my birthday.  

Not just any birthday, but the one that brings me into the middle ages.  I figure since the average lifespan is somewhere probably in the early eighties, then I am just hitting the middle of my time here on earth, if nothing horribly catastrophic or tragic hits me to shorten that.

So, now that I'm here, I wonder what should I do with the rest of my life?

It sounds silly, especially when I think about the fact it was probably the topic of some essay I used to get into college, yet here I am, some twenty plus years later and still thinking about it.

But to be honest, I don't know what I want to be when I grow up, or older or however you want to put it.

I'm smart.  I have a college degree and a masters.  Yet I still am flummoxed as how to make my time left here worth something.  That me being here actually mattered. (well to someone other than my kids)

Perhaps I'm just waxing nostalgic today, but I honestly don't have a clue.  I'm wandering in circles, flitting into this or that, dabbling in the arts, in music and in writing.  But I have yet to find the patience and willingness to stand still long enough to master any of them.

So, another year has passed me by and I am still suck in the same spot as last year, and the year before, and the year before that.

I'm vowing to change that this year though.

(don't laugh)

I have been writing fan fiction for the last four years.

I've written 2 full length fics, 1 WIP and something like 17 One-shots

And I think once I finish Behind the Velvet Rope (my WIP) I'm going to try and write some OF.  I'm trying to work on improving my overall writing and hope to test them out with this new story.  Who knows if I'll ever have the courage to attempt to get it published (I am in the closet after all) but we'll see. 

Other than that, I haven't a clue what this next year will bring, but I hope it is filled with laughter, love, great friends (both near & far) and health.  Everything else is gravy, icing, or whatever you want to call it. 

Thanks to everyone in the fandom who has supported me, reviewed and read any of my stories.  You've kept me sane these last 4 years and I cherish every moment I've been here.

In the mean time, I'm going to do my best to stay forever young.

and I hope you'll all stick by me as I do.

Until next time,