As you could tell... I'm back! While I'm not yet back in full force—Crossroads of the Heart will take a bit of re-reading and re-familiarizing myself—Familiar Ground and Second Chances: Forever are definitely back! (Not to mention, I will be having a new Supernatural One-Shot coming out for the Summer Solstice too!)
The schedule date for them will be a bit wonky. I'm going to try to keep it consistent, but likely toward the middle of the week. Like hopefully, Familiar Ground will be Tuesdays, Second Chances: Forever will be Wednesdays, and once I'm back to it, Crossroads of the Heart will be Thursdays (though every other week?).
(More under the cut, because this is turning into a long post.)
And perhaps... some sad news.
I foresee an ending to Crossroads of the Heart. I do love writing CJ Braxton and his steady love for Y/N, with the chaos gremlin that is Gabby and her unusual love with Miles, but I feel the end has come for that storyline. I don't know when it'll end, only that it will. I promise it'll end well and happily though!
And I know I mentioned I'd be working on a novel! Well, it's definitely going to be worked on! I have a tentative title in place, and a general storyline already! 😄
General teaser of the novel, for those who wanted to know about it:
[Male main character/MMC] thought the best parts of his life were behind him.
[Female main character/FMC] spends every weekend singing at weddings and every Monday reminding herself not to believe in fairy tales.
When a mutual friend's wedding throws them together, neither expects more than a pleasant conversation. Instead, they find themselves drawn into an easy friendship built on sharp humor, honest conversations, and the kind of understanding that only comes along once in a lifetime.
As friendship slowly deepens into something more, [MMC] and [FMC] begin to wonder if maybe life isn't divided into winners and losers, first loves and lost chances.
Maybe there are second verses.
And maybe the most beautiful songs are the ones that continue after you thought they were over.
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So yeah. I'm happily writing again. The FUBAR is, hopefully, seeing the end.
Oh, life will continue to, er, life—but that difficult situation? I got out. I'm safe. To borrow a phrase from a family member, I'm rebooting my life and it's getting better. Not great, but far better. I'm healthier. And outside of melting in the heat, the stress... is manageable. To the point where my muse is exploding with stories again.
So thank you all for being patient with the sudden silence, the lack of updates. I super appreciate it all. 💖
Hitting a creative restructuring for a bit, so I'm sharing an update and then some. Or rather... cleaning up a bit. Organizing. And realizing... all the Supernatural one-shots made me realize... I miss writing Dean! Not just as one-shots, but as an actual story.
More, as much as I've been loving writing Crossroads of the Heart, at times the story can be a bit heavy--which is understandable, given the premise and setting. CJ and Y/N do handle The Stand, the topic of parental and familial pain, depression, and such, are at the center of the story--but it's been... a bit hard to write. I don't want to stop it entirely, but perhaps slow it a bit to perhaps a couple times a month for a bit until it's easier for me to write frequently again.
If anyone is wondering... no, Second Chances: Forever is still going to be the same. Come on, it's Beau! Maybe I switched a tiny bit for the last few chapters to Emily, but it's always going to be Beau. I can't stop with him. Ever.
(It's Beau. 🥰
I may be a tad obsessed with the man. Ahem. 😜)
In the coming days, you may see posts with me fixing, updating links to past chapters. I'm just redoing the master posts, my navigation posts, links to them. (Discovering errors with my Crossroads master post that I can't fix has me irritated as all get out with Tumblr. 😤)
So!
Schedule changes, new story coming out (titled: Familiar Ground), more one-shots (Valentine's Day will be coming out, oh I can't wait to see what the boys get up to!), and updates to the whole blog!
Taylor be busy!
Oh, Taylor be very busy! I mean, Taylor's also writing a book!
Oh.
Oops.
Yeeeaaahhhh... you all inspired me! 😅
If you all are interested, I'll let you know what that's about too!
Anyway, that's it for now! I'll keep you in the loop!
Sincerely,
Taylor
P.S. If you want to be tagged in the new Dean story, please let me know in the comments and I promise you'll be tagged once it's out!
Given the fun I had writing Supernatural Thanksgiving (and the reception it received), I decided to I'll do another one-shot/sequel--Supernatural Christmas! (And... maybe even a Supernatural New Year!)
... Perhaps this may end up being a series of one-shots, I don't know, haha!
I'm just having fun doing comedic stories of Sam and Dean and their attempts of holidays and family events, I guess!
Y'all want to be tagged in these stories? Let me know!
Sorry about this week's stories! I meant to be a day late with them all and then, well... two days, and now it's three days and....
Sigh.
At this rate, I should just consider this week's updates a wash and try again next week. Sometimes it just happens. Life got away with me, too busy, too stressful, a bit exhausting (and cold!).
I do apologize for the sheer lack of communication about it all though!
Thanks for being patient with me!
Familiar Ground, Second Chances: Forever, and Crossroads of the Heart will return next week!
Soooo.... I have a little something in the works for tomorrow's holiday--Thanksgiving--in the works and wanted to know if folks wanted to be tagged for it! It's a one-shot featuring the Winchesters! Yes, a Supernatural Thanksgiving!
If you want to be tagged in it, please let me know and I'd be happy to tag you in it when it posts tomorrow!
Sorry to do this, but I promise there's a good reason.
This week, every year, is always a bad week for me. It's an anniversary of a bad day (family loss) for me in October and I never am in a good mindset to do anything on this particular day/week.
So, this week there will be no stories posted.
Catch me next week, okay?
Your patience and understanding is very much appreciated.
