Happy New Year / Giveaway Announcement!

Happy New Year!  As we kick off 2026, I want to start by thanking you, my lovely readers, for continuing to come here and read my fanfic.  I enjoyed sharing my thoughts on some of the characters, scenes, and stories I’ve written over the past twenty-five years in celebration of Dreamer’s Sanctuary’s 25th anniversary, and I hope you also enjoyed reading last year’s Throwback Thursday blogs.

To show my appreciation, I’m giving away a great prize to one loyal reader!  Like a lot of fans, I ordered the full set of Nick’s collectible Love Life Tragedy singles last summer.  They were finally delivered in December.  Imagine my surprise when, a few days after my original order arrived, a second set of the singles magically (mistakenly) showed up on my doorstep!

I probably could have sold the extra set, but since I didn’t pay for it in the first place, I’ve decided to pay it forward and gift it to someone instead.  I want it to go to a fan who will appreciate it, but I also want to reward a reader who has shown their appreciation for my writing.  If you meet these two criteria, click here to enter for a chance to win!  Entry forms must be submitted by Saturday, January 24.  One lucky winner will be randomly selected and announced on Nick’s birthday, January 28.  The winner will receive all six vinyl singles and comic lyric books described on the GoodTunes website.  Good luck, and thanks again for all your support over the years!

Throwback Thursday #25: Top Five Fics That Make Me Proud

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone who celebrates it had a great holiday!

We’ve finally made it to the last Thursday of 2025 and the last in my series of Throwback Thursday blogs to coincide with my site’s twenty-fifth anniversary! I had a hard time deciding what to do for my twenty-fifth blog. My original idea was to count down my favorite Christmas chapters, but I already did something similar last December by sharing my favorite festive fics. Then I considered doing a “white elephant” inspired blog featuring a few of my favorite random chapters that didn’t fit in any of the other blogs, but I honestly didn’t have time to think it through thoroughly enough to put that list together. I did think about doing a list of my top five favorites out of all my fanfics, but it felt overwhelming trying to narrow twenty-five years worth of writing down to a top five. That’s why I opted to write twenty-five top five lists this year instead of trying to do a single top twenty-five list. Truthfully, I love every piece of fanfiction I’ve posted since Broken for one reason or another, and it would be too hard for me to try to rank them. But, in the end, I decided to blog about the five fics I’m most proud of.

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TWWBW Update!

I’m back with my monthly story update!  Chapter 78 of The World Will Be Waiting is up!

Sorry I’ve slowed down so much on this story this year.  Truthfully, I underestimated how much time it would take me to write the twenty-five retrospective blogs I planned for the site’s twenty-fifth anniversary this year or how that would impact my actual fanfic writing.  I thought I would knock most of them out over the summer, but that was not the case, so ever since I went back to work, blogging has really cut into my fiction writing time.  That is clear to me when comparing my word counts for both projects.  I’ve written about 65,000 words on TWWBW this year and about 50,000 words for my Throwback Thursday blogs.  I will be happy to post the last of those later this month and be done with that project, so I can devote more time to writing fiction.  Hopefully next year will be more productive on the story front!  Anyway, thanks for putting up with me.  I appreciate your patience!

Throwback Thursday #24: Top Five Favorite Dramatic Scenes

Happy December! We’ve made it to the last month of the year and the second-to-last Throwback Thursday blog. This week, I’m counting down my top five favorite dramatic scenes. If you’ve read my stories, you know I love drama, which is why I saved this blog for (almost) last! These are the moments that made my heart race as I was writing them and hopefully gave you the same kind of emotional reaction as you read them. That is why they are some of my all-time favorite chapters!

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Throwback Thursday #23: Top Five Favorite Pivotal Moments

Happy Thanksgiving to those who are celebrating it today! As always, I am thankful for you, my readers, who continue to visit this site and what I write.

As we approach the end of November, the year is starting to wind down, and so is my series of Throwback Thursday blogs. There are only two more left after this one! But I’ve been saving some of the best for last.

In television, November is known as one of the “sweeps” periods of the year, when TV ratings are measured. Networks tend to air their most exciting, dramatic episodes, the kind with cliffhangers, big reveals, and important plot developments, to attract more viewers during these months. To coincide with November sweeps, I’m counting down my favorite pivotal moments from my fanfics, the turning points that changed the entire trajectory of a story. These are among my most memorable chapters, and just as I was excited to post them in the first place, I’ve been looking forward to blogging about them.

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