Dreamer's Sanctuary

Guess who’s back… back again!  Julie’s back!  Tell your friends…

I said in my last update I hoped to have a new story ready to post by May, and guess what?  I made it a whole month early!  I’ve been hard at work on the Brian horror story I mentioned back in January, and I have a sneak peek of it to share with you today!  It’s called Come Find Me.  Be warned – this one’s pretty horrifying!

I’m trying something a little different with this one:  an audiobook!  (Audiofic?)  I’ve thought about recording audio versions of my fanfics for readers who are visually impaired or just prefer to listen to stories, but never got around to trying it before.  This new fic just felt so atmospheric that I thought it would be a good one to give it a shot with.  So the sneak peek I’m giving you today is the audio version.  I’m curious to know your honest opinions before I move forward with making audio versions of the rest of the chapters.  Do you like this format?  How many of you would actually listen to chapters instead of reading regular text if that was an option?  Please leave a comment and let me know what you think!

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Synopsis:
He was caught in a web of lies, lost and confused, crying out for help. He sent a desperate message, begging to be found. He made a fateful mistake, which would come back to haunt him.

Genre: drama, horror
Starring: Brian
Status: incomplete
Published: April 2021 – present

It took every bit of my willpower to hold off on posting the last chapter of The Road to Bethlehem until today, Brian’s birthday.  Happy birthday, B-Rok!  Will the ending of the story be a happy one, too?  I hope you’ll read and find out!

Thanks, as always, to those who read this story and offered feedback along the way.  I had a lot of fun writing it.  I know the plot was a bit ridiculous, but to me, it was a perfect reflection of the ridiculousness that was 2020.  Let’s hope the rest of this year goes better for everyone, including our Boys!

This will probably be the last update you’ll get from me for a little while, until I have enough chapters banked of my next work-in-progress to feel comfortable posting it.  I wrote the beginning scene of the Brian drama/horror story I mentioned in a previous post, but I’ve spent the past couple of weeks working on My Brother’s Keeper, the Kevin/Nick drama I posted a sneak peek of three years ago and promptly abandoned when real life drama got in the way.  I always intended to come back to it when the time was right, and a month ago, I wasn’t thinking that time would be now… but I may have been wrong because I’ve been feeling super inspired for it again lately.  I did some much-needed revising to the last two chapters I had written of it and am now ready to move forward with writing more of it.  In the last few years, I’ve found that I’m more likely to stick to a weekly updating schedule when I wait to post a story until I have at least ten chapters finished, so that is my goal for now.  I have four chapters finished, so I’m getting there.  Hopefully I’ll have something ready to post by May, if not before.  I appreciate your patience, but also your enthusiasm!

Well, almost.  We’re one chapter away from the end of The Road to Bethlehem!  Chapter 21 has been posted.  The last one will be up next Saturday.

An early “Happy Valentine’s Day!” to those who care about Valentine’s Day.  Personally, I am more excited about Presidents’ Day and having an extra day off this weekend.  So here’s an early “Happy Presidents’ Day!” too.  I’ll be back to wish Brian a happy birthday next week!

…fanfic?

Never fear, Chapter 20 of The Road to Bethlehem is here!  There are just two more chapters to go after this one, so things are starting to wind down.  I hope you enjoy the update!

Good luck to both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl tomorrow!  One of our Boys is going to be very happy with the outcome.  It’ll be interesting to see how it turns out.

Told you I might be back with an early update for a certain Backstreet Boy’s birthday…  Happy birthday, Nicky Nick!

In honor of Mr. “19 in 99,” Chapter 19 of The Road to Bethlehem is up.  Am I cruel enough to kill Fic Nick on the real Nick’s birthday?  Read and find out! 😉