Dreamer's Sanctuary

I’ve been all over the place when it comes to updating this week – sorry about that!  I was out of town yesterday and didn’t have time to update, but never fear, Chapter 49 is here!  This is the second to last chapter of A Heart That Isn’t Mine, so next time I update, the story will officially be finished!

So what is next for me?  Well, I’ve been working so hard on this one for the past few months, I originally thought I would want to take a break from writing for at least a few weeks before starting a new project.  But I’ve become so accustomed to waking up and writing, coming home from work and writing, staying up late and writing, etc., that it seems a shame to stop the momentum.  So without missing a beat, I started plotting out a new story last week.  Recent events have sparked some ideas for a brand new pandaskunk story, which would be the third in The Pandaskunk Saga.  I’ve been wanting to make this series a trilogy since I finished the second one, but I had to wait for the right idea, which apparently took five years.  I’ve got a solid idea now, and I started writing the story this morning.  After the darkness and intensity of A Heart That Isn’t Mine, I needed something light and silly to write as a little palate cleanser before I delve back into another heavy drama.  I’m hoping to have it finished or at least far enough to start posting before Christmas.

I’ll be back later this week with the last chapter of A Heart That Isn’t Mine!

In honor of Black & Blue’s 19th anniversary (what?!), I had to use a lyric from my favorite track for this post title.  Happy anniversary, B&B!

I had actually intended to update again on Tuesday, but in light of all the real life Carter family drama the last two days, I decided to hold off until today.  Chapter 48 of A Heart That Isn’t Mine is up, and although the story is winding down, it’s not over yet…

With that being said, I’m gonna go ahead and apologize in advance for this chapter.  I’m sorry.

…So enjoy another update!

Now that I’m done writing A Heart That Isn’t Mine, I don’t see any reason to keep stringing you along and making you wait a week in between chapters.  I’m eager to post the ending, so Chapter 47 is up, and there will be more where that one came from soon… maybe even tomorrow!

Thanks for the feedback on 46!

Well, not quite.  But if you follow me on Twitter, you might have seen that I did finish A Heart That Isn’t Mine today!  I’m just not posting the end today.  I am posting Chapter 46 though, and I think you’ll enjoy it!  There will be four more chapters after this one, so we are definitely winding down, for real this time.

I’m sure I’ll write an end-of-story author’s note to post with the final chapter, but for now, let me just say, with as slowly as I write and as long as my novels tend to be, I finish stories so infrequently that it feels really, really good when I do!  Even though it took me just over fifteen months to write this one (not long at all, by my recent standards), it was such a challenging one to write that putting it down on paper, bringing it to life, and being happy with the final product feels especially satisfying.  I really appreciate those of you who have been giving me feedback along the way.  Looking forward to your comments is half the fun, so thank you!

Surprise!  I’m literally in the middle of the last scene of A Heart That Isn’t Mine as I write this, so I’m probably safe to start posting more than one chapter a week without the risk of leaving you hanging.  I know I left Nick in a pretty dire situation in the last chapter (more like the last ten chapters), so I decided to be nice and not make you wait until Saturday for the next chapter.  After all, tomorrow is World Kindness Day – and since most of my regular readers for this one seem to be in time zones ahead of mine, it may already be World Kindness Day by the time you see this.

If I had planned ahead better, I would have posted Chapter 45 last week on National Nachos Day because I’m pretty sure this chapter contains the cheesiest scene I have written in the post-Nick & Claire era.  Consider yourself warned.

In all sincerity, I hope you enjoy the chapter.  Be kind – please rewind review.  I’ll be back this weekend with my regularly scheduled update!