Here I am… Rock you like a hurricane!

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It may be tornado season here in the Midwest, but Hurricane Melissa has come to wreak havoc in my story.  Chapter 16 of A Heart That Isn’t Mine is up!

Thanks so much for the feedback you guys have been giving me on this story lately.  When I logged in to update today, I found a couple of comments on the last chapter that I must have missed (one got flagged as spam, for some odd reason), so it was a fun surprise to read those today.  This is the kind of story that has really fucked with my head, but you’re making me feel a lot better about it lately.  I’m still on a roll with my writing streak – 120 days straight as of today!  Turns out it’s much easier to stay inspired with a story when you make the effort to open it and try to write something every day, even if it’s only a word or two.

Though I know they’ll never read this (they better not), I also want to congratulate Nick and Lauren on their exciting news!  I’m sure we’ve all been hoping for another Backstreet baby, especially after their miscarriage last year.  I certainly have.  Congratulations and best wishes to the Carter family!

Twenty Years

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Happy 20th anniversary, Millennium!  I can’t believe it’s actually been that long.  Millennium came out as I was about to graduate from eighth grade; I remember playing it on repeat on my Discman on the bus the whole way to Six Flags and back for my eighth grade class trip.

I will never forget May 18, 1999.  Millennium was the first BSB album I got to enjoy the anticipation of looking forward to, as I hadn’t been a fan yet when their previous albums were released.  I had pre-ordered it at Sam Goody at the mall, and since my dad managed a different store at the mall, he offered to pick it up for me on his way home from work that afternoon.  I came home from school, so excited, and anxiously waited for him to get home.  When I heard his car pulling into the garage, I raced to the back door and was standing right there, like a dog, when he opened it.  He teased me at first, acting flattered that I was so excited to see him and then pretending to have forgotten to pick up my CD. But, of course, he hadn’t forgotten at all.  When he handed it to me, I rushed to my bedroom and ripped it out of its packaging as quickly as I could.  I put it in my CD player, pressed play, and sat on my bed to listen to each track in order as I turned the pages of the liner notes, looking at all of the beautiful photos of the Boys and reading the lyrics.  It was impossible to pick a favorite song on that first listen because they were all so good!  Of course I was already obsessed with “I Want It That Way,” but I quickly fell in love with the rest, from the catchiness of “Larger Than Life” to the sweetness of “The Perfect Fan”, which my beloved Brian wrote for his mom, and everything in between.  It took a few months for “Don’t Wanna Lose You Now” to emerge as a standout for me, probably after my first time reading the fanfic classic Where Can We Go From Here, in which the Boys sing that song around Nick’s hospital bed as he lays in a coma. It’s been my favorite BSB song ever since, and Millennium is still every bit as amazing as it was on that first listen.  Along with In a World Like This, it’s my favorite BSB album, and I don’t imagine it will ever be unseated at this point.  Here’s to twenty years of Millennium!

Now that my little tribute is out of the way, I do have a fanfic update as well!  Speaking of hospital beds and comas… Chapter 15 of A Heart That Isn’t Mine is up. Enjoy!

New tour, new chapter!

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The DNA tour is kicking off tonight in Lisbon, and wouldn’t we all love to be there right now?  Leave a comment and let me know if you’re going to any of the shows!  I’ve got tickets for Chicago and St. Louis.  I would say I can’t wait, but that would mean wishing my summer away, so nope… not gonna say it.

In the meantime, I’ll be right here, happily writing.  Chapter 14 of A Heart That Isn’t Mine is up!  Enjoy!