Happy New Year...almost!

Yes, I know, it's New Year's Eve, not actually the new year yet...but close enough.

I just wanted to make a post letting you know what's going on. As much as I've been working constantly at Promises, there will sadly be no new chapter due to both technical difficulties and lack of time. I'm hoping (and will) have a new chapter up soon, since here's what I've been working on.

After I finished my notes from "40 Days" I've been re-writing them and going through them into a new notebook dedicated just to Promises things. From there I'll take all of my notes from my other journal and organize those in the notebook as well, and then as I write Promises I've been taking notes from each chapter. Once I have the notebook organized (today sometime hopefully) I will begin to outline the rest of the story, just to make sure that I keep everything organized.

Now, this wasn't, obviously, my initial plan, but after rereading "40 Days" I made a lot of decisions on what I could do better as far as my writing goes. There are, honestly, a lot of things I really hate about "40 Days" and maybe someday I'll rewrite it so that the entire storyline makes more sense. But for now, it's going to stay as is. Because of those things, I want to make sure that I do a lot more proof reading and planning for Promises, because I certainly don't want it to end up the same way, and although there are already a couple of things in Promises I'd like to change, that too will stay as is, other than my minor editing as I go through piece by piece.

So for me there's a lot of planning, and I honestly don't have a lot of time at the moment, due to other things such as the start of my 2013 project, my other blog Everyday Disney, which I'm sure I already talked about. I also have a lot to do with Band coming up and College Plans, as well as Musical starting. While I will try my best to continue bringing regular updates to the story, Sadly, I can no longer do weekly chapters...at least at the moment. Hopefully in the future though!

I am setting aside a good hour each night to work on Promises, and hopefully I will be back to my regular posting soon. I will still be posting here on this blog regularly though, so keep an eye out. I'm also in the pre-planning for another chapter of Repairs, but have no idea when that will be appearing either.

I feel like this blog entry has just been full of bad news! Wow! Terrible terrible me. And so, I do have some great news! Well, for me, but I'm just so excited about it! For Christmas one of my really good friends got me an Empire Strikes Back Poster...and we just hung it last night over my desk. I also got the Complete Making of The Empire Strikes Back book...so be ready for some funny stories in the future. I've got a great one about the Carbon Freezing scene! You'll never see it the same way again! So here's a picture of my poster, and I wish you all a bright, happy, fun, amazing, magical and Star Wars filled New Year!

Finally Done!

Well, I'm finally finished with rereading "40 Days," and you all know what that means!

It means I can continue to write "Promises" as normal, because I know what happened in Promises, so I can reference it when I need to! I have 36 pages of notes, and honestly I tried to make it 40 just because that would be awesome, but it didn't work.

Anyway, so I'm hoping to have a new chapter out at some point, but as for right now I haven't started writing, and I still have a ton of stuff to do over the remainder of break.

Then again, at the moment I'm watching the Muppet Show. You see, I got the first three seasons on DVD for Christmas, so now I've started watching them, because I have two seasons of I Love Lucy to watch too...and plenty of Star Wars to get in there. In fact, tomorrow I'm having a Star Wars marathon with two of my friends, one of which has only seen the Original, which was when I made her watch it the other day. So now we're gonna watch all of the rest, just so she can say that she's seen Star Wars.

But I do Promise that there will be new chapters in the near future, just as soon as I write them!! I'm excited to be back though, and I know you're excited that I'm back. Ahhh, just talking about it makes me super excited!!!! So, in honor of my excitement, here's a Han and Leia picture...but I'm not going to tell you what it inspires. You'll find that out in time!!! (Yes that's a hint hint moment).

So many chapters!

Goodness Gracious Me!

I honestly never realized just how long my "40 Days" is...this thing is taking me FOREVER to read! Not that I don't enjoy it...ok...I don't. It's the common thing about how the author always hates their own writing. We can't enjoy it because all we do is find mistakes. All of you should be able to relate to this, right? It's just so annoying!

I'm up to 24 pages of notes on the first 20 chapters of the story...which is quite a few if you ask me. And then I'll have to go back through those, and I have tons of stuff I've reblogged on Tumblr to go through too, all of inspiration of course. Speaking of that, if any of you have a tumblr, you are more than welcome to follow me! There's a link in the Millennium Falcon for Tumblr, so just click that little ship and it will take you to my personal tumblr. I post a lot of randomness, mainly focused around Star Wars and Disney, but there are a lot of times when I post quotes that will eventually relate to, especially, "Promises." There are a lot of quotes out there that really make sense and inspire me for certain parts of the story.

Speaking of the story, I do have some great news for all of you. There will be a new chapter of Promises coming out, and maybe a short story as well...all for Christmas! The new chapter will appear sometime tomorrow (Monday) and if I have time, the short story as well. It really depends on what my schedule looks like, but since I'm often stuck at church for many hours on Christmas eve (after the services are finished) because of my dad being financial secretary and having to count all the offering, I will probably have some time to write then, meaning that either another chapter or a short story could appear on Christmas day.

I want to thank you all again for waiting. I have so much work I want to get done just over this break! I've spent the last four hours just reading and taking notes on "40 Days," but I hope to get it finished tonight. Something tells me that isn't going to happen, but we'll see.

Thanks again, and I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas!

What Happened After Bespin?

Since I'm writing about the return to the Alliance at the moment, I'd like to include you in my thought process...and I guess this blog post is also to help me get my thoughts straightened out.

I'm kind of between a rock and a hard place right now. Here's why.

I've seen very few, but some, accounts of what happened between TESB and ROTJ, all of which are very different. Some people like to pretend that Leia basically breaks down after the loss of Han, and that once again she attempts suicide. She doesn't eat, doesn't sleep and is basically crying all over the place. But to me, that doesn't seem like Leia. She is stronger than that. But at the same time, when I look back at my own writing I have people tell me that Leia wouldn't have any of those thoughts, and while I feel that there is a place for them, where's the balance? I've found myself writing her as if everything is right back to normal...but we all know it's not.

So what really did happen to her after the return to the Alliance? Well we know that Chewie and Lando take off almost right away, and that Luke goes through surgery and receives a new hand. Leia seems to be holding up alright, but still...she just lost the man she loves, which is only another thing on the long list of tragedy in her lifetime. She's got to snap sometime, doesn't she? Here's what probably happened...

I would assume she has nightmares, and while it's really a topic for another blog post, it is something that would be very likely. I'm not going to go into this a lot, but it is likely in the idea that she has been though yet another traumatic experience, prompting more nightmares that could last for weeks, months and years. Which I guess leads us into the next ideas...

Little sleep, which somewhat makes sense. I do think she would get a fair amount of sleep though, as the stage you dream in is near the end of the sleep cycle, and it is near the beginning that you regain your strength and restore your body. As far as eating goes, I think she would eat...some of the time. I'm not sure how I feel about her eating or not eating, and that is also a subject for another blog post, but the question is, how much does she eat? I don't think it's going to matter if she eats or not, Leia will probably lose weight in those six months. She would be very stressed out, and that often times causes one to loose weight.

Another concept is her clothing. What would Leia be wearing? I know I have my ideas and storyline to go along with this topic, but you may have a different idea. I'm not going to tell you though, since that comes up in the next chapter.

I will tell you that I'm pretty excited to get into the actual business of the Alliance...such as searching for that new rebel base...and all of the debate that comes with that. I guess it is time for me to get back to writing though, otherwise you guys will never get a new chapter!

Snow Day!, 40 Days and New Chapter

It feels like forever since I last posted on here, and here's a recap of my life lately.

First of all, this is the first time I've been on my laptop (Which is what I usually write on) since before my trip to Florida...if that's any indication to how busy I've been over the past month. But, on the bright side, our school has already announced that tomorrow we have off due to the major snowstorm headed our way tomorrow...meaning I have all of tomorrow to work on stuff. While I have plenty of work to do, such as a snowman door decoration for one of my teachers. But lately I've been just as busy, especially leading up to our Holiday Band Concert, which took place on Monday. So thankfully that's over!!!

But it's almost break, and while I need to work on college stuff (YUCK!) I also will be having time to write. I've been rereading "40 Days" a little bit at a time, and taking notes on it. It also helps that in school we've been learning a lot about things that I can really incorporate into this story, such as the sleep cycle and nightmares, as well as the reasons for suicide. So be ready for more versions of "Why we believe this?" or whatever I called it back the last time I did a post like that.

And you all know what that means...the next chapter! I'm hoping to get a bunch of writing done over break, but I can't promise anything. Finals are in January and then I start musical...but like I said, I've got lots of things to go off of now and once I'm finished rereading "40 Days" it will be much easier for me to continue.

I'm so sorry you all have to wait this long, and I know I promised updates...It's just life that got in the way. But I promise it will be worth the wait. =) Thanks for everything!!!

A Long Break, Lost my Voice And Promises

Alright, it's certainly been a long time since I wrote here, hasn't it?

But I felt that you all needed any update, and I do hope that many of my readers will read here, since I don't believe I'm going to post this on Fanfiction as well.

Anyway, for those wondering, I had a lovely vacation to Walt Disney World. And in fact, I've been home for just under a week. I came back this last Monday, meaning that tomorrow will make a week. But since I've returned things have been just as busy, if not more-so, than before I left. There's just a lot going on, and while for a moment I hope things will clear up, at least for a few days, my life is as busy as ever. So while I had a long and enjoyable break on my trip...It's been back to work for me. In fact, at the moment I really should be working on a psychology assignment that's due tomorrow.

But I'm sure you're wondering...why am I still working on homework on a Sunday night at 8:15? While I suppose this really isn't a question you are asking...there is another one in your head...why was there no new chapter of "Promises" yesterday???

Here's the answer...yesterday was pretty hectic. I got up at 7 and threw on my Han Solo costume to do a performance for our county 4-H music festival. We did a music from the movies theme and placed well...but after that I sped back to my school for a 10:30 report time for our band day...a double parade with bowling and fun in-between. So we marched the first parade, then came back and had a great time bowling. We even spent a half hour playing a great game of capture the flag...woodwinds vs. brass. Brass won...but only unfairly since the rules were changed every two minutes...but generally only for the woodwinds it seemed. It sounds like I'm a sore loser...since I'm captain of the woodwinds...but in general it really was unfair. Not that I have anything against brass. Some of my best friends are brass players....but they still won unfairly.

Anyway, then we went and marched our second parade, where I grew very very VERY frustrated due to some nervousness and overly large egos...all at the same time...within our drumline. It was a very sloppy performance by the entire band...other than maybe a couple of us...myself included since it's pretty hard to screw up drum major. But it was terrible and nothing compared to what we need to be if we want to go to Disney in 2014...and the audition process is all my responsibility...so we'll see how that works...because I know what we need to do, but I don't think the band as a whole does. Meanwhile, I did something to my knee during the parade, and from all the yelling during the day, I ended up losing my voice.

So I've spent all of today either in bed or doing homework...without being able to talk. My throat has felt like it's on fire since last night and my knee was hurting so bad I had to get up in the middle of the night last night to take medicine. Overall it hasn't really been that great of a weekend. Oh...and my back is killing me...as are my shoulders.

What does this have to do with Promises? Well...I sadly have to, yet again, and quite ironically  break my second promise. While I am very much hoping to have the next chapter up on Wednesday, I wasn't able to get one up yesterday. The next few weeks are pretty terrible again...but hopefully I'll be able to sit down a little each night and get some of this writing done because I want to get these chapters out to all of you! I do have quite a bit of work on my end...but I'll save that for another post, since this one is pretty long already.

I'd like to thank all of you for your patience, and don't worry...you won't have to wait six months like Leia did...or at least I hope...to get Han back! There is the excitement that I have a few great ideas for short stories as well...along with that new chapter to Repairs I've been working on! So lots in production...and lots that will hopefully be appearing soon!

And here's a Han/Leia picture to make you all happy!