Yep!! I am off the ban and back in Texas. BUT. I am also moving furniture so I can have an office. Well I was moving furniture until we found out that I pulled a tendon on my knee. That major one that makes you leg move, yeah.. that one. It kind of hurts.. ALOT!
The funny thing? I did it doing the Couch Potato to 5K. Which is fine!!! Even my bone Dr. said it was great. AS long as you don’t pull up, and as long as you listen to your body. His words, Muscles sore good. Joints sore BAD!!!! I did this last week, and yes I moved furniture around the house too. But I REALLY want my office. REALLY, REALLY!
So what have I been doing since I am sedatory again? Umm trying to deal with the pain. Right now, per the Dr.’s orders, the brace that keeps my knee stable is off, and I am on the computer. Bad thing? The computer is butted up to the wall, and I can’t move it much. (Another reason for the office to be done soon!!!)
For those that wished me Happy Birthday, THANKS!!! It made my day awesome. Specially Sharon and the Banner she made for it!!! It was really special since Sharon shares the b-day with me.
I am also going back to journal all the stories, to make sure it is easy for me to pick them up. And OI will be editing any content still in my folders. I am starting with You’re. Give me time, I have a lot to journal, including mentions of what I need to do to it to turn into other stuff, for the sequels and such. I have a new story that is also ready to go, a new beta to start up on Tin Man and a story that will take some time since it is very angsty. Not normal for me, no, but it has been a story in my head for over 15 years. It deserves to be written.
Also, There are contests galore happening over on the Facebook page. Banner contests for this month and next for stories, and Robin has a contest for book covers for those stories in the media area. She has, as the most awesome web Admin ever, made all my stories available for your choice of formats, to download and be able to read in other formats in case you want it.
Next month will go back to the interviews, and then every other month will be a new contest. I am trying to make our Facebook page more interactive. Kelly has done an awesome job organizing our photos. If you can think of some ideas, please let us know!
Just for information, I am writing MamaKitty’s fic when I am done journaling and so on. Some stories will be worked on afterwords, but some are looking to be as epic as the one I am working on. Epics stories: Tin Man, Revelations (Which is a series but epic..) Best. Best may become its own series, but I need to talk with everyone involved with it. Blood of Innocents has the capacity to become epic, and when I say epic, I am thinking over 50 chapters…
So be patient, I have many things going on, including nasty drugs for my knee that is messing with me, but as I finish a journal, I will be editing and so on, so I will be handing off to the Betas. You’re is finished. The new E/S is finished. those two will be coming. If it is a story I have published, then you will get the updates. if it is one I was working on, then you won’t. So anything new will be given as complete by the time you are seeing it. Those others, well I am updating them with a chapter at least.
As always, we need Betas. If you wish to be one, we have a process and you just have to get hold of Meridian. We are NOT allowing you guys to go solo and flounder. Those days are by gones. we have a excellent set of betas and we look forward to having them work with the new ones to understand processes. But don’t forget the bennies, access to the whole site, and so on.
Also. the season for shopping may be over, but please click on the link to amazon if you buy anything. It really helps me pay for stuff, like the journals. Well Not really yet, but it will!!! It costs you not a dime, but the money you send my way, will help Marty out.
See you guys soon, hopefully my office may get done, the moving, the decorations shouldn’t surprise too many of you, I am using my favorite artist Ansel Adams, and Owls. Shocking right? I am going to love the room once it is done!!!
As always, many, many thanks to the Betas who keep this all together so that I can do what needs to be done. I really appreciate each and every one of you!
Hi guys – Bertie Bott here with a new chapter of “A Twilighted Tea Shoppe” ready and waiting for you to read and review! Wendy’s been super awesome about working around my busy schedule lately, so when you leave your review, make sure you give her an extra thanks from me!
A few reiterations from recent posts – the book cover contest! If I was computer artsy creative, I’d be all about this, but alas, I just write. Best of luck to everyone and be sure to get yours in soon! The beta email (kittysbetas@gmail.com) is still available for you to report any story errors to – remember, only story issues go here, no reviews please. The food blog (yummy!) is still going strong with tons of new recipes, so don’t forget to visit and try some out. If you’ve tried recipes from the site, go ahead and leave a comment with some feedback – we’d love to hear from you.
Here’s something I don’t think has been mentioned yet… Wendy is nominated (again!) in several categories at the Burning Diamond Awards. Voting is already open and ends on Jan. 15th, so click here and show our favorite Wendy how much we love her… and yes, only because I know I’ll hear about it if I don’t mention it, I am also nominated. It’s only fitting considering Wendy is who inspired my story to begin with – so very thankful for her <3
That wraps it up from me! Remember to read and review, and we’ll see you later!
Hello all! I am posting this here for Wendy since she is still under a ban I believe. We have decided to run a new contest. As many of you have seen we added a new page to the site (if not what are you waiting for go look for it)? It is called Kittyinazs Media to go page (how original can I be?). This is where we are posting all of Wendy’s current stories in e-book formats. So we decided to run a contest to design book covers. That will then be voted on by everyone. When the winner is chosen we will update the media page and you will be able to download a mobile version of Wendy’s stories with the newly designed book covers. So the first story that we will be choosing is . . . Every Dark Night Turns Into Day. Ugh now the rules which I am warning we may add to as we go. We will accept designs until 1/26/2014 (opps had to delete that 2013).
1. You can submit as many entries as you like
2. Dimensions at least 1500 pixels horizontally and 2500 pixels vertically
3. Has to be representative of the book/story
4. File type .jpeg or .png
So all my little artistic friends go design till your little hearts are content. Even if you are not a techie as they call me…submit your ideas here as comments and we will see if someone can get with you to make the design for you.
Since Wendy is still banned from posting(she’s taking a well deserved break) by Meridean I get the honor of letting all of you know there is a new Twilight/Vampire Diaries story that has been published today. It’s called This Is Not A Drive By. Hope you enjoy it. Take care!
On behalf of Wendy and everyone else here in Kittyinaz’land, I would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year!
Now, on to the awesome one-shot…the one for which clues were left on Wendy’sFacebook page…:
(Wendy may or may not be banned from posting for a bit in her beta’s effort to curtail mounting stress…also, there may or may not be another one shot in the process of being completed. You may or may not want to stay tuned to herFacebook page for clues…)
We also have a new Interview up, too!! This time the victim subject is Eric from ED of the Set You Free Trilogy!! There were some awesome questions and some awesome answers – I think you’ll love it!
This is the last post from me for 2013. So much has happened this past year, and I thank you all for the support from you all. Often you had left me such moving comments when I would pour my heart out in these posts. Thank you, a lot of you had me crying, and that should say all of it.
This has been a busy year, this domain is owned by me, is one of the prouder things I have done, and getting the Amazon Partnership makes me happy since Marty no longer has to support this site as well as the both of us. And you guys made that happen, since I had to be approved to have the site approved to be a member of the Partnership. So, thanks from Marty and I!
There has been the ending of Every Dark Night, the ending of You’re is written out, and the Beta for that one, Alicia is eager to have me edit so she can beta and post. There has been huge restructuring of the way we work, Karen stepped up and agreed to be the Queen Beta, making sure those that those who apply are all taught the same thing, and doing who knows what else. Sharon stepped up to make banners and buttons, while having a terrible year herself. Rissa became the Continuity Beta so no one will ever feel the need to come behind me and fix my mistakes. We gained a web admin, Robin, who as we speak, is getting the media page ready for you guys. It will have the stories published available for downloading on your ereader of choice. You can find it here.
We also have me changing my practices after a meltdown, and I am now finishing stories before moving on to the next. This means, when you see something posting, you can be relieved of the worry that it won’t be finished. It will already have been by the time you see the first post. I have one new story done and as I said You’re done. They both need edited, but expect to see them in January. I am also finishing up some one shots I started and not finished for whatever reason. One is called the Shortcut Home – One Shot, that was published as a Christmas present for the readers of this site to find. The other will be up once I get to work on it. Songs that inspired little stories. Karen and I will be posting Shortcut home on the other sites, but this will be the only one that has the entire story on it.
We also came to an agreement, Karen pointing out that I pay for this domain, so announcements will come in this format. Facebook first. The ladies who support us there get to know things first. We are also just 4 members away from 200, so if you haven’t joined, make mine and the rest of the ladies day by getting us to that pinnacle. After Facebook gets it, WordPress will get it, (Because I write these ridiculously long posts.) Then a day or two later, the other sites get it, sometimes modified. So depending how badly you want to know when things are posted, sign up for your preferred poison. We have WordPress, AO3, TheWritersCoffeeShop, Fanfiction, and Fictionpad.
Also I thank you for all the support for the awards this year!! ED won 2nd place for the Energize Awards earlier this year. You’re came in the end of year Energize awards in second (And Ashley, one of our betas, Thirsty got Third!), we both won our categories in the Bloodthirsty awards, and we are awaiting the results in IntwinedForEternity awards. the Burning Diamond awards are going to be happening again soon, the nominations just ended, and both Ashley and I were told we were nominated for those. The Crossovers for Twilight and Vampire Diaries are a strong community. We are playing with the idea of encouraging an award for TB/SVM stories and crossovers. Not sure if we will have it or not, but it will be interesting.
WordPress has released it’s blog stats for the 2013 year, and here is what Robin has to say about the site after she read through it. “In 2013 Wendy and the other betas posted 237 times and you guys viewed about 254,432 times. From 126 different countries you all came. From the US to Kenya.
Best day of the year with 2,712 views was June 2.
theladykt was our most active commenter at 135 comments.” Wow!
Thank you to Robin for breaking that all down for me.
So I know the interview will be up later, and another one shot. But I am off for the rest of the night. Actually going to go play with a cat.
Happy New Year, and I hope it will be a better one for all of us!
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