I guess I should write an update to my profile, it's been so long. Well, my mother passed away about two and half years ago and I spent of that time in a pretty deep depression. My mother and I were really close and I took her passing hard. I was, along with my sisters, her primary caregiver for much of her illness, until the course of her disease, Alzheimer's was such that i could no longer properly care for her at home and we had to place her in an extended care facility where she passed surrounded by her family. A year ago to this day, I was rushed to the hospital when I passed out from a cardiac stress test. A week later, I had to undergo to separate operations to fix my heart--I barely made it through. Afterwards, I spent about the first half of 2017 recovering and learning how to appreciate the joys of life and to simply smell the roses. I'm now embarked on my second life and, my depression lifted, I feel good to feel sunshine and light once again. My creativity has returned and I'm back to uploading stories. My goal is to finish all of my stories on my hard drive. So here's what I have and what's coming up.

Who are You: This started off as a BSG 2003 crossover story, but I reworked it where it's an AU story that features a model Six and a whole crew of original characters. I've put most of my time and energy on this story and it's a favorite of mine. It has also attracted some controversy: some people really like it, others really don't and still others aren't really sure what to make of it. Alessandra is not your standard run of the mill Six and I've branched out from official canon while, I hope, trying to stay within the spirit of canon in this story. This story still has a long ways to go and it has undergone so many changes and shifts as the characters voice their opinions and they can be quite forceful in making themselves heard. This is my top priority story right now.

Through the Looking Glass: This is a BSG 2003/BSG Classic crossover featuring Athena and a model Eight Cylon who basically switch universes with each other. This story is about adapting and growing and I'm enjoying writing it. I want to get back to this story as well as I have ideas on where I want to take both Athena and Callista.

That 70s Gate: This story is a guilty pleasure of mine. I got the idea for it from an episode of That 70s Show where Kelso dreamed that he and Jackie were Major Nelson and Jeannie from "I Dream of Jeannie" with Jackie originally as Jeannie and Kelso as Major Nelson. Jackie then blinked and switched roles with Kelso. When I saw Jackie in the Air Force uniform, I figured, "Why not?" and then ran with the idea. Right now, this is a low priority story.

Betwixt the Bear and the Bull: This is a Fallout: Las Vegas story I've just begun and is very low priority for me at the moment.

All The King's Horses (Reloaded): This story and the next one, in many ways, is a frustrating one for me. Some genres here seem to be more difficult to break through than others as far as feedback is concerned and the Mass Effect one seems, to be brutally honest, to be one of the most difficult of all to break through. To be frank, I feel like I'm banging my head against a wall writing stories for this genre. I do confess I pulled the trigger too quickly the first time I posted this story--I let my frustration get the better of me and pulled the story before it really could find an audience, so I re-conceived and rewrote it. This time, I'm going to give it the time to find an audience. However, it is low priority.

Strike a Pose: I want to get back to this story because it was a fun story for me to write. It's also something of a heretical take on FemShep--which was one of the reasons why it was so fun to write. Here, I'm trying to get away from the "Tough Chick with Gun" stereotype by making Carrie Shepard basically the exact opposite. On the priority scale right now though, it's relatively low priority

I also have a Dragon Age: Origins/Marvel crossover I really want to get back to--it's high up in priority for me as it not only takes place in the Dragon Age universe, but also in a Marvel continuity of my own creation which diverges with Marvel Continuity at approximately 2002 or so.

My Marvel Universe: I have several stories that take place in a Marvel continuity that I had developed in the early 2000s. Basically, i think that the best age of comics was from about 1970 to 2003 or so. 1970 is pretty much near the end of the Silver Age and comic artists and writers were beginning to grapple with adult themes. The rest of the 70s saw that development grow and storytelling really taking on new dimensions with Dark Phoenix and similar story-lines. To me the 1980s and early 90s were a high point in comics. You had enough of the old timers who believed that their job was to first entertain and second deliver messages, but at the same the Young Turks were coming in challenging the status quo and forcing the old timers to up their game. Unfortunately the 90s saw the comic crash and a slew of very poor story arcs (Clone Saga anyone). I have to be honest, I've tried, but I can't get into the new comics. Maybe it's just because I'm an old fogie set in my ways. i also realize that I look at the 70s through the 90s through the lens of nostalgia. There were plenty of stinkers during that period, and I'm sure some good stories being told today--it's just that, for me, the period of the 70s through the 90s was a special time for comics and I hope once I post some of my continuity stories here, that if you haven't already done so, that you might want to go and give those issues a looksee. A few of my continuity stories were posted years ago on Luba's website, but before I bring them over here, I'm going to have to do some massive reediting to bring them within fanfiction.net's acceptable standards. I don't know when or which story from this continuity I'll post first, but I'll let you know when it posts.

Take care, everyone and write because you enjoy it--not because you have to.