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Claws, sharp & feral, raked fleshy rows in skin so delicate. His scream cracked the air like a whip & he fell in a heap. Warm hands grasped him, but not before the cold stillness stole him away. His last thought, an apology to the brother holding him so firmly, salty fear already raining down from scared eyes above.

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She cried. That’s all his memory held. Not the copper in the air, not the red on his hands. Not even the salt on his lips. Just that she cried for him.

I've come to the scene I've most dreaded writing. The goodbye scene between Sam and Jess. We know so little about them and I don't feel like I know them as a couple well enough to write such an emotionally impactful scene.

I've put it off and put it off. Still, the words aren't there. I feel the weight of importance this scene has and I don't feel ( Read more... )

I'm thinking about just leaving a link to fanfiction.net when I post new chapters. There doesn't seem to be a lot of interest here anyway and it's a royal pain to cut the chapter up and get all the links in. So, it's seems like a waste of effort to go through all that for what tends to be no one.

My OCD nature may force me into posting properly at ( Read more... )

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As some of you know, I felt pretty overwhelmed when I edited my last chapter. So, I did some research, read some articles and now I’m trying some advice that made a lot of sense to me. The advice goes like this (and it’s so simple, I feel simple for not thinking of it ( Read more... )

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"Sometimes it’s really lonely being an author. Because when you’re writing, you’re doing it alone, and there’s no one there to gush over silly feelings with you.

And I suppose that’s why reader comments are important to authors. It’s not about the ( Read more... )

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So, I posted a new, unbetaed chapter today. I’ve had 80 plus views and only one comment/review out of all those. Is this a sign that I should never post unbetaed work again? Possibly. This chapter must have really been a bad one. :(

Really demoralizing.

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...continued from part AThe car ride to the motel was déjà vu of the trip home from the hospital. Once again, Dean withdrew, quiet and introspective, and Sam wasn’t prying. Yet. Tension hung heavy around them and he knew he’d contributed to that when he’d blown his stack earlier. He’d overreacted, remembered being furious-wanting to hurt Dean ( Read more... )