Hey all, just clearing out my files and found a couple of pictures I had saved as inspiration for Never a Bride.

The first ones, here, were the inspiration for the bridesmaids' dresses at Victor and Katherine's wedding in Chapter 12.


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Author: BlueSuede
Title:  Never a Bride
Rating:  NC17
Genre: Romance/Humor
Pairings/Characters: primarily Chloe/Oliver
Summary:  When a newspaper prints a false engagement announcement for Oliver Queen and Chloe Sullivan, and all their friends are thrilled, Chloe and Oliver decide to stage a fake engagement and breakup to prove to their friends how ( Read more... )

Author: BlueSuede
Title:  Never a Bride
Rating:  NC17
Genre: Romance/Humor
Pairings/Characters: primarily Chloe/Oliver
Summary:  When a newspaper prints a false engagement announcement for Oliver Queen and Chloe Sullivan, and all their friends are thrilled, Chloe and Oliver decide to stage a fake engagement and breakup to prove to their friends how ( Read more... )

Hey guys, you're all being so patient and awesome and I don't have time to complete this chapter any time soon, but I thought you deserved at least a preview of Chapter Twelve while you wait.  Thanks for being so awesome all the time!

Love & Patience,
Blue

NEVER A BRIDE
Chapter Twelve Preview

(  Her eyes flew open in a panic she gasped when she saw an actual arm wrapped around her. “Oh my God!” she cried out, scrambling from the bed and practically tumbling onto the floor. Her head spun and she clutched the night stand as she stared at the naked upper torso of Oliver Queen. )

Dear Readers:

I just needed to take a moment to acknowledge something.  But first, I want to say thank you to all of my readers.  I am very blessed to be part of such a kind, supportive online community.  (I've been around the virtual block a couple of times, and I know from experience that the internet can draw a lot of vicious people sometimes.)  ( Read more... )

Meet Tango, the fife canary:


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So, I haven't updated since Monday, for which I apologize.  I blame the internet.  (Don't ask.  It's my building's fault, not mine.)  But meanwhile, I wanted to share a bit of extra artwork that ( Read more... )

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Harleen Extra

For those of you not too well-versed in the story of Harleen Quinzel, a.k.a. Harley Quinn, the Joker's psychotically awesome girlfriend, I've attached the cover of the comic book that told her origin story, Mad Love, as well as a YouTube video which has the origin scenes in the cartoon version of "Mad Love" from Batman the Animated ( Read more... )

So, in the downtime between stories, here, I wanted to publish my "side notes" so to speak.  Just sort of some trivia from the story An Exceptional Young Woman if you're interested.

( Dean Carter was so named in recognition of Lynda Carter, the actress who played Wonder Woman in The New Adventures of Wonder Woman. Not-so-coincidentally, she also played Chloe’s mother on Smallville. )