Still Alive, and Jane's Still Improving....

[avus]

My Dear Friends,

You've a right to be put-off. It's been too long. Today, I just got a back-channel message from brightfeather wondering whether I was all right, and how Jane was, and I realized that I must post something short -- at least short for me.

Comments

[sophierom]

So glad to hear you and Jane are doing well (even if you are maniacally busy!).

[avus]

And glad to hear from you, Sophie! I hope you're doing well and are not manically busy.

[whispers_scream]

Thoughts of you and Jane passed through my mind only a few days ago. You must have really been feeling the pull, eh?

I'm glad to read of Jane's improvements and it is hard to believe it's been a year. wow.

I can't even imagine coping with combat PTSD, my own PTSD is hard enough (though...the cause of my PTSD is no longer in this world and I do feel a sense of closure and relief.) You town is fortunate to have someone so dedicated to helping them.

*hugs*

[avus]

Curious, your recent thoughts of us -- several have mentioned this. Perhaps I was picking up on "vibes" -- good one, no doubt

[fpb]

Do what you have to do and never mind about our feelings. At least, mine. You've got a better excuse for not posting than anyone on my f-list. I could say a lot about combat PTSD and what I have seen of it, but I won't; only that I know what you are up against. Keep going; pardon me if I sound pompous, but - go forth in God's name.

[avus]

Thank you so much, dear fpb, for your understanding. I appreciate knowing those who know what I'm up against. I must confess, however, that I feel a bit shy about going forth in God's name, as it seems more than I could claim. I can say, however, that I go forth hoping for His help, and trusting in some Guidance, if I've the wits to recognize It.

And I go forth, too, hoping, even trusting in the good will & prayers of others, of which you are most certainly one.

[privatemaladict]

Glad to see things are still improving for Jane. No so glad to see that work has, yet again, crashed down on your head. That seems to happen a lot to you, and it's completely unsurprising you feel burnt out from time to time.

Can you send me a link to this new fanfic of yours? I have a lot of time on my hands at the moment - more than usual, anyway - and would very much like to read it!

[avus]

Thanks, as always, for you love & concern. Yes, I do seem to attract crashings down. I suspect it has many sources, some of which I must take the blame for.

Links to my new fanfic. Oh, dear: you know how I am with links. They're all on lj, on harry_and_ron. (I did warn you, didn't I, that I was trying out a *ahem* challenging ship. But I find, even there, and even when I write sex scenes -- well, I'm just not your typical ship-fic writer, even when I have tried to ship it. I fear the usual shipper's concerns don't hold my fancy enough to guide the story. So even in a fairly obscure shipdom, I'm a fairly obscure writer, at best, I suspect, more often "admired" than read.

When you get to harry_and_ron, you can just click on their community archive. I'm avus there, too. If you have problems, let me know, and I'll try to bring together.... I have an idea. Let me see if I can pull it off.

My first H/R was a last-Christmas, only through HBP fic, "Give My Heart":
Link to Chapter 1
Link to Chapter 2
Link to Chapter 3
Link to EpilogueI decided to

[privatemaladict]

The links work fine! I will certainly start reading those... Though I gotta say, I'm pretty surprised to find you writing Harry/Ron!

[avus]

After the... shall we say, underwhelming response to Getting Harry Back toward the end -- and, yes, I know part of that was fictionalley's screw-ups -- I decided I would try shipping. Maybe then, I could get some readership. And besides, storying romance is something major, a large part of the human condition

[super_pan]

I am so happy to hear from you! I can imagine that writing everything became draining to you, and I actually pretty much assumed that was the main reason for you absence. I am delighted to hear that Jane is still progressing, but sorry to hear your workload is so massive. It's a shame that we are so ill equipped to take care of our soldiers this way, although we can be grateful for people like you who are willing to bend over backwards to help fill the gap.

I am leaving you a link to my last post if you have time to see some pictures of Simon ;)(and some confederate weirdos if you like)! http://super-pan.livejournal.com/85189.html

[avus]

Thanks, dear super for sharing our happiness and for your noticing, caring and love. And thanks for your link to Simon pictures. I had, from time to time, wondered how he was doing.