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Fic Talk => Writer's Circle => Updates => Topic started by: Rose on February 03, 2009, 07:02:56 PM
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New story, written by myself, the fabulous Julie and the lovely Dee.
It's a horror story, but I'm not going to give anything away. So I leave you with the summary! lol.
The year was 2012, and the world was at war yet again. We were just ordinary people living our lives in the southeastern United States, and for most of us, the war seemed far from home. We had other priorities. Families. Careers. Dreams.
That day, the day on which Earth became Hell, changed everything. After that, it was just us. Ten strangers against the world, a world utterly different from the one we had known. And it was up to us to save it.
This is our story.
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Linkage: http://accidentalchaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=9551
Check it out! We hope you like! :)
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lmao it helps when I remember the link huh?
We really are operating at half a shared brain today lol.
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It seems to be a trend on this forum LOL. Two for the price of one [brain]!
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Hmm, I say
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A good Hmmm I hope lol
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Yes, it is a good hmm. I'm intrigued
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Added a new chapter ;D
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Aw, yay, I'm lovely. :)
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I can't believe you guys are collabing on an AU horror fic and you didn't ask ME! I'm so insulted that I don't get to be part of your greatness... humph... :'(
Juuuust kidding! I'm off to read chapter two now!
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But, because you're not writing it, you can just enjoy reading it without any pressure. lol
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Don't try and scam me! lol
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I always think it's more fun to read without pressure. ;)
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Chapter 3 is up.
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I can't believe you guys are collabing on an AU horror fic and you didn't ask ME! I'm so insulted that I don't get to be part of your greatness... humph... :'(
Juuuust kidding! I'm off to read chapter two now!
LOL Awww but see now you have something in genres you love to read lol.
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This is fact
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Which should make you happy.... Without rainbows and sunshine, of course. ;)
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Another new chapter has been added. Which should also make Julilly happy lol.
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A-Yup
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Tomorrow's chapter will feature a Backstreet Boy, fyi. We were a little concerned about starting with Nick, then throwing in three random females, but there was a certain order that seemed to make the most sense, so we went with it. The rest of Bsb is coming up though, so fear not!
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LOL you did what I was tempted to do, tell people that yes we did not forget the Boys. :D
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Yeah, I just wanted them (Julilly?) to know, in case anyone was worried about it suddenly being female-dominated. We do have original characters, but they are there to supplement Bsb.
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And we'd explain more, but it's too early.
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Julie did you remember to update your site today? LOL
I went in your board to do my regular yay us bit, and didn't see it lol.
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*snuggles updates*
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Tomorrow's chapter will feature a Backstreet Boy, fyi. We were a little concerned about starting with Nick, then throwing in three random females, but there was a certain order that seemed to make the most sense, so we went with it. The rest of Bsb is coming up though, so fear not!
That's not really a concern for me so much, I have done female dominated fics before myself. I was just getting kind of confused, I need that moment where suddenly everything intersects and becomes clear! lol
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Julie did you remember to update your site today? LOL
I went in your board to do my regular yay us bit, and didn't see it lol.
You must not be on my Yahoo Group! :P
Yeah, so I was locked out of my apartment last night and had to spend the night at my parents' place. I probably could have managed to get the chapter up, but not without a lot of hassle of FTPing my files over to my mom's computer, etc., so I decided not to bother and just posted the AC link to my Yahoo group LOL. I'm gonna post 4 and 5 today.
I probably should have posted on my forum too, but I didn't think of it! LOL
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That's not really a concern for me so much, I have done female dominated fics before myself. I was just getting kind of confused, I need that moment where suddenly everything intersects and becomes clear! lol
No prob, I understand. Basically, we have ten characters (5 of whom are the Bsb), and they each get a chapter of introduction, before the chain of events that will bring them together in the story, since most of them don't know each other right now. It's one of those kinds of fics.
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You must not be on my Yahoo Group! :P
Yeah, so I was locked out of my apartment last night and had to spend the night at my parents' place. I probably could have managed to get the chapter up, but not without a lot of hassle of FTPing my files over to my mom's computer, etc., so I decided not to bother and just posted the AC link to my Yahoo group LOL. I'm gonna post 4 and 5 today.
I probably should have posted on my forum too, but I didn't think of it! LOL
Poor Julie! :(
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Uh yeah, it sucked! The apartments in my complex don't have regular KEY keys; they're more like hotel keys, where you slide the key in and wait for the lock to turn. Well, apparantly those kinds of locks are battery-powered... so when the batteries die, you're SOL. That's what happened to me last night. Fun times!!
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That's terrible! That was what my dorms were like freshman year, and if you lost your Buff one card, you were SOL. I think it's a dumb system. Secure? Yes. Practical? Probably not.
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Uh yeah, it sucked! The apartments in my complex don't have regular KEY keys; they're more like hotel keys, where you slide the key in and wait for the lock to turn. Well, apparantly those kinds of locks are battery-powered... so when the batteries die, you're SOL. That's what happened to me last night. Fun times!!
I've never heard/seen such a thing. You would be ashamed of my apartment's locking system lol the front door doesn't lock at all, then my actual apartment door only locks on the handle, no deadbolt, no chains, and sometimes I forget to lock it
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^ all my stuff would be gone.
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I don't doubt that lol I just started getting into the habit of locking my car at night
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That's terrible! That was what my dorms were like freshman year, and if you lost your Buff one card, you were SOL. I think it's a dumb system. Secure? Yes. Practical? Probably not.
Exactly. My dorm and my apartment in college just had regular keys, and that was better.
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I've never heard/seen such a thing. You would be ashamed of my apartment's locking system lol the front door doesn't lock at all, then my actual apartment door only locks on the handle, no deadbolt, no chains, and sometimes I forget to lock it
LOL see, in the area I live in, I could probably get away with that too! I always lock my apartment and my car, but this isn't the kind of area where you worry about people breaking in.
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I've never heard/seen such a thing. You would be ashamed of my apartment's locking system lol the front door doesn't lock at all, then my actual apartment door only locks on the handle, no deadbolt, no chains, and sometimes I forget to lock it
That would scare me crazy! I don't lock the door to my room, but our house has a keypad lock, so I'm not worried about randos coming in.
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You must not be on my Yahoo Group! :P
Yeah, so I was locked out of my apartment last night and had to spend the night at my parents' place. I probably could have managed to get the chapter up, but not without a lot of hassle of FTPing my files over to my mom's computer, etc., so I decided not to bother and just posted the AC link to my Yahoo group LOL. I'm gonna post 4 and 5 today.
I probably should have posted on my forum too, but I didn't think of it! LOL
I think my old yahoo bsb sn is on that group lmao. I don't think I ever changed it to the one I constantly use LOL.
Wow that sucks lol *huggles Julie*
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Chapter 6 has been posted ;D
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And now we have Chapter 7 up for you to enjoy :wave:
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Chapter 8 is now up. :D
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Chapter 9 has been posted. :dance:
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I'll go ahead and throw in a "YAY!" this time.
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Sounds fair since I had the dancing smiley
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And we have chapter 10 up for you to enjoy. The last chapter of the Decalogue for 4.15.12 :). Next we start Part One ;)
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Happy Friday the 13th! Chapter 11 is up
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Why the hell were you up and posting so early?
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She wanted to post Chapter 11 before work and Chapter 12 after. ;)
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Exactamundo Julie ;D And now Chapter 12 is up.
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Hooray! And now I shall update my site!
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But you posted it at like five thirty! lol
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Chapter 13 has been posted.
Obviously we're not doing the daily updates anymore, we just liked how it coincided with a Friday the 13th lol. However, we hope to keep weekly updates, and Friday will always be the update day :D Enjoy!
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Just posted Chapter 14. We hope you like it ;D
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CHapter 15 has been posted! So yaaaay lol
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Chapter 16 has been updated! Yay! lol
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Yay. ;D
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And now we have Chapter 17 posted for your enjoyment. :wave:
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And last week I forgot to say we posted Chapter 18. Tonight I just posted Chapter 19. Say it with me now...yaaaay lol.
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Well, it's update day... waiting to see if an update will come through... somehow, I'm starting to doubt it. Sorry. :(
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Chapter 20 has been posted finally, yay. The last Chapter for the day of 4/13, being posted on 4/13 cause we're cool like that lol.
Look forward to another update, really really soon lol
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The first chapter of Part II, Reaper's Sabbath, Chapter 21, has been posted :)
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Chapter 22 has just been posted, on our new update day, Saturday! :)
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Oops forgot to post a notice last week about Chapter 23 lol.
Anywho we just posted chapter 24, so go read! >:( <--- I mean now darn it! LOL
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Chapter 25 has been posted. Woot!
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Due to some technical difficulties.. . LOL, we were unable to update yesterday as planned. BUT we updated today with Chapter 26 instead! So yay. Check it out.
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We are officially down a cowriter, now a duo rather than a trio. But the story must go on! lol. So Julie and I give you this week's update. Chapter 27 has been posted ;D
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Ok, you guys will probably hate me for asking this but well, that's me...
This story... when is it going to get to the point? It's been 27 chapters and I still feel like it's dragging me along. In fact, I stopped reading for a while, and when I went to pick it back up I just skimmed because I haven't really gotten to anything "meaty".
So I'm just wondering, am I missing the point or has it not gotten there?
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Chapter 31. :)
I know it's taken a long time, and I don't think we realized when we planned it out how long it was actually going to seem, but we felt like we needed to build the suspense slowly, while introducing the readers to the characters and their lives, before everything changed.
Also, we have ten characters, and until the last couple of chapters, they've been living ten separate lives, so in order to show each one's part of the story, we've been giving each one a chapter in each part... which is why each part is ten chapters long, and we're almost done with the third part for each character.
Part III, which starts with Chapter 31, is where you really get to the "meat" of the story, and we hope it will be worth the wait. I'm sure it won't be everyone's cup of tea, but it will be something different for Bsb fanfic, at least. We're dying to get there!!
We've been planning this story since last July, and we still aren't to the whole point the idea came from, so we're really anxious too. But June 14, you should know, and then you can decide if it's worth sticking with or not. :)
Thanks for asking!
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What Julie said basically.
Trust me, we're very anxious to get there ourselves. I was just telling her this, before seeing this post. I'm beyond ready to get past Ch. 31 and get into the real point of the story. The buildup is slow, but necessary, I know I couldn't think of a better way to get there.
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To be honest Julie I doubt I will stick with it, regardless of the chapter 31 prospect. It's just taken way too long. I wouldn't read 31 chapters into a novel before deciding whether I was going to keep reading.
I was just curious to know if the point was ever on the way lol
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That's okay, to each her own. It's not like nothing has happened yet, with people dropping dead right and left from a mystery illness LOL, but you're right in guessing that there's something bigger to come. We're intending this to be more of an epic, apocalyptic type story, so it's not going to be a quickie novella. We've planned out 50 chapters so far, and that's only maybe half the story. So if you're into it, you're in it for the long haul, and if that prospect doesn't appeal to you, then don't worry about it.
I'm enjoying developing the characters and putting the pieces together one by one, but I know not everyone can stand a story that builds slowly like that. This is just one that we felt had to be written that way to achieve the suspension of belief that will make the actual premise work. If we'd started with the action right off the bat, I don't think it would have worked.
Thanks for giving it a chance, and thanks for your feedback!
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That's okay, to each her own. It's not like nothing has happened yet, with people dropping dead right and left from a mystery illness LOL, but you're right in guessing that there's something bigger to come. We're intending this to be more of an epic, apocalyptic type story, so it's not going to be a quickie novella. We've planned out 50 chapters so far, and that's only maybe half the story. So if you're into it, you're in it for the long haul, and if that prospect doesn't appeal to you, then don't worry about it.
I'm enjoying developing the characters and putting the pieces together one by one, but I know not everyone can stand a story that builds slowly like that. This is just one that we felt had to be written that way to achieve the suspension of belief that will make the actual premise work. If we'd started with the action right off the bat, I don't think it would have worked.
Thanks for giving it a chance, and thanks for your feedback!
Exactly, it's cool if it's not your cup of tea Julilly. :). But yeah, stuff's happened, everyone's dying, but there is definitely a bigger point to come of this lol.
I tend not to write novels THIS long, like beyond 50 chapters, but really, I agree with Julie. Once the true point does come to light, I think it will be very obvious that the buildup was completely needed, to make it, as realistic as we can get it. It's definitely our attempt at being epic lol.
It may be coming a bit slow, and I know that's totally the fault of deciding on 10 main characters and telling the story of every one. It's a choice we made, but that's the major consequence of it. Didn't think it'd come off so slow when we started, but I soooo see it now lol.
I do love developing the characters though. That's so my fave thing in stories, having my characters grow, and getting into their heads. Like in this one, the journal entries are totally my favorite part.
Thanks for the comments, cause I love getting some serious feedback, good and bad.
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Yeah, I don't think we had any idea how long it would take LOL. Good god. But I don't think there's been any chapter so far that has been pointless; they've all been important for character development, and almost all of them have contributed pieces to the actual storyline too. I think the fact that we took our time in building everything up will pay off later, and hopefully those who have invested in it and stick with it will appreciate it.
I guess for me, I'm used to writing stories longer than 50 chapters nowadays, so in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't seem that slow-paced or that intimidating to me. The premise of this one is so much "bigger" than that of Broken and BMS, which both went 150+ chapters, so it doesn't faze me to think of this one getting that long.
I don't know if it will be longer than a hundred chapters or not, but I could see it getting that long, and if it does, then this rising action will have only encompassed the first quarter of the story. I don't think that's bad. In a two-hour movie, isn't the first half hour usually introducing you to the characters and setting up the problem? Then the middle hour covers the problem, with the real action building. The climax comes about three-quarters in, and that last half hour is the resolution and ending. That's how I see this story going.
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At the same time, if anyone has any tips for me on being less long-winded without taking away from the depth of a story, I could sure use them! I have no hope of ever even trying to get a novel published if I can't condense one to a few hundred pages LOL. This is not the story for that, but it's a problem I see myself having with the novel I would one day like to write.
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But I don't think there's been any chapter so far that has been pointless;
Well, pointless isn't synonymous with boring. I get it though, I don't need 31 chapters of explanation as to why you're being so long winded.
I don't necessarily have any suggestions beyond the fact that I felt too much like it was painfully obvious you were trying to "build suspense", and hide certain details. Through most chapters I felt myself saying 'okay, get on with it' because it's just the same thing over and over. I don't really care about any of the characters, because it's jumped around too much for me to remember who they are before I get back to them again.
The details take up more time than the actions, so even the "exciting" parts where people were dying I skimmed. Plus, the changes in writing style bugged me also.
But that's just one person's opinion, I thought Twilight was garbage after all so obviously I don't have good taste lol
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Well, pointless isn't synonymous with boring. I get it though, I don't need 31 chapters of explanation as to why you're being so long winded.
I don't necessarily have any suggestions beyond the fact that I felt too much like it was painfully obvious you were trying to "build suspense", and hide certain details. Through most chapters I felt myself saying 'okay, get on with it' because it's just the same thing over and over. I don't really care about any of the characters, because it's jumped around too much for me to remember who they are before I get back to them again.
The details take up more time than the actions, so even the "exciting" parts where people were dying I skimmed. Plus, the changes in writing style bugged me also.
But that's just one person's opinion, I thought Twilight was garbage after all so obviously I don't have good taste lol
I know what you mean; I felt the same way reading "The Stand," which I think is why it's taken me so long to get into it. But, knowing Stephen King, I'm sure all the build-up and introduction in that one will pay off in the end, and I'm hoping the same thing for our story. I know not everyone has the patience or attention span for that, though. If it's not your thing, it's not your thing. We're not going to change it, and some of what bugged you - like the writing styles - we couldn't change anyway. It's a collaboration LOL. Hopefully you've got something else to read that's faster-paced! :)
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I'm a huge Stephen King fan, so I'm not opposed to build up. I find most of his work to be page turners.
There was no expectation that you would change anything, and if you don't want concrit that's cool too lol
Even collaborations should have consistency, in my opinion. When you can look at something and know when the author changes, it comes off as choppy. Collabs should bring two styles together to make their own, not just write as separate people and say it flows.
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I don't mind concrit; I'm enjoying the discussion, and I appreciate your feedback and question about where the story is going. I understand your points about the pace of the story, and that's something I'll keep in mind for my next story. That said, it's not going to be able to effect this one, since we're already about to the "meaty" stuff. (We are, actually, we just haven't posted that far.)
It sounds like, no matter what our response would have been, you'd already made your mind up about discontinuing the story. That's disappointing to us, of course, but not something we have much control over and also not something to dwell on or hold against you.
Neither of us will claim to be the best writers, and I'm sure our styles do have something to be desired, but I will say this. Rose and I have put our best effort into this story and had a lot of fun writing it so far, and we're looking forward to what is to come, regardless of how many readers stick with it. Of course, we're hoping most will, or we wouldn't even be posting it, but at the end of the day, we're going to keep writing the story we've envisioned, in a style that feels natural to us, and hope that we can keep a few people entertained along with us.
I'm sorry it didn't turn out to be your cup of tea, but thanks again for at least giving it a try. Your reviews meant a lot! :)
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That all said lol, Chapter 28's been posted. :)
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Chapter 29's been posted. That said, :), we're coming very close to the day in question. 4.15.12. So yay.
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Chapter 30 is up, and we're going to post Chapter 31 in about 2 hours... midnight EST. Stay tuned! Soon you will know!
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Chapter 31 has been posted. And now, you will know!
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Mwahaha!
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*joins in the evil laughter*
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Now that the real title has been revealed, and our lovely twist, figured I should change the title of the thread to Song For The Undead lol. Of course Julie made awesome avvys in honor of our love of zombies ;D.
Also, beyond my rambling lol, we just updated the story yet again.
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*sings* This is the song for the undead!
I've only been singing that for like 11 months. Glad I can "sing" it out loud now!
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LOL^^^
*does the Thriller dance* RIP MJ, the man who brought us the greatness of Thriller
Chapter 33 has been posted.
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Chapter 34 has been posted.
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Oops...forgot last week. Well, Ch. 35 was posted last week LOL and Ch.36 was just posted.
Btw, has anyone seen HBP? Awesome movie!
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10 chapters later I remember we actually have this thread.
Song For The Undead has been updated in honor of Halloween. A time when rotting reanimated corpses, MUST be honored! lol. So yeah, Chapter 45 is up lol.
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It's been awhile since we've bothered to update this thread, but since the main AC site is still down, I wanted to let you know that Chapter 60 is up on our SFTU site: http://dreamers-sanctuary.com/undead/
If you are using Chrome, you may need to refresh the frames if you've been to the site recently. I dunno why it gets glitchy that way, but it didn't want to display the new versions of the pages when I checked it just now.
You also may want to have our Zombie Dance Mix playlist handy for this one, so here’s a direct link: http://www.dreamers-sanctuary.com/undead/other.html
Hope you like!
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Absolutely loved the new chapter but can't listen to the playlist as it says not available in my country :(
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Aww really?? Lame! :( Sorry about that; I didn't know. It's the only playlist type thing like that I can find where I don't have to re-upload the songs every couple months to keep them active.
But thank you, btw, glad you liked the chapter! ;D
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Just an FYI but Chapter 61 (as well as 60 since we posted that on our site when AC was down) have been posted :)
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We're so bad about remembering this thread lol. Anywho, it's posted up to Chapter 63 at this point. Also, our collab name JDR has been changed to Double Rainbow (so intense! lol) but it's still us. We just felt the need to change it.
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In honor of Friday the 13th, Chapter 64 is up!
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wow, you're an update machine lol
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LOL thanks! I actually haven't written much this week at all; the Curtain Call chapter had been done for awhile, but I did finish the Undead part last night. Hopefully I'll be more productive this weekend.
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That's one of the great things about writing ahead of yourself lol
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Yeah, I like doing it when I can. I was a chapter or two ahead of myself on CC most of the summer, but now I'm not anymore. Oh well.
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I'm 4 ahead with Lurks but i'm not sure how long that will last lol
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I stayed ahead of myself with RMTW...but it didn't last long LOL
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That's why I only post every 5 days because I know once I catch up to myself i'm toast! lol
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Hey Rose and Julie, glad you liked the Zombie apocalypse facts lol I mean, I'm pretty sure we can have exploding zombies at this point in the story because it's summer in Tampa, so it's pretty hot lol Anyway, I was clicking the other zombie links. They're all equally hilarious and totally worth the read. I think you could totally use some of those ideas!
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We will definitely have to do the exploding zombies!! It's perfect - and epically awesome!! We've done lots of reading on zombies; we both use Max Brooks's Zombie Survival Guide like our Bible for this story LOL, but he never mentioned exploding zombies, so that's a new one! Thanks again for the link!
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Chapter 65 is up!
And btw Sarah, I meant to say this before but the exploding zombies are SO DRATW lol. (We haven't used them yet but we're going to definitely have to now hehe.)
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Hey I remembered we have this! Go me!
We've just posted Chapter 66. :)
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Now that the forum is no longer acting funky on me, I'm happy to say chapters 73 and 74 were updated today.
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And a great couple of chapters they were too :)
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Yikes, over a month since the last update. We fail.
Still, we did finally update! Chapter 75 is up :)
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I'm sad I actually had to look for this thread. It wasn't on the first page anymore :(.
But hey! The good news is, we have arisen for the dead... (after this I'm gonna go grab some Spleen for Supper...I think Julie had Liver for Lunch hehe...)
To finally post Chapter 76!
Zombie Double Rainbow All The Way!
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We're still dead...well, undead. Yay! lol.
We bring you...Chapter 77. :). Hope you guys enjoy!
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Yay, was so excited to see an update email for this story :)
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Thanks! I can outright guarantee that the next update won't be that long of a wait. :). Inspiration for both of us is pretty high right now.
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Just posted the new chapter :). See? I told ya the wait wouldn't be as long LOL.
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Loved it, even though I was saying "noooooooooooo" as I was reading :)
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I loved the updates! I am so glad you girls are updating this again, it made me so excited to see the new chapters!
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Awww thanks guys! The inspiration is strong within these ones LOL. I missed getting into Undead like this so I'm loving it myself. We actually don't have that much longer to go on this story. (I think it's maybe 40 chapters tops?) I'll miss it once it's done :(
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Thanks, guys! Like Rose said, we're riding an inspiration wave and loving every minute of it right now, so hopefully the updates will keep coming. :) We have some funny stuff planned for the next part that will hopefully make up for the heavy stuff in this set.
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Chapter 79 is posted.
We're totally gonna keep riding the inspiration wave. That said...sorry to any readers of CC or RMTW lmao. We both know it's Undead's fault for the delay in those, but we're wanting to keep on this till we get stuck lol.
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Yet another great chapter, but you two are evil, lol!
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Chapter 79 is posted.
We're totally gonna keep riding the inspiration wave. That said...sorry to any readers of CC or RMTW lmao. We both know it's Undead's fault for the delay in those, but we're wanting to keep on this till we get stuck lol.
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lol just kidding. It's so awesome you guys are so inspired on this one! AC has been so dead lately
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lol just kidding. It's so awesome you guys are so inspired on this one! AC has been so dead lately
So read this one LMAO. (Kidding :P).
I know! It's depressing. :(
Yet another great chapter, but you two are evil, lol!
Thanks! And hey, evil is fun LOL
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Yes, evil is good! You really had us all going, well, me anyway lol
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Just posted Chapter 80. :)
And thus...ends "The Divergence".
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Just posted chapter 81, the first chapter of Part VIII: Forty Days and Forty Nights.
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I have to tell you, I laughed so much at parts of the latest chapter :) So glad you're on a roll with this!
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Awww thanks! I'm thrilled to see people thought it was funny lol. Cause ya know, sometimes what we think is funny, others may not. So yay. :)
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Awww thanks! I'm thrilled to see people thought it was funny lol. Cause ya know, sometimes what we think is funny, others may not. So yay. :)
Yeah, Rose... NMN = NOT FUNNY! :-[
Glad you liked the update, Steph! I laughed my ass off at it too (Rose wrote it).
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Yeah, Rose... NMN = NOT FUNNY! :-[
Glad you liked the update, Steph! I laughed my ass off at it too (Rose wrote it).
LMFAO says the one who came up with NMN :P
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Yeah I laughed at that whole thing last night. Nearly Mindless Nick is clearly a Harry Potter joke. People are way too sensitive these days. I had a grandmother with Alzheimer's disease...I'm not offended at all. It just goes to show people are looking to instigate.
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Yeah I laughed at that whole thing last night. Nearly Mindless Nick is clearly a Harry Potter joke. People are way too sensitive these days. I had a grandmother with Alzheimer's disease...I'm not offended at all. It just goes to show people are looking to instigate.
It is totally HP inspired. And it does show that, but clearly not everyone has my very warped sense of humor lmao. (Luckily Julie does)
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LMFAO says the one who came up with NMN :P
That was really immature and insensitive of me. We both need to grow the eff up. There's nothing funny about terminal illnesses.
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/153152/old-anorexic-whore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6szE_qmzavQ
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That was really immature and insensitive of me. We both need to grow the eff up. There's nothing funny about terminal illnesses.
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/153152/old-anorexic-whore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6szE_qmzavQ
LMFAO I love you :cheers:
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LOL. I hope nobody takes offense to anything I said. Because I'm not here to start trouble or cause problems. I just call things like I see them, its nothing personal to anybody. People will not always get along. I try not to take sides, but some things I have been seeing are making me think.
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In honor of Infernal Friday, Reaper's Sabbath, and the Day of Unholy Resurrection, we'll be updating on those days this week.
So we posted Chapter 82 today. :)
We're exactly one year away from Infernal Friday...are you ready?
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Fab chapter as always! Got to love AJ :)
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Thanks! This was Julie, and was the first time I didn't write AJ, and I feel she did a fantastic job at it.
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Just posted Chapter 83.
Happy Reaper's Sabbath!
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Thanks, Steph, and thanks, Rose! :)
364 days... actually 365, since next year is a leap year.
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You're welcome :).
Only one year to go...yay! LOL.
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Last update of the week...we posted chapter 84 today. :)
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Chapter 85's been posted :)
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Just posted Chapter 86 today, so woot!
Or the zombie version: Braaaaaaaaaaaa aaiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiins!
LOL.
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Loved the update. I asked for a break at work so I could read it
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Thanks Tracy! :)
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Okay, sorry about the delay. This was totally my fault. (Orrrrrr NKOTBSB's?) But finally we have an update, and I swear the next one won't be so long a wait lol.
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Told you the wait wouldn't be so long this time lol. Enjoy!
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Loved that chapter and loving Brian a bit more too *sighs*
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Thanks! Me too! *sighs* LOL
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Yeah Brian is my favorite now lol. That just made me love him more!
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Thanks! I love writing Brian in this story. I love how Rose writes AJ, too.
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I got a little excited with my review, lol.
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Brian is pure love. *sighs* LOL.
I adore how he's written.
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Just posted the newest chapter of Undead. Enjoy!
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I enjoyed :)
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Yay! :)
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Zombies make me happy!!!
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Us too! Thanks!!! ;D
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And thus ends "Forty Days and Forty Nights" with a brand new chapter!
Julie rocks for getting this one done so quick.
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I totally started reading this like a month ago, and said I would review when I got caught up and then I saw something shiny and scampered off... I promise it will happen!
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It's been so long since we updated, but never fear, we're not dead! (Or Undead, though that would be pretty cool). We updated just in time for Halloween, cause what's Halloween without zombies? :)
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Glad we got this thread updated before it got bumped from the first page LOL. That would have been major fail! Anyway, sorry for the delay, and hope those of you who are reading enjoy the new chapter!
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I know! It was at the very bottom, but at least it wasn't on page two LOL.
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Just posted the latest chapter of Undead! Yay for short waits between updates! lol
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Chapter 93 is up! Happy 2012... the zombie apocalypse is only a few months away!
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Chapter 94 is up! Hope you enjoy, if nothing else, we hope this chapter explains a lot. :)
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And thankfully the latest update didn't have nearly as long a wait! LOL. Chapter 95 has been posted.
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:broccoli:
You know why he's dancing? That's the "Rose is on a roll" dance LOL. Undead has been updated, yet again, with Chapter 96.
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Hey, look at this - updates three days in a row! Chapter 97 is up!
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Here's hoping the streak continues! lol
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I hope the streak continues! I wasn't online at all yesterday so you can imagine my delight when I got to work today and saw not just one update but two :)
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Thanks! :) Hopefully we'll have another chapter or two ready by next weekend.
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FINALLY Undead has been updated! The delay was my fault, and I'm sorry it took so long. Let's just say my life went completely wonky in the past couple of months LOL.
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Yay for the new chapter! Not so yay about things not going well for you though Rose, hope everything is OK now :)
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Life is still weird... but stable? LOL. At least my writer's block is going away.
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Just noticed Julie never updated the thread, but she did update Undead! LOL and with other good news I did start on the next chapter. I've been battling a nasty flu/head cold...thingy but hopefully I can get another update coming soon :).
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Thanks, Rose, I forgot to post in here!
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Just read it, was a nice surprise to come home to after a weekend away :)
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Thanks, Steph! :) Hopefully there will be more updates throughout the summer; we would really like to finish this story this year!
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Our goal is still to finish the story this year, I swear LOL.
Chapter 100 has been posted, and thus concludes Part IX :).
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Happy Halloween!
We had planned to update this on Halloween, so I went ahead and posted Chapter 101. Sorry for the long wait, but hope you enjoy!
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Updated this again with Chapter 102!
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Chapter 103 is up! It's a long one - hope it's worth the wait!
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It certainly was!
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Thanks! :)
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Chapter 104 has been posted!
I'm gonna be so sad to see this story go. There's only one more section after this *big sigh*.
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It's going to be strange for sure! We've been writing this thing for about as long as I wrote Broken/BMS. It's gonna be hard to let go, but I'm also excited to start one of the other ideas we've been sitting on.
I hope you guys like the new chapter!
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As long as there be Backstreet we'll collaborate again... LOL.
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Alright!!
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I'll also be sad to see this end as I've been reading since you first posted it!
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Aww, I know! It'll be the end of an era for sure!
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Updated with chapter 105!
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Woohoo, loved it!!!
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Thanks!
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So...I suck for taking so long lol. But yes, Undead has finally been updated! Hooray!
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Yay!
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Yay! I'm going to read it now as been away with no laptop access :)
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And omg we're back again!
Sorry, couldn't help but using the lyric lol. But yes, Undead has been updated :)
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I was inspired! Enough to write a full chapter in a night anyway.
Hopefully you guys enjoy the new chapter.
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Chapter 109 is up!
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Crap, I fail for forgetting to post in here LOL
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LOL It's okay!
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Posted another chapter! :)
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We fail for not updating for a year. But, we're done! We're finished! And we'll be posting the last ten chapters, one a day, for the next ten days.
So chapter 111 is up. :)
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Posted 112 yesterday and 113 today.
I'm so sad knowing we're done with this story, but it's a happy sadness lol.
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I'm sad it's coming to an end, but so happy too, can't wait to see how it ends. Can't believe it'll be over soon, it's been quite a while since it started, way before Walking Dead and all the zombie stuff on TV.
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I know; it's been 7 years since we started planning and writing it! It is definitely bittersweet finishing it, but we feel accomplished at the same time. I don't usually finish collaborations, so this is a first in a long while LOL.
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Ditto in terms of the finishing of collabs problem.
That said, Julie and I have a LOT of ideas for future collabs. It's just fitting them into her busy schedule. :)
Also I put up Chapter 114.
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We're up to Chapter 116. Only 4 more to go!
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We're posted up through 119, last one goes up tomorrow :).
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Posted Chapter 120.
And finally, we've finished this story. I'm just, it's weird. Because we've been writing it so long!
But thanks to ANYONE who's been following this story and was patient with us between updates. I mean seriously, I know we tested your patience. And it may be a bit, but...
As long as there be Backstreet, we'll be collaborating again!
LOL basically when Julie's life calms down some, we'll tackle one of the many ideas we have lined up next.
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To echo what Rose said, thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed Song for the Undead! It's one of my favorite stories I've written, and it feels SO good to finish it after seven years! We always knew we would finish this one, just didn't anticipate it taking so long! Both of us have had a lot going on lately (as in, the last few years), but we will definitely be back with another collab at some point!
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Wow, seven years! That must be how long ago I joined here as I remember the first chapter being posted when I was quite new here. Well done for finishing it, I've loved every moment of it and look forward to more in the future :)
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I know, time flies when you're having fun! ;) Thanks, Steph!