I come today with big news! I ACTUALLY HAVE AN UPDATE OF ‘YOU IRRITATE ME’!!!!!! I’m so excited to be working on this story again. I think it might be just what I need to get the creative hanfic juices flowing again. The layout’s a bit wonky, but it does work. Please just click right in front of the word you want to access (Chapters, Soundtrack, etc.) and the page should load. I’ll try to update the layout so the buttons are visible again in the next few days. [EDIT- Layout is now fixed!] I’m also working on the next chapter of Revelations, so that will be coming soon as well.

I realized that I had posted my reasons for not finishing FFL on JSOR, but not on here, which I apologize for profusely. The decision just came at a time when I wasn’t posting here regularly. So here is what I posted there:

After MUCH thought and consideration, I have decided to not finish Fine, Fine Line. This story, and Tumbling Down as well, were quite autobiographical. At times, they were far too much so. The guy I based Taylor off of for these stories consumed me emotionally for four long years. But now, I’m past him. I’m with a wonderful guy who I’m crazy about and the old guy is far, far behind me. I know that continuing to write this story will stir up emotions I just can’t bring back up.

I feel terrible about leaving it up in the air. I had the entire story planned out, but I’ve tried to write it and it just doesn’t work any more. I made the mistake as a writer of putting too much of myself into a story and it backfired on me terribly.

I sincerely apologize to fans of this story. I wish I would have been able to finish it for you, but just can’t bring myself to write it any more.

So that’s my story and I unfortunately must stick to it for my own sanity. I so appreciate the support you all gave me with these stories and I’m sorry to leave you all hanging.

But, in happier news, I’m doing my own awards site! I’m still in the process of setting up the nomination ballots and the like, so it will be a few weeks before I get it going, but I have the site up and want to share it with all of you! The link can be found –>here<– and it’s my own little homage to the Academy Awards. I hope that everyone has fun with these as I’m super excited to be doing my own awards site!

Thank you SO MUCH to Jenny, Diana, Madeline, Toni, Maria, and Lena for leaving me love after the latest update of Revelations. Please check back soon for an update of that! You guys are amazing!

-Nat

Today I bring you a new chapter of Revelations! There are some *gasp* revelations in this chapter, so be sure to go check that out!

I also went through and cleaned up some of the pages on the site, moved some of the stories around, etc. I’ll be updating my reading list as soon as I get to make sense of what I’m planning to read and when. I actually have time to read now, so yay! I’ll also be putting up a new layout for the site later today, so come back to check that out as well!

My story for The Spark Inside is today’s story, so that will be up some time today. It’s called Echoes Of My Life, and I’ll have a page for it that I’ll put up after the TSI season is all over. Please go read it and comment on it there!

I plan on starting to work on You Irritate Me as soon as I’m finished with Revelations. I feel the need to approach/tackle one project at a time right now so I don’t get so overwhelmed. But I will write that story and am looking forward to it!

Thanks so much to Brittney, Hayley, and Madeline for leaving me love after the last update! You guys are great!

-Nat

I HAVE AN UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chapter 14 of Revelations has now been posted. I’m not even going to say anything else other than that, I’m back (and it’s so good to be back)!!!!

-Nat

I don’t have any chapters for you yet, but I did want to check in to let you (those of you who still bother to check this thing. If you do, you’re wonderful, by the way) know what was up with my super-extended hiatus.

At first it was writer’s block to the extreme. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to write, but I would just open my Word documents and stare at them, not knowing what to do. My own “personal relationship” with the Hanson brothers was rocky this spring to say the least. And sadly, that has had an impact on my ability to write Hanfic.

That being said, I have a real dedication to finishing both Revelations and Fine, Fine Line and will do so, I swear. But not until this summer. My first year at this job has been infinitely more draining and time-consuming than I had ever imagined. Just ask Becca. I can hardly even stay up until 10 to have a decent conversation, let alone write regularly and effectively.

So, I will be back and those two stories will get finished. I hope that some of you are patient enough to wait it out with me, because I have thoroughly enjoyed your feedback and support throughout the last year or so.

Natalie

I really don’t know what to say. I never thought that a time would come when I would actually do this, but I have to. I don’t like being unreliable, making you all wait far too long for updates. I don’t even have a good excuse. Nothing in my life has really changed. I’m not more busy or more stressed, I’m just feeling a lack of inspiration of late. I thought that the Winter Slump would help, but it did for a week, but I just keep opening Word documents and staring at them blankly. Words just haven’t been coming easy to me in the projects I’ve been working on. This isn’t goodbye for forever. I have every intention of finishing all three of the stories that I’m currently writing. But, I do have to take a break. I want to take my time, get some chapters bulked up so I don’t feel pressured to finish a chapter Sunday morning so I can post it Sunday night. What once felt liberating and freeing currently feels constricting. I have full hope that my inspiration and enthusiasm will return, but for now, I just need to step back before I get burnt out for good. I hope that everyone understands and that you’ll all come back when I return with regular updates.

I do have a chapter of Revelations that I’m posting today, so those of you who’ve been reading it, Chapter 13 is now up. It’s pretty intense, but some good things get resolved, so I hope you enjoy it. And, thank you so much to those of you who signed the guestbook for the last update. I really appreciate it so much.

For now,
Nat

I come bearing three brand  new chapters today! Chapter 12 of Revelations has now been posted, as has Chapter 8 of Fine, Fine Line. Some pretty big stuff happens in both of these chapters, so be prepared!

Now, I know that I said I wasn’t planning on writing You Irritate Me for quite awhile, but an opportunity to start it has presented itself. Over at the JSOR boards, I brought up how everyone seemed to be in somewhat of a winter writing slump, and one of the users suggested something called “Fix the Winter Slump!” where those of us who are participating are giving each other private feedback on the story we’ve chosen to work on. I could have kept this story quiet until this little challenge was over, but decided to post what I’m working on as a sort of preview. Based on the feedback I get, I might be doing some rewriting, but please go take a look at it. I’m not planning on changing the plot, so let me know what you think of what’s up so far. I had an absolute BLAST making the new layout for it (with a little help from Brittney lol) and I’m really excited to write this story.

Thank you so much to Brittney for signing the guestbook after the last update!

-Nat

Well, I’m finally back with an update! I’d really wanted to give you guys a new chapter of both Revelations and Fine, Fine Line, but only have one of Revelations ready to go. But, Chapter 11 is up, so please go check it out! It’s a long one and I really apologize for the long wait, Revelations readers!

I’m trying to get Revelations wrapped up because I can’t WAIT to start working on You Irritate Me regularly. I keep getting ideas for it and I’m so excited, but no chapters of that will be posted until after Revelations is finished. I have too many irons in the fire already! There’s a new story on the “Coming Soon” page called Starter in case you’re curious about a story I’ll probably write this spring or summer.

I have to say an enormous thank-you to everyone who voted for my stories at the Fool’s Banquet Awards! I won six in total and I’m so excited about it! Here’s how it all wound up:

Winner
Bad Solution (Best Plot Twist)- Damn It
Take My Time (Best Opening Scene)- Revelations
Devil’s Nachos (Best Line/Quote)- Revelations, Chapter 9

Runner-Up
My Favorite Shoes (Best Hanson Brother)- Zac in Damn It
People Want to Be Us (Best Couple)- Zac & Esme in Damn It
One More Day (Best Sequel)- Fine, Fine Line

I was so happy to see that several of my stories won awards. I’m really thankful to those of you who voted for me! I promise to keep writing in return!

Thanks to Katie, Mrs. Zac Hanson (::cough::Becca::cough::), Becky, and Tracy for signing the guestbook!

-Nat

Soooo! I wrote a continuation of Damn It for Becca’s 25 Days Of Christmas!! And, it’s my day for posting, so it’s up now! Go check that out! You’ll get a little glimpse into Zac and Esme’s future. Please check it out if you were a fan of the story. I hope it will sate you all since I’m not writing a sequel lol.

I also just posted Chapter 10 of Revelations, so if you’re following that story, please go check that out! Chapter 11 of Where I Belong was posted on Saturday as well.

I’m hoping to have an update of Fine, Fine Line for next week, so look forward to that! I want to get back into this story so badly and I can’t wait to start writing Cam again. I’ve missed her.

In some super exciting news, my stories have gotten a bunch of nominations at Brittney’s Fool’s Banquet Awards! Thanks so much to whoever nominated me! Nominations are still going on for about another week or so, so go see if your favorite stories from this year have been nominated and if they haven’t, fill out a nomination form and make sure they get on the ballot! There are some wonderful stories nominated already, so go take a peek.

Thanks so much to Brittney, Hayley, Cindy, Amber, and Diana for signing the guestbook!

-Nat

I didn’t win NaNo. But, I did get halfway there, which, considering the fact that I lost almost two weeks of writing time due to holiday and work obligations, I’m not too horribly disappointed with myself. I got halfway done with the word count and halfway done with the story. So yes, Chapter 9 of Revelations is now posted. It’s a long chapter, but something pretty important happens in it, so please let me know what you think!

I know that some people probably have a problem with this story based on its content, and I understand that. But if you’d just give it a chance, I think you’ll see that it’s not a slash story. I’m trying my very hardest to make it much more than that, and to make it as funny as possible. Because let’s be honest… I love writing comedies. I guess I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who’s been giving this story a chance during NaNo and I hope that you’ll keep up with it now that updates of it might not be so frequent.

Well, now that NaNo is officially over, I’m going to keep working on Revelations but will also start working on Fine, Fine Line again. In celebration of that fact, I made a few layout for FFL and put it up, so go check that out. No promises as to when the next chapter of that will be posted, but hopefully soon!

Thanks so much to Brittney for signing the guestbook!

-Nat

Well, Chapter 8 of Revelations is now up! I wish I could say that I’ve made a ton of progress on the story in the last few days, but I went home for Thanksgiving and honestly didn’t write a word. So, I’ll be busting my ass as much as possible for the next several days trying to get it finished. But anyways, this chapter is more lighthearted than the last, so I think you’ll all enjoy it.

Becca posted Chapter 10 of Where I Belong on Saturday. Something very crucial happens in this chapter, so be sure to go check it out and to let us know what you think.

Thanks so much to Brittney and Becca for signing the guestbook!

-Nat