Totally Certifiable

Well. I have given it a lot of thought.

I don't want Crossing Timestreams to end. Yet. Because I love Lily so much and, honestly, there just isn't enough explained to end it anytime soon. So I'm gonna be doing this for a while longer yet.

Because...I'm turning it into a trilogy.

Yup. This story is ending soon and another one will begin. Because... well, because I want to make the Big Thing hurt even more. So I'm putting it off for what will probably, honestly, and realistically be another year. I'm going to take my time with it. I'm going to make it good. And I'm going to allow myself to write other things as well. Updates will probably stay around once a week or so, because I am adding another story soon with my best internet friend Writless (COMING SOON!), and I want to make sure I have time to breathe.

But I like this decision. I can delve into Season 5 and Lily's relationship with Amy and Rory. I can postpone the oncoming (SPOILER!) hurt that's about to happen. I can really evolve Lily's relationship with the Doctor.

And I have a super sweet idea for Season 5 that will make it fun for me to write as well.

So, as much as I really want to write the Big Thing now, it's going to wait. And the wait will make it that much more emotional.

Q&A Time!

So, I had an interesting question from a reviewer named Virginia I.

Question: How long did it take you to think of and plan this plot out? I've been trying to keep track of it in my head but ya'kno wibbly wobbly time stuff makes teh brain melt.


Initially? The plot took about a week of actual writing. And by writing, I mean choosing what episodes to use. I've made some notes along the way, but for the most part, I just follow the episodes and remember where I'm going.

But for the most part, the plot for Lily has been ongoing. I don't like outlines that are A-Z, because it stifles me and makes me feel like I've already written the story. I honestly didn't decide what was going on with Lily until "Stuck In Time" and REALLY didn't know everything about her until "Twilight." It's nice to discover her along with everyone else.

I knew a few things about her. I wanted her to be important, I wanted there to be something happening that will tie things together (anyone remember the disappearing Ood and Eterziel?), and I wanted to come up with a way to keep River, while still giving Lily and the Doctor a relationship.

Some other things that haven't happened yet came to me last week, actually. It made me squeal when I thought of it. Because I haven't made someone disappear in a while. So SPOILER someone's going to disappear before the end of "A Good Man Goes To Journey's End." And, at some point kinda soon, someone else is going to come back.

A Big Thing will be happening in the next couple episodes that will put a damper on things and twist everything completely around. It makes me sad to do it, but it has to be done. That's all I'm saying.

Anyway, I think that answers the question. Anyone else?

I think I like causing myself pain.

I say that, because I spent half of last night with a new story rolling around my head. A story involving a brand new OC with absolutely no ties to the "real world" or to anything in the past seasons.

This would be a tricky one. Completely original episodes. Twelve episodes long. Seeing the eyes through an OC who knows nothing about the universe.

I blame it on Pinterest.

Because it was on there, that I found this image:



And it made me think. And thinking is dangerous, that's for damn sure. And I started to see her. On a train... in the subway... with a sketchbook... sketching an interesting man she sees sitting just down the lane from her... then it's her stop... she's unknowingly following the man (really, they're just heading in the same direction)... and that's it. Nothing all that interesting.

Until that night. When she goes to sleep. And wakes up somewhere completely different.

I dunno... should I do it?

Almost done?

So, first off, I'm sick. I'm home with a wicked cough and a very very blahhhhhh feeling. But I managed to whip together an update, so go me. I've been working on that section for a few days, so it's nice to move on. Considering I can usually write a chapter in a night, that was a long time for me.

Secondly, I plan only (at most) two more sections of this section. Then there's some nice fluffy thing and an original episode and then things completely flip around in a "Holy shit! What the hell is this bitch doing?" kinda way and then... well, time to get down to business at ending this sucker.

Let's just say...mistakes are made. And we learn how River and Lily came together and what that means for the future. And, more immediately, what Lily does with the knowledge of River inside her and how it effects her in the past. It's all very complicated and I don't really have it completely sorted, so it's kinda like I'm on the journey with the reader.

But for now... Now I'm going back to bed.

Ch-ch-ch-CHANGES!

Well, a little change anyway. I'm making a change to the last chapter I posted. I decided I didn't like how I worded some things between Lily and Amy, so I'm going to fix it. Lily's slowly starting to become a bit Mary Sue for my taste, so I need to fix it. Keep an eye out!

EDIT: Never mind. No changes. I read it again and realized that it makes sense... silly me!!!