Slams Head to Desk: Frustrations of a Writer

I posted two chapters recently, as I'm sure any readers of the blog have seen.

First, I posted Part Twenty Two of The Properties of a Rose, and it has only two reviews. And I've gotten a lot less reviews from my usual reviewers than I normally do, even though I'm updating more regularly/frequently lately.

Then I posted Chapter Seven of Closer to Heaven Above, and I've not gotten a single review for it. I just don't understand. I don't understand not having at least a few reviews. I know that Percy/anyone isn't exactly a big pairing in fanficiton, but I would like to know how I'm doing from those who do enjoy Percy/Audrey.

It's frustrating because I have no idea how I'm doing if no one tells me. Besides, it really dampens my spirits. Luckily I'm a little bit ahead in both stories (at least a chapter ahead in writing each), but I don't feel motivated to edit those chapters with the little responses I'm getting. :( I just want to know what people think, that's all. :/

Do you think maybe I posted at a bad time? Is there an effective time to post? A time that that maybe helps us get more reviews?

Ugh.

Yours & Frustrated,
Kate/RP

Update: Ch 8 is Posted!

Chapter 8 of Closer to Heaven Above (Percy/Audrey) is now posted! Please take a few to read and review--I'd love your feedback!

Thanks,
Kate/RP

Posted: Part Twenty Two

Part 22 of The Properties of a Rose is now posted! Please check it out and let me know what you think! :)

Thanks,
Kate/RP <3

Writing Up A Storm!

Well, I've just been writing up a storm lately! :)

I'm proud to say that I just wrote what I think, after editing, will be a very good oneshot. It's Sev/Lily, though it's angst more than romance, and one-sided romance at that. Anyway, it's kind of a songfic, though really the song is only used to tie the end to the beginning.

As soon as the queue is reopened, I will try to update a current WIP, and then post this darling little oneshot! :)

Yay!

Progress, How I Love Thee!

I definitely wrote a full chapter today, just for the heck of it. The Properties of a Rose, Part 24 is re-written from the load of dung I wrote before, and it is now so so so much better! :) I can't wait to post it for you all; I feel like it has really accomplished some of my goals and is setting up room for the others to be accomplished in the future.

Yay for progress! :)

Anywho, just wanted to update you all on my progress with the fic, as I am rather proud to have some chapters ready to post as soon as the staffers are back from their much deserved holiday!

Thanks, and please check back soon for news of an update!

xox,
Kate/RP

PropOfRose Update--Where I am in Writing

Hello, readers of The Properties of a Rose!

While the HPFF queue is closed (and trusted authors are not permitted to post either), I decided that I would write to my hearts' content. I got all the way to Part 27, and I was so excited to have written so much. And then I realised something: It was all crap. Utter crap.

For some reason, I had taken the story in a new and totally different direction than I had planned, making an already "bad" character into an "evil" character--which was not at all what I had intended. I'm very sorry to say that Parts 24-27 were not at all what I really wanted for this story. They have been cut, and I'm starting fresh from the end of Part 23, using only the parts of the following chapters that keep with my original intentions.

In some ways, I am incredibly mad at myself for getting carried away with a plot that I didn't really think through. I knew it was making this story much darker than I want, and yet I wrote it anyway. But then again, I feel like I learned a bit about what I want my limitations to be for each character, you know? Like I don't want Hugo to lose his absurdities, as that's what makes him so endearing to both myself as writer and Rose as his sister. And I don't want Rose to lose site of her spunkiness, even as she finds a softer, sweeter side of herself with Scorpius. And more than anything, I want to expand Albus to make him understanding and more mature, yet still goofy and over-caring for the people he loves (IE his cousins and sister). And Louis will never, ever lose his goofy t-shirts. ;)

Anyway, I'm still ahead of the game, and I've still got time to get further ahead in the remaining days that the queue is closed. I just wanted you all to know and understand what I've been going through--this fiction will not divert from the style it was originally; I enjoy writing it too much to change it drastically.

I also want to thank you guys and gals so so so much for sticking by me with this fic! I really really appriciate all of the reads (over 33,000!) and reviews (278!) that you've given me--all of the support and patience you have shown. If it weren't for many of you and your dedication, I probably would have quit writing this fic long ago. Thank you for encouraging me to go on. :)

You readers rock!

Thanks, and please check in for updates after the queue reopens!

--Kate/RP <3

An Unwrapped Gift to Readers

Well, I've been working on and thinking through the next bit of The Properties of a Rose, and I'm now editing Part Twenty Two. Because I feel so blessed to have such loyal readers and reviewers, I thought I'd give you all a bit of a gift... *drum roll please*... A bit of insight into what happens in this next update!

Part Twenty Two includes:
--a fuzzy pink diary
--the quote, spoken by Rosie: "You’re acting like a stupid tart"
--some good, cousinly advice
--a little insight into Hermione's accomplishments in her adult life (from my POV anyway)

I hope this gets you excited for the chapter to be posted!

Thanks so much,
Kate/RP <3