So it turns out that as much as my head is telling me that I should make a clean break, my heart is having a tougher time of it. Especially after all the amazing, generous words you've all sent my way. To say thank you isn't enough to let you know how much your messages have meant to me.

There have been a few questions from folks that I should answer... I was planning on nuking my web site, but since a few of you have asked that I keep it, I found a free web host that will let me use my own URL so the site can live on with all existing links intact. You just have to put up with a crazy ad banner at the top, but it doesn't seem too bad. The site remains at www.xhaleslowly.com/qaf.

I'll be keeping my LJ indefinitely, though will move to the free version when my paid subscription expires next year. I'm also thinking about archiving all my old fics pre-LJ on here, if I get time to do so, in case the free web host turns out to be a bust. I'll be checking in here every once in a while, and who knows, might be compelled to post some old WIPs or something one of these days ;)

And my old email address is now defunct, but I've set up a freebie at xhaleslowly@ymail.com. I'll be checking that periodically as well.

So that's that for now. And just another THANK YOU to all of you. It's the love and support that I've always felt from this community that kept me writing for as long as I did.

xoxo

So, I'm done. I knew it would happen eventually, and it took a major computer crash last year to make me realize that my days of fan fic writing and QAF obsession are over.

I was tempted to just close up shop, shut down my site and call it a day, but I wouldn't feel right leaving without at least saying goodbye and most importantly, saying thank you to whoever is still out there listening.

There have been so many of you that have come and gone over the last seven years, and I hope you know how much I've appreciated your encouragement, inspiration, support, and friendship. Thank you to all of you for being a part of this chapter of my life - I've had the best time and loved every moment of it. I feel as though I've grown as a writer and as a person for having had this experience.

I wish each and every one of you the very best in the future. I urge you all to follow your dreams, to have faith in yourselves, and to embrace love and happiness in your lives.

I have a little something to leave you with. It's not my best, and I'm sad to say it's not parts 7 - 10 of FoMD, which will forever remain unfinished. It's just a fic I wrote after the finale and always thought it would somehow be appropriate to have as my last story. And so here it is.

( Leaving You )

Before I get into the fic, I'd like to send a very belated thank you to all the folks that sent me love at the QAF love meme a few weeks back. I'm sometimes out of the loop on these things, so apologies for the late response, but I want you guys to know how much it means to me and how much I truly appreciated it. It's that kind of generosity of words that makes me feel lucky to be part of this little online world :) Kudos to ohfreckle for initiating it!

So, okay... on to the fic! Enough with the sneak peeks, here's the real thing :)

In the spirit of the love meme, I'd like to dedicate this fic to everyone that's stuck with me and is still out there reading. And of course many special thanks to Gio for being the awesome artist that she is and for making me this super hot icon :X

( First Time for Everything - Part 6 )

Hey gang... just dropping a note to say hello and let those that are still reading the series know that yes, I *am* still writing and hope to have a new chapter out soon. The wonderfully amazing paddies has done her part and made me a gorgeous icon for the fic, so all that's left is for me to get writing.

Anyway, thought I should reactivate this thing and let people know that I'm still around! It's been a while, I know. But many thanks for your patience, everyone :)

( very tiny sneak peek under the cut )

Happy Spring! The sun is shining and the weather is warming up and the days are getting longer. Perfect excuse for more porny stories :)

Much love to paddies for the new icon (especially since I know you've been very very busy!!!). And many thanks to everyone that's offered their feedback and encouragement. Hope you guys are continuing to enjoy the series!

( First Time for Everything - Part 5 )

Many thanks to all of you that nudged and prodded and asked nicely for this to be done - it worked! lol! And special thanks, of course, to paddies, for your inspiration, your icon and your patience :X

In the spirit of Valentine's day, I bring you porn!

( First Time for Everything - Part 4 )

Have a Happy Valentine's Day tommorow, everyone :)

Been away for most of the month, but I just got back into town and wanted to drop by to say hello and wish everyone happy new year :)

Being the end of the year and all, I also wanted to take this chance to thank you readers out there that have been offering up your support and feedback for my stories. I value your comments and encouragement tremendously. I've said it a million times, but I'll say it a million more: you guys are the best :X :X :X

The rest of the FoMD series will be along in the coming weeks, but until then, have yourselves a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Bring on 2007!!!!

Hey guys... well, I really meant to have this out way earlier, but I hit a block and just had to put it down for a little bit. But I think it's all done now :)

As always, many thanks and hugs to paddies for the inspiration and gorgeous icon :X

Hope you enjoy!

( First Time for Everything: Part 3 )

First off, I'd like to thank everyone so much for all the encouragement for the new series :) You guys are all so awesome and I can't thank you enough for the feedback. It totally keeps me going.

Also, big hugs to the amazing paddies who not only provided the inspiration for this series, but has also very generously made customized icons for each fic, including the first one, which I've now updated with the new icon. Nice, hunh?? Thanks again darlin' :X :X :X

And now on to part two!

( First Time for Everything: Part 2 )

Well, I never thought I'd be saying this again, but I'm writing a new series :) Inspired by and dedicated to the wonderful paddies, I'm taking a crack at writing "the fic of her dreams" (yes, all 10!). Read her original request or just go right on into the fic!

Hope you enjoy it :)

( First Time for Everything - Part 1 )

Well... I guess I don't really have any excuse as to why this took so friggin' long except to say I've been having an awesome summer :P

However, I did manage to pull together a fic - just a bit of Gale/Randy RPS that's dedicated to all the amazing folks that have shared their reviews and stories and photos from this summer's Randy-fest. I wish I coulda been there, but reading about it has been the next best thing :) Thanks to everyone!

This is a follow up to my previous Gale/Randy pieces, the last of which can be found here. It takes place during the "Amadeus" run and is called:

( No Words to Say )

Fuck, writer's block sucks. But I *think* it's over now. Well, I wrote something, and I kind of feel better, so hopefully it's over :D Comments and feedback are always, always appreciated :X

( All He Knows )

Well, somebody poked me so I thought I should update this thing to let folks know that yeah, I'm still around and yeah, I'm still writing. To be honest, not so much with the writing part lately, but I'm pretty sure that's gonna change soon. For anyone that's still out there and still interested, I'm hoping to have an update next week :)

Hope all is well with everyone - I'll be trying to catch up on what I missed and replying to emails asap.

:X

Still working through my unfinished fics post from December! Got one more done... this one was the "Untitled 110 Gapfiller", but now it's got a name :) It's kind of in a different style, I guess... well, I'll let you guys be the judge of it! Hope you enjoy - it's called:

( Taken )

Geez, somehow time just seemed to get away from me this month, I'm really not sure what happened :P But I did want to let you guys know I'm still around and writing, and so managed to finish up this silly little fic that had been kicking around my head for awhile.

It's little and pointless and dedicated to everyone that's been sick these last weeks :)

( Sick )

First off, a huge *thank you* to the anonymous sweetheart that gave me a Valentine's rose last week! That was very nice to get :X :X

So, in the Valentine's-ish spirit (yes, I know I'm like over a week late, but it's still February, okay? That kind of counts :P), I have schmoopy fic! Just a little post-513 thing :)

( It's Only Time )

Okay, yet another completed fic from my unfinished fics post a while back! This is a second entry to that little sex scenes series that I tried to start up eons ago - fics with no plot, no story, just fucking :P

See awesome paddies icon above for a visual ;)

( Sex Scenes: Breathe )

Jesus, time flies :| When I went to find the link for the last RPS I wrote, I realized it was pretty much a *year* ago that I last wrote one. So I suppose this one was due :P

From my "unfinished fics post" a month ago, here's that RPS fic I was working on - it's a continuation of the last one. To refresh, here are the links to the previous parts:

Chapter. 1: Not Acting Anymore
Chapter. 2: Days After

And here's the latest chapter:

( Still Here )

Hello, hello, hello. Well, *that* took longer than I expected! But I finally made it back with finished fic :)

This one is for the lovely susanderavish because she asked so nicely :P And also for the very talented raelala, cuz it was this icon she made (see over there <---where the icon goes) that started me writing this fic ;)

It's just a porny little bit of fun:

( Fic Title: Members Only )

Hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and holiday celebration! More fics coming soon :P

ETA: Apparently I succeeded in confusing more than just a couple of you with the title of the fic! lol! It's open for anyone to read - the fic is called "Members Only"... you don't have to be a member of anything to read it - just click the link :)

Hey guys... just wanted to say hello and let folks know I haven't disappeared again :P I really wish I had fic to offer up, but fuck, I'm having the wierdest kind of writer's block where I *want* to write, and I really feel like I *need* to write, but I just can't focus on one story or finish anything.

But I'm not giving up and I honestly do have tons of fics on the go - I've just been having some RL stuff that's keeping my mind occupied, I guess.

Anyway, I thought I'd post a couple of teasers just to, I don't know, do *something*. Hopefully throwing this stuff out there will help spur me into finishing at least one - or maybe all of them - soon :)

( Still Here )
( Sex Scenes: Breathe )
( Infinity )
( Harder I Push, The Further I Fall )
( Untitled fic based on pic )
( Five times Brian Kinney Nearly Died )
( Untitled 110 Gapfiller )

'Kay, hope you guys are all good and having good Christmas-y and holiday celebrations and I really hope I'll be back again soon with a fic update :X