Breathing Ch. 05

The picture above corresponds with the chapter.  As all of you know the story Breathing is a bit of a change from what I'm used to writing.  It's dark and daring.  It's sad and emotional.  It's...not what I usually write.  And for that reason alone it can be a bit draining.  

The character Sonya is a small part of me that I never let anyone see before.  She's scared and alone.  Loved and yet afraid to love back.  And in the last chapter you see her open up a little bit and let a little of the pain drift away.

Well this chapter will be just as draining for some as the last, but I promise that the sun is about to start peeking through the clouds after this.  

So without further hesitation I give you Breathing.

Hello, I'm Back Again.

I can just see the rolling eyes in my head right now.  "Of course you're back..again.  But for how long?"  

And I can completely understand why you would think that.  I come and then I go....I come back and then I leave again.  I'm the definition of spastic when it comes to posting.  And the only thing I can tell you is..life happened.  But that's not an excuse either.  I can still post even if it's not a giant post.  At least to let you know that I'm still alive and that I have not forgotten about all of you.  Well the ones of you who have stayed with me this long.  

Did I mention how awesome I think you guys are?  I didn't?  

Well you all flippin' rock! 

To catch all of you up here is what has been happening with me for the past year and a half.  

I discharged from the Army in November of 2012 for good this time.  And while I had a lot of amazing experiences with the military I found that I was needed at home with my children.  And so I finished out my contract and moved to good ole Texas.  

For about 6 months I looked for a job and gathered paperwork for school and then finally I started school in June of last year, 2013.  I've been in classes ever since.  My main goal has been to finish school for this past year and so I've taken classes during the Summer, Fall, and now the Spring semester will be finishing up soon.  Yay to that.  

But....

I start classes again in the Summer.  Talk about exhausting right.  But lately I've been feeling this urge to write and share my thoughts and then finally it clicked.  "I have a blogger account.  Why don't I just post here?"  And ta-da!  Here I am.

Just the other day I started working on Chapter 5 of Breathing.  A lot of people have emailed me inquiring when I would be finished and of course I felt horrible because to me it had only been a few months since I submitted.  However, when I checked I saw that it had been well over a year.  

A freaking year?!!

Where does the time go?  

Well no more!  

I won't promise to have stories up every week or even every month, but I will try my best to post something here to let you all know what to expect.  And if all goes well I will have a new update for Breathing by the weekend.  I want to make it a longer chapter to compensate for all the time I've had between each post.

So on that note...um...hi.  lol.

And I will see you back here again this week.  

Thanks again to all of my followers.  You are the reason I want to finish my stories.  What started off being voices of imaginary people in my head has turned into real people living life on paper.  And I never imagined anyone would actually want to read it.

So...thanks.

-OnlineStalker

Update!

Hi my Stalkees,

Or the ones who haven't abandoned me lol.  I know that I vowed to post more often and I really mean it.  But then as always life came up and smacked me in the face.  Apparently she didn't like me very much.  I've spent the better part of winter trying to fix an financial error that would have had me paying back the military over $11,000 dollars. 

So from December until just last week, I have been on the phone every other day calling between two agencies to fix this discrepancy.  And of course they were quick to hold my last paycheck and tell me I owe them money, but when it came to fixing it all I kept getting was call back to your last place of employment.  Or we don't do that, they do.

Sigh

To say that this has been an exhausting past couple of months would be an understatement.  But now that it is all finished and I no longer have to worry about it, I can once again focus on my writing.  Which brings me to the next issue at hand.

Breathing

No not the act of breathing, but the story that I started.  I logged into my Literotica account and found that several of my followers on that site had written comments on how they were waiting for the next chapter.  How my characters had resonated with them and had struck a chord in them that for awhile I wasn't sure I could do.  But from the moment Sonya came to me, I knew this was a story that had to be written.  No matter how much pain fueled it.  The journey will be worth it in the end I'm sure.

The second is Beautiful Stranger

And so to all of you who are wondering I have not abandon ed this story either.  My goal is to have something done within the next two weeks that I can post for you all.  It's been such a drawn out project that I don't want to be one of those writers who starts a story and then just stops.

I can guarantee that I have not grown bored of it.  And as cliche as it continues to sound, life truly did put these stories at a standstill. 

So with that being said, I hope that the remaining followers who check in read this and see that I am slowly working on getting you the next chapters.  Just bear with me and feel free to comment, email, or ask any questions you need to. 

Thanks for all of your support

-TheOnlineStalker

Breathing Ch. 04

Finally!

After posting and reposting and trying to fix errors..here it is.  The next chapter of Breathing.  I hope you enjoy it.

Breathing Ch. 04 

Breathing Ch. 03

Hi my Stalkees,

Here is one of your double feature Saturday Short Stories.  Chapter 3 of Breathing!  I hope you enjoy and Beautiful Stranger will be up later. 

Breathing Ch. 03

Breathing Ch. 02

Hi my Stalkees!

I finally finished Chapter 2 for Breathing.  It was a difficult chapter to say the least.  There is a lot of emotion going through the main character.  And also the introduction of a new character who will be an important part of the story.  Keep an open mind when you are reading it.  And I hope to have the next chapter up quickly so that I can catch up and post weekly.  Thanks to everyone who takes the time to read my stories.  You are all amazing.

So without further delay.  I give you Breathing Ch. 02

Brand New Story - Breathing Ch. 01

Hello my stalkees,

I come to you bearing gifts.  This is a story that I started writing a year ago and finally got the inspiration to write it.  And since I took away Love Me Now, I thought it only fair to give you something to replace it.  I got the inspiration actually listening to Jason DeRulo's song Breathing.  The first chapter will end with a lot of unanswered questions and some of you may feel you know where this story is going.  But even I don't know that so just be patient with me.  

I have decided to call  this my Short Story Saturday's.  And so until this story is finished you will receive a chapter every week.  Feel free to flood my blog with comments. lol.  So to leave you with the words of Jason DeRulo:

I only miss you when I'm breathing 
I only need you when my heart is beating  
You are the color that I'm bleeding 
I only miss you when I'm breathing
 
This ain't no ordinary feeling  
You are the only thing that I believe in 
I know you're coming back to me 
and I will be waiting here for you til the end

Breathing Ch. 01