Caged Bird -- Pt. 2

As stated in my previous post, "Caged Bird" is one continuous story. Part 2 picks up immediately where Part 1 left off. Comments and feedback are very much welcome.
As always, this is a work of fiction. Any similarity to people, events, and places are entirely coincidental.
Enjoy!

Caged Bird, Pt. 2

Long Time No See

...and that whole chestnut.

Sorry about my being M.I.A., guys. New job has me pooped M-F and weekends have been reserved for outside activities, meaning I haven't been on the computer in, like, weeks. Yikes! Anyway, I've been getting emails the past few weeks...okay, okay MONTHS, asking me what in the hell happened to so and so, and what about those chapters you promised to post?

Well, good things come to those who wait. I've FINALLY got my shizz together enough to post the first chapter of my new story, which I've re-titled "Caged Bird" for reasons you guys will probably pick up on throughout the story.

A bit of info before we begin: "Caged Bird" is intended to be one story, but I thought perhaps because of the length of it, I should break it down for easier reading and whatnot. I'll probably post it to Literotica in one go eventually, but I wouldn't hold your breath. Another tidbit of info: one of the protagonists is named CAYDE. Her name is pronounced "CAY-dee", not "CADE". Just an FYI. Finally, the story is not fully edited, so if there are inconsistencies, feel free to make a comment below the post and let me know. If you do this, please refer to the EXACT LINE if you can, because counting paragraphs etc., is a tedious chore for someone with as little patience as me. =)

As always, this is a work of fiction, similar characters, places or situations are completely coincidental.
Copyrighted by LilithArchivist.

Caged Bird

Updatey things

So, remember me saying that I would have "CTS" posted to Literotica on 17 Aug?

Yeeeeeaaa...well, thanks to my boss who is faintly reminiscent to this guy:

...that's not going to happen.

Also, my editor that I normally use is by and large unavailable for the immediate future, meaning I don't have a spare set of eyes to look over my work before I can post to Lit and being the wishy-washy kind of gal I am, I need a second opinion before I can post.

So, I have an ultimatum happenin' here.

I'm going to find a new editor and have CTS posted by NEXT Friday, the 24th of August, but if that DOESN'T happen, I'm going to post CTS in weekly increments to this blog for all you lovely people to read. I'll have more details soon, so check back either here or my Twitter account (@LilithArchivist) for up-to-date deets.

Sorry for the delay guys,
L.A.

Where in the world is Lilith Archivist?

Just a quick update for any of you who are interested:

• I've just recently finished a standalone story and submitted it to my editor for future pub on Literotica. It's *tentatively* titled "Chasing the Sun" and barring any other unforeseen circumstances, it should be up in a week or less. I'll tweet the info as soon as I have it.
• Next in queue is Wonderland. I can't put this story off any longer and I really don't have any reason to. I have plans of pulling it after the final chapter goes up, possibly for publication, I don't know. I have so much more I want to add to it but I don't think everyone will be patient enough for me to complete it. Anywho, that's in the works.
• And finally, The Coffee Shop. Seriously, we have two chapters left guys. I can do this.

All other things I have planned for publication to Lit is under my "Coming Soon" tab. Most - if not all - of these stories are standalones. I'm putting off chapter-by-chapter stuff until I actually have a fully functioning story. I've seriously learned my lesson by being a pantser.

Catch ya on the flipside,

L.A.

The Pacific Garbage Patch

Every family has their talks over the dinner table, mine is no different. Our topics have ranged anywhere from local gossip to things we've heard or seen in the news. This week the Olympics have been the obvious conversation starter, the Chick-fil-a protest and its Appreciation Day were among others. But today at lunch, my sister brought up a topic that, embarrassingly, until today I had no idea existed:

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Aurora, You're In My Prayers

We've all heard the news by now. Newspapers and the online media have been perpetuating this event over and over again until there is no action that hasn't been placed under scrutiny. The photo of the red-haired, blank-faced shooter has been shown everyday on the news since it was taken. Interviews both by phone and on camera have been made available for anyone and everyone to watch. It's because of all these things that I've waited to post any of my thoughts or musings on the matter. But even with the delay in the post, I assure you, I still have just as many questions and just as much anger and shock as I did the moment I saw the events unfold on the news.

I was up at eight in the morning and I didn't leave my television until two in the afternoon. I watched Chief Oates' news conference (both of them, actually), I flipped back and forth between CNN and Fox News (CNN gets info faster, but the female host was absolutely awful so it was hard to watch for very long), desperate to know all the details on the survivors and the condition of the psychotic grad student who had caused all this evil.

I won't go back through the facts in this post or rehash my feelings on this terrible event - there isn't a reason to and in all honesty, my feelings don't really matter at this point. What does matter is that the city of Aurora and the families devastated by this tragedy overcome this and that they remain in our thoughts and prayers.  I have no doubt that this community will come together and grow stronger as time passes, but support from all across this great nation - and the world for that matter - will only help the healing more so.

God bless,
L.A.

To All My Lovelies

Sorry for the blog/posting/updating neglect, but life’s been a beetch.

* Doggie had a stroke. (She's recovered now, but loss of bladder control, endless pacing, and a million other little things have convinced me that "recovered" is another way of saying "not dead yet.")

* My cousin had a baby. (I have babysat said baby and I am now certain I will NEVER have babies.)

* I moved my sister. (TWICE. And from one end of the state to the other. In case you haven't looked at a map of Texas lately, that's a whole lot of state to cover!)

* I lost my job. (I have a new one, thankfully, but the pay is shit, pardon my language.)

* I moved back in with my parents. [(See above.)Enough said on that one, I believe.]

So, as you see, life has been busy and oh so very stressful. The good news is that I’ve written the outline for both of my stories. Aaaaand I may or may not have started another that’s waiting in my editor's inbox for her perusal. ;)

Once I have the all-clear to post a sneaky-peeky, I will.

Stay tuned!
-Lily