It’s been awhile since I wrote an update. Here’s what’s up in my fanfic conquest:

“A Second Destiny”—the fourth chapter is finally up. The final chapter is with the betas.

“Masters of Fate” (sequel to “Sound and Fury” )—can finally get my basically undivided attention. I’m two-thirds of the way through chapter 2.

Unnamed Prowl/Jazz fic—keeps undergoing plot changes and title changes. I’ve started and stopped about 5 of them. I might have finally landed on a plot I find workable. (I swear the PxJ Oct. challenge was a relief. I had to fit a plot to prompts… it was a relief. I half considered asking you guys to generate more prompts for me just so I could continue writing. I’m hoping they’ll do a X-Mas one now.)

Prowl/Sides, Ratchet/Sides, Ratchet/Twins, and Jazz/Mirage—Okay. Unless I write 3 one-shots, this isn’t going to work. I’m pondering writing Prowl/Sides, Ratchet/Sunny, and Jazz/Mirage all in one story. I have a vague idea of what I could do, but I’m waiting to see if my muse will grab it and run with it. You see, this all has to do with the massive monster story that’s always mutating in my imagination but can probably never be written out. *sighs* I swear it’s colossal and always shifting and changing. Heh, when you walk 2-4 miles on a treadmill staring at a wall every day, you have to do something. (I can’t exercise outside because of my ridiculously bad allergies.)

“Firsts”—I have 6 mini-stories left after I finish off the Red/Inferno one: Wheeljack/Blurr, Ratchet/Ironhide, Optimus/Hot Rod, Ironhide/Chromia, Ultra Magnus/Rodimus, and Starscream/Prowl. All of them are requests. (To be specific, the last one was Starscream/Autobot, and I chose Prowl for a tactical reason . . . no pun intended.)

“Facing Unicron” (working title)—This puppy is a monster. I at least have to finish “Masters of Fate” before I even consider writing it. I already have a rough draft of an outline for a plot, though. It will pull together all the stories of my non-AU universe: “Sound and Fury,” “Masters of Fate,” “Magic and Loss,” “Healing of the Heart,” and several “Firsts.” All the featured couples of the stories will be main characters in a retelling/reshaping/rewriting of TFTM 1986 in which things go very, very differently. Gah. I hope I can get to it, but I’m afraid of making promises anymore.

Drift/Percy—I would like to write another one shot for these two, actually. Don’t have any ideas at the moment, however.

For the record, my Autobot OTP is Prowl/Jazz (or Jazz/Prowl… whatever), and my Decepticon OTP is Megascream. If I’m short on time, you can always expect me to give precedence to those two pairings. That being said, I like playing with pairings, as I’m sure is obvious from my “Firsts” series. I’ll even pair Prowl and Jazz with others for the fun of it, so I’d never turn down an idea just because the pairing is unique. I just tend to lean toward what I’d loosely call my OTPs. I don’t consider any pairing “too overdone” or “too weird” (as long as I can find something logical or workable about it). I understand those that stick with their OTP as long as they don’t try to dictate to me about what can or can’t be accomplished in fanfic, and I understand those who prefer unusual pairings because they like fresh/unique/new things. Again, I would only get irritated if someone complained that I also write standard pairings. Fanfic is, by its very nature, the act of making something new, different, extended, revised, or reimagined out of something that already exists.

Anyway, my time is limited this month, so I’m not sure how much I’ll be able to write. We’ll see. My “trick” is that I can write/type 2000 words an hour if properly inspired, so I can whip out a “Firsts” or half a chapter in 60 minutes if my muse is turned on. My “ prolific” nature has much more to do with speed than excessive free time, and if my muse is not cooperating . . .

And that’s all the updates I have for now.