Note from Sian

I started writing in 2003 and have written over 30 stories. I started writing as a way of relaxing and riding myself of stress. I enjoyed it very much. I was blessed with my wonderful friends and beta's Fimbrethiel, Jodi, and Sydney.

My writing this year slacked off like never before. I had to force myself to sit down and produce and the pressure and stress became more than I can recall ever receiving from any job. That's when I knew it was time to call it quits.

When a hobby that you loved becomes a job you hate its time to move on.

After much thought and soul searching I have decided to stop writing. For now I am telling myself at least the rest of this year, being hopeful that the desire will return after a long vacation.

However, I could not leave my WIP's unfinished. I had never not finished a story and it left me with a bitter feeling at the thought of my current three not being completed.

Luckily, I have made some truly terrific friends in my fandom's and have found wonderful authors to adopt my unfinished stories. These authors are folks that I love to read and that I felt truly would make special any unfinished work I left behind. I wanted them to make the stories their own, run with their own ideas and plots. So I hope those that are reading The Mask, Always Been There, and Unlikely Haven, will embrace these new stories and let the authors know how much you are enjoying their work.

I want to thank everyone who read my work, it was a labor of fun and of love. And a very special thank you to Jodi, Fim, and Sydney for putting up with a writer who always needed a grammar lesson!

Unlikely Haven, The story set in Anitaverse has been adopted by one of my most favorite authors and people, Alex. Talk about a perfect fit! I know I will enjoy reading this one very much, boy can she deliver the steam! Thanks Alex, it meant a lot that you liked the story enough to give it a home and make it your own. Alex can be found at her LJ also: http://alexcat.livejournal.com/profile and she is the owner and amazing list mom of OEAM: http://www.ofelvesandmen.com/

Thanks again Alex (((HUGS)))

Finally, my last WIP, The Mask about Brian and Justin from QaF. I love this fandom and only write one complete story along with the unfinished Mask. But my wonderful and so talented beta SydneyAlexis has agreed to finish this story. Its a huge honor for me to have a writer of her quality adopt one of my stories. She will write a beautiful tale that I will want to reread again and again. Thanks Sydney, for everything.

Sydney can be found at her LJ also: http://sydneyalexis.livejournal.com/profile and once she finishes Healing <grins> which I can't wait for! Then she will be telling her tale of The Mask.

Thanks you to each other, it meant the world to me and eased the burden I felt at leaving things unfinished. I can't tell how much it means to me to have you agree to make those stories your own.

So I'll be around, but reading and commenting like any good fan!

August 17th 2006.