I'm back!

First of all; big apologies to all the readers for the decade+ long hiatus. Life happened and I just didn't have the time, energy or inspiration to keep up with the blog and I stopped writing devotee fiction. 

I'm not making any promises about the future of the stories that are already published here.

I'm not in touch with the guest authors anymore, I did reach out to them both when I decided to rejuvenate the blog, but I haven't heard back from them. I probably won't.

As for my own stories; at the moment I'm not really inspired to continue writing any of them. But that may change, who knows? Or maybe I'll do re-writes? 

For now I'm working on a re-write of the last story I published on the Paradevo's Devotee Stories Blog; "The Outsiders". I had so much fun writing that story. Writing in 1st person and present tense was fun, I love the characters (especially Jonas, he's yummmmyyy) and I've finally found the inspiration to keep writing it. So that's what I'll be posting going forward. I'll start with re-written versions of the first 13 chapters (not making major changes to the storyline) and when that's done I'll start adding new chapters. 

I'm not making any promises about posting frequency, but I hope to publish at least once a week. Empasis on hope.

Anyway, I hope there are still some readers left, so please leave a comment if you're still here. 

First chapter of "The Outsiders 2.0" will be up in the near future. For now; here's an AI illustration of Sigrid and Jonas out on a walk at the waterfront in Oslo.

Image credit: ChatGPT

See you soon for chapter 1 of this story!😊

"It's a wrap!" - chapter 10

WEEK TWENTYTWO

I’m at the airport in Toronto. We’ve wrapped the first episode of season five and I’m on my way to LA. I can’t wait to see Meg and the kids again. I miss them a lot and I’m impatient to get home. To be honest I’m a way less enthusiastic about our new scheduling now than I was when I agreed to it.  Two weeks is a long time to be separated from my family, but at least I’ve got a whole week at home with them to look forward to.

Hi from Mille! :)

It's been a long time since I regularly updated this blog and I'm so sorry for that.  There are several reasons for the lack of updates, the main one is that I've had a tough time personally and I've had a lot to deal with over the few months.  I just haven't had the energy to write and keep up the blog. Thankfully things are looking up and I've got inspiration to write again. 

I've got ideas for both "Jenna & Luke 2.0" and "The Outsiders" and rough drafts of new chapters for those stories are in the works. I've also got a few ideas for "Finding Unexpected Love".

I've also in touch with Maddie and Cathy. They've both struggled with writers blocks and they've been busy with school and work, but they promise me there will be more material from them soon.  Maddie is working on chapter 10 of "It's a Wrap" and hopes to finish it by the end of the week.  Cathy has decided to totally re-write "Every Breath I Take" because she has discovered many medical inaccuracies as she has done further research on respiratory disabilities and being ventilator dependent. The first chapter should be ready for posting soon.

Thanks for you patience and I hope there still are people following the blog. :)

Jenna & Luke 2 .0 - Chapter 5

Just as Luke heard the front door open and close an unpleasant smell hit his nose. “Damn it,” he thought. “Could that bowel accident have come at a worse time?”  He was well aware that Harry wouldn’t be back until 10 pm, when his shift was scheduled to start, and with Kevin out of town he really only had no choice. He had to ask Jenna to change him, sitting in a messy diaper for over four hours wasn’t an option.  The smell was unpleasant and it was very bad for his already fragile skin. He let out a slow, calming breath as he heard Jenna’s footsteps approaching. A moment later she stepped in and immediately walked around the bed and kissed him on the lips.

“Hey babe,” she said with a smile when she pulled away. “How are you feeling?”

“Well, the headache is gone and generally I feel better than I did this morning. Won’t know for sure how the neck is until I’m back in my chair. It generally doesn’t bother me when I’m laying down.”

“Well, are you ready to get up?”

“Yep, but…” Luke’s voice trailed off with embarrassment and he felt a blush creeping up his neck and cheeks.”

“What?”

“I…eh…I had an accident and need my diaper changed. I hate to ask you to do this, but I don’t see another option right now. I’m sorry.” Luke averted his glance; he was too embarrassed to look Jenna in the eyes.

New chapter of "The Outsiders" posted on Paradevo!

Completely forgot to post the link here when I put the chapter up a couple of weeks ago.

Here's chapter 12 of "The Outsiders".

I really hope to have chapters for the stories on the blog soon. Maddie and Cathy are both working on updates for their stories and have promised to try to get them to me soon.  I've actually got ideas for both "The Store Manager" and "Jenna & Luke 2.0". Just have to find the time to write them down... Fortunately things are slowing down at work and I think I'll have more time to write in the coming weeks. #FingersCrossed as we say on Twitter. ;-)

"It's A Wrap!" - chapter 9

WEEK TWENTY

It’s Monday morning and although I should get my ass out of bed I just lay here, lost in thought. Meg got up a while ago and is downstairs in the kitchen feeding the kids breakfast and getting them ready for school. I should be helping her since I leave in a few days and will be away for two weeks.

"It's A Wrap!" - Chapter 8

Here's chapter 8 of "It's A Wrap!" Maddie apologizes for the two week wait for it and says she hopes to have the next one finished a bit quicker, but no promises as she is going away next week and probably won't have much time to write.

WEEK EIGHTEEN

“I can’t believe it’s just two weeks ‘till you go back to work,” Meg says as we’re getting ready for bed Wednesday evening.

“I know. Time’s flying by fast. In a way it feels like we wrapped season four yesterday, but at the same time it feels like it was a lifetime ago.”

“I know. It’s weird, isn’t it?” Meg says as she climbs into bed while I wheel around it and position my chair and get ready to transfer to bed.

Transfers have become second nature to me and it’s something I do without putting much thought into. I’m glad I was in great shape before my accident; it has made my recovery much easier than it would’ve been if I had to start from scratch with building upper body strength. It doesn’t take me long to get settled into bed and Meg curls up next to me and we pick up the conversation.