I know I’ve been MIA for most of the month, but you didn’t think I would forget my website’s twenty-fourth anniversary, did you?  Of course not!  On April 29, 2000, I created the Geocities site that I christened “Dreamer’s Sanctuary.”  I had only been writing fanfic for a few months and never really imagined it would amount to much of anything.  But, twenty-four years later, I’m still writing, and Dreamer’s Sanctuary is still going strong!  Whether you’ve been here since the beginning or have only recently discovered this site, I thank you for sticking with me, for rea ..read more

It’s been a productive start to spring break for me, and I’m already back with a brand new story! Remember that one-shot I mentioned in my last update post?  Well, it was inspired by my recent struggles to write sex scenes that are actually somewhat sexy and not completely cringe-worthy.  I’ve always enjoyed challenging myself to write in new genres, so I decided to try my hand at writing the kind of PWP (porn without a plot) smut that is popular on AO3.  If you enjoy Brian/Nick as a slash pairing, are not opposed to reading explicit sexual content, and are old enough to read it ..read more

Sorry for the delay in updates!  March has been a busy month for me, so my writing has slowed down a bit.  But that’s not the real reason I haven’t updated The World Will Be Waiting in four weeks.  Truth be told, I finished Chapter 55 a few weeks ago and have just been sitting on it, avoiding rereading it because of how cringy the second half of it felt when I wrote it.  It hasn’t changed much since then, so now seems like the perfect time to remind you that I am not a smut writer.  The sex scenes I do write serve a purpose, and that purpose is usually not to be sexy b ..read more

Happy March!  I don’t know if the weather’s been extreme where you live, but Mother Nature was having some kind of bipolar episode here in the Midwest this week!  At one point, we literally went from 77 to 17 degrees in the span of about twelve hours.  Crazy!  But that lovely taste of spring has me hoping the worst of winter is behind us. It’s still winter in The World Will Be Waiting, which has been updated with Chapter 54!  This is the chapter I was writing two weeks ago when I posted the poll about my two female original characters.  Thank you to everyone who t ..read more

Man, I was so proud of myself back in December when I was writing chapters that also took place in December.  It felt almost like I was writing in real time, even though my story takes place eleven years ago.  I thought for sure that I would have some Christmas chapters ready to post in time for Christmas, which would have been perfect!  Unfortunately, Chapter 51 turned out to be over ten thousand words long, and Chapter 52 (which was technically the first of said Christmas chapters) unfortunately coincided with my latest Sims 4 phase and took me a month to finish.  That is ..read more

I purposely waited until after midnight to post this update so it would fall on Nick’s birthday.  I figured, if I’m going to take a whole month to finish a chapter, I might as well wait for a Backstreet Boy’s birthday to post it on. Happy birthday, Nick! And yes, you heard right: Chapter 52 of The World Will Be Waiting is finally finished and posted for your reading pleasure!  Sorry it took me so long.  To be honest, it was not the most exciting chapter to write, and between that and the Sims building spree I’ve been on, I didn’t spend as much time working on it each day as I co ..read more

I’ll preface this post by saying upfront that I have no story update for you today.  Sorry!  The next chapter of TWWBW is started but far from being finished.  Before I get into why, I wanted to wish everyone a happy new year!  Whether I have a new chapter to post or not, I enjoy updating around New Year’s so I can reflect on the past year and update the date at the bottom of the page to reflect the new year.  Cheers to 2024! 2023 was a year of ups and downs for me and most people I know, so I was not sad to say goodbye to it.  I certainly hope our Boys have a bet ..read more

Sorry updates have been so scarce this month!  The holiday season is always a busy time of year, but along with the usual decorating, shopping, wrapping, baking, and celebrating, I’ve been busy writing the world’s longest chapter!  Well, maybe not the world’s longest, but certainly my longest chapter ever!  Seriously, Chapter 51 of The World Will Know Your Name is over 10,000 words long, which is a new record for me, surpassing the previous record I set sixteen years ago with Chapter 193 of By My Side, which was over 9,000 words.  (Yeah, I have a plugin that calculates this ..read more

Happy December!  I’m back with Chapter 50 of The World Will Be Waiting!  I don’t really know what to say about this chapter because it’s kind of all over the place.  If you’re like me, the first scene might make you cringe, the last scene might make you cry, and the middle might make you smile.  I hope that it does and that I haven’t bored you all to death with this story!  I always appreciate hearing from those of you who are still alive and reading. I guess I’m on the every-other-weekend updating plan for now since the holiday season is always so busy, and I haven’t ..read more

Today marks Day 666 () of my writing streak, and I’m back with Chapter 49 of The World Will Be Waiting!  I had this chapter finished last weekend but decided to hang onto it for an extra week in case I wanted to do more editing before I posted it.  It didn’t quite turn out the way I planned – I went into it thinking it was going to include a sex scene, but I ended up writing a little more conversation and a little less action.  Elvis would not approve, but I doubt any of you read my stories for the smut, so hopefully that’s not too disappointing to you.  I actually hate wri ..read more