FF: Milestones (Sequel to Unexpected Consequences)

[Aradia785]

Hey,

I'm delurking just to say that Bzengo and the gong of Doom are kind of scaring me. I'm in Kansas, and well, that shockwave may hit me first so... yeah... whew... if you've got the time... could save countless lives, satisfy countless more kittens... all in a days work, kinda cool really...



When I first got into fic, I started with the Extra Flamey site, and then kindof graduated into the kittenboard (This is actually the first time I've posted). Your fic has always been some of my favorite. Its some of the most well written continuitious fic I've read. You rock.



Back to lurking now



Ann

[Aradia785]

Well I'll be... so many things make sense now. I'd been wondering if our Lisa and the Pulitzer Lisa were one and the same, its not surprising, just one of those "I thought so" moments. And the whole "raised on hanging off cliffs"... yes this is making sense now! Thanks Bzengo



I'm almost tempted for you to sound the gong o' doom just for the helicopter ride with Sassete. Hmm... I wonder... If I asked extra special nice... could Sassete pick up Ruth first, then come get me? I've her that you havent lived until you've seen Ruth's breasts in person. Something about the promised land...



Anyhow, I'm absolutely certain that Lisa would never do ANYTHING to harm your Miss Brianna. And, hey, if she does, looks like you get to use the mighty gong and several kittens get to have a ride in a very small helicopter. There'd have to be some sitting in laps... This really could be fun either way, couldn't it?



Ann



"Lurking lurking lurking, keep that kitten lurking, Rawhide!

[Lisa of Nine]

bzengo,

well, now you've outed me!

For the record, I have been at a prolonged family reunion with my feral cat family. You have no idea how difficult it is to import that much Iams cat food to a small island. We had to enlist a small army of dolphins to carry the bags over on little tiny backpacks. The airport security limits catfood importing. See, it's those drug sniffing dogs. They hate cats, especially feral cats.



For the record, I have renounced my wealth and moved out of the castle. I now live on in a small cottage on the edge of a lovely cliff.



This talk of the gong of doom? I mock your gong of doom! My cottage is made of stone, and impervious to the gong of doom, in fact, a recent attack from the similar the "bong of doom" was thwarted by my pack of trained attack feral ground squirrels. They confiscated said bong of doom and chased off the interlopers. Sadly, 200 feral ground squirrels with the munchies led to a late night raid on the California Almond Growers warehouse. Heads up. Almond prices will go up. There are no almonds left in California.



I await word of bzengo's gong of doom. My squirrels are on probation, but they can still kick ass even while wearing their probation orange jumpsuits. Oh, and they have skills. Many skills. Those squirrels have been typing their paws to the bone sending emails to assure ME's downfall. Two down...one to go!

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Now, seriously-

The time between updates has been criminal. I do know that. I have been extremely busy with tons of stuff. Some of it SO incredibly awesome I can barely keep it contained. But I will. ;-) Once this incredibly awesome thing comes to pass, I will spill all- or some- well, what I can. But for now, well, let's just say that I have been getting some inspiration for writing Tara. There are good reasons why she has so much integrity.



The next chapter has been difficult for me to write, emotionally. I am still not satisfied with it. It has involved several rewrites and I am still not satisfied. Plus, I haven't had time to work on it, so each rewrite has to wait and wait.



I will tell you, and specifically bzengo- queen of the gong of doom- I love Brianna as much as I adore Tara. Now, given my "Tara must always end up okay" rule... you can make your on conclusions.



As for Dawn and Bre... well... Bre DOES have a dangerous job. Not saying anything. Just bringing up a random point. Oh, and let's not forget Doctor Dawnie has a few issues hinted at early on.



There was a question about why I included the failed pregnancy attempt... Well, I wanted to show that even though the conception is magical, it doesn't guarantee a pregnancy, just like regular couples don't get pregnant every time they try. Plus, the conception ritual is not without risk. Every time they use it, they are tapping VERY powerful magic. That means Willow HAS been using major magic already. As for the dark magic versus goddess magic... that will be covered in some detail. I'm trying to clean up the mess ME made of magic in the last two seasons.



Okay, I have to run. Please know that all the support here means SO much, and in spite of my squirrel minion threats, I adore you all. Right now, Milestones has to take a back seat to some real life needs. I will try to steal some time from sleep and do another rewrite. Right now I am averaging about 5 hours of sleep a night. I actually get 7 on weekends so I can shave some time from that. ;-)



bzengo- if I hear that gong of doom... I will send stoned squirrels to raid your kitchen.

Lisa



*edited to add...

and any stories that Tiyodragon has about chocolate and stores that sell leather and...um... things... those are all so untrue! Well, those are all so ... exaggerated. Okay, well, those are all ... well, Hush, Linda... hush!

Edited by: Lisa of Nine at: 3/6/03 11:03:17 am

[tiyodragon]

It's a lie! She took me to places that scarred me for life!!!



Tsk, tsk, don't let her fool the kittens. She has an unatural gravity towards leather and chocolate...and...um...apparatus I'm the innocent one!



Methinks much angst ahead for Dawn and Bre...



Hope you get to update soon,

Linda

"Wiggly is good." Xita - Vegas 2003

[MOUSE]

Great to here from you Lisa.



And girl, you need more then 5 or even 7 hours sleep. Spoil yourself, and try and grab 8. Personally, if I don't get 8 every now and then, I'm just cranky, and not very nice. And you have to be in the right frame of mind when you are writing about our girls.



We will be patient. WE WILL try!

[Paigeosity]

I have a confession to make...I'm in love with your writing. I know, I know it's sudden and totally unexpected (almost as much as your consequences) but it's the truth so I just have to ask: Will your fic marry me? No?



Anyway on a more serious note. You are awesome so you are allowed to take as much time as you need I decree it. I actually reread most of the stuff on your website and 'Milestones' this morning. I don't get much sleep either but it's not me being busy doing imporant life-changing things. No it's me staying up until 2:00 when I need to be up at 6:45. So get some sleep and write with a clear head. I truly appreciate the time you take to make your fics worth staying up for.

[TheIrish]

Good to hear your still alive and well Lisa. I hope things slow down for you sometime soon, sounds like you have a lot going on.



Until they do, I will try my darndest to wait patiently for an update.

[Little M]

Please Lisa, try to get some sleep.....we can wait for an update

Glad to see you're ok, but really try not to deny yourself sleep......sleeplessness leads to all kinds of trouble

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'I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad..it's depressing' - Tara



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[Grimlock72]

Lisa, don't loose too much sleep for us kittens will you ? You need sleep and five hours during the week doesn't sound like it's enough.Don't post an update you yourself aren't happy with. Yes we're waiting here, but we (me at least) are getting kinda used to it so take some time to recover from real life first .



The thing I'm wondering most about in Milestones at the moment is what's up with Tara's familly ? The other problems I can see resolved sooner or later, but I don't even know whats with Tara's dad. I'll take a guess and assume not much good is going to come from that direction...



On the bright side; people new to the Milestone universe now have had plenty of time to read Unexpected Consequences. I don't see Brianna as being in danger really, but I do want to see Tara and Willow's response to her request to take the challenge. Same goes the talk to two people who were supposed to be guarding Brianna, heh .



and of course I want to see Willow overcome her fear of magic (preferably without an immediate-threat-trigger)



I'll wait for all that as long as it takes though, now go get some sleep and feed the squirrels



Grimmy

"You hurt Tara," Willow said too calmly. "The last one who tried that was a god. I made her regret it." -- Unexpected Consequences by Lisa of Nine

[Lisa of Nine]

Gosh, I have missed everyone!

First... Linda, sweetie- miss motor-cycle-driving-tough-Texas-gal-who-knows-WAY-too-much-about-handcuffs, you are SO not the innocent one here. ;-) I am just a shy country girl who knows nothing of your big city ways. Linda LURED me into dens of lust! (chocolate, leather, and other)



Mouse, I love sleep. I miss sleep, but I've got a ton of things going on. Sleep is the one thing I can cut out and still get things done. Did I mention nearly falling asleep while horseback riding? I love horses. Way better than cars. You can sleep and let the vehicle drive!



Paigeosity, you're in love with my fic?! Are you're intentions pure? How exactly would you marry fiction? I'm all for the love that dare not peak its name, but I'm thinking that marriage could end with you having paper cuts in some very uncomfortable places. HANDS! I meant hands!



TheIrish, thanks for the kind words, sweetie. Now then, about your name... are you Irish in the Ireland since? I have to tell you, I have a friend from Ireland and her accent makes me swoon. It's very embarrassing.



Little M, I will work on the sleep factor. It's actually cutting into my ability to write fiction. I do a lot of my processing in those minutes before sleep. I work out plot elements right before sleep and my brain swirls the stories around overnight. Now that I am not getting the sleep, the story elements are harder to get on paper. whaa!



Grimmy! Oh, how I have missed your avatar! I can always count on you to have concise discussion about stuff that is soon to come up in my stories. I swear you read minds. Have no fear. Willow and her magic is going to be addressed, and I hope in a plot twist no one will see coming!



Okay, gotta run. Hungry horses wait for no woman!

Lisa

*** Edited to ask-

Is anyone going to the Chance screening in Sacramento?

If so, email me!

Edited by: Lisa of Nine at: 3/8/03 11:20:58 am

[Kendahl897]

Glad to see you are back...I have really missed this story, really...........but all will be forgiven with the next update....Just kidding, glad to hear that life is going better for you.



loves

[Puff]

Hi Lisa nice to see you back and hopefully not losing any more sleep...pesky thing that it is. Hope RL is going ok for you now it does have a tendency to boot us all around. Looking forward to the next update but waiting patiently

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Grapes. Because who can get a melon in their mouth?

[Jennpurr]

Lisa,



I really had no reason for posting, except to give you a and to let you know that I will wait for forever, or how long it takes, for more of your brilliant writing.



Get some sleep, girl! Your body needs it. OH... and don't let those squirrels get away with too much.



We love you,

Jen

||My Fan Fiction and More!||
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"You're familiar with all my ways; Even the darkness will shine like the day, when you look into my heart..." ~ Jaci Velasquez, "Flower In The Rain."

[Aradia785]

Lisa

We're just playfully jabbing at you. Please, get some sleep, from one insomniac to (seemingly) another: 5 hrs sleep a week is baaaad. And if you dont think a chapter is up to your standards, then thats cool. You'd probably impress the hell out of us anyway because it is your work, but hey, "if the author aint happy, aint nobody happy".



And, one small gripe. I tried to buy almonds yesterday. CRIPES Lisa! You didnt say that they'd be that expensive!!! Poor student here who just wanted almonds! Luckily, the walnuts were cheap. Seriously, give those squirrels some Little Debbie cakes or something.



Ann

If I hear that Gong of Doom I will send stoned squirrels to raid your kitchen
- Lisa of Nine

[TheIrish]

Lisa,



Sorry to disappoint, but no, I'm not from Ireland. I dont have a sexy cool accent (that is unless of course you think mid-westerners have accents). I am just of Irish decent and thought it would be an appropriate name.

[Discatay]

aaAAHHHH! my favourate fic ever.... EVER... E.V.E.R



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Rage More!!!!



Discatay xx

[pinkzippy999]

OMG!!!

big cliffhangers!!

Lisa you are truly an amazing writer!

and as much as i want to for more,now, - get some more sleep!!

I'll try and be patient!!!

Love Dawn and Bre- always felt they should get together since they first met!!!

and trusting you to make happy endings .....please!!!??

Thank You!!!

[Washi]

I just wanted to let you know Lisa, that I loved Unexpected Consequences, and I'm loving Milestones. I've read them oth a good 8 times each (yeah, I don't have a life). Man, they're just awesome. I've been waiting for more, and I'll keep waiting patiently.

[Lisa of Nine]

Hey everyone!



FYI-

I'm doing a site overhaul. My Willow and Tara links are now gone.



However, all stories are still on the web. Just change the number at the end of the URL to find the next section.

I have to rewrite ALL the code for the stories. I originally did

all the pages using MS Word and then converted to HTML files.

I've been told that is a very bad thing. ;-) There is extra code

tossed in that causes problems loading.



The pages may stop loading with only part of the page. If this

happens, hold the CONTROL key while you hit "refresh" (F5) and a new page will load. You can also empty the cache. Until I get all the pages reworked using proper HTML code, I will not list the fan fic. You can still find the old pages.



Here are the basic story addresses if you want to read them:



TEARS OF THE GODDESS:

www.quiknet.com/~lcountry/totg01.html



BOUND:

www.quiknet.com/~lcountry/bound01.html



SOUL'S SONG:

www.quiknet.com/~lcountry/soulsong.html



PUREHEART:

www.quiknet.com/~lcountry...art01.html



RETRIBUTION AND REWARD:

www.quiknet.com/~lcountry/randr01.html



REWARD AND REPRISAL:

www.quiknet.com/~lcountry/reward01.html



SECOND CHANCE:

www.quiknet.com/~lcountry...hance.html



UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES:

www.quiknet.com/~lcountry...ted01.html



MILESTONES(unfinished sequel to Unexpected Consequences):

www.quiknet.com/~lcountry...nes01.html



Thanks again for the replies!

Lisa

[WiccansIllusion]

Damnitt I got all excited cause I thought you'd updated Lisa. Please? really soon? Hopefully?

oh i am a lonely painter, i live in a box of paints

i'm frightened by the devil and i'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid. i remember that time you told me

"love is touching souls" surely you touched mine 'cause part of you pours out of me in these lines from time to time-Joni Mitchell 'A case of You'

[Domaris]

Okay Lisa, I've always LOVED your writing, and I just found the Milestone story. (okay, I rarely lurk on the pens.. and it isn't listed on your website ) and I've spend the day reading all the chapters (1 to 15) .. and now.. I'm gonna die of impatience if there's no update soon.. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE (or should I say "peas?" with a pout? ) I WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXTTTTT!



Heh

"Rock my world!" - Gia

"Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you'll be a mile from them, and you'll have their shoes" - Somebody

[Grimlock72]

Err.. Lisa... you ARE aware there are programs that strip that extra Word stuff out of your html aren't you ? HTML Tidy has a specific option for cleaning up that kinda stuff: --word-2000 yes --uppercase-tags yes --write-back yes



Download program from here. There is a windows interface for it here.



Without the windows interface you could just run:



tidy.exe --word-2000 yes --uppercase-tags yes --write-back yes milestones01.html



Although milestones01 looks fine to me, as far as source goes Seems to be generated with Word 97 which appearantly makes less of a mess compared to Word 2000, XP or Frontpage.



Can't have you spend too much time re-doing pages we've already read of course



Grimmy

"You hurt Tara," Willow said too calmly. "The last one who tried that was a god. I made her regret it." -- Unexpected Consequences by Lisa of Nine

[oneinten]

Hey Lisa!

It's great to see you out and about again!



Just wanted to say can't wait for more when you get the time. That is, after you've slept, feed the horses, seen to your feral cat relatives and helped your munchy squirrels. Squirrels are the best in perimeter defence by the way - I know I train them!



Hope all is well! Fantastic to see you back!



kath (aka Squirrelpride)



P.S. Not Bre and Dawn angst!!! I can't take anymore!!!

[Insanity]

Hey Lisa!



Good to see you back again.

Have I said already: I love your Fics! All of them.. I'm just re-reading them to shorten the time till the next uptdate on Milestones. For I'm German, I read really slow *g*, so take your time and some sleap of course. ( I only need 6 hours a night *fg*)



Neverseless... update soon?!!! Please!



Insanity

"Nobody messes with my girl!"Tara, Bargaining

[EyesLie]

A few days ago I read Grimlock's sig....

Heh, it was enough to get me to wade through the completed fics archive & find your fic Unexpected Consequences. i spent a large portion of the past few days reading it . Then I found a sequel I fell in love w/your take on the will/taraverse & now i'm feeling all deprived & beginning to show signs of withdrawall, i didn't know you could get addicted so fast . Please update soon, i'm loving your + in all there naked mommyness & as for Brianna & now Megan !! Must have more (peas, indeed!) However I will try my hardest to be a patient kitty & await your return....



the eyes



Edited to add: Bre & Dawn........more please , okay done begging, patient now

"'God Baby, I love how you paint things, how you make me see your world' She called me 'Baby'. So, that's one of her pet names for me. We have pet names!" -On Second Thought, by AntigoneUnbound

Edited by: EyesLie at: 3/19/03 9:44:49 am

[RedVampire]

I'm feeling rather proud of myself. I went 16 hours without checking for an update. (I plead temporary insanity!! )

Well, what can I say? I'm in love with your stories Lisa!

Btw, get more sleep! Sleep nice, sleep good.

[Repost Moderator]

Originally posted by suti45



hey i was reading the fic MILESTONES and was enjoying but when i got to the end of 15 and clicked to get to 16 it wouldnt let me said something about the link beign gone..can anyone help me out i really want to find out how it ends



thanks

[Jennpurr]

Suti45,



Chapter 16 hasn't been posted yet. Lisa's still working on it. Hope that helps.



Jen

||My Fan Fiction and More!||
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Surely not every girl who had a horse grew up into a lesbian who rode tongue... ~ "The Edge of Silence," Chapter 8c, by Mel.

[WebWarlock]

I have been re-reading these all as well.



I do like this world that Lisa has made. I am getting some extra joy out of it because I am really looking forward to how she will handle the Dawn/Bre story arc. Sure it is a "B" arc, but in way it very much parrellels Willow and Tara's own story.



Plus I have such undisguised affection for Lisa's Dr. Dawn.



Yeah there is no Chapter 16 yet. But I am sure we will see it soon.



Warlock

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"Tell me, what is my life without your love

Tell me, who am I without you, by my side
" - George Harrison "What Is Life"

[Aradia785]

However, unless provoked they prefer California Almonds, so don't worry. No joke. Have you seen the prices on those things for the past few weeks?



I command thee, Lisa, to take as much time as you need to finish chapter 16, and upon occasion, to dress in leather, 'cause you're kick ass and we all know it. Amen. Amen Bzengo, amen.



My oldest daughter is ringing the gong of doom Gong of Doom? Gong of Doom?!? ::ducks, covers, prays, waits for Sassete with the helicopter::



Ann

If I hear that Gong of Doom I will send stoned squirrels to raid your kitchen
- Lisa of Nine