Blackbirds & Crows

First, the thank you - to every single person who wished me a happy birthday. I was and still am overwhelmed and in awe of the many, many good wishes and hugs and kisses and general lurve that i got yesterday from...all of you.

I had an absolutely wonderful, incredible birthday, and the biggest thank you goes to pretties_4u and kyrieane for coming up with the tab_bday_comm. You guys...are evol! Spreading my birthday all over LJ!

*But secretly? I was and am so pleased and flattered and humbled.*

Thank you, you guys, and everyone else - it was utterly lovely!

And for those who are curious, the birthday haul:
Two new C J Cherryh books
A new copy *better copy!* of Captain's Courageous
The DVD of 'Brideshead Revisited', the mini-series. *Anthony Andrews! Jeremy Irons!*
Flowers!
A hand-made birthday poster from the Monstrous Bebe
Cards from friends and relatives
And fics! And drabbles! All of which i'll be pimping here as soon as i've got them all collated. Heh.


And now - on to the Credence update! Yes, at last. Thank you for being so patient!



( Chapter Twenty-One )

Wheeee! Lot's of stuff.
First, thank you thank you saifai for fixing my icon so get the 'fade' instead of the fast cut. It's lovely!!

Secongly, roxymissrose sent Monstrous Bebe and I pressies! Monstrous got a whole bag full of fun Xmas socks. and a 'kicky'! plaid skirt and *i* got 'Bee's Knees' socks and...oooh! Xander fridge magnet! Which is, of course, not on the FRIDGE, so far away in the kitchen. :) She also sent me the original of the pretteh Xander picture she did for me for 'Hero' and some other lovely little trinkets and that really, really made me smile. Loves ya, bay-bee! And guess what - that thing we talked about, with Wade? Read on!!! Wheeee!

I also got an Xmas card in the mail from ponders_life and it's so pretty! And it made my day!! So cool.

kyrieane hasn't been around - and i know why... Miss ya, sweetie!

Also - i have absolutely lovely new art on my site for 'Credence' and 'Changes' by Terry, and a must-see pic for 'Little Runaway' by AngstPuppy. Go! Gaze! Tell them you love them!

reremouse did me a lovely fast beta-and-continuity-and-emote-check on this chapter. *snogs madly*

And now, finally - sheesh - the update! CanNOT believe it's been since November. Wow.
Previous chapters are here.
This is the chapter that prompted me to ask about dyslexia, so for everyone who helped me with that question, Thank You! I really appreciated it, and i hope that what i wrote here isn't a big let-down or a total mess.
Enjoy!!




( Credence Chapter Nineteen )

Hallo!
Okay, ETA on 'Changes' is that it's with my beta, so hopefully i'll get it back tonight or tomorrow.
Thanks for being so patient!

Also, GIP!! See my lovely icon? fanbot made it for me! I lurve it! *bounce*

And 'Credence'.
The Latin is a prayer, and translates to this: "Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace." Taken from here.

The quotation is from Richard Adam's Watership Down.

Previous parts are here.

Thanks, everybody, for your kind encouragement and fb! :)





( Credence part 17 )

I know it's taken me a while, but finally - some more! Thanks, everyone, for waiting to read it and asking after it. Hopefully the gaps will get smaller!
I'm trying...
:)

Thank you expecially much kyrieane for the off-the-cuff beta and for the general messaging chatty stuff that - well - made me smile all night long.
*hugs you*

Previous chapters are here.




( Credence, chapter 15 )

Well, here it is, the next chapter!
Remember, completely unbeta'd. Whoo!
Also - i seriously want to know of any glaring errors, weird continuity, or if i've, you know, gone off the deep end. Or am just babbling and not really telling a story anymore.
Or...basically...anything.
I'm open to all sorts of comments!!
Hehe.
Previous parts are here.
And, as always, at Scarecrow Horses.

Enjoy!




( Credence )

A further note: If you have a website or archive and would like to link it through Scarecrow horses? Just ask! I get a lot of hits for a site that has such a low profile - like 2000 or more a month - and i have VERY few links right now.
I can even make you a custom button!
:)

Damn. Ever have something just KICK YOUR ASS?
This chapter kicked my ass. I wrote it FOUR times. Deleted every single word FOUR TIMES.
Finally, i realized that i was missing a chapter, and when i figured THAT out, all was good. Heh.
Thank you thank you roxymissrose for giving this a look-see and shoving it out of the nest.
Still not actually beta'd, though.

Previous bits are here and at Scarecrow Horses.
Enjoy!

( Credence part eleven )

Well, just had to get this out.
But, let me give you a little warning, eh?
And - as an aside, i really never do the whole 'rating, spoilers, pairing' thing at the beginning of this sort of thing. Do i need to? I never read those... I wonder if that sort of thing is terribly important? Anyway, on to the acutal warning for this chapter.

( Chapter Nine Warning )

The memories function seems to be working again, yay! So previous parts of Credence are here.

It's also at being archived at Scarecrow Horses.



( Credence, part nine )

Hullo, here we go...
:)
Previous parts here.

The bit of book quoted is, once again, Rudyard Kipling, from 'The Jungle Books', specifically 'Tiger! Tiger!'.
Also, unbeta'd. :)




( Credence )

Well, this took a little longer than i had thought. RL does it again!
But here is is, and whoo-hoo! to kyrieane for spurs!!
It's time for me to sit back, relax, and have some Strawberry Crush.
Enjoy!
Previous parts are here.




( Credence )

Ahhh, spring. Ticks, chiggers, ants. Gods how i hate it. I need to live in the Arctic or something.
Anyway - here's part four of this little ficlet, and I thought i'd also add that this is NOT in any way, shape, or form had a 'real' beta. So any mistakes are my own, so sorry.

Also, Chapter 2 of part 2 of 'Changes' is up at my website.
Changes Chapter 2: Gift

Previous parts of 'Credence' are here.

Enjoy!

( Credence )