Seems the only time I get a response from anyone here is when I need help using the live journal!!!!   Well, there's no point to being here but I'm reluctant to close the account so I'll drop the occasional note here to keep it open.

Here's yet another non-fanfiction piece I just wrote and was well received by my fans on other sites.

LICE

Lice, the bane of mankind's existence.  The nasty little things crawl on the heads and body of the rich, poor, middle class, dirty, or clean with total impartiality.

My middle daughter has become the lice eradicating queen, taking over her poor mother's myopic eyesight with her own sharper vision.  Using a home remedy found on line she searches and destroys the little fiends that showed up one day in her own short hair and that of her friend.

Many a cry of, 'who left these here' is heard among the young girls of the house and fingers point to a male guest.  With many a growl and snarl, my middle daughter begins the tedious task of eradicating the pests. Beds and clothes are summarily washed though the hour is very late.  Her parents head off to bed while the younger members of the house vacuum, wash hair and linens far into the night.

Relief is short won when a few weeks later the monsters make a reappearance on the head of her baby sister's friend.   With an outcry at the girl's uncaring mother,  my daughter immediately sets off on a mission to cleanse the girl of her unwelcome passengers.

Baby sister assists while keeping her own long locks out of the firing range.  She had spent nearly an entire summer trying to rid herself of the buggers and hasn't had a case of it since and vows never to again so she volunteers to pull all the bedding in her room and wash them while her older sister takes care of the pests.  The visitor had to put up with long hours of nit picking and having her clothes washed but by the time she left from her two day visit she was pest free.  Though very grateful, the young visitor had her own cleaning to look forward to when she got home.

Middle sister has won the battle again and hopes to never see the creatures darken her home so the male friend has been banned until he can prove he too is lice free. 

Such a tiny creature to cause such a hue and cry.  Unfortunately, school is about to start for little sister and the vigilance for the dreaded pest begins again.

Been busy writing since we can't move to the coast like we planned due to the financial crisis.  Oh well, plenty of drama going on around here.  Had four pets pass away within the last three months, my husband had just developed kidney stones and faces surgery because of a suspicious lump attached to said kidney.  Another crisis to manage and I hope I can hold up under it.  Just recovered from my own elective surgeries to fix my wrist and foot and now its my turn to take care of my grouchy mate.  Sigh! Only thing that makes this easy to handle is my kids are old enough to handle the household chores in my place.....thankfully.

Glad I get a lot of attention on ff.net because I've seen no action here.  Wonder if I should just kill my life journal?  Don't have much use for it at the moment.

Here's something I wrote to remind people of how important saving our world is.  This is my first foray into non-fiction writing.  Hope someone out there enjoys it and heeds the message.
I look upon a beautiful jewel hanging in the heavens but looking closer my heart falls in sorrow.  This proud planet that has seen many disasters, wars, strife and triumphs of all sorts is now threatened by its own arrogance. 

Thinking they are invincible, its inhabitants brutally use the resources the planet has to offer without regard for its finite existence.  Once gone, so are they, but they blindly go on with the tasks of life and the window of existence gets smaller and smaller without them noticing.

But Hark! A small but growing band of listeners and watchers have noticed and with strident and persistent voices they badger the lazy, the wasteful, the arrogant, the powerful, the weak, and the complacent. 

Hear our voices! They cry.  We were blessed with a plentiful world and we must stop the carnage and disrespect we have shown her.  Rise Up! Take notice and stop the wasteful use of this precious resource before its too late!

Here and there, around the globe, the word is heard.  Pockets of people of all ages, races, skills, and wealth harken the call and begin the monumental task of reversing the damage and retraining their thinking.

As I watch, I nod my head and think, ‘There is hope for them yet.’

Well I've made the plunge and joined two sites where I will learn and show off my attempts at original fiction.  My first submission was my fan fiction piece called Despair.  I altered it just enough to make it seem as if it was about the world in general rather than a fanfic piece.

The Writer's Meow  is a cool place on DA and I'm a member of We Book, a publishing company and writer's community.  

www.webook.com/home




Here's the first story I submitted, its titled:  DESPAIR

He stood in the cold rain on top of what remained of his building. His clothes were in shreds and he was cold but he didn’t go inside.

He stared down at a once proud city now in flames. Their enemies had finally succeeded in banding together to defeat them at last. After so many years of keeping them at bay and defeating them time after time, they had finally succeeded in bringing the city to its knees.

Its once proud citizens had fled or died in its streets. Only the last of the meager defenders were left and even those were fast being killed.

Tears fell unheeded down his face as he remembered the countless futile battles he’d fought and how, at each one, more and more helpless people and defenders had perished. Still he fought on, always assured that they would win in the end. After all, they had always managed to but not this time.

Now every battle ended in more losses until finally there were not enough defenders to continue the fight. The final crushing blow was the loss of its strongest pair of defenders. Even he lost hope when they were shot out of the sky.

His own spirit was crushed by the loss of the only thing that he had truly cared for. He had sobbed bitter tears as she died in his arms. Now standing amid the ruins of his once proud symbol of freedom and justice, he shed tears of defeat and hopelessness.

He spread his arms to the rain sodden heavens and cried, “Please God take me home!”

He heard a sharp, familiar, whistling sound heading straight for him and he welcomed the missile that granted his wish for death.

The rain continued to fall over a dead and dying city crushed beneath the heels of its enemies.


So all my friends out there, wish me luck on this new endeavor.

Callie's Spring Picnic
TITLE:  Callie's Spring Picnic
AUTHOR: ulyferal
FANDOM:  SWAT KATS
RATING: G
SUMMARY:   Calico Briggs has been trying to schedule a picnic with a certain someone but everything seems to constantly interfere with her plans.
WORD COUNT:  3400
AUTHOR'S NOTE:  Art Contest on SWAT Kats.us forum
DISCLAIMER:  I don't own the characters and I'm not making any money off them.  I just love them enough to write about them.

ARCHIVED AT FF.NET:  www.fanfiction.net/s/4904031/1/CALLIES_SPRING_PICNIC

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I tried to get a consolidation loan to help our credit score when it came time to sell this house and buy a new one and we were shot down.  Two much unsecured loans and not enough income?????? Say what?  We have more than enough income to be comfortable and handle an emergency, at least better than most we know but their damned figuring says we don't.  I absolutely hate the way the banks do business now.

I just learned on MSN that when you pay off a card and don't use it except for making your credit good, the banks close the account without consulting you.  This pluments your FICO score lower.  It might be financially responsible for them to do it to protect themselves but they hurt their former customers by ruining their FICO scores and no one can do anything about it.

To me that damn FICO scoring is a lousy way to determine if someone is a good risk.  People who just do fine are penalized because of it and I'm one of them.  What a screwy system.  The only ones that win are the wealthy.

Now I have to do whatever I can to pay down my balances in the time period we'd set ourselves to be moved.  But my efforts might still not be enough because of their scoring system.  Talk about keeping your spirits down.  We've been trying to move from this place for the past few years.  This time I've gone as far as retiring from my business (I need to, my hands don't work so well for that type of work anymore), and packing our home up. 

Here's hoping our plans go forward and not be another missed dream yet again!

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For once this is not a Feral fic (shock!).  Yeah I'm making a foray into writing a fic about the main characters of the SWAT Kats.  This will be a story about a kitten abandoned on another world, a war between dark and light Fae kind with Megakat City caught in the middle.  Only three chapters are done on it so far but I have the outline and will get it done. 

Title:  A World Beyond Dreams
Author:  Ulyferal
Fandom:  SWAT Kats
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: Possibly T for blood and killing.
Summary:  It's Chance's birthday or is it? Chance's hidden past is about to make a shocking appearance and it won't be anything Megakat City will have ever seen before.
Archive:  www.fanfiction.net/s/4601930/1/A_WORLD_BEYOND_DREAMS

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I just spent the past couple of hours cleaning up my entries.  They were really bad.  Hope everyone appreciates them more now and will read and review my work.

I've now written over 116 stories, whoop!  My muse is in overdrive.  Hope I can keep it up!

Have yet another young adult living under our roof.  That makes three (my own daughter, 18, our guardian kid, 20 and Robert, 20).  They will all be moving with us when we go to the other side of the state where their chances of getting jobs is better and or schooling.

Hope everything works out, both finding a new home, selling our old one and affording to do it at all.


AW HECK, NONE OF MY FF.NET REFERENCES ARE LINKS.  HOW DO I GO ABOUT MAKING THEM ALL LINKS SO PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THE STORIES?  HELP!

I FIXED THE PROBLEM, THANKS TO THOSE THAT GAVE ME ADVICE.

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TITLE:  Hurricane
AUTHOR:  ulyferal
FANDOM:  SWAT Kats
PAIRING:  None
GENRE: Gen
SUMMARY: A sequel to Music Soothes the Soul. A hurricane whips through Megakat City causing major damage and havoc. The SWAT Kats and the enforcers work together to save their city.
RATING:  G
ARCHIVED AT FF.NET: www.fanfiction.net/s/4797548/1/HURRICANE

Title: Music Soothes the Soul
Author: ulyferal
Fandom: SWAT Kats
Pairing: None
Genre: Gen
Summary:  Just a short story inspired by the music of Gordon Lightfoot. I know no one can see him a singer but I always thought it suited him well as a hidden talent.
Rating:  G
Archived on ff.net: www.fanfiction.net/s/4793189/1/MUSIC_SOOTHES_THE_SOUL

Boy am I bad! I haven't bothered to post here in such a long time but then I've been very busy writing and packing I've sorta dropped off the radar.  Soo, though I'm still packing for my move and writing, I'll try and post here more often.  Even though not many comment on my entries.

I've also noted I've been entering my stories in a rather lame manner so taking lessons from the more experience heads I'm going to try to do it the right way?!!!  Well we'll see how it goes.

Wow! Have I been writing up a storm.  Finished some stories and wrote a batch of short stories.  Here's a list of them and their links to ff.net.

Merry Christmas to all !!!!

SWAT Kats Christmas Tales:  www.fanfiction.net/s/4722247/1/SWAT_KATS_CHRISTMAS_TALES
    Rating: G

Interview with Commander Feral:  www.fanfiction.net/s/4738485/1/INTERVIEW_WITH_COMMANDER_FERAL_AN_UPDATE
   Rating: PG

A Talespin Christmas:  www.fanfiction.net/s/4735014/1/A_TALESPIN_CHRISTMAS
   Rating: PG

Top Cat's Merry Christmas: www.fanfiction.net/s/4734275/1/TOP_CATS_MERRY_CHRISTMAS
    Rating: PG

Completed:  Hiding in Plain Sight:  www.fanfiction.net/s/4231472/1/HIDING_IN_PLAIN_SIGHT
     Rating: NC-17

Completed: So Far from Home:  www.fanfiction.net/s/4688270/1/SO_FAR_FROM_HOME
     Rating: G

Gods! Too much snow.  We've not had a snowfall like this in years.  We're trapped in our home due to more inches on top of the 24 inches that have already fallen.  It wouldn't be so bad if our city wasn't so stupid about snow clearing.  They sold our snow graders to the state next door.  They also sold the attachments that kept driveways from being completely bermed in.  Now its a never ending chore to clear the snow berms every time they plow just to get out of the driveway.  But then it hardly matters since most of the residential streets aren't cleared anyway.

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas.  It was cold and cloudy and snowy here but we had a wonderful Christmas.  Everyone was happy with their gifts.

This is the last Christmas in this house.  We move next summer for the coast.  They get snow but its like only under a foot not like the nearly three foot we have so far where I am now.

Really looking forward to going to an area where there are zoos, museums, aquariums, pike's market, diversity.......all the things you can't find here.  As well as two bases since I'm retired military. 

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