Nani Anderson

I really wanted to focus on getting Fifth Fundamental completed this month. 

But... Im not sure I will.

SO. I want to thank those few of you who are keeping up with the story, always amazes me to sign in and see someone else has read it while I was off.  Having readers in Japan, Taiwan, India and Canada is extraordinary to me!

I have a busy three months ahead of me then a major move to another state in June/July, hopefully. Slowing me down as well are upcoming surgeries and many various things so don't be discouraged if you are following any of my tales, I'll try to do at least one chapter a week of the three I have that are being read regularly.

Please let me know if you find errors or have comments. It's frustrating to see over three hundred reads on a chapter but not have one comment.

Unless - it's really terrible and even then I still need someone to help me have an idea why. So feel free to comment if you are reading.

I do plan on making it into a book to be sold at some point after I get all the chapters uploaded, so your comments are part of the process!  If you have ideas on how to make the story better? Please share them!

My poem for the month:  "Inventory" by the amazing Dorothy Parker: 

Four be the things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.

Four be the things I’d been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.

Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.

Three be the things I shall have till I die: Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.

I disagree that you're better off without love. Falling in love with someone gives you a connection beyond just friendship. Will it hurt if you lose them? Infinitely so, but never pass up the opportunity to love because of the fear of pain.

Pain is one way we learn we are human. It's excruciating but the lesson it leaves behind makes us more compassionate, and gives us empathy for those who are pained as we are, in a way we would have never been without the experience. 

HAPPY FEBRUARY! TO any and all of my readers!