Well, this installment is finally done. I hope everyone has had a nice ride so far, and I also hope that the (fake) ending didn’t upset anyone.
I’m currently working on the third part of the trilogy – which I didn’t originally intend to be a trilogy – and hopefully I will start posting it by the beginning of autumn in the USA. I know where it’s going to start, I know what needs to happen in the middle, and I’ve even written most of the ending, but it will take me some time to put it all together. I have a couple of other WIPs, one of which is pretty close to beta status (and is much shorter), so I’m not going to disappear any time soon.
There are no spoilers in this document, so it won’t help to read this before you read the last chapter. I can promise that there will be some fallout from the shooting, some angst, some deep soul-searching, and some dramatic turns in the final story, which will NOT be anywhere near the length of this one. Unlike some others, I have no desire to hold the record for longest story on the archive. Who knows, someday we might be billed for all the storage we take up, and if that happens I’ll become the quickest vignette writer this side of the Mississippi River.
Some of you have finally accepted that Lex isn’t the bad guy. And some of the comments I’ve received about him have given me some important insight into the final disposition of this character. The concerns expressed about who Lois might have near her are quite valid and will be addressed in the closing story also.
We’ll learn what happens with the various romantic relationships which have developed, and we’ll learn who lives and who dies. (You can count this as an early WHAM warning.) And while I’m here, I want to thank my outstanding beta readers Elisabeth, Tricia, and Princess Anne. They provided me with outstanding comments, and the stuff you liked about this story is largely their responsibility. The stuff you didn’t like is, of course, fully my own responsibility.
Again, thanks for reading! And thanks for caring enough to leave comments. I treasure them, truly.
