“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”

by Anais Nin

I have to thank my friend Sweetprincipale for the inspiration her writing gave me to even try my hand at writing and the encouragement to post any of it.

Thank you to everyone who has read my stories and commented. I also want to thank all of you who have put me on your alert list or favorites. Thank you so much, you have no idea what that means to me.

My thanks to my wonderful beta's:

Sweetprincipale who's encouragement means everything.

Hulettwyo who gave me one of the best lines for a story.

Leon Stryfe, you rock!

Thanks also to no_promises for all your help and insight.

Last but not least is Marella916. She has helped make a messy unfocused story turn into something that should be very interesting. Thank you very much for all your help all of you.

I am in need of a beta. One that has excellent grammar skills (because mine suck!). No Promises has done an excellent job as has Marella916. But I could use another person to check for those slippery tenses. Not only that but I have quite a few stories on the back burner that I could use some help with. If anyone is interested drop me a line. Thanks.

FYI: My newest story Nobody's Hero is a Spuffy story. It wont happen right away for a number of reasons.

1st - Spike is convinced that his Buffy didn't love him so he isn't all that interested in falling for this Buffy. He really isn't ready to get his heart broken again.

2nd - She's too young at this point in time. The story line of Angel and Buffy consummating their relationship when she was 17 always squicked me out. Even if you only looked at his human age he was too old for her.

3rd - I don't like the character of Angel. I liked his show, but the actions he took the decisions he made. It just made him unlikeable to me. That said there will be some character bashing of Angel in this. And unfortunately there will be Bangel. It's necessary to the plot. But it won't be graphic or last very long.

I am going to take a lesson from my friend sweetprincipale and try to make Xander a likeable character. She always manages to do that in her stories which I find incredible. Because he is another character I never liked very much. So I am going to attempt to make him how I would have liked to see him if the badness of Jessie dying had never happened.