I have adult amnesia… And stuff about Fated

It has come to my attention that I suffer from adult amnesia. There, I’ve said it and now it’s out…

What is adult amnesia you ask? Well it all started here…

You see, I’m a long time sufferer of childhood amnesia, self proclaimed of course. Growing up I’ve forgotten large amounts of my childhood…okay, mostly the parts that my brother claimed happened and I totally didn’t believe him. *deep sigh* That is until my mother confirmed that those events actually did happen. The one thing I do remember, sorta, is my brother locking in the crawl space with spiders…so my amnesia must have come about because of traumatic experiences from him! (He’s so going to kill me for this!)

Now, I thought my sister and I coined the term childhood amnesia, until I did a search on Google, which of course you know Google is ALWAYs right, and found it on wikipedia (look here). And now I’m laughing…mostly at myself, but still laughing nonetheless.

So my adult amnesia stems from my childhood amnesia…it’s my story and I’m sticking to it! I forget things, a lot of things sometimes. I’d love to say that it was from giving birth to my children, that they sucked the brain cells from my body and took them as their own…little good it did them, there wasn’t much of anything of mine to begin with.

I’d also love to say that it’s a part of menopause. It’s a fact you know…so, I really don’t know, but are you going to argue with me about something I’ll forget in about five minutes? Didn’t think so…

I could pin it on stress. You know, the long commute I take every morning from my bedroom to the office downstairs…those dog traffic jams can be a real killer. One misstep and I’m a gonner….yellow labs crushing me to hardwood floors and licking my face until I scream for mercy! I know, I live a very dangerous and treacherous life having them around me. It’s a burden I’ve forced myself to bear…

But the truth of it is…I just forget things. Like say, who wrote what in Fated, Part One. You know it was a combined effort, Sam’s name is on the cover after all, but this first time around I realized it was more one sided than I remembered. (And of course we argued over who was right and who was wrong…I lost.)

I can see Sam jumping up and down cheering right now. She’s like, “I can’t believe she’s finally admitting this!” So yes I’m admitting this…Sam did the majority of the work for Fated, Part One. She’s awesome that way. Now don’t get me wrong, I did contribute because it’s my story after all, but if it weren’t for Sam, Fated, Part One might still be in a draft file.

Did you also know that Fated came about because of a conversation we were having over the Timeless Series and because she loves to write fanfic? Sam loves backstories, and since I already had backstories for the majority of the characters in my mind, we came to the conclusion to write them out. Now, Sam’s probably sitting back rolling her eyes right now… I can hear her now, “You had backstories? Bahahahahaha!” But yes I did, they may not be as strong as what we came up with together, but in that small space in my mind, I did have details that mattered. So pfst, Sam!

So you’re asking the purpose of this post other than admitting I forget things? I posted a challenge about who wrote what in Fated, Part One and Fated, Part Two…a challenge in which no one could possibly come up with the correct answer, at least for Fated, Part One, because everything was written jointly. Now, if Sam would have helped me remember this before I made the original post on the Facebook page I wouldn’t be writing this, however… *runs and hides from Sam’s evil glare*

So the purpose of this post is to make sure that Sam receives the credit she is due and to give you the answers to who wrote what in Fated, Part Two.

Are you ready for this? And yes, this time I remember who did what because it’s recent and we broke it up this time…

Fated, Part Two — chapter’s revealed *drum roll*:

Lilly’s Chapter – Lisa
Colt’s Chapter – Lisa
Maes’s Chapter – Sam
Callon’s Chapter – Sam
Daniel’s Chapter – Lisa
Callon’s Chapter – Sam

So Granny Wanda, Donna Wharton, Rebecca De Boef Lovell, and Michelle Perry, since you’re the four who made guesses, you’ve won yourself a prize! Private message me on the Timeless page so I can get your mailing address and send you out a package! Thanks for participating!

Whew, I feel so much better now after admitting this to you… *looks around and shakes head* Now what was I going to do after writing this blog post?