Yes, it's really me.

Hello friends!

Long time, no talk to, huh? I know, I know. I'm sorry! Things have been kind of a whirlwind for me since Drumsticks and Penalty Kicks was completed.

I wanted to take a few minutes to update you all on some very exciting news and let you all know of some places you can find/follow me. I'm so happy to announce that my first piece of original fiction is going to be available starting this Saturday, February 23rd. I've joined a team of some very talented women and we're writing under the umbrella of Mayhem Erotica. I'm sure most of you have heard of and/or read Soapy Mayhem's work in our fandom. She's decided to branch out into the world of publishing and I'm honored that she asked to be a part of her team.

Here's the website for Mayhem Erotica:

 http://www.mayhemerotica.com/

My author name is Les Joseph. All of us at ME have put together an anthology of short stories to highlight what we'll be working on in the future. For the time being, my work is going to focus on M/M stories. I know that genre is not for all of you, and that's okay ... we all like what we like and that's what makes reading the joy that it is. The anthology will be free-it's our gift to our readers for supporting us all as we start on a new, exciting journey. It's a little scary taking this first step but it's what I've wanted to do for a long time now so I'm really looking forward to seeing where the road takes me.

What does all this mean?

Well, for the foreseeable future - no fic. Does that mean I'm never going to write another Edward/Bella fic? No, probably not. I love Edward and Bella, always have, always will. I do still have one more story I've been hoarding for quite some time that I debate, daily, on what I should do with it. In my head it's always been an Edward/Bella story, so you'll probably see it at some point. I also have another story, one I've promised Kassiah and J'me I would write just to make them scream, and I will DO that one, too. Don't ask what couple though, because I won't tell you, but I promise ... It'll be something else.

I'm not going to pull my fics. Never, ever, EVER. I promise. All of my work will be original so my fics will stay up as long as there is a Fanfiction.net. They will all be available as PDF's ... yes even Watching Her and Drumsticks and Penalty Kicks. I've kept Laurel really busy lately with helping me get a few things put together, but we (or you know, HER, because the PDF's are all her babies) will get them done and posted. We needed a break; up until I finished DaPK, I'd been writing and posting consistently for almost 3 1/2 years. But, over the next little bit we'll try to get them up and posted for y'all.

I'm also not going to close my Breakers group on Facebook. I miss you guys, I do. I miss interacting and getting excited about updates, and teasing you about upcoming chapters. It's one of the big differences between fic and fiction writing-that daily, instantaneous interaction an author gets to have with their readers. I miss it. I miss YOU. I will still pop in there and say hi, post messages, and generally not go anywhere. I don't want to inundate y'all with author info if you're not interested in hearing about it. With that being said, I do have a Les Joseph page on Facebook for my original fiction. I'll be able to keep those of you that are interested in upcoming news, teasers (when I have something to tease), post pictures, and generally be a place to let you all what's going on with me.

You can find my page here:

http://www.facebook.com/LesJosephWrites

You can also find me on Twitter here:

https://twitter.com/lesjosephwrites and follow my author Twitter @lesjosephwrites

I will also have a website up and running within the next few days. You can find that here:

http://www.lesjosephwrites.com/

Notice a pattern? LOL. I hope keeping everything the same will make it easier to find me!

As you can see, I'm not going anywhere, just changing what I'll be doing a little bit (or maybe a lot, I'm not sure!)

I do want to say a big, very heartfelt, thank you to each of you. You've all be so SO supportive of me and my writing. Some of you have been with me since the very first chapter of The Path We Choose! Everyone says this, but I know I have the best readers out there. I know so many of you by name, we talk (though a bit less often now and that gets a sad face) and I would never be about to embark on this next step if it wasn't for the love, support, and encouragement of all of you!

I love you all!

And, I hope this isn't goodbye ...

Erin~