Deep Dish in PDF

I'm pleased to announce that, after months of procrastinating followed by hours of editing and revision, Deep Dish is now available for download in PDF format. It contains the prologue originally known as the "Jack Charles smuttake" from Over the Top, the story and epilogue, outtake and some illustrations.

To view and/or download, please visit this link. :) Enjoy!

Deep Dish

Chapters 20, 21, 22, 23.

They happened this weekend. I wasn't going to mention it. Except...I'm kinda bumming hard about it and I'm going to shamelessly beg for some virtual hugs - group hugs, even. Let's get tipsy and wail together.

Deep Dish - Epilogue

The epilogue is now posted on FFn. As promised, here are some tidbits from the epilogue. :)





West Loop Studio
Elysian Hotel
Seascape Villas, Belize

You are cordially invited...

...to view the final photo teasers for the Deep Dish epilogue. The epilogue will be posted on Friday evening!

Happy New Year!...and more teasers

So...I'm really, really sorry to tell you that the Deep Dish epilogue will not be posted before the year is up. I had high hopes, but it's not quite there yet.

Therefore, I'm going to give you a few more teasery teases for the chapter. :)











Enjoy! I wish you a wonderfully happy and safe New Year!

Much love,

Katie Starfish xoxoxo

New year (almost), new look

Happy holidays! I hope you're having a wonderful and restful holiday season with your loved ones. I had a lovely Christmas with my family and I'm looking forward to a few more days off before I head back to work.

As you've probably noticed, things look a little different around the blog these days. It was time for a change, leaving behind the Chicago background. Hope you like the new look!

I am working away on the Deep Dish epilogue and am still hopeful about getting it posted before the end of the year. In the meantime, there is a teaser on The Fictionators blog, and I'll also leave you with this picture teaser:

Happy, happy Jack

This song is all I can think of when I think of Jack these days, of how he must be feeling during and post DD 34. :) Somehow this song has never gotten old. Enjoy and feel the love.

Deep Dish update

Just popping in to let you know that Chapter 32 of DD is in progress and is about half-done right now.  It will definitely be posted by the end of the week! :)  October was the month from hell and I'm just returning from a trip to Columbus to visit my lobster Bethie (actually sitting in Philadelphia Airport right now).  After this, though, life will be quieter again. I'm back to 3 days a week at work instead of 5 days, which will give me actual writing time now.  Thanks so much for your patience!


xoxo Katie

Jack and Jacey meet...

...and in Over The Top, it happens today! Edward and Jasper's wedding took place October 23, 2010, and as you know, Jack met Jacey the night before their wedding, at the club in Austin.

When Jacey was just a boy in a club...

and Jack was just a lonely stockbroker...

...there was this. And it was today.

Maxwell Zagorski on One Life to Live

This is mostly unrelated to Deep Dish, except that it features Maxwell Zagorski, who is my model for the character of Mike.

He is just as adorable when he talks as he is in pictures. YUM.

(I run Mozilla Firefox and I had to reload the page in Internet Explorer to see the video - your mileage may vary)

Jack & Jacey 4-EVAH!!!, the Twibbon

In an act of absolute silliness, I created a Jack & Jacey Twibbon. I know there are lots of serious Twibbons out there (and I'm usually a NOH8 twibbon user) but if you're interested in adding it, here is the link.

Love for Granted, by Phoenix

A special gift for DD readers

Hi. :) So this is something I've been thinking about for a while. You've all been so super patient waiting for this story to unfold. It has been a rocky ride and I'm so grateful for all the support from all of you. So by way of thanks, I made this for you all last night. Clicky-click.

A thousand starfish kisses. <3
xoxo Katie

The Starfish Returneth, and Slash Award Nominations

Ohai! I'm back. It was a whirlwind trip, and if I ever again float the idea of spending 36 hours on a train (in a 96-hour period), please shake me until my teeth rattle in my head. But I saw family and places I hadn't seen in 18 years, and it was so wonderful to be among my dear folk again; and to reacquaint myself with the town where my mother grew up. Also, introducing my six-year-old daughter to my aunts, uncles and cousins was a kick; and she was so good, almost the entire trip. Completely worth it.

The Slash Awards were announced today. Thank you to everyone who took part in the nomination process! My stories have received a few nods:

Best Supporting Character - Which character had you reading a story as much for them as for the main characters?
Jack Charles in Over the Top by starfish422
Mike Newton in Deep Dish by starfish422

Best Work in Progress - Which fic had you knocking over you family and coworkers to get to your computer when it updates?
Deep Dish by starfish422

Best Comedy - Which fic had you laughing so hard you were crying?
The Morning After the Night Before by starfish422

Best "I wish I was a gay man...." - Which fic had you reaching for the lube and condoms?
Deep Dish by starfish422

Best I Love You - Which fic had you going awwww when the three big words are finally admitted?
Deep Dish by starfish422

Thank you! You're all awesome. <3 Love, kisses and gropes to everyone.

Worried Shoes, by Karen O

Saturday Jackspiration: Jackroll'd

Sooooo...I know you came here expecting to see HC hawtness, but I thought, perhaps just this once, I would substitute a DD teaser instead. My promise to you is that I am going to have this sucker (DD 29) posted before I leave the province on Wednesday.

Tuesday night I’m pretty tired out, and I collapse into bed without bothering to open my laptop and check my email, as I usually do; so it is not until Wednesday night after the boys are in bed for the night, that an email from Jack pops up in my inbox. When I see his name in the sender field, my heart jumps into my throat. He didn’t reply to the email I sent with the PayPal payment, and I didn’t think I would hear from him again. With nothing in the subject line, I can’t get the damn thing open fast enough to see what it’s about.

Jacey,

It’s been a few weeks since you ended our relationship so suddenly. Now that I’ve had time to get my head back on straight, I’d like to have a conversation. I assume you get a few hours’ break here and there – I’d appreciate it if you would call me when you do. I have a couple of questions, and a few things to say; things I was too blindsided to think of, last time I saw you. If you cared about me, as you say you did, I think I deserve that much.

You know my schedule. Talk to you soon.

Jack

I stare at it for ages, reading and re-reading every word, analyzing them as well as the meaning behind them. It’s been a few weeks...now that I’ve had time to get my head back on straight... He hasn’t been doing well, but he believes it’s time for him to start to move on – whether he wants to or not. I assume you get a few hours’ break here and there... I never told him I did, that I could have been spending those hours on the phone with him instead of letting him believe I was busy. He must have figured it out; though; if so, he knows I wasn’t trustworthy even in such a simple thing. If you cared about me as you say you did...this one especially stings. Of course I care; I always did, from the first weekend. He knows I care. You know my schedule. I know his schedule; up until a few weeks ago I knew every goddamn thing that was going on in his life. I know him. Talk to you soon. This part is not a request; it’s an expectation.

I also take time to recognize the things the letter doesn’t say. It doesn’t say I miss you or I love you. It doesn’t say I hate you for what you did to us; it doesn’t say How could you throw away everything we had?

My promise to you is that I am going to have this sucker (DD 29) posted before I leave the province on Wednesday. It *will* happen. I have been writing almost constantly, whenever I have a few moments to spare. :)

Deep Dish Mentioned on Twi-Muses Blog

I woke up this morning to an absolutely lovely article written by Kira of the Twilight Muses blog, for their weekly Slash Saturday feature. The post is called It's All About Jack, and yes, that's my Jackie she's talking about! :)

I'm so grateful for the rec on a Twilight blog, particularly since DD is really skirting the limit of what can technically be called fanfic. Fortunately for me, Kira has opted to view that as a good thing, rather than detracting from the story.

Thank you so much, Kira! :)

It's Been a While Since I Was Your Man, by Matthew Good

Chapter 28 of Deep Dish is delayed

Hello my dahlinks,

I'm sorry to say that, partly because of my commitment for last week's FFFA and partly because I'm a procrastinating procrastinator who procrastinates (and reads Spork fic), the next chapter of Deep Dish is not ready yet. I'm sorrrrryyyyy. I hope it'll be ready by Friday. :D

In the meantime, if you haven't yet read the July 25th Friday Free-for-All, and if you enjoyed my story The Morning After The Night Before, perhaps you'll want to head over there now to check it out.

Smooches infinity,
Katie

Sketch, for mycrookedsmile

mycrookedsmile requested a drabble set in Deep Dish when Jacey visits Jack over Spring Break:

"I'd like to know what Jacey was thinking/seeing/whatever while sketching Jack."

Here is the result (click for full-size):



It's nicely accompanied by the song that plays behind the following clip. The song is "Sketch", by Kurt Swinghammer.