Where In The World is...Chocolua???

Where in the world is Tina? Well, right now she's sitting at home, working her beta magic on forty pages of an incomplete craptastic chapter for me. Truth is, she's been doing enough lately, so yeah...the girl needs a break.

So, let's talk Uninvited.

This story immediately won the love of Bella/Jasper fans everywhere. If they found it. If they read it. How couldn't it win over its readers? The concept is completely original for a Jasper/Bella tale. Take one Bella, after Edward and the Cullens leave her, and turn her into a forest ranger, of all things. Have her best friend do the same while he protects her, and throw them both up in Denali. Give her attitude, give her some imaginary balls, keep her vulnerability in the shadows, and then throw one hot ass son of a bitch by the name of Jasper into the mix. What does this get you? A GREAT STORY.

Why is it so great? Well, besides all of the above, the author gives these characters some substance. Bella and Jasper are both bitter, and neither of them hold the other in such high regard at first. While Bella doesn't want to have anything to do with the Cullens - or Edward, for that matter - she, of course, still can't help but think about them. Or him. Memories and pain better left forgotten and dealt with resurface, and she's angry. She's also protective of her best friend. She thinks Jasper's an unimaginable bastard. And she thinks he has a nice ass. Then you have Jasper, who thinks Bella is the catalyst that sent his own life downhill. Alice threw him out after she saw him in a vision with a human girl, when things were already strained because of his behavior at Bella's birthday - which was five years prior. He hates Bella. And he thinks she's beautiful. He wants to set her hair on fire.

The tension, the animosity, and the raw emotions when laid to bare are all what make this story great. I love it. I think a few of my Lambs love it, too.

So, where in the world is Chocolua?

Here are the stats: Uninvited was first published on May 2, 2009. The last update was on November 30, 2009. Here's the last Author's Note, which was at the top of the last chapter:

Hi, Everyone! So sorry for the delay, but I have three chapters ready to go in rapid succession! Thanks to all of you who keep asking for updates, and to you who love and support this story!

I think the majority of us who read this story and saw that author's note squee'd with delight. So we waited. And we waited. And then we waited some more.

I think we're now to the point where we have to ask, "Chocolua, where in the world are you?"

Life's a bitch. It gets in the way of having fun. We've all been there. But you should know that your story is loved, and you should know that we'll wait another three or four months if that's how long it's going to be. It simply is unique and wonderful and one of those stories I wait patiently for.