Beginning of Line is back, and it feels good! I have to tell you, I've missed this place. :) Thankfully, now that I've moved cross-country and gotten settled, I'll be able to get us all back to our regularly scheduled programming!

And we're back with a lovely little story by Vikki Bingham out of the UK, who wonders about the kind of relationship Bill Adama would've had with his father in her slice-of-life story, "Children Through the Cracks," which you can read HERE. It's accompanied by another fabulous screencap by Tray Chester, and an ad by Dora Kecskés, who was the author of the Gara Singh stories that served as Episodes 10 and 11.

As for our regularly scheduled programming, stories will appear here on TUESDAYS at 9AM Pacific Time (I'm in CA, and I'm not waking up early for the East Coast...or the rest of the world, either. So there.) barring any major catastrophes. You still have FOUR more episodes of our Caprica Season 2 to enjoy, and that will take us right through the holidays. After a short hiatus, we're looking to bring you Season 3 at the end of January/beginning of February with 18 NEW STORIES! And possibly a re-designed website. And maybe some other goodies, too.

But in order to do all of this, we need YOU:

1) If you'd like to contribute to Beginning of Line's Caprica Season 3, please email me at beginningofline[at]gmail[dot]com and let me know if you'd like to contribute as a writer, an artist, a musician, a videographer, or any combination of those four! Is there something I'm leaving out that you'd like to contribute? Let me know! I want this to be a site for everyone to enjoy, and I'd like to have features you'd like to see. Send any ideas/comments/suggestions my way!

2) Spread the love! If you like what you see here, tell people! We're on Twitter, and we have a Facebook page. Send the links out to people you know who love Caprica, BSG, sci-fi, or just love reading fan fiction! As more and more people are finding their way to Caprica on Netflix or on DVD, and inevitably getting upset that there's no more Caprica to enjoy, we'd love it if they found their way here!

3) Participate! Even if you're not a contributor to the site directly, we'd still love to hear from you! We have FORUMS where you can talk about that week's story, the other stories in the season, ideas for future Caprica adventures, or just the BSG Universe and sci-fi in general! And obviously, there's commenting here at the blog, too! :)

Welcome back to Beginning of Line, everyone! I hope you enjoy the rest of Caprica Season 2!

Your Guatrau,
Teresa

Hello again, everyone! Your Guatrau has missed you. But I'm back, and so is Beginning of Line!

The next episode of Beginning of Line - Episode 14 by Vicki Bingham - will go live on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH at 9AM Pacific Time!

Aww. We missed you, too! ;)

There are 18 episodes total in Caprica Season 2 here at Beginning of Line. Episodes will now be posting every Tuesday between November 29th and December 27th. Just in time for your Solstice celebrations. :)

After that, there will be a hiatus, followed by Caprica Season 3 in early 2012, complete with a revamped site! **Writers and artists interested in participating in Caprica S3, please email me at beginningofline[at]gmail[dot]com!**

So, now would be a great time to catch up on your reading and/or tell a friend about the site! If you know any Caprica or BSG fans (especially those chomping at the bit as they wait for Blood and Chrome) that don't know about this site, spread the link around! You can also share our Facebook page, and let people know about us on Twitter!

Beginning of Line is back, Li'l Cylons! And we've got some wonderful stories in store!

Your Guatrau,
Teresa

First things first! We've got a new story up! It's another Tad Thorean story (people do seem to be intrigued by his relationship with Tamara, don't they?). This one is our Episode 12, "Those Who Live and Die For the Game," by Lotte Somerset. And yes, we've re-used Abby Geiger's fabulous drawing of Tad, because it's, well, fabulous! :) Check it out!

Episode 12. I can hardly believe it! Our final episode - Episode 18 - is only 6 weeks (or so) away, and after that, Beginning of Line will be going on "Summer Hiatus." This doesn't mean the site will be inactive. OH, no!

What it means is that there will be other stuff going on to entertain you as I, along with select writers, will be mapping out Caprica's Season 3 here at Beginning of Line.

What will be entertaining you, you ask? Here's a partial list:
** Smutty fan fiction (Amanda/Clarice and Sam/anyone shippers REJOICE!)
** video/music contest
** art contest
** possible RPG

Keep your eyes peeled here at the blog, because this will where all calls for submissions and announcements will be taking place! And in the meantime, let me know what you think about the creative direction of the site next season over at our Forums. WOOT. :)

Your Guatrau,
Teresa

Hello Caprica fans! 

Episode Eleven (can you believe we've told eleven stories already?), the second part of Dóra Kecskés' Gara Singh story, is called "Cloak of Deceit" and is up right now!

Also, check out my Very Important Question in the FORUM regarding the future of the stories told here at Beginning of Line! I'd love as many different opinions as possible!

Lastly, Spanish-speakers should totally check out this interview I did about Beginning of Line over at Vortice Online, a Spanish-language sci-fi site based out of Puerto Rico that's been supporting BOL from Day One!

That's all for now!

Your Guatrau,
Teresa

At long last, the third and final part of my Tamara story, Safe Journey, is posted for your perusal. It's called The New Guatrau. Intrigued by that title? Go on and check it out, then feel free to discuss the story over at the forums! That's what they're there for!

You might be wondering about the title of this post. I've had a lot of trouble getting these stories up, and I apologize for that. I've been trying to keep you updated and let you know I was still here and still care about the site even as crazy stuff has come up. However, even with the crazy stuff, it was just my own stupid fault these stories haven't posted on time, and I've learned a couple of things:

1) Fan fiction is still writing, which means that it's hard work and takes time.
This should be obvious. Hell, I've made that point to non-geeks who don't consider it "real writing" for a while now. But I haven't written fan fiction in a long time - not since I was about 12 - and when I decided to do a three part story for Beginning of Line, I didn't write it before the site went up. I figured it would be easy to dash off, and I could leave it for last minute, because it certainly couldn't be as difficult as the "real" writing I do.

Ha. Ha.

I got really into writing the first part, featuring Sam, and it surprised me that it took me several weeks. It surprised me how much I wanted to edit it, and how well I wanted to craft it. It shouldn't have, but it did. Then the second part, though I knew what I wanted that part of the story to be, proved more difficult, and the week it was supposed to go up came at a time when I had a trip planned to L.A. Then all this other stuff happened, and well - hiatus. After I posted that, I swore to myself that I would get the third part up on schedule. But again, life got in the way, and resolving this story took more time than I anticipated, because I didn't take into account that, Wait a minute, I might have to put some actual thought and energy into this.

Props to all the fan fiction writers out there who already knew what it apparently took me running a fan fiction site to figure out. Fan fiction deserves the same attention and care as original fiction. Case closed.

2) Finish the piece before you agree to submit it.
I learned this not only with my own piece, but through several people who submitted stories to the site. I agreed to do a three-part story before I'd written it, and I shouldn't have. It held up the site. As editor, I accepted work based on the promise of a second part without knowing whether it would be finished or not. I shouldn't have. Thankfully, everything's worked out, and I have every single episode through the end of the season (eleven more episodes!) present and accounted for.

Still, it's caused me more aggrivation than it's worth, and you lapses between stories you didn't need.

I'm still very new to this. As I said when I started, I'll be making mistakes and figuring things out as I go. But I'd like to tell you that the bumpiest parts of the journey are behind us! I'll be back on schedule, editing and working with each writer on their story as I was doing before my story came up. I'm already making plans for Season 3, and when the time comes, there will be deadlines that will be strictly adhered to. I will be doing my best to make this site as awesome an experience as possible for all of you.

As always, if you have any suggestions for me on how I can make things better, or just have ideas in general, you can talk to me about them in the comments, the forums, or by emailing me at beginningofline[at]gmail[dot]com.

Thank you all so much for your patience, your understanding, and your support of Beginning of Line!

Your Guatrau,
Teresa