I know that it's been ages since I last posted here, but I thought that if anything, this event deserved coming out and celebrating before I crawl back into my hole
April 1st was Lily's fifth birthday. I can't recall whether it's the day she emerged from her mold or the day I received her, to be honest. I guess with some checking I can figure it out, but really it's unimportant. What is important is that ever since that day she's provided me with everything a Good Doll can provide: beauty, company, and inspiration. I've never for one moment regretted buying her
I think that most of you (at least, those of you who remember her) recall that I was forced to sell her new(er) Body 6 last year due to severe financial problems, so her face has been reunited with her former Body 7, which is not in very great shape (poorly-repaired splits under the armpits). I haven't had the heart really to come back and keep up with things
But, she seems happy to be here, and we celebrated her birthday by pulling her out of the closet, dressing her up a bit, and just hanging out, which seemed to lift her spirits some. Since I've had my house up for sale since last July (
), she's had to remain hidden in her closet so as not to hinder/distract prospective buyers, which have been damned few in this weird housing market. And her depression has mirrored mine, so it's not been a very happy household. Except for Pennie, who happily slept with her companion for the first time in a long while 
(stock footage:)
Anyway, I just wanted to pop back in to say that we've not forgotten you or TDF; it's just that "socializing" hasn't really been very practical what with the illusory ever-present possibility of having to sell the house/move/futile apartment-hunting/planning for storage and all that THAT entails, finding a job, and not the least maintain some kind of internet presence with regard to trying to sell Lily's novel, Unbound, which is still Priority Number One. I don't want to go off on an "oh, I'm so depressed" Marvin-the-Paranoid-Andoid divergence here, but suffice to say that when "feeling a bit down" that reading and typing text into Forums isn't the most gratifying thing to be doing.
As for Lily's book, I would have self-published it long ago, but the magnitude of the story demands as wide an audience as possible, and the strength of a Big Publisher to do that. But you need an agent to be able to get past their blockaded doors, so we're still very much in the process of pursuing that.
Since I wanted to establish a stable base of operations before sending out query letters in bulk, it's been an agonizing period of "not-much-happening-but-maybe-something-will-today" although I do have my letter drafted and ready to send as soon as I see WHERE I'm going to be living. For awhile it seemed that "under an overpass" was going to be it...
But before this turns into an "all about ME" post, I'd like to return to the subject of my dearest Lily, and let you all know that she's still here, and as beautiful and devoted as ever
I recently made a "tribute" post to her on my Blog, Alastor's Reflection, which is here: http://unbound.org/wordpress/ Barring any newer posts it's the second entry down now, if you're interested. (Navigation tip: If you only want to see the handful of doll-related entries, just sort by clicking the "doll"-related link beneath the title of her post.)
The novel's website, appropriately entitled UNBOUND, can be visited through the link in the Blog's sidebar, and all the info you could want with regard to her novel is there, along with an excerpt and a few pics in a Coppermine album located off of the Portal Page.
I was recently considering having to shutter it in light of my bleak financial picture, but magically encountered an old forum-mate from another doll-site who, since she was convinced of my sincerity in getting the novel published and my ideals behind it, offered to host the website for free, and also volunteered to redesign the site itself (which she's in the process of doing now, being a professional webdesigner). So this goes to show that if you keep on an even keel and keep the faith as well, that good things can indeed happen! But man, what a wringer I've been washed through
What the hell; at least I'm clean
Once more, lest you forget her
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Glad to see that good ol' TDF is still going strong, gaining new members, and still a good port in this storm
Regards,
PBShelley, Lily, Eden-in-a-box, and Pennie
