There's a lot that I want to say to everyone, so I hope that I'm able to word everything correctly and not leave anyone in too bad a mood based on the title of this.

First off, I want to apologize to everyone who has ever read my stories and has favorited/followed me or any of those stories. I've been unfair to all of you for the longest time now and I'm sorry for that. You've all wanted to get some sort of update, whether it was to a story or on if I'm even writing anymore. Well, the short answer is Yes, I am abandoning writing.

For years now, I've attempted to try and write out chapters for Rise of the Storm, Paradise for a Lonely Fox and Scarlet Eyes and nothing seems to stick. I always second guess myself or overthink things and change my mind on how a scene will go. I've written thousands of words and ended up deleting it all because I'm either stopped at a certain point because of a second guess or I just go 'Ah, this is terrible. No one will like this'. Now, I may or not be right on the latter but I don't have anyone to tell me otherwise.

This has really only been a hobby for me and while my friends think that it's nice, I know that they're not that interested in my writing. I wouldn't want to pester them and annoy them by constantly asking if they've read something I sent. I don't have a beta reader, either, so I can't get any sort of feedback without publishing a chapter. I know that's sort of the way things go on this site but I'm not the type that's going to go back and rewrite a story after everyone's read it and thinks that it's bad. I'd publish a chapter only if I was confident in what I wrote and think that my readers will like it too.

Now, I know I'm not perfect and that I'd still end up writing a scene that may or may not work out. But, I'd still want that scene to be something I was confident in going with. The first Namikaze of Lightning was anything but like that since I'd started that story in highschool and wasn't as mature. Now, I cringe on almost every chapter because I don't like what I had written in that story. I mainly just keep it up as a reminder of how I used to be and I know that some people would be disappointed if I were to just delete it. Just because I think that story isn't good doesn't mean that they do.

Anyway, I don't want this to go on longer than it needs to. All my stories are now abandoned and I don't plan to continue writing them. If anyone wants to adopt them then go ahead. You won't have to PM me because I'm not going to put myself on some figurative throne and give out my permission to adopt my stories. If you'd still want my feedback, then that's fine. I can at least offer that if someone is looking for it.

Again, I'm sorry to you all for leading you on all these years. I hope you understand that I never intended to disappoint or anger anyone. I've just lost interest in writing and I felt bad to anyone who hoped that another chapter was coming to just one of my stories. It's only now that I thought enough was enough that you all deserve a proper apology and answer to my status as an author.

Thank you all for staying with me through all of this and I wish anyone who wants to continue one of my stories the best. If I can't finish off something I've started, I would still be interested in reading anyone else's version.

Well, that's pretty much all I wanted to say. This is going to be the last thing I publish on this site.

Goodbye, everyone.