Hello readers. As many of you probably remembered or have realized, I disappeared off the grid for a considerable amount of time. Part of the reason was because I was deeply "annoyed" by the half-hearted enforced rules directed towards songfics on this site, and the fact that I needed to remove my two songfics. The other reason was due to number of personal setbacks. As melodramatic as it sounds, I became immersed in constant depression, anger and bitterness, and I basically lost interest in writing and anything about fanfiction. I was in a dark place in my life, you guys. Actually in some ways I still am. But then, I got a review from a reader about two months ago on the story/info blurb I posted when I originally took down the Soundtrack stories:
"Where can I go to read it...o-o"
As short and sweet as the review was, it was a bit of a reality check for me. While I was off being angry and hellbent on never associating with this site again, I had forgotten about how my actions affected the ones that matter. Granted, originally all I had to do was just remove the song lyrics and call it a day, but it was the concept of the matter. And after some deliberating and tweaking (and griping as I really want to keep the story in its original and intended format), I'm reposting Raven's story sans song lyrics, which as you can see, has now been renamed Raven: Story of My Life. As a bonus, I'm merging the stories, A Safe Haven and Color Me Blue into Raven: SOML. Since CMB was never completed when it was on its own, it'll serve as a little treat to those who have been long fans to the series as they will finally see that particular chapter in Raven's early life on Azarath completed.
Keep in mind that updates will come in large ebbs and flows since most of the story has already been completed, and so without further ado, welcome to (or welcome back) to Raven and the story of her life…