Contract

by Misery Curtains

"The catch," she said as she slowly took the floppy disk from Zim's mouth, a tiny drop of green saliva dropping on to her index finger, "is that you must do something for me. A favour or task for me, another floppy for you." (CURRENTLY ON INDEFINITE HIATUS)

10. An Update (NOT A CHAPTER)

Hello all.

I know this isn't the next chapter or anything. I know what you're probably thinking: Misery, you ass-hat, where the hell is the next chapter? Sheeeeeeit, that shit was promised months ago!

Well, you're right, it was promised ages ago. But given that I've been observing radio silence for so long, I figured that I throw out this little update. Mostly to sooth my conscious.

Alright, so why haven't I updated 'Contract' in forever? Well, there are two major reasons, and I'm gonna quickly go over them.

1. Major shift in focus. I consider writing my passion, and my calling in life. Fanfiction has always been a way for me to sharpen my skills, as well as show my love for whatever media I chose to show my affection towards. This is really the big reason why I write fanfiction at all. But in the time following the last update, my focus has shifted to doing original stories and developing my own abilities as a writer. To put it simply, I began turning out original stories on a wild streak, so now, my attention has completely turned to that. For now.

2. Loss of interest. The story has completely fallen apart, in my opinion. My interest in doing an IZ story, and to a lesser extent an erotic IZ story, has essentially left my soul, leaving me with no desire to continue at the moment. I don't want to continue a story that I no longer have faith in, that I have no idea how to salvage or take in a direction I can be ok with. It probably goes to show how much of a failed experiment in erotica this was for me. I know you folks have been hooked for this long, and while I have no clout or reputation to uphold or protect, I should point out that I'm mostly partially abandoning this story for the time being for my own reasons. Sorry, I suppose.

So that's that. A loss of interest and a shift in writing focus. And here's what gonna happen: I'm gonna write and maybe publish fanfics whenever I can, if I feel the story is worth putting out there. I want to get back to writing fanfics I enjoy, rather than experiment in a genre I'm not familiar with. Will they be IZ themed? Probably not. So, consider 'Contract' on indefinite hiatus.

You guys probably don't care about all this nonsense, but I believe in at least a bit of transparency.

So, yeah.

Stick around if you want.

Love and strychnine,

~Misery Curtains