First let me say, Holy fuck, I am so so sorry that it's taken me this long to update. Please know that I have so many legitimate excuses: my best friend moved away, my brother had cancer (he's now in remission thankfully), I graduated college, I've had several jobs and quit several jobs, I've suffered bouts of depression, my grandfather died, I had falling-outs with several used-to-be-close friends, a new niece was born, I moved out of my parents house finally, I really could go on and on with my reasons for putting this off, but I finally realized I will always be too busy or too emotional or too whatever because that's just how life goes. I thought if I didn't finish my fanfic then what would I finish? I can't be a quitter for the rest of my life. I kept thinking and plotting this story out in my head and I'm still not quite sure of how it ends but we're gonna get there damnit. After like two years of writer's block, I'm back, I swear.
Second, while I will continue this story I cannot promise frequent updates, but I won't ever leave it as long as I did. I also cannot promise the same writing style or tone in the upcoming chapters as the previous ones. I am a very different person compared to the Katie from 2015. A lot of shit has gone down ya'll. I still want this story to have a happy ending, but I have a strong suspicion that my cynicism may leak into this story more than I want it to. Please tell me when it gets to be unbearable.
Third, I am working two jobs currently: one full-time desk job as an office manager (which is where I will be doing most of my writing) and a part-time job in retail (ugh.) So while I usually have oodles of free-time at my day job, I am still exhausted constantly and sometimes will not have the energy to write or be creative.
Fourth, one of the aforementioned used-to-be friends has forced me to look for another place to live and I will be moving in September so there might be periods of radio silence around then too.
Fifth, the main thing that has kept me motivated to not just remove this story altogether is the people who reviewed asking me to update and not give up. Thank you. Truly, if this thing is ever completed it will be because of you. Please continue to review, don't give up on me. I need your comments, be they of criticism or of praise, to keep going. If you guys don't care about the story or the characters, it makes it hard for me to care as well.
I should be able to get chapter ten out by Tuesday, July 25th at the latest.
Forever yours,
Katie Moon