A quick note from ME...
Yes, I know this is not the new chapter some of you were hoping for, and I'm profoundly sorry for teasing you. I assure you it was not intentional. I simply thought that after such a long time with no update, the wonderful people that have been following this story deserved an explanation as to why.
For a long time now, I've felt very rundown, disconnected, and just unable to get my head into writing, among many other things in my life. It has been extremely frustrating to me and, I'm sure, to my poor husband who has been watching me struggle and doing his best to help. I managed to keep putting out the chapters despite it (although I'm sure many of you have noticed the wait times getting longer and longer), but this chapter marked the point where I finally just couldn't do it anymore. I assumed that I was hitting some kind of writer's fatigue, and in the hopes of avoiding total burnout, I tried taking some downtime, but it didn't help.
Well, very recently in a routine trip to the doctor's, I found out that the problem isn't all in my head like I thought, but an actual physical one. Fortunately, it's something minor and easily fixed. I'm getting treatment and things are already starting to feel much more right to me. I've begun working on the next chapter again and I am hopeful that, with continued progress, I'll have something REAL for you to read soon-ish. Fingers crossed.
Thanks again for all the support that you've given me. It has not gone unnoted and is SO amazing to me.
Much love,
firedew