Hi guys!
Yeah, I know this isn't Part 11 of The Parturiency, and I know a lot of you were caught off-guard, shocked at, or just plain upset at the 180 this story went, but trust me. All of this will come full circle in the end. Loss of life is no joke, especially if that life happened to be something you created with the love of your life. It's a serious matter, and it's because of this reason that I am announcing that I will be delaying the next Part.
I know, that sucks. I've had some people say that they will (jokingly) riot if I don't update within three weeks...and I hate to break it to you, but it ain't happening in three weeks. Similarly to how I wrote Chapter 27: Endgame, this next chapter will be a long one. In fact, this next chapter could be the length of six or seven of your favorite works combined, assuming they're one-shots, of course. Chapter 27: Endgame was 90k PLUS words, excluding the author's notes. 90,000. That's the length of The Apocryphal One's ENTIRE 18 chapter masterpiece. And here's the thing:
This is a one-man job, right now.
That's right. There's been one person who's been working on all these chapters for y'all. One person, and that's me, an 18-year-old high school senior who's about to go into his first year of college.
I love doing this, I really do, but there comes a time where I need to pump the brakes and slow things down a little. Note: THIS IS NOT A HIATUS OR RETIREMENT ACCOUNCEMENT. I am simply telling you guys that over the course of the next 2-3 months, I will be working on Part 11, but due to the extremely sensitive content in it, I must make sure everything is spot on. Some of my chapters have noticeable flaws. I'm aware of this. I want to fix them, but with me churning out at least 2-3 works every month, I haven't had the time (or drive) to do it.
So this is what's going to happen. I'm going to be going radio silent for the next 2-3 months while I work on Part 11. Expect extremely heavy topics. It won't be to everyone's liking, and if you're put off with that kind of thing, I'm sorry, you're going to have to wait another 2 weeks after I post it. During that time period, I will also try to go back and fix as many flaws as I can. This would be MUCH easier if you guys all told me something you didn't like or wish to see changed either through leaving a review or by directly messaging me.
When I'm done with Part 11 and I'm satisfied, you guys will be the first to know. I haven't updated AO3 in months, but they won't know. When Part 11 ends and The Parturiency is wrapped up, then I'll finish up Arc 4: Tales of a New Valla, and then we'll launch into the 5th and final arc: The Reckoning (obviously temporary name but you guys have been so good to me that you deserve to at least know what I'll be working on).
But until then, I'll be going dark. Seeya
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