Dear Readers,
I have thought long and hard about this. This comes after a lot of thought.
I am going to, in a way, stop writing Kari's Secret. I am sorry.
The joy that I had for this story has gone away. It has come to feel like a chore to write this story. I no longer sit down to write the story and feel energetic and happy. When I sit down to write this story I feel like I am forcing myself. My mind is concentrated on a deadline – you have to have two chapters or you are a failure. I find myself spacing out and getting side tracked.
It actually hurts to say this because I do love this story. I love the story and cherish it. That's why I'm not just going to say that it is over and just discontinue it. I'm sitting it down and going to stop writing for now. I'll probably write bits and pieces for the story over time and maybe one day I'll get my passion for this story back but for now, there is no passion for this story.
I might possibly add chapters to this story in the future but do not expect regular updates anymore. I am sorry – more sorry than most will probably understand.
I do want to see this story through to the end but I hate what has happened to this story in a way. It has gone from a passion to a chore. From a joy to write to something that actually robs me of my joy. Finding myself unable to write for this story has weighed heavily on my conscious. It has seen me lose sparks for other stories because I was so focused on trying to write this story that there was no time for anything else.
I feel like I need to set this story down for now. I feel like I need to take a step back. I need to reread my own story. Edit the story. Possibly even rewrite the story. Maybe I'll write spin-offs to the story like I thought of doing. I thought of writing a story focused on Storm (Zale) and Evan (Zeal), their time before they lost their world and building their backstory and characters. I thought of writing a story focused on Chrono as well – raised by Chronomon and acting as a Runner that has helped to keep the peace and fight battles in different worlds. I thought of writing a story about the last battle with the Demon Lords (the one that I have pretty much stated involved Takuya's father). I thought of even writing a story for the Demon Lords – an idea that I've played with but never wrote because I was so focused on Kari's Secret.
I don't even know anymore. I'm sorry. I need a break from this story where I don't even think about it.
(I loved when I stepped back from this story and wrote Hope for Light. I think, I truly need to stop writing for Kari's Secret for a while.)
I felt it was only right to let everyone in on what was going on.
Sincerely,
Jeabird