Hi all:
So, I usually hate these notes myself and didn't want to write them unless I had no other choice but I just thought I'd give a bit of good news, bad news, and a bit of an explanation for my radio silence for so long
First the explanation (slightly also leaning into the bad news)
I first started writing this story when I left school at age 16 and I was very fresh into the idea of LGBT characters (seeing as how my innocent little mind didn't really know a great deal about it before then) so if it wasn't plainly obvious I was expressing my own feelings about coming out through the character of Kris as a 14 year old.
Now however I'm 27 and am a little bit horrified at my own writing of what I envisioned gay people to act like. I had plans for the story that are pretty much how the media defines LGBT characters and as I've grown and so has the media, I'm really not happy with how the story was going to turn out, or how I was writing it.
Add that to the fact that I haven't watched Glee in about 10 years and I barely watched past Season 4 this story was a dead in the water idea and It was just sitting here, waiting for me to acknowledge it's existence.
So with that I've decided to completely rewrite it, with a storyline that actually makes sense and a more adult approach to LGBT characters that I can appreciate myself. However... all is not lost and a couple of changes happened in my life that have brought me to this point
First - As if predicting fate I actually went to America on an exchange visa, spent time with an American family and learnt more about the lifestyle that different from my own. Again something I really didn't write very well about
Second - I've finally settled on my sexuality and feel a lot more confident in my skills in writing about it in a way that doesn't just put lesbians as a steady mix between bad bitch tomboys and anime kawai girls. And I've uncovered more beyond the (+) sign that I actually feel more in the know
Third- About a year ago, youtube suggested me a video clip of the song "I lived" from Season 6 and just seeing that clip made me want to see more clips and reminded me what initially made me want to write this story in the first place
So with that in mind, It's taken me about a year, but there is a rewrite coming!
And by coming I mean it's actually already out (I didn't want to drop you all in it by leaving a note and then ignoring you for months again - no I'm being proactive and actually writing several chapters at once) I'll release the chapters on a steady schedule just to spread it out a little more and give me time to catch up with the story as well as my adult life (groan)
Give chapter 1 a read here: s/14084550/1/Baby-Sister-Rewrite
So my apologies to anyone who really enjoyed this story, but out of respect for my own abilities as a writer it's just not going to continue. But you can enjoy the "hopefully" better and more updated version at the link above that will follow similar patterns to this story.
Thanks to everyone whose stuck with it this far and I hope you like the rewrite even better.
Krissystvs
