Hello all!
Whew, 10 years is a long time, isn't it?
First of all, let me just apologize for abandoning this series. I don't have a good excuse beyond adulthood is difficult, life responsibilities are time consuming, and I have ADHD, which just makes everything worse.
Before I lose your attention, let me just tell you the good news (or what I hope you will think is good news) – I do have an update to this story. A LONG update. It's probably about 3-5 chapters worth of material, but I'll probably post it all at once since that's the least I could do after making my readers wait for so long. I have MANY more ideas beyond that, but I haven't decided yet if I want to keep going with this, or turn my attention to something completely different. (Maybe something publishable?)
The bad news – or the question, the hang-up, the problem – is that I don't know if it's worth it to post an update. On the one hand, if there's even one reader out there still interested in the story, still paying attention to this website, then I will absolutely post it, if only for their benefit (and my own, since I got a lot of practice writing all of this). If everyone has moved on – which I wouldn't be surprised, since it's been 10 years – I'll retire this and move on to a new project.
Here's the thing – I know that that this story is LONG. It's the whole Treasure Planet film, an entire sequel, several one-shots, and now a whole new plot beginning. I know that there are probably new readers who would be interested… but the other thing I know is that this story is not well-written. There are many grammatical and editing errors, there's some harmful and cliché stereotypes (mostly about women), and a lot of it is just plain bad writing. I don't want to necessarily encourage a new reader to read through all of this just because (I feel that) my writing has improved now. If I want to attract new readers, I can start a new story, hopefully with fewer flaws.
I have to remind myself that I was a child when I wrote this, still in high school, very ignorant, and I've grown and learned so much in the last 10 years, that it's not fair to judge my previous writing at the same level I would judge my writing at now. But on the other hand, if I wrote this story today, I would change MANY, many things about it. Dialogue, characterization, major plot points, etc. Don't get me wrong – I'm proud of this story as a whole. I'm proud that I put myself out there when I wrote this, learned that writing really is my passion, made so many people laugh and cry and gave them something to look forward to and enjoy… but I also recognize the errors and problematic issues and all of the things that could be improved.
Anyways, I'm starting to ramble now – if you guys want the update, ask and you shall receive (soon, it's not completely ready yet). Why am I updating now? I guess quarantine does weird things to you? Plus, I've always loved this story. I've loved the world, I've loved the characters I've created – I never stopped thinking about them or writing about them.
And you guys – I've loved you guys. Thank you for everything you've given me – the love, the criticism, the support. I can never apologize enough for disappearing on you, but I hope that I can make it up to you somehow, someday.
Let me know in a comment if you want to see an update.
Much love always,
Emily
