Happy early Halloween, my dear rose buds!
I know it's been…. 4, going on 5 years?
I am so, so sorry, I never meant for it to take this long between posts!
However, in my defense, I was really young when I started writing and posting stories. I was actually in middle school, if you can believe that, and didn't have the right mindset to do school, sports, and keep up with my writing. In high school I started working part time while still doing school and sports.. Yeah, it was a hectic time!
Anyway, I know you guys don't really care about all that, [excuses, excuses, I know] but I am posting this to let all my valued readers of the past, and those who may have stumbled onto something recently, know that I do have some good news and some bad news..
~ Good News;
I will be continuing as a fanfiction writer, and I will be staying on under this username, SweetLittleBlackRose. All my stories will be cross posted between ao3, , and wattpad.
To keep everything organized and not overwhelm myself, like I did back in middle school, my plan is to only start writing out stories after I have fully constructed a basic outline and an in depth timeline.
I will also be creating a strict posting schedule for myself, which you all will have access to.
I want to be able to use the posting schedule to inform you guys of any upcoming stories, as well as get feedback on different ideas I have!
The posting schedule will be updated once every couple months with different Story Previews. Each Story Preview will tell you;
The story name and description/summary
The stories disclaimers
Any and all warnings that accompany the stories contents
The featured/main pairing
A rough number of chapters [based on my outlines, I'll be able to give you the minimum number of chapters each story will have, although that number will not be exact!]
As well as the General Posting Date [The way I have this set up so far, I won't be posting more than 4 stories a month. Each story will have it's own Friday, which is when it's chapter will be posted. Example; This story will be updated on the first friday of the month.] or voting link
I will of course be starting simple with one story a month and slowly work my way up to 4 as I go along.
All of my stories will eventually be posted for your reading pleasure, however there will be a voting system in place for what order things will be posted in.
I will post up to 3 Story Previews and inform you that they are to be voted on
At the bottom of the previews, I will add in a link to a google form where you can vote, act fast because there will be a timer on the form!
The winning story will be taking the place of whichever of the previous stories has come to completion
The only time this voting system will not be used, is if the story is in parts. If that's the case, then the following story part will proceed after the first. {actually, any series type will be voted for as a whole..}
~ Bad News;
I don't know what story to start posting first.
So, I've decided to kick this off by posting four Story Previews that you guys will be able to vote on! Of course these are stories that I have been working on for the past while, so their outlines are up to my current standard, and I've got at least the first chapter written out and ready to go!
This will decide the order in which I start posting stories, as well as to help me focus and find order in the chaos that is my story writing folder..
I know this actually sounds like a good thing, but the reason it's under the "Bad News" is because I want to give plenty of time for people to vote, so I was thinking between three and six months..
That means it will be either three or six months before I start posting any of my stories for you to read..
Of course depending on how much voting takes place, that could always be much, much sooner!
I want to thank you all for your patience with me! I hope that I can produce content that you all will enjoy.
As always, please feel free to comment, I'd like to hear back from you guys!
Voting Link - forms . gle /gQv2AJbyPCkrGP468 [the link didn't want to stay unless I put spaces between the first parts, sorry. Be sure to add the usual "https" and :/ at the beginning and you should be good!]
