Dear readers,
I know- how rude- I'm posting an authors note instead of a chapter. I figured this was the easiest way to reach all of you, however, and assure you I'm not dead yet.
The story is on a short term break, however. It's not my choice and not through any circumstances I can control. About 5 weeks ago, I went away for part of the weekend and returned home on Sunday night to find my apartment had been robbed. My new, beautiful computer had been stolen. It contained all past chapters of Fairwood along with a portion of the next chapter and 2 half written one shots. Not to mention countless hours of CAD work I'd done for school and work. Most of this had not been backed up yet- the computer was only 5 months old and the school term had just ended.
I've switched back to my old laptop while I deal with insurance to get a replacement, but I had replaced it for a reason. It makes a high pitched whining noise when on for more than 3 minutes. Heck, I had to borrow my parents computer 100 miles away just to write this note.
I'm attempting to get some writing done on the whiny machine of d00m, but it's just not going very fast. And once I do get my replacement computer, I'm not bringing it to my apartment. I move back in with my parents in mid December to start a new school term in January, so I'm leaving the new computer with them in hopes of preventing a repeat theft. These computers are worth over $3,000 since I'm a designer and CAD programs will eat a cheap computer and spit it back out.
This story will resume, and I'd love to have the new chapter done by the first of the New Year. I'd recommend adding the fic to your story alerts list, though, instead of checking back all the time hoping for new chapters.
Thank you for your patient and understanding,
Daapy