Dear My Lovely Stupendous Awesome Readers Who Are Actually Amazing Enough to Read This,

Yeah. So, I hate Authors' Notes, and yes, I hate them probably just as much as you do. So let's skip the apologies about this being an Author's Note rather than Chapter 7, skip the apologies about the deathly long amount of time I've left my writing in the dust, and move on to the meat of the situation, shall we?

Okay. So I want to write again. I will never have the brain power and energy to keep on in an organized fashion and keep a satisfying schedule, considering my past habits, so I'm deciding to work on new ones.

My new plan? I'm going to work on a new chapter to this fic, and aim to have it done within the next week. That is because I will love forever any of you who have stuck with me this long, and I've kept you waiting long enough already. Also because I know how cruel author's notes are from the fickle, inconstant writer, and don't want that pain to last very long. That being said- once I'm done with that, I'm going to actually make an attempt at planning and writing this ahead of time. Which will mean I'll think through what I wanna do rather than spinning stuff as I go along, also meaning that it'll be a "in my free time" thing, so rather than a "today I'm doing this many things, and I think I'll make this one of them" thing, it'll be a "if I have random down time in between things, after I give up on things, or just on a refreshing day where I'm caught up with everything else/on break" thing. What this means for you!:

PROS

This story will probably, (hopefully), grow in quality. This comes from planning, several more stages of revision and rereading, etc.

More consistency in the long run. If I can get a good head start of chapters written and typed up, than I can follow the examples of some of my more seasoned Fanfiction counterparts and have weekly, reliable updates on certain days of the week.

I'll most likely have more ideas, and more fluid, well-thought-out story lines, should I follow through and get this started.

Maybe, one day, fingers-crossed, Peter and Alice might actually FALL IN LOVE. (*COUGH* or be friends, that might be a good start *COUGH*) But seriously, am I the only one reading back who's noticed the lack of progression in this story? Sigh.

CONS

Time. Ah, yes, the catch. If I do manage to plan and longhand-write and type this piece, and morph it into one of my better works rather than a struggling affair I occasionally revisit, it may take a while for me to get started. And by get started, I mean post again. I'll want a good number of chapters already written so that I'm comfortable writing at my own pace behind everything, without the constant pressure of a weekly deadline that I know my schedule would not let me keep.

Once again, time. This time in the form of my overall life. I'm not built as the type who can work constantly and remain sane, yet I have a rigorous school/school-club schedule, attempts at learning more about the computer so that I can tackle some game design with an artistic friend of mine, and now this project I'm attempting to take on so I can stop neglecting my passion for creative writing. Not to mention, things I need to give attention every now and then, like college searches, big tests, friends (though I luckily kepe a small group), family, and since I'm selfish, leisure time. The leisure time will often cross into my writing, sure, but also my game design, and quite often will just be me laying around the house listening to headphones to quiet my brain for a little bit.

My point is pretty much that I think I've become one of my first anime crushes- Shikamaru Nara, with about 79 points less of an IQ by fairly unreliable and invalid test method.

Put more simply- I'm dumber than Shikamaru, but I'm a fairly smart kid who loves being a ninja against that better judging part of herself that says- "Hey! You're too lazy for this!" And ends up fairly irritated with her self-inflicted workload. Yeah.

Just bear with me. We all love each other, right?

And, just saying, I could name and shower love on the one or two constant reviewers I have, but that might hurt somebody's feelings if I missed them by chance. So I just shower love on everybody, and trust/hope that those constant reviewers are receiving it as well.

I hope eventually I can be worthy of you all.

A Rose For Your Troubles,

Chuk Folchart

P.S. No, I seriously do love you all.

P.S.S. ….Please, please, please don't shoot me if that Chatper Seven takes more than a week, all right? I'll seriously promise it won't be much longer than that, if I do miss the week thing.