I always got frustrated at authors for putting Author's notes. "There is no good excuse to stop writing a story!" Or at least that is what I used to think. Now I have a slightly different understanding.
The last time I updated this story was almost 2 years ago. I remember that time. I was anxiously awaiting college acceptance letters, writing my last big high school paper, and I figured I needed to focus on school work. As the months went by different concerns came up. There were class trips, I needed to prep for college, that summer I was flying everywhere. So I figured I would take a break, come back to writing when I got to college.
Entering college I was presented with more homework, clubs and activities, a relationship… I wanted to get settled figure out where I fit at this university. A few more months, that was all I needed. I'll admit I started to forget about fanfiction. I was taking Literature classes and felt myself being pulled into creating my own fiction and even non-fiction. Then this summer, I was hit with the biggest blow of all. Not wanting to get into great details, I found myself in a state where I couldn't write at all.
That being said there is no excuse, really, that you, reader, will find good enough for the long pause in this story. The reason I am writing this is because only yesterday I received a review from a reader begging for this story to continue. I wish it could. I am not going to promise it, though. On the other hand, I am not going to tell you that it is over. The story may or may not continue. As I slowly recover from this dark phase of my life I may find inspiration to continue this story. My boyfriend continually tells me that I have talent, so who knows, maybe with his help I will continue.
Please understand that at some point you young writers will hit this phase too. You will find the need to back away for some time. I will admit that I completely forgot about this site, possibly because my own favorite stories and authors discontinued as well, possibly because I wanted to move on with my life. Whatever the cause may be, for those of you actually interested in this story I apologize and I hope, for your sake, that I recover the fleeting thoughts I once had. But again, I make no promise.
Thank you for your time and patience with reading this. Again, I know that no excuse is good enough. Hopefully we will encounter each other again.
~mentalmentos