Hey, all my lovely readers! First off, I want to say sorry that didn't upload a new chapter at the beginning of the month, and to make things worse, I probably won't be updating at all the rest of this month and the month of November, since that's when I'll be focusing on NaNoWriMo. Sorry about that! And I might have more bad news.
First off, let me say that I started this story years ago on a whim, and was really surprised by how much people liked it! I had a basic idea where I was going, but I was basically writing a chapter and posting it as soon as it was finished. Needless to say, it probably wasn't the best idea, as a lot of things were missing, or there were a lot of errors, etc. And I knew that and swore to myself when I had time, I would go back and fix those errors.
That never really happened. And I also got a lot of writer's block because I had no idea where this story was going.
This has been pointed out a few time, and I never minded if it was someone with an account, because then I could reply and explain or thank them for their advice. But recently, someone left a guest review that had me angry - mostly because they could say these things while hidden behind anonymity. But after a while, I realized that they were right to a point. While I have not abandoned this story like they'd like to believe, there have been far too many breaks in between chapters, too many plot holes, and too many errors (which was that mostly to my reluctance to have a beta as I was too infrequent to have one that I could count on - and again, that's mostly my fault.)
So, I think that I've come up with two solutions. Or really three, but the last one...
1. Take a break like I'm intending, and at the beginning of the year, start rewriting the story. And only when I've finished with Harry's first year - which I hope to with a lot of work will be by the beginning of summer 2017 - will I start replacing chapters and then post new one's. This would have me post a new chapter at the end of the story to let you know which chapter I've just updated and then delete it and replace it when I have the next chapter done. This way, I don't loose review and followers.
2. The beginning of this solution is the same as the first, but instead of replacing chapters, I would start fresh with a new story, and would mark the old one to show that it is no longer being updated. I don't like this idea as much, as I would lose reviews and people that were following the story.
3. Just stop. Don't worry about Liberi De Luna, and do what I've always hated to say - abandon it. That way, I could maybe focus my attention on other fanfiction ideas that have been on the back burner while I tried to finish this story.
I will have to make a decision eventually, and I will let you know what I decided, but in the meantime, I would love to hear some feedback from some of you and hear what you think I should do. Either way, I will try to let you know by the end fo November what I plan to do!
Love, InkPhoenix