A nice Guest review today reminded me that I have not posted this update! I am so sorry! I didn't earlier because I thought I already had. No worries, though, because you have no missed any new stories yet. :) Here is all the information now!
Quickly before I begin, I want to thank everyone who has stuck it out with me so far. Thank you for your reads and favorites and comments and messages-truly, it meant the world. I'm so grateful to have you all with me! This story was so important to me and I hope that even though it's tone was dark and heavy, the message was an uplifting one of hope. All I really want these stories to say is, 'you're not alone'. So thank you again. You've made this experience worthwhile.
Now it is time to talk about what's next for me and, of course, for you as my readers! :) I am both happy and anxious to report to you that I have a lot of work lined up for me. Let me give you an idea!
The first thing to report is that this is not necessarily the end for RSBreathe. This was a special project, and one I'm glad I had the chance to work on, but as I wrote, the story began to tell itself to me. Bottom line is, as I wrote this as a first draft, I came to understand what the story was truly about and I think I can tell it better now. Breathe deserves a second draft out of me and that's what it's going to get. I'm not entirely sure what to promise you yet, and I'm not sure yet exactly what will change or when I can update the book as a whole, but I do plan on giving Breathe another look and trying to make it the story it really wants and needs to be.
While I work on Breathe's second draft, I will also be pursuing another Captain America fanfiction project! I'm really, really excited for this one and I have a lot to say about the details, but let's suffice it to say that this is primarily a Bucky and Natasha, or a Winter Widow, fic. I hesitate to say it's a third installment in the collection of works that make up Run and Breathe, but it does take place after Breathe. However, this project is vastly different in structure, given that I wanted to try something new! And I think it should be a little bit more lighthearted, but we'll have to see. :) One goal I have for this story is that it be a little easier to jump into. Readers shouldn't have to have finished Run and Breathe to start this new project, although I would encourage them to. This is the project I'll be posting next.
My next few projects will probably not be posted here, but I'll give you an idea of what I'm working on anyway! The next project is a story I'm working on with a close friend and it follows the story of two former Black Widow candidates who set out to hunt down the Winter Soldier after his escape. :) If circumstances are right and I think you as a readership would be interested, I'll talk to my friend about sharing it with you!
The next one (I know, I'm taking on a lot. Bare with me.) is an original fiction work with another good friend. It's an apocalyptic setting dealing with characters with such struggles as schizophrenia and PTSD.
An ambitious (and secret) fic inspired by 'The Fault in Our Stars' that I actually might have to sideline until I've got less on my plate.
Wow, WHEEW. What a block of text! Thank you for sticking it out! XD
The next issue I want to address is NaNoWriMo. As most of you know, this is an annual challenge to all writers to finish an entire novel in a month! It's a November event and it starts TODAY! I've decided to do what I can about posting during the month, and I'm worried about committing to a schedule, so would everyone be okay if I just promised to post my Winter Widow fic as often as possible? It'll probably be at least once each week.
In addition to this, you can follow my NaNo progress here nanowrimo (.org) /participants/blithebells and hear about it from my personal blog at the-sound-of-bells (.tumblr.) com
(ps try my tag #kait writes, #writing and my new one, #nanowrimo)
Thank you to everyone again!