- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Well, I'm not quite dead just yet.
I haven't abandoned you guys, I just took a nice, long break. Believe it or not I am human, and as such, I burnt myself out. I've been writing non-stop since I was about 13 years old. The biggest break I ever took was 4 months last year, but aside from that a week never went by where I wasn't putting my thoughts down on paper in the form of a story.
So, when Chapter 17 was released back in early May, I started work on Chapter 18 as usual. The problem that arose soon became prevalent, as it was the largest most daunting piece of work yet.
When I realized I would need to take things very slowly, I got overwhelmed and just...put everything away. I didn't even use my laptop for almost two weeks. Whenever I needed to do something online I'd do it at a friend's house, where I wouldn't feel compelled to write.
In the end I think this really did help me, because if I hadn't taken the break I feel that Chapter 18 would have ended up as a real piece of garbage.
For your general fund of knowledge, I have been working on the chapter. Right now its at about 26 pages, and close to 13,000 words. By far the largest chapter, and I'm still not finished. I will make the solemn promise to you all right now that I will have it finished by Friday, and I can assure you that you'll either really love it, or really hate it.
The ending is something I'm certain no one will have ever seen coming, and I most definitely am counting on that.