Plans and Updates. · 11:42pm Feb 11th, 2022
Hey all, I'm still new to this whole 'FIMFiction' biz, but I wanted to make an update, and let anyone know who may want to know that I'm very much still alive, and still writing.
I wanted to specifically talk about Guardian Angel. The next chapter will be its final chapter, as I prepare notes for the sequel I have planned.
Life got... pretty hectic on my end. And to be completely honest, I just ran out of steam. When I started the story, I originally intended for it to be a ten chapter character study of Trixie, but as I wrote, I just kept getting more and more ideas. Then I put Storms of Change up, partially for the Renaissance competition, but also because I just needed a break from my first story at the time, and I'm absolutely blown away by the support it had! I may have even let it get to my head a little bit... but more on that later.
I had a similar occurence more recently with Storms of Arcadian which has since been renamed to Arcadian Tempest and... well, I'm gonna be honest, I posted the first chapter waaaaaaay too early. It was full of so many grammatical mistakes and dialogue gaps... it was a bit of an embarrassment really, and I did you guys a disservice by tagging it as a sequel to Storms of Change. I've since gone back, and at least I believe I've fixed most of the issues, but editing my own stuff is hard, especially when I'm holding down two jobs, and the ever-increasing cost of living.
That being said, I'm quite happy with Arcadian Tempest so far, despite its, er... less than exemplary read count and like to dislike ratio, which I'll admit is deserved. I do hope you'll give it another chance, but there's no hard feelings if you don't. It's mostly going to be exploring more of the lore and mythology I'm hoping to create/play off of. I recently found an interest in White Wolf Publishing, and their take on the Fae, so I'm rolling with that, and in turn am setting up the setting for, honestly, most of my stories going forward. I have this big, eventual plan and goal that encompasses all of my stories, and I hope you'll all join me for the ride.
I don't have a timeframe for when I'll get another chapter up, but I do plan on making the final chapter of Guardian Angel longer than my usual chapter length, I'll make another one of these things when I'm going through the last stages of editing for it.
So, a TLDR here.
I'm not dead, my stories aren't dead, I've just hit a snag in my writing for a moment.
Cheers to everyone, and stay safe!