I'm back! (Sort of)

To any of you that follow me for whatever reason, I must apologize for not having any activity at all over the past couple of years. I'm going to clarify a few things, give a little catching-up on what's been happening, and where I go from here.

As I'm sure anyone might now, I've only written and published one story here on FiMFiction, called Standing in Line. That was way back in 2013 (wow, that's a long time). Here I am, 2 1/2 years later, and a lot has changed. I haven't so much as touched this site since then, nor have I been involved in any sort of story writing or fan fiction reading or writing up until these past few months.

As for what's been going on lately, I've certainly changed a lot. Since I was last on, I've gotten into a serious relationship with someone, graduated high school, left for college 8 hours away from home, lost the person I had been with, and found myself having to leave that college because my grades weren't adequate enough due to a loss of focus from the major depression I was going through at the time (along with some very dark thoughts that I don't care to go into too much detail on). Now I've spent the last two semesters at my local community college while seeking counseling. Since then, things have gotten a lot better. This all happened about a year ago, and now I've set out on a brand new path with a somewhat better version of myself.

Lately, I've started watching pony again, and completely lost any memory as to why I had ever left in the first place. To be honest, the show really helps. As for stories, I've been much more into gaming lately, and I've found some inspiration. I know I've said in the past that I have plans for stories, and I'm sorry to say that those fan fictions that I said I'd write won't be seeing the light of day anytime soon, if ever. I've simply lost the inspiration for them, and I hope all of you can understand. I find that writing stories without inspiration fueling them becomes a task more than a joy. And it's simply not worth it.

I have also found that, in the past when I've set myself on too many projects at once, I can never really finish them, and especially if I've given myself a deadline to meet, it seems to lessen the likelihood of me ever finishing that project, not increasing it.

However, there is a lighter side to all of this. I've found that if instead of trying many things all at once, I focus all of my attention and effort to one goal, I have a higher chance of completion. And so, my followers, I have begun writing again. It's something a little different this time, though. This time, it's not pony. It's not even fan fiction. This is completely original. And it's a big one, too. It's nowhere near completion. Hell, I've only really just begun. But it's something special. And I won't be posting it here, either. I have yet to see where I'm going with this, but I can say that I'll let all of you know when it's finished so that you can read it. But it's going to take a while. I made it my new year's resolution for 2016 to start writing it, and try finishing it by the end of the year. It would surprise me if I did get it done this year, but that's what I was trying for, anyway. More realistically, this'll take over a year to write, and longer than that to edit and revise it until I'm satisfied, but it's something to look forward to in the distant-but-not-really future.

And who knows, maybe I'll start writing pony again in a few years? Maybe not? Only time will tell.

I wouldn't expect too much activity on this account for a while, still. I probably won't post anything at all until there's some major update on this story project, but not to worry. Like I said, I'll let any of you know once it's finished. And maybe (and this is a HUGE maybe) I'll start giving regular updates on how the story's going. I doubt I'll actually do it, but if I end up doing that, I'll let you all know. (and if I do end up doing this, it'll likely be on a different site, not this one).

So that's all, folks. I hope I haven't taken up too much of your time, and I hope I haven't disappointed any of you. However, I hope this new project can make up for all of that.