(Yeah, sorry to disappoint but this isn't a chapter. However, there's preview at the bottom so scroll down if you want to check it out before reading this author's note.)

Hello dear readers, this is your MIA author speaking (or writing, whichever).

I know it's been a long, long, LONG time since I've last updated any of my stories, but better late than never, yeah? RL has taken so much of my time. Did I mention that I've moved countries? I didn't just move to the other side of town - I moved to the other side of the world! And school was kind of blehh and I've been struggling to cope with the workload, the slightly different culture and the fact that I lost all my notes when my old laptop crashed on me.

Anyway, I figured I should begin writing again if I'm going to take this passion of mine seriously. However, this is the problem: I am feeling overwhelmed after I counted and found that I have SEVEN stories that are WIPs. Though only five are demanding to be updated, I still can't concentrate on writing because some part of my brain is worrying about the other stories. Does this ever happen to you?

This is the solution: I've set up a poll and you guys could vote on which story you think I should update. The following choices are...

The Watcher

Two Worlds: Exposed

The Power of Knowledge

Identity, and

The Daughter of Apollo

Just vote for whichever story you'd like me to concentrate on completing. The others would just deal with being ignored until I get some chapters out. By the way, I've been toying with the idea of RE-WRITING EVERYTHING on the story chosen by your readers, seeing as I've written them a loooong time ago. I'd like to think that my writing skills have evolved a little bit since then.

Preview for one of the future chapters:

Jasper paused before meeting Edward's eyes. "She grew up amidst the crowd in Hollywood," he said, finally putting into words the chaotic emotions of both himself and Bella that he had been feeling lately. "She grew up stubborn, tough and independent. When you began dating, she wasn't conscious of this happening because her mind was distracted by our -" he stumbled, "being what we are... But she slowly became dependent on you. You smothered her, Edward, and she began relying on you to protect her. Even from something simple as tripping, she relied on you to catch her. Her stubbornness crumbled away until it was non-existent, and she didn't realize any of these things until her father's death. She was unused to being vulnerable and weak, so dependent on a person that, later on, broke her heart. She's afraid that if she lets you into her heart once more, she'll..." Jasper was at a loss for words.

"Expose herself," Edward finished.

"Yes," Jasper nodded. "She's conflicted with her emotions: her mind is saying something completely different than what her heart is saying."