Hello everyone, TheGreatHetzer here. As the title of this update suggests, I am indeed placing ALL of my stories on hiatus for the time being. Please, put down the pitchforks and torches and allow me to explain my actions. It really isn't what you think, I promise.

The reason I haven't been nearly as active as last year is mostly due to some personal stuff. Beforehand, I was actually homeschooled. That offered me plenty of time to write during the day every day, which effectively allowed me to pump out chapters at a much more significant rate than now. Starting last fall, however, I made the switch back to public school. As you would probably guess, that put a huge damper on my writing schedule and general creativity altogether.

Missing is by far my most successful story. I've tried my hardest to put a lot of love into it, even though I mostly regard my writing as quite bad. Still, you guys seem to enjoy it. I honestly don't understand why, but I'm really grateful that you do. With the amount of success and enjoyment I get from writing stories like this, I can truly and truthfully state that I will not give up on them. That, my friends, is why I've been thinking things through.

If there's one thing that prevents me from writing well, it's having multiple stories going on at once. Believe me, I really struggle with that. I'll be halfway into the third chapter of a new story and suddenly be like "oh God, I've got another idea!" It really doesn't help. So, I've decided that from now on I'm only going to work on one story at a time. They're all going on hiatus for now, but I've got a priority list of which ones I'll take off hiatus first. Missing is at the top of that list.

With all the work and time being consumed by my education, I've decided that my hiatus will only last till summer break begins. Then I will take Missing off the waiting list, and work my tail end off in order to get it finished. During summer, I should be able to conjure up more inspiration to write. That basically means that the chapters will be generally better than if I were writing them now. I'm like the Germans during World War 2; I prefer quality over quantity.

I basically just decided to get this off my chest, so I'm sorry if it seems a bit confusing as you read it. Hopefully you guys will understand. Once again, I'm not giving up. Just taking a little break, that's all. I'll be active elsewhere though, such as the Tumblr account I've got linked on my profile page. If you want to ask me anything, there and here are the best places to go. Have a good one guys and girls, and may the force be with you. (Nerd thing because tomorrow is Star Wars Day :D)