Author's Note:
i am writing this for several reasons. first of all, i would like to thank everyone for their kind reviews for the duration of this story. i really enjoyed writing it and i enjoyed hearing from you. i'm quite certain that, had this story been the same length as tmmdts or btsf, it would most definitely have surpassed both in number of reviews, and for that, i thank you guys.

that said, i would like to address the abruptness of the ending: i know it was abrupt, and i know i had been planning to write a longer story, but i was losing interest as the author and it was a good place to end it. who knows? someday, i might pick it up and work on it again, or i might write a sequel. but for now, it is complete. i'm not writing an epilogue, i'm not writing another chapter, i'm not adding to it. i'm sorry if that disappoints some of you, but the story is over. it's finished. it's done with. there is nothing more to say about it.

that said, please watch for my next endeavor in eomer/lothiriel fanfiction, currently titled "but the eyes are blind" (but that is subject to change since i rename almost all of my stories). i've already got several pages in my notebook (ch. 1 should be up fairly soon) and a tentative timeline for the story (something i haven't done in four years). my real-life friends like it so far, and it looks like it may be my second-best e/l fic ever (the best being, of course, "the day rises"). and as soon as i get that disk with ch. 23 of btsf back, i will update it. spring break is in one, and i'll have a lot of time on my hands to write.

i'd also like to let you all know that you can get updates on where i'm at in a story by either checking out my bio once in a while or going to my xanga site (there's a link in my bio). i'll be posting announcements regularly in both places about the progress of my stories and/or give excuses as to why i haven't been updating. ; ) i recommend putting my xanga on your favorites (and join the site! i love it!), because i also post blurbs from random story ideas on it (lariren and lotr-nutcase can attest to that).

well anyways, i just wanted to get that off my shoulders. please continue to read my stuff (if i ever get it posted)! thank you! sere mi eru…lady scribe of avandell