Dear readers, new and old,

You may have noticed that I haven't updated any of my stories in about a million years- okay its closer to five years, but you get what I mean. This note will attempt to explain things, and let you know what the future will hold for my writing. Some of you may not care about my life story (in that case, skip to the seventh paragraph of this note), but some of my readers may be wondering where the heck I went and why.

The reason why I first started writing is that I didn't have much else to do. I lead a fairly boring life in high school- I only joined one club and I didn't go to any parties. Any time I wasn't spending with my friends was time I spent on my writing. Even after graduating high school and moving out of my parents place it was just the same shit, different location. The only difference was that I spent more time with friends. In university, I met some good peeps that ended up being my neighbors, so I spent a lot of time with them. That was when I started writing a little less.

Looking back on it now, I know I wrote as much as I did because I was alone a lot. I wasn't lonely, mind you, but I was alone. I'm an introvert, so I prefer spending time alone unless its with people who don't drain my energy so much. The friends I met in university fit that, so I enjoyed spending my time with them and thus didn't write as much.

Now, for an update on my life today. The first thing is that I met someone. Yay! She's honestly one of the best things to ever happen to me. We're just super compatiable, liking 99% of the same things and having the same attitudes about certain things. But I won't bore you with my love life. Second, to live with this lovely lady, I moved 16 hours away from home.

There were very few people who supported my decision, for a number of reasons. One of the reasons was my new partner. Despite the fact that I had been talking to this woman since 2013 we hadn't met in person until early 2016, which is also when I decided to move to be with her. A lot of my family fought with me about the decision to move. They said I was being hasty in my decision, that I'd end up pregnant and back home within 6 months (apparently ignoring basic biology in how children are made). One of my university friends got extremely upset for a personal reason for her and her boyfriend that I won't go into. There were multiple other reasons that people disagreed with my decision, but those were the main ones. Despite all that, I still decided to make the move. Maybe it was a selfish decision, but I had spent my whole life being as selfless as I could, never really making any choices that would benefit me in the long run. I had a feeling this move would help with a lot of the issues I was having at the time, so I took a leap of faith. It was a hard decision, but I'm glad I made it.

The only people who immediately supported my choice were one of my high school friends and my parents. My friend knows how toxic our province is, so she wholeheartedly supported my choice to GTFO. My parents supported my choice for the same reason. They knew I wasn't doing anything productive where I was and that I needed a change. My mother was worried about me being so far away, but she's has been better about it in the years since my move.

Now, with that long and ranty life story out of the way, I want to discuss the future of my writing. As of right now, I have no plans to continue any of my fan fictions. I may continue them eventually, but not at this time. I know, sad news, but there is a reason. I'm currently in the process of writing an original story. I do eventually plan on publishing it, but that is far off. The story is still in the planning stages, but I'm putting as much of my free time into it as I can.

I'm planning on setting up a blog to record and keep people updated on the progress of the story. If anyone would be interested in the link for this blog, let me know and I'll send it your way! I'm also maybe thinking of setting up a to help out with funding while I write this story. I would, obviously, have gifts and prizes planned for donators. If I worked full time, I probably wouldn't be setting up a . My partner works full time, but I am only part time at my job. We recently bought a newish car since the one we had was, literally, hanging on by its last bolts and wires. With that came new bills that we can scrape by with, but leaves us with very little disposable income. Anything from the would go straight into our savings to help with any fees associated with the writing, design, and publishing of this story. Let me know if you think this is a good idea, or if I'm just being crazy.

So, thats my long update to the future of my stories and whats been going on in my life. I basically just wanted you all to know that I hadn't forgotten about you or stopped writing, I just had a lot going on over the years. I still love to see new people favorite and comment on my stories, and I appreciate all the love I've gotten from everyone over the years. Again, if you'd like a link to my blog/potential page, just shoot me a message and I'd be happy to provide them. I hope I haven't disappointed anyone too much by not continuing my fan fictions, but I want to focus solely on releasing an original story that can, hopefully, jumpstart the future career I'd like to have in writing.

Thank you all for all your support over the years, and I hope that I can make you guys happy with a new story in the future!

-Rina