I am abandoning my fanfic in order to focus on my original writing.

I have come to the realization that fic writing, especially when it comes to Hidden Under Darkness, has become a chore for me because I want to be working on my original stuff but feel like I can't because I have readers waiting for an update. My priority is original writing and I would rather be working on that than fic that, although I love, I would never be able to publish. I want to get started on my screenplay, so my fan fiction is what will have to suffer in order for me to do that. I am so sorry to all you lovely HUD readers, but I need to do what is right for me.

I am by no means leaving the Rumbelle fandom. I will still participate in conversations and meta and read fic like it's nobody's business, and I will still answer prompts for a few reasons: I'm leaving Hidden Under Darkness halfway through, I promised more in the Searching series, and I love these damn characters. Because of this, I will still accept and respond to prompts. I don't care if they're from my already existing verses or new ideas because I still want to be able to contribute to the fandom and prompts don't take much time. You can prompt me on my Tumblr: .com. Relevant tags that I use are lute prompts, my fanfiction, and fic: hidden under darkness.

Also, I don't know if any of you are interested in reading my original writing, but I do have a Tumblr for it. .com

Finally, thank you so much to everybody for the amazing response to the fic I have written. The success of this fic still blows me away. I truly appreciate every reader, favorite, follow, and review on this, and I'm so sorry I have to leave you this way.

-Maddy