Greetings Readers,

This is an author’s note… so for the majority, you will have already stopped reading.

For the few who will continue, I am offering an elaboration on my standard disclaimer and my abandonment of my stories.

If you read any of my stories, you probably notice a disclaimer at the beginning of the chapters that goes something to the effect of: This story is unedited and not proofread.

I received a review that began, and I quote, “There is always time to edit and proofread! Make the time…”

I disclaim that it is unedited and not proofread at the start of every story and every chapter, so the people who click on it know what they are getting into. Everything I write is unplanned. It is kept in the document manager on my Fanfiction profile and is posted directly after I write it - because if I don’t post it directly after I write it, I will not post it at all. It will sit there for ages, as many have seen with the stories ‘Mistake’, ‘Hallow’, and ‘1999’ where I drug my feet until I finally said screw it.

I write because it is stress relief and because it makes me happy to have a little hour or two break in life to let my imagination go. I post because I hope someone else gets some sort of happiness or inspiration reading what I write.

This review has honestly made me stressed, which is against the whole point of me doing this. I work a full time job. I go to school full time during the evenings and weekends to work on not one, but two, graduate degrees. I take care of my family and my home. The only stress relief I allow myself is reading during my commute and writing before bed to calm down.

So, no, I really do not have time to edit and proofread. I have absolutely no aspirations to become a writer or pay more attention to what I post. And, if a reader expects almost pristine writing, go find something that was professionally published, because the majority of Fanfiction is amateurs.

Which brings me to writing this.

I love Fanfiction. I have been on this site since 2004, with multiple profiles for different uses – from one dedicated for reviewing to creating a new profile when I’ve developed as a writer. I created this one specifically to post my unpolished works.

Now, I see that this probably was not the best idea.

I understand that this could probably come across as me not being able to take criticism and being petty. I will openly admit to being very fucking annoyed with that review, because the way it was worded was really condescending and offensive.

(Do not tell me to ‘Make the time, hon…’ I do not get paid to make the time for this. And, do not ever call me ‘hon’. You are not my family or my friend, and the fact you took the liberty of offering a compliment with a pet name in the fashion you did brings me back to the days I was sexually harassed as a teenager and young adult, telling me to ‘Smile, hon, you look so much better when you smile.’)

And, that is what made me decide that now is not the time for me to be posting to Fanfiction. Because, I should not be getting so stressed about something so dumb when I have other larger problems to worry about… Like my health and the fact that my house is flooding and paying for that tree that fell on my roof because of the flooding and graduate school and work…

So, to focus on those larger problems and not stressing about something so inconsequential in the scheme of things, I will not be posting again from this profile. I have not decided yet whether or not I will be deleting the stories or just switching the status of all my stories to Completed. If you would like to pick up one of my stories, please message me to let me know. I will also provide any information on the plans I had for the future, if you would like it. There may be a delay, though, as I don’t intend to log in often.

I sincerely apologize for those of you looking forward to the continuation of some of my stories. For now, the continuation of stories will just be for me -and the sake of my mental and physical health-, because the negative weighs heavier than the positive.

Thank you all for reading what I have posted and for those dedicated few who always reviewed,

Simply Look Around