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It’s never an easy decision to make, but I’ve had to make it: all my active stories are now officially on hiatus.
Nothing (very) bad’s happened – at least, this time around, nobody is dead, dying, or terminally ill. Life’s just thrown us a curveball and Cold and I are even busier than usual. Most days, I barely have the energy to handle day-to-day work, let alone time and energy to write. Heck, I haven’t even gotten anything written on my most recent chapter of my novel in a few months now; that’s how crazy it’s been lately. Since my fanfiction may not be updated anytime soon, I decided to head it off at the pass before readers start deciding I’m dead.
...yes. That’s always a possibility, considering how infrequently I can update.
It sucks, but better to give myself permission to not write than continue to bludgeon the desktop with my head when my brain is too stress-fried to write. On FFN and AO3, I put notes in my current stories, and updated the summaries of the stories that have fallen by the wayside. AFF frowns on author’s notes as chapters, so I’m not sure where to go beyond adding something to the summaries.
I hope the fanfiction writer’s curse has missed more of y’all than it’s hit, that spring is treating you well, and that this doesn’t last too many months. Now if any of y’all need me, I’ll be in my burrito-blanket muttering there’s no place like home and fuck-this-shit-I’m-out.
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It’s okay to take breaks too, we’re not AI.
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We need a hug in the Like options.
I’ve been in a similar place for a while, and it’s both frustrating and (there isn’t a decent word in English) triste. I’m managing tiny bits and pieces, but I can’t seem to find the time or the words for what I really want to be writing, so… I’ve decided to stop stressing and wait for it. It’ll come back.
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My potter fanfic took a backseat when I realized something similar. In the words of Bilbo, it felt like butter being scraped too thin on the toast. So, turned to other projects, figured I’ll come back to it (I usually do).
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