Jashley13

Hey everyone! Just got out of my exam. I apologize for the silence the last couple of weeks but I’ve been keeping my nose in the studying and didn’t want to just tease you all with short, constant updates when there was nothing to report. But now that I’m done (and don’t find out anything until November), I can get back to writing full-force without the constant nagging of ‘maybe I should be studying’ hanging over my head. Thank you all so much for your patience and I hope to properly reward it with quality writing

Chapter 106 is up and just a heads-up, the next chapter might be a little slower in coming. In just over a week, I’m taking an exam for promotion so I will be focusing most of my efforts on that. I may do a little writing just to give myself a break, but I really want this promotion so I’m gonna double-down and focus on studying. Hopefully, the wait shouldn’t be too extra long. Thank you for being patient with me!

Next chapter should be up tomorrow

Chapter 105 is up

Next chapter should be up tomorrow!

So it’s been a little while since I’ve done a decent post on here, hasn’t it? Well, time to change that! *pops knuckles* This actually started with the sudden realization that my friend BashfulScribe’s stories are no long available on the website. I have no idea how or why that happened but ideally it’s just a bug and should hopefully be rectified soon. I mention this because it kind of leap-frogs off the back of the fact that he and I talk quite a bit about writing and stories and whatnot. And it also piggybacks on noting that the forum is nowhere near as lively as it used to be. Partly my fault, as I have grown notoriously bad at updating anything aside from when the next chapter will be posted, but also because...well, this is a long story. A very long story. At BashfulScribe’s suggestion, I’ve added tags to the chapters that start a new saga, but that doesn’t change the fact that there is now over 100 chapters of this story and with what I’ve got left in my brain, I don’t see it stopping anytime soon. Obviously, I understand that the prospect of reading this story can be very draining, especially to new readers. I briefly considered actually hacking up the story itself and posting each individual Saga as its own story. I might still do that, though that then creates the confusion of having someone start a Saga that I’m currently posting in, only to get confused and realize just how much of the rest of the story there is. I prefer to have it all in one place but, honestly, the best way I can think of to get this out in the most non-shocking of ways is to actually get the damn thing published and I don’t know the first step of that. Each saga would be its own book, of course, and maybe having them physically separated is the best way, but...again, I wouldn’t know where to start. As for how much I write, I fully admit that I maybe overindulge a bit. I’m a guy of somewhat excessive taste. I love having the whole thing. If you tell me a story, I will always want more. I love details and backstory and addendums and so on and so on. I’ve been compared to Peter Jackson more than once, which I don’t take as an insult. The man fills in the margins with as much as he can, and I like to do the same. So yeah, 100+ chapters is excessive. I’ll fully admit that. If I could make it more accessible, believe me, I would. I’ve grown so attached to these characters that I don’t want to stop telling their story. At this point, it’s kind of therapy for me. I keep waiting to hit the wall and slam into Writer's Block, but it doesn’t happen. I’ve also thought about maybe taking a sabbatical and letting the story rest for a bit, but then I worry about leaving people in the lurch and potentially losing fans who want to see more. I’m not saying anyone depends on me or anything. Just that I hate disappointing. So yeah, that’s basically where I sit with my writing. It’s changed from the early days, I know that. The characters have changed. I have changed. The mood has changed. The style has changed. Was it better in the early days? Perhaps, but I’m finding his new stuff is more personal and therefore more meaningful. To me, anyway. To each their own. Thank you all so much for your continued support and if any of you has suggestions, feel free to comment. Believe me, I will never turn down advice.

Chapter 104 is up! Hope you all enjoy

Next chapter should be up tomorrow!

Chapter 103 is up Hope you all enjoy

Next chapter should be up either today or tomorrow I apologize for not participating more in the discussion of the story but I probably shouldn’t since I’m chock full of spoilers and don’t want one to accidentally slip out. I still love reading all the analysis and theories tho!

Chapter 102 is up! Hope everyone enjoys!

Next chapter will be up in a day or so

Just realized I’ve been writing for four years! Where’s the time gone? So that’s about an average of 25 chapters a year? Wish the output was a little better but I’m just happy I still have such amazing fans and readers

Chapter 101 is up! hope you all enjoy

Next chapter will be up tomorrow! first step into the triple-digits

Chapter 100 is up. Honestly...I had no idea I’d get this far. The first chapter was just something I banged out in a day, not knowing if people would be interested or not, but it’s grown so much larger and so much different than I originally imagined. And all in the best ways. Thank you all so much for sticking with me for so long through this process and I hope that the next hundred will keep living up to your expectations. You are the best readers any writer could hope for

Next chapter should be up tomorrow. Chapter 100!

Holy crap I just posted Chapter 99. One more and I’ll have officially posted 100 chapters...It’s so hard to imagine but there you go. This is also the end of the College Saga, probably the longest I’ve ever made, but I don’t think the next Saga will be quite as long. At least, I’m not planning on it being that long. Don’t have a name yet but I will let you know when I do. Hope you all enjoy!

Sorry about the wait everyone! Just wrapping up the chapter and it should be posted within the next day or two

Hey everyone! Just a heads up: this next chapter will be a bit longer than the normal ones so it may take a day or two longer to get out, but I am writing as quickly as I can so I’m keeping my fingers crossed I can still get it out in a decent amount of time!

Chapter 98 is up! one more chapter and then it will be the end of the Saga. Think this might have been the longest one yet!

Next chapter should be up either tonight or tomorrow

Chapter 97 is up!

Next chapter will be up hopefully by tomorrow

Chapter 96 is up! Only four more, then I’ll be in triple digits. Hard to believe