Hello, hello friends! Yes, I'm back. I've visited you a lot this last week. You're welcome? lol

2020 is almost over... I wish all the shit from 2020 would disappear with the year, but alas, 2021 will be pretty shit for a while too. Let's keep our fingers crossed that things look better in a few months. Anyway, as the title of this blog entails, I've got a bit of a life update for ya.

As you may already know, 14 Days ended this month, and Fools in Love will end soon too. I have always been a writer that had a story posted before another ended. I always prided myself in having at least one on-going story at all times. I do think this led to me having an incredibly loyal fan base (I love you guys for that, btw.) When a story ended, another began and readers were still on the high from the previous story so they immediately jumped to the next. "Twoony" became known as a machine busting out one story after another. I didn't want to let readers down, and I admit I was (and still am) very scared to take a long break. I thought if I did that readers would leave. They'd find another author then see that I've returned, but think; "oh, I'll get to that story later!" But then they never would and I'd lose all that I worked for up to this point, especially after writing became my full time job. I need to maintain an audience, otherwise I will lose my home.

However, I got to work with Tapas on some projects that will launch in 2021. I was working on these projects and my on going novels for a while, then I got stressed so I took a break from early updates on my patreon to work solely on my projects with Tapas. That's when I realized; I can't handle this anymore. I need to lessen the load. I need more time.

I've been keeping myself busy writing for years. I am lucky to have made writing my job, but it is stressful no matter how much I love it. I've focused so much on pumping out stories that I haven't spent the time that I really wanted on these ideas. I want to develop them more. I want to develop my writing skills in general. I want to continuously get better. He Who Will Be King is a great example of me wanting desperately to work more on it, but I am so overwhelmed by adding new story after new story after new story that, by the time I get around to working on HWWBK, I'm too mentally exhausted to do so. I realized this because of my projects with Tapas. I had much more time to develop the idea, write the story, then edit it, and I loved that. I loved being able to spend time on a story, which I was never really able to do with how much I was writing up to this point.

In short, even if it worries me, I won't be posting a new story now that 14 Days and Fools in Love have ended. The re-write of Whisper Woods is being posted so there's that story, at least. I'm not entirely sure when I'll post another free to read novel, though, but I am confident that it won't be in January. Currently, I have 3 ongoing projects with Tapas that will launch in 2021, 2 of which should be in February, so you will hear from me by then. Yes, they will be premium series, however, I will not drop free series all together. I do plan to lessen how frequently I write them, though. Instead, I want to spend more time on them so they can be the best they can possibly be.

I guess you could say I'm taking January off. I'm also not going to interact with comments until after New Years. I'll still be online, like on twitter and such, but I plan to avoid Tapas and Wattpad. I've become more irritable when reading comments. Small things that didn't bother me before are bothering me now. I think I'm just overloaded? Tired? I'm not entirely sure, but I don't want to feel like this, so I'm taking that as a sign that I need a breather in general.

I'm sorry to suddenly disappear, especially when I know how hard 2020 has been and how hard the holidays are going to be this year for so many. I've always loved comments saying how people found happiness in my stories during such a shit year. It has been something that keeps me going so I hate to take that away, but I have to give this a try. I need to step back for a bit, either to rest or to work on stories that make me proud.

I hope that you enjoy my projects in 2021. I'll come back as soon as I can with new stories, new worlds, and new characters for everyone to love. Thanks for being with me.

Until 2021, toodles~