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qrt

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Can whistle, can blow a bubble gum, but can’t cartwheel. Hi there!

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qrt creator Jan 30
Greetings everyone! Life has been coming and going, but I hope it's been well for you all.

It's been about a while since a last wall update (life! graduation! apartment! mental health!), and unfortunately I have no plans to update in a hot minute. BUT in case you've been wondering, here's a long status update for the stories:

Short answer: Everything's on hiatus, but they're still in my thoughts and behind-the-scenes, and I hope to end at least two novels in 2023.

Long answer: In order of priority here...

RUN & CRY WOLF:
My friend is helping me with a deep-read feedback (I think we're about 90 chapters in?) so I can finish the novel in a half-way decent way because I completely trainwrecked whatever the original ending was supposed to be (which uh, was originally always meant to be chapter 10 from conception, but...uh, that totally did not happen hahaha)! It may be a solid chunk of months before you see anything, but the ending is incoming!

FIREBURNT:
We're in the last arc of the story! Writer's blocked, though, because writing purple prose is hard and the tone of Chao's voice is kinda literary :( BUT fear not, this was the work that got me back into writing after years of not writing, and I predict this will be what gets me back into it.

LAST CALL:
This one's writer's blocked and I need to figure out progression. I've always had the main points plotted in a vague outline (hence my fantastic foreshadowing everywhere), but there are still so many scenes I want to slide in that I'm not sure will be possible.

IN OVER YOUR HEAD:
WIP anthology. This just...updates whenever haha XD

I AM THE SECOND MALE LEAD'S FATHER:
This one's last on the list because it was an experimental novel to see if I could get joosi joosi dopamine, but unfortunately the perils of fatherhood in another world with spicy politics require brain power. None of which I have, but maybe eventually!

Cheers! o/
See you all sometime further in 2023!
Ro
Ro Jan 31
qqqrrttt! :D It is nice to hear from you and have an update! xD I hope you have been well! :3 <3 <3
qrt
qrt creator Feb 01
Hi Ro!!! <3 Wowww it's so good to know you're still around too. It's been a while! I've been doing okay and I hope you've been even better <3 :D
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qrt creator Jul 15, 2020
Hi everyone,

I hope you all have been staying safe and healthy during these times!

I've been a bit hiatus for a while due to healing from finals and just trying to recalibrate (phew!), and etc as you all probably have! These past few weeks, I've been trying to pick up the three stories again and writing...it's tough to swing back in.

So news! Please look forward to all three stories updating on July 21 (birthday perks!) and after that, guaranteed on Mondays (Last Call), Wednesdays (Run & Cry Wolf), and Fridays (Fireburnt) until the end of August! In Over Your Head will get there ;) Sometime

Cheers and take care! o/
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Ro Jul 15, 2020
Hope you had ... good finals? That seems like a weird thing to say. :P Hope your finals went well and that you have been having a great rest! <3
Ro
Ro Jul 15, 2020
Hope you had ... good finals? That seems like a weird thing to say. :P Hope your finals went well and that you have been having a great rest! <3
qrt
qrt creator Jul 16, 2020
Hahaha not at all! Finals went well :") Tyvm!!! Very stressed ofc with covid, but somehow I managed! The rest has been absolutely lovely--hope you've been doing well, enjoying summer <3
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qrt creator Feb 09, 2020
Hey y'all!

Missed the January updates because I got too into a relaxing school break and then back into the grind, but February will be resuming as usual! I'll try to make up with a two-chapter update for each story this month. :Da

Thanks again<3
Cheers o/
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qrt creator Nov 24, 2019
PSST!!! Y'all wanna know something hilarious?

As of right now, the working document (so including all the extra scenes/deleted scenes/original pre-rewritten parts that didn't make it in the final section) of each story is as follows:

Fireburnt: 297 pages (113,257 words)
Run & Cry Wolf: 418 pages (149,268 words)
Last Call: 241 pages (89,877 words)

Kind of hilarious R&CW is over 100 pages more than the other two. I've got a lot of bloopers and alternate scenes, because the story could have gone anywhere haha, but I had no idea it was that much

I do like all these words I've managed to write in the 2 years I've been on Tapas, but dang, hope I don't reach a page limit in Microsoft Word lol...they already take a bit of time to buffer up all the text when I open them T_T

Have a great weekend! :Db
Big Thanks too to everyone who donated during Inksgiving even though I'm not as active as I used to be<3<3<3
Cheers! o/
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qrt creator Nov 01, 2019
Hey there! Hope the week's going sweeelll! I want to put another image on my wall because the last one was so long ago :D

Have a meme I made a while back because this is an excellent example of my modus operandi.

Cheers! o/
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qrt creator Oct 30, 2019
Yow! We've somehow reached over 300 subscribers for Fireburnt! I'm thrilled and excited. Hello to you all! Hope you're and will enjoy the read!

I want to celebrate a little, but not sure if I can find the time to do it so soon--but next time I update for Fireburnt, there'll be a second update just to celebrate!

Thanks again for being amazing! Cheers! o/
Ro
Ro Oct 31, 2019
Congratulations ! <3
qrt
qrt creator Nov 01, 2019
Thank you so much! It's so exciting ☺️
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qrt creator Sep 06, 2019
Hey y'all! apologies about fireburnt and R&CW's chapters--been getting home late. I'll aim to have em posted this weekend!

o/ Cheeers!
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qrt creator Sep 02, 2019
Hello!

Announcing a new update schedule(?):

There won't be.

Fireburnt, R&CW, and LC have all have had a relatively (oopz) consistent update day/time in the past year, but I had a bit more free time to work on them in the past, than I will now that I'm in school. Realistically speaking, though, now that I've been through my first week, I don't think it'll be possible to keep up what I had (had a feeling...). Which is a little disappointing because I love my stories and getting to yoink 'em at you every week is a thrill!

This definitely doesn't mean I won't be updating at all in this school period! My rate of writing/updating will just be slower, and not as consistent on a day or schedule. My at-a-estimate estimation is maybe each story would update 1-2 times a month rather than the 4 times right now, but we'll see how it goes. I won't promise an update day, but please be assured that these stories are all my own personal projects that I wanna see finished in 2020-2021 at least, because I've got a zillion more where they came from.

*TL;DR:* All three stories will be moving to occasional updates with no set update day. This will begin after this week's updates.

Thank you so much for your support and reading, and I hope you're all doing well!
Cheers o/
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qrt creator Aug 27, 2019
Hi all! Just a quick note of thank you for your patience as I start school this academic year! This week's updates will be paused as I get used to things, but I hope to get something out for next week!

This is aso a heads up: Based on school workload, I might end up needing to update once in a while instead of weekly, but we'll see how it goes. I will keep you updated about whatever decision I do make.

As always, thank you all for reading!
Cheers! o/
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qrt creator Aug 19, 2019
Hey all! Last Call's update will be pushed to Wednesday evening along with R&CW's!
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