It hasn’t exactly been “good times and happy days” lately in real life, but life is looking up for Kevin in The World Will Be Waiting. I hope I still have some romance readers who will enjoy the big ball of fluff that is Chapter 11, which is now online. Feedback is always appreciated! Do you like this rare bit of sweetness and light from me, or do you miss the darkness and drama?
My writing has slowed down quite a bit in the last month due to a combination of illness, holiday busyness, and The Sims, but my streak is still alive. Today is Day 330! I almost got derailed by the drama last weekend and started rage-writing another pandaskunk story. I actually started a fourth pandaskunk story two years ago; I had a decent idea for it, but it never quite came together in time to finish before Christmas. I figured I would come back to it another year when the timing was right. I thought about it earlier this year because of the Christmas album coming out, but then when Aaron died, I decided definitely not. Then all this shit went down with Nick, and I got reinspired and revised my outline to incorporate recent events. After all, writing is my favorite form of revenge. But, alas, there’s just not enough time for me to pull it off this year. I wrote the first pandaskunk story in a couple of days, but it was less than 8,000 words long. The other two are closer to 40,000 words and took me months to write. As much as I enjoyed writing them and want to write another one someday, I know that any attempt to do so now will just slow me down on TWWBW even more, and that story is my main priority right now. All this to say, it is highly likely I will write a fourth pandaskunk story at some point, but it won’t be this year.
I’ll be back next week with the next chapter of TWWBW! I may even post it a day early to avoid updating on Christmas Eve. Thanks for reading!
So, what happened with Nick? Is he okay?
Anyways, I’m sorry that you’ve been sick. I can’t wait to read the latest chapter from TWWBW!!!
Honestly, I like both the romantic and the dark parts of your stories. havening moments where ther aren’t so many happy moments makes all the happy ones that much more loved.
Nick seems to be doing fine, from what I can tell. I’m glad he’s home with his family for the holidays now.
Thanks! It’s been one thing after the other for the last month, which comes with the territory when you teach germy kids this time of year, but I’m finally feeling better.
That makes sense! I feel the same way as both a reader and a writer. I think that’s why I’m enjoying writing TWWBW so much; I usually get bored with fluffy romance, but after all the drama and angst of the first story, it’s a nice change for now. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!