To 2015! ...and My Eventual Return · 6:58am Jan 3rd, 2015
Friends followers, and anybody relatively interested in stuff I write,
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So, 2014 saw nothing much from me huh. 4 short stories, only one of them which was anything significant. Really, the majority of the year was filled with empty promises of me going to actually write a lot (emphasis on this tenfold). I don't think I could properly count the amount of times I would tell you that I've come up with some brilliant ideas for a big story that I was going to release in a week or so, only for nothing to appear. Remember a Coco/Rarity story that I had planned and nearly finished by January? How many times did I promise that would be out, and here we are an entire year later with nothing but a trace of what ifs and wheres.
In fact, this turned out to be commonplace for me a couple of years ago when I was still on FF.net writing for the semi-toxic Sonic the Hedgehog fanfiction community. Don't get me wrong, still plenty of good stories there for people to flock to, but the bad there is far worse than the bad here. The similarity is that I slowly lost drive after awhile, and ended up just leaving. Don't fret, I'm not leaving anytime soon, I'm still reading and enjoying plenty of stories on here, something I cannot really say about Sonic.
For 2014, I'm not going to be making many goals that are far out of my realistic grasp. I'm not going to promise a flood of writing or a huge multi chapter story that I've had ideas for years now. Instead, I'll just say that you will be seeing more of me over the next year, mostly because the next 4 months or so is allowing me the opportunity to do so.
Basically, the hiatus I took from September to now is not because I didn't feel like writing. It was more thanks to my own social life, as it was my first semester as a senior in college. More significantly, it was the last semester I would have with my two best friends. Also thanks to a last minute living arrangement, I ended up with 4 good friends in the same apartment, which made every day fun as hell. I also got out of my bubble more, a bubble which I didn't venture out of socially much because I was afraid to leave my comfort zone. Even now, I still prefer sitting warm in my bed with my laptop and hot chocolate than out in a bar or club drinking. But last semester was the first time I had a lot of fun out in a bar with the four of them, getting drunk and just not worrying about things. It was the first time I really let down my guard, and because of that I suddenly didn't focus on the stuff I usually do alone like write.
Nothing lasts forever though, and to be honest, I really wanted that to go on for a long time. Yet here were are in 2015, and in a few weeks I'll be heading back up to a much quieter apartment, less fun, and more time to myself. 3 out of the five of us graduated, leaving two of us (the other one being a girl I had just met a few months ago who was friends with one of my friends. She's cool, but quiet and we aren't really close to one another). So with all this sudden free time back to myself, most of it is going back into writing again. Am I going to end up back in my little bubble? Probably, but not as much as beforehand.
So then, did I set any goals for myself for the upcoming year?
Right now, the only one is to come back and publish something great here. I have no idea what it'll be right now, but be patient. 
Oh, and more blog posts. I always liked interacting with my followers and fellow writers, and I feel like I haven't been doing that enough.
Moreover, I wish the best for everybody this year. May you all reach your own goals, or strive to accomplish things you'd really hope to do, whatever they may be.
We'll keep in touch!
~DJRD
it's okay because you used a gif from the best movie I think I've ever seen.
Oh man. I've been waiting for this blog. I was wondering where you up and disappeared to, and you never said good bye to your good friend, Vertorm.
I'm so glad you're back. I can't wait to talk with you again on Skype. ^_^ We used to have a lot of fun. I don't do a whole lot of editing anymore, but I'd still be more than happy to help you with anything you write. Just, probably more as a pre reader these days. Editing took a lot out of me that I didn't have to give anymore.
Come back soon, DJ Rainbow Pants! I miss you.
You just have to know where to look!
...Unfortunately, I have no idea where to look. There are a few straggling stories and authors I still follow, but nothing actually new for years.
You wrote more in this update than you did in all of 2014.
Its nice to see you back on here, and I look forward to whatever you come up with!
-Frost
2697354 Touche! I've seen it 3 times already and it might be one of the best movies I've ever seen. The soundtrack is really good to do things to.
2697377 Sorry about that!
I didn't mean to randomly disappear like that, but a combination of things made this place slip my mind for awhile. I'm here to stay now though 
Sucks to hear that you don't do much editing anymore though, because I was really excited when you first did Infinite with me (I didn't know editing was so dense!) But I'll definitely be needing pre-readers and would be more than happy to accept that offer!
2697445 Yeah... I haven't really looked so I don't know.
All I know is that when I originally left, I just lost interest in it and there wasn't any stories good enough where I would stay or such.
Maybe someday I'll come back for a oneshot or something, but right now there isn't any drive in me to do that.
2697572 I'll have to work on that huh?
2697667 Glad to see some interest in me is still around!
Let's see what I can come up with.
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Yeah. As far as editing goes, I just had way too much on my plate and it took all my time away from other things that I had to do. In the end, I just had to say I can't do it anymore, for the sake of my own sanity. I was getting pretty stressed out there for a little while... Who knows, though? I don't edit anymore, but I have made exceptions on occasion. As long as we're still talking and keeping in touch, who knows? I might be able to still help you out. Just let me know when you're writing again; like I said, at the very least I can always pre read.