Cammie - Quick Follow-up Blog · 7:39pm Jan 31st, 2023
So it ends.
It’s been quite the journey, if you’ll pardon the cliche. A story that’s been in the works since last March, and on which I’ve spent the better part of 2022 writing, editing, and revising, now finally has that coveted green COMPLETE label.
It wouldn’t be an understatement for me to say that there were times where I wasn’t really sure it’d reach that point. Not necessarily because of any issues with publication dates and chapter scheduling, but simply because of that grim uncertainty which accompanies any writer when they begin to wade through the darkness of drafting. So I owe special thanks to my editors and pre-readers, all of whom are credited in the story’s description, as well as in the story’s Dedications chapter. I don’t want to repeat myself, but it really should go without saying that it is thanks to their kindness, patience, and faith, that Cammie finally reached a fitting conclusion.
I have, of course, several notes’ worth of content for an “afterthoughts” kind of post, one that would involve discussing how the story came to be, my process throughout, and my thoughts about the themes and ideas and, especially, the characters. At the same time, I wonder if, perhaps, simply letting the story be as it is, without added author commentary, is the smarter decision. For as much as I like to talk about my process and reveal some of the inner workings behind my stories, I also appreciate the almost primordial need for mystery—the need for stories to exist beyond the scope of the author, without the author.
To all my readers, everyone who has liked, favorited, or commented—thank you for sticking by this novel. Some of you like G5, some of you don’t. Whatever your opinion, I can only ask that you don’t compare this story to that, or vice versa. I can also only hope that this story manages to stand on its own regardless of the source material—this, I think, is the true goal of any writer.
This has, unintentionally, started to sound a bit like a farewell blog post. It isn’t, in actuality, but there is a certain kind of finality I cannot ignore.
Someone once said that the best way to learn how to write a novel is to write a novel, and I think I’ve certainly learned a lot. Yet I do not think this is a one-and-done lesson. A writer is never truly finished, merely working between the stages of drafting and editing.
I have other ideas, of course, for more stories; some, perhaps, could be novel length, and some could be shorter. Obviously, I can’t estimate on either end, given that I tend to only speak definitively when drafts are completed. But I do intend on continuing to write fanfics, for fun as well as for the craft of storytelling.
Cammie will probably hold a special place in my heart, despite it far from being my first foray into longer-length works. I trust, then, that it may hold a similar position in someone else’s. 
