TNo More Nightmares
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A great betrayal of trust. A sin not easily forgiven nor forgotten. But when the betrayer is as much a victim as those he betrayed, can they find it in them to finally forgive him? And can he forgive himself?
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red_angel · 76k words · 361 15 · 10k views

'Tis the season to be spooky (and serious) · 2:38pm Oct 29th, 2014

Hello, boys and girls of every age, would you like to see something strange?

Here you go.

Strange enough for you? Good. Now that you're all in the proper mindset, let's talk seriously for a while.

It's the month of Halloween; of ghosts and ghouls, pumpkins and candy. I had hoped that before this month was over, I would have the next chapter of No More Nightmares ready and published. Sadly, that will most likely not be the case.

I'm sorry, I so wanted to not have you have to wait 2 months between chapters a second time, but despite my intentions it's been beyond my control.

I've had some family trouble; my mom had to have surgery to fix her knee. It went well and she's recovering, but me and the rest of the family have had to help her while she heals. The rest of my time has been filled with either work or something work-related. Almost zero free time. And it has drained me.

The little free time I've had has not left me in much of a mood to write. I'm not proud to admit it, and it feels so pretentious to say, but I can't write if I don't feel like it. The same things goes with anything I enjoy doing, if I start feeling like I have to do it I stop enjoying doing it and then I don't want to do it. So I've waited for the right times when I felt I had the energy and motivation to work on the next chapter, and sadly those times have been sparse; hence the delay.

It IS coming, I promise. I've said that nothing will stop me from finishing the story and I meant it. The one good thing that has come from all of this is that I have had much time to think, and I think I might be starting to work myself past my writer's block, at least to a degree. So there's that.

I've been having some financial problems as well, which has made me a bit stressed the past weeks. However, things look like they may be shaping up. I'll soon be moving into a new place, start receiving a more steady income. A new start, and I'm looking forward to it.

Now, look... I'm not trying to worry you, and I'm not seeking attention. Even though reading your comments have been a huge part of what has kept me going, both on this site and in real life, and I am immensely grateful for each and every one of them, I'm not fishing for more. As much of joy as they are to read, I want them to be earned, not because you feel sorry for me, so I really hope no one feels like they have to comment just to make me feel better, that's not what this is about.

All I want is for you to understand why it has taken so long lately. Maybe it doesn't need to be said, it probably doesn't, but I feel like I have to let you know that I don't intentionally make you wait, that you have the right to know after the time and support you have given me.

Also, I want to make it clear that never once have I been annoyed or stressed whenever someone asks me when the next chapter will be out. Quite the opposite, I always feel flattered whenever someone asks me, because I know it means you want to keep reading my story, and I couldn't ask for more than that. So don't feel like you've been pestering me, because that couldn't be further from the truth.

Okay, let's stop with this soppy crap before I start getting emotional.

I have the next chapter completely planned out at least, even if it will still take some time to finish. For those of you who think the mood has been a little too light in the last chapters, hold on to your butts, because we are in for some confrontations, drama and angst (not to mention madness). Yay

I have also been considering going back and making a few edits to older chapters. No big changes, just polishing up some mistakes I've spotted and maybe change the wording in some sentences that I felt could have been done better or be a little bit clearer.

For example, In chapter 5, during this scene:

"...the last thing you need are ponies finding excuses to blame you for more things that aren't your fault."

"Aren't they?"

When I first wrote it, the implications seemed obvious, but going over it again, I feel it could easily be interpreted as either Anon insinuating that the ponies are already blaming him or that he thinks that he really is at fault for the things that happened. I wonder which conclusion most people came to when reading that, because it's supposed to be the latter. Maybe I'm just over-thinking things and worrying about nothing, but there are still things I would like to change up in the previous chapters. Nothing that changes the story, just cosmetic things.

I think I might do this further down the road though.

I suppose that's enough for this post. Just don't start worrying about me. I'm soldering on and looking after myself, and you would have to pry this story from my cold, dead fingers before I even consider letting it go. So to all of you anxiously waiting for what happens next:

Don't worry, it's coming, you better believe it's coming. And it will keep coming until it's done. So thank you for your patience and the support you've given me. This ride is far from over.

//Red Angel

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