Progress On The Northern Winds

If you don't want to read about what's going on in my life right now scroll right on down to the bottom. For everyone else...

Hey guys. So I'm going to dedicate this blog to just vent a couple of things to you. Don't worry though, you won't be reading this for no reason (those of you who are actually reading this) because everything I am about to say is going to pertain to why, for the most part, I'm taking so long to get out the next chapter of The Northern Winds.
To start things off I will say with the utmost confidence that this story will be complete one day. That is for sure. I have the determination in my mind that it will happen I mean I still have the plot all written out in detail and this is one of my most prized prices to me. I even took time to stop and draw up some cover art for it because I was excited for how epic it would turn out. The only problem is that I feel like I lost my drive to do it. I think this has a reason though, and I think that reason is overral homesickness.
Let's face it, the transition from childhood to adulthood is one of the harder ones. It's even harder when you feel like you were ripped from your previous life and thrown into another at the blink of an eye. It is what I asked for when I signed up though. Once I was in and I started learning how everything worked around here I started realizing that I won't be seeing my childhood friends and family for a really long time. Who knows if I'll ever see them again. It makes me sad and regretful because at the same time I miss them I regret not doing certain things with them (put in a more simple way, I wish I spent more time with them). Only once I started realizing that I won't be able to see them at all anymore made me want to spend more time with them and when I did I felt happy. Shortly after I discovered that I should be spending more time with friends and family and less time by myself I was taken out of my childhood and dropped in the Marine Corps where, although I have people I consider friends, it just isn't the same anymore. I live life with constant regret at how much of my childhood I wasted staying locked up in my house away from my family.

For the most part thanks to those of you who actually read what's going on in my life but now that that's over I would like to happily announce that the next chapter is coming along slowly but surely. Some of you might be saying "What happened to the rush you told us you would be doing" or "You always say that but I still don't see any results. Your story is dead." To that I have to say yes I'm sorry for misleading you however I did not take into account how hard it has been to give it a spot in my schedule like I did in the civilian world and how hard it would for me to get back into the zone. I am finally finding time to sit down and try to focus on writing. It is hard with so much happening around here at certain times. I have been able to get out a max of 100 words per session hopefully to increase as I ease myself back into it so I don't disrupt the writing style. Bootcamp does a lot to you.
Long story short the story progress is starting to slowly pick up speed. No estimated times of completion will be given just know that I am doing my absolute best to see this story completed.
Thank you for your time.