So.

So, I'm back. I... can try to explain, I suppose.

In the simplest of terms, life happened. However, that is, in my own opinion, something not unlike an excuse, though this is far from something required of me. Either way, I can honestly say that the past few months have been tough, and for my stories, harder. Have you even experienced looking back at old work, and suddenly seeing all sorts of problems? A kind of dissatisfaction with them, perhaps? I have, though even that is still an excuse. The fact of the matter is simple:

I chose to attempt to weave a congruent, changing narrative across multiple tales, and attempted to do so by near randomly determining where to begin writing. And this when I had only been writing for maybe a few months, without anything resembling training outside of a love of books, and a mind bursting with thoughts.

Suffice to say I've made a mess. And, in making said mess, harmed my ability to work on some stories, and trapped my focus on the problems, none of which could ever truly be fixed, because half of what they were wasn't even written yet! I've tied myself in knots, and though I have ripped myself free of it, the knot remains behind. I have been battling myself with what to do with it. In fact, it was incident that saw me see the light.

An accident that took one of my other works. Wiped clean, never to be recovered. But that gave me insight. I wasn't really happy with it. I kept it not from a want to, but because I didn't want to see the work wasted. And having it lost left me free to give it a brand new start. Or course, said work was more a map than a story, and deleting stories tends to drive me nuts, but having a place to dump defunct writing would serve me well. And it has already begun to do so.

As such, a number of stories are going to be removed, changed, and placed back, probably vastly different than what they first were. And some might not be coming back for some time.

Those stories I wish to mend and are likely to be replaced soon are: Sands of Time, Madness, And How to Live With it, possibly Bringing the Magic Back, and finally, Wavering Perception. Maddness is going to give me a little problem, but since it is one of my very first attempts at writing, I doubt it will be too difficult.

However, I'm sorry for those that enjoyed Wavering Perception, as it might not be back for quite some time. The part of story that needs to be replaced there is the root, and with that, I'll have to begin almost from scratch. I'll do my best, but... it's not going to be the same tale you have been keeping up with. I'll be sure to place a warning when it does return, so those who don't see this understand.

Until then... Maybe I'll focus a little more on the stories I've been neglecting.

Amaranthine Thought, rethinking old ideas, (and feeling bad...).