Yes. I am indeed working.

No, I'm not working fast, but we'll get there when we do. Main thing is I scrapped the upcoming chapter because I wasn't satisfied with the quality of it, and then I left it unwritten for a long time. I touched it again days ago and now I'm actually getting back into the swing of things.

I'll apologize for being a slow worker, but I don't want to release something unless I'm happy with it, or work on it when I'm not in the writing mood. I think my writing style might have a big shift in quality and... well... style. In the year and a quarter since I've updated the fic, I've learned a lot about writing and story telling, and I hope that shows with a difference in my writing.

If I'm going to be honest, something that killed my passion for writing was me falling out of the fandom. And that's how it is. I'm not an MLP fan anymore, I'll be completely genuine. There's nothing about it that really makes me happy. But I do adore writing. Since my last update, I've been experimenting with non-MLP related fics, but I never let them take off. GPK is one of the few stories where I've put planning into the plot and general structure and where I want it to go, and that's why here and there I come back to it.

And speaking of GPK, I want to add the other reason for why I haven't been updating. It's that the stuff I HAVE written of GPK, to me now, looks like garbage. I will openly admit my writing isn't the best. And I'm not happy with how I've handled GPK thus far.

But I'm not going back and rewriting it.

Despite how I've admitted how it is pretty bad, and how I'm unhappy with it, the first few chapters of GPK stand as a monument to my writing at the time, and a reminder of how I can improve, and hopefully have improved. So that's where we are now. I'm writing the next chapter, right from where it left off, with no edits or changes to what has been written.

I know it's been a long time, so if you've forgotten what's going on in the story, just reread the previous chapter. That's what I'm doing, since I'd mostly forgotten too. And if there are inconsistencies with the previous chapters that pop up in my new chapters, if they get released, consider it a retcon.

That will be all. Thank you for sticking with me, and for being patient with me. Writing is a passion of mine, and I like having this outlet, but passion comes and goes. And that's likely how updates will be. They'll come and go.

Have a good night, or day.

~ 'Splodey