Thirteenth: A Nightmare On Blog Street · 5:26am Oct 22nd, 2020

Okay, so I'm nearly done with my first full-length story here... and it feels both amazing and somewhat sad.

Amazing, because I've never actually succeeded at writing out such a large amount of stuff like this... er, outside of roleplays, that is. Technically, the story I'm finishing now WAS a roleplay, but as I'm sure anyone could tell you, there's a WORLD of a difference between roleplaying and writing... or, in my own case, editing. Still, the feeling of actually accomplishing this task feels wonderful; like I just finished first place in some sort of contest, though the prize is simply my own gratification.

But sad, because it also means the current tale has now... well, been told. In editing through it, I enjoyed reliving the moments that shined through... and yet, I realize that once I finish with it, I won't exactly have much reason to go through it again. It'll be a sort-of goodbye - not to the characters, so much, but to the story itself. A long time putting it together, then the inevitable release unto the world... and just hoping it finds an audience that will love and appreciate it as much as I have.

So, bittersweet, I guess? Glad to see it complete, but hating to let it go?

Still, I know I'll occasionally look it over from time to time, and I'll ALWAYS be happy to read new comments on it, should they come as time passes and others find the tale. I just hope it turns out to be as fun and wonderful to them in their first read as it was to Wungiel and I when we first created it.