Dragonflies

A Note From Me

This past year has brought several things to light for me

most of which have been quite painful realizations.

I've lost people I loved

-some to whatever may come after this life

and others of their own choosing-

and suffered emotional, physical, and mental setbacks.

These occurrences slowed my writing

but I knew how writing and reading everyone's

comments made me happy in the multitude

of sadness that surrounded me,

so I kept trying.

Then I read a comment left on one of my books..

..and my writing just stopped.

I never let online comments get to me,

but this comment from this particular person

got into my head and made me feel like sh*t.

I didn't want to write anymore.

I didn't even want to read anymore.

Wattpad aided in my giving up

by telling me that they didn't know

how to fix my not receiving notifications issue.

No motivation.. no notifications..

What is the point of even opening or having the app at all?

I still had tons of story ideas, however,

and to have so many ideas and drafts

that would never come to fruition

made things worse for me.

Therefore, I present to you

DRAGONFLIES

(aka "This IS Me Trying")

a collection of short stories

that I'd hoped to flesh out into

full length books one day

but as of this moment

this is all that I can give.

I will keep adding stories to this book

as I complete them so if you're interested

keep it in your library

so that you don't miss the updates.

Each story will be SEVEN chapters long

(because of course)

with maybe an occasional

bonus chapter.

I ask TWO very important things of you as a reader

should you decide to continue with this book

(1) BE KIND

You have no idea how much it took out of me

to gain any type of motivation to write

one.. single.. sentence..

That does not mean flatter me with bullsh*t.

If you aren't into the stories, don't read them.

POINT BLANK

No comment about your departure

nor what you don't like is necessary.

JUST LEAVE QUIETLY.

(2) BE GENUINELY KIND

If you read and enjoy the chapters,

please vote, comment and share them

with those you believe would enjoy them as well.

My notifications are working again!

I love spam comments and votes!

I need a little sunshine in my dark days.

Okay.. enough of me babbling

If you read this far, thank you

You are SO appreciated.

For those that are shy about commenting

you can message me little notes of support.

I don't mind at all.

I hope you enjoy ❤️💜

-Alloflovethatmadeit
2024/01/01