Hey all, I wanted to post a message before I post the next chapter of Girls of Shadows.
This story has, and always was meant to be, a project for me to share my thoughts/ideas/feelings/love of stories with others. I always knew it was going to be a mature, dark fantasy, as I tend to write at night after hard shifts at work, or when I'm needing an outlet. And as I matured as a writer over this past year of writing GOS, so has the story.
The latest chapters (including the one I'm going to post) is a darker period of Lina. After a good talk with my spouse (who actually thinks my earlier chapters are too tame lol, the action lover he is), I knew Lina had to go through some harsh trials in order to make this fantasy a tried and true ode to that darkness in battle and war, and life in general. Grace will get her trials, too, one day.
So, just a note, for me to say: this story is at it's turning point. I will be working hard to finish this first draft, and possibly even start the sequel story, before I go back and rewrite/edit the other chapters. But this turning point helped me see where I want this to go, and how fast I can get it there. So I will be editing earlier chapters at some point (all chapters at some point, for that matter), but this story will be more mature than earlier chapters.
Thanks for reading! :)