Hello OTES fans!
I know it's been a long while, so I've decided to give an update regarding book 5. (Don't panic it's nothing bad it's still ongoing lol.)
I've noticed we haven't had an update since December. I will go ahead and say I haven't worked much on Chapter 17, but it's kinda because I'm being hard on myself on how to handle it. It's nothing bad, really. I HAVE been working on it bit by bit, but I've been working on Chapter 18 more.
It's simply that, well, as I said, I took a step back not to burn myself out. I've realized I was getting annoyed with myself during the last 6 chapters because I kept questioning if they were written poorly or not. It was a sign I needed to slow down. Otherwise it was going to feel more like a chore than a hobby.
I took a step back as in, I refused to READ book 5, during this break because I was again, driving myself crazy over it.
I've also realized I've set this weird goal of trying to make each chapter have at least 20k words? I mean it's not something I've decided. It's just it felt wrong to have any chapters less than that? But tbh these long chapters are absolutely kicking my butt so I need to like, not kick myself.
Anyways, no the story is not on hiatus or anything. It's just taking a while. I'm 80% sure once chapter 17 is our, 18 will follow like a month or two later. Lol
So yeah the little break worked because now I'm looking at book 5 again and I realized I was overthinking too much.
So yeah! Everything is fine! I know my announcements have been nothing but PMD updates. Those chapters were completed months ago. So that's why the updates are so constant!
I am also working on a new story project on the side, but I am not going to announce what it is at all until I know for sure I'm committed! So keep an eye out for that? Maybe? It depends!
Anyways, that's all! Happy reading!
-Espeon804