Ink_Wielder

Hey lovely people! Just a quick end of the month update for you.
          	
          	this week I'm going to be picking away at a new chapter for Lost in Litany, so hopefully I can have that ready for you all by the end of this weekend! If not by then, then I promise soon after; parts for that tend to take a little longer on average since they're lengthier. Once that's done, I'll hopefully be back in the groove for it, so it should be steady updates from there. 
          	
          	Editing on Abyss is still chugging along slowly but surely. I have it out to a dear friend of mine who's an editor who agreed to help out, and once she's finished with it, I'll be onto the final steps before sending out to publishers. Cross your fingers for me!
          	
          	Alright, that's all! Thank you all so much for reading! Hope you've been ejoying Red Door so far, and that you liked the new part :) I appriciate you dearly.

Mason6376

@Ink_Wielder yesssss more litany, the red door is good but litany is some of your best work so far in my humble opinion, ISBTU got me into your work and will forever be burnt into my mind, but litany is special 
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Ink_Wielder

Hey lovely people! Just a quick end of the month update for you.
          
          this week I'm going to be picking away at a new chapter for Lost in Litany, so hopefully I can have that ready for you all by the end of this weekend! If not by then, then I promise soon after; parts for that tend to take a little longer on average since they're lengthier. Once that's done, I'll hopefully be back in the groove for it, so it should be steady updates from there. 
          
          Editing on Abyss is still chugging along slowly but surely. I have it out to a dear friend of mine who's an editor who agreed to help out, and once she's finished with it, I'll be onto the final steps before sending out to publishers. Cross your fingers for me!
          
          Alright, that's all! Thank you all so much for reading! Hope you've been ejoying Red Door so far, and that you liked the new part :) I appriciate you dearly.

Mason6376

@Ink_Wielder yesssss more litany, the red door is good but litany is some of your best work so far in my humble opinion, ISBTU got me into your work and will forever be burnt into my mind, but litany is special 
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Ink_Wielder

Also, I couldn't fit it in my last post, but there is another side story I'm working between main projects that'll be running here too! The chapters are shorter, so it's much easier to work on it in tandem with my other stuff, so expect to see updates to that until it's done alongside Litany.
          
          If you were a fan of 'It's Somewhere Beneath Us' and enjoy the character moments of the 'Lost in' series, I think you'll have a good time. Check it out below!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/409833905-the-red-door-with-a-black-knob

Ink_Wielder

Hey everybody! Got some big news for you today.
          
          for those of you who followed the link of my last announcement and read my update, you'll probably remember that I was in a really odd place with my writing; a major part of that being my work always tearing me away from my passion. 
          
          Well I'm happy to announce that after five years of saving, I'm finally doing something that I've wanted to for years now. Starting this Friday, I'll be stepping away from my current job and taking a year of personal time to pursue writing as a full job. 
          
          Over the years, I've never really done any big moves solely for myself, and I feel that now would be a good (and safe) time to push out of my comfort zone and take a leap of faith. If it works, then great! And even if it doesn't, I can always get a new job, and at least I can say I gave it an honest try and won't look back with regrets :)
          
          It's a little freaky leaving the certain stability, but I am very much looking forward to all the free time I'll have now to live life to the fullest, at least for a little while. I want to explore my home state a lot more, learn some new skills, and of course, get a whole lot of writing done!
          
          Editing for Metastasis is officially done, and while getting that published is still top priority, that means that  in my free time, I think I'm finally ready to get Litany sorted back out again and onto the rails! I've been waiting almost a year now to get the second act of that story to you all, and I hope you enjoy the reveals that are going to come with it as everything unravels ;)
          
          On top of that, I want to finally deliver on some of those mini-projects I've mentioned over the years; A compendium of monsters for Lost In, a couple of short stories--I'm running out of room but just know I have a lot planned for all the free time I'm about to have!
          
          sorry I've been away for so long, but hopefully soon, I'll be here to stay :) Thank you all as always for sticking by my side; I'm so grateful for you all.
          
          ~Ink

Ink_Wielder

@KaylaHawkner hey, there's still a lot of doubts I still have in regards to the things I said in my last post, even with the new change in career, so that message was very reassuring and not in vain, I promise! Thank you so much for taking the time to write all of that out, it helped ease my anxieties on a lot of things :) and thank you so much for all your kind words here too! The support in this new direction means everything, and I hope I can make you all happy with where things go. And I am super excited to see your work when it's all ready! I have huge respect for you in all the effort you're putting into all aspects just to make sure every little detail is right, haha (I especially wish I could compose like you given how much music has influenced my writing). Thank you again for the kind words, and good luck to you as well! Was so glad to see you still hanging around :)
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Ink_Wielder

@Mason6376 Hey! So good to see you still around! That sucks that your other account got taken down :/ and yes! More litany soon, I promise! I know a lot of people are waiting on more and I feel so bad, haha. Thank you for all the support and kind words as always, they mean a ton to me. Saw you reading the new story and hope you're enjoying that it the meantime!
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KaylaHawkner

@Ink_Wielder ...Aaaaaand I'm reading this AFTER I just left a big comment on your other post about the advantages to not doing writing as a job, LOL.. gosh darn it.
            My other comment didn't account for the idea of taking a temporary amount of time off to do writing, though! That sounds like a good idea to me! ..And also extremely tempting, seeing how many years it's taking me to work on my own books (and compose music for it and draw chapter title cards for it and draw video backgrounds for the songs).. I don't think I'd be able to take a whole YEAR off, but maybe 6 months.. hmmm..
            I wish you all the best of luck!!
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Ink_Wielder

Hey yall, got another update for you this month, although wattpad is deffinitely NOT going to let me fit everything I need to say in a post here, so I'll drop a link to the page where I posted over on my reddit. It's a long one and a little personal, so I hope you don't mind, but it goes over a lot of things I've been struggling with lately.
          
          Thank you all as always for keeping up with me and sticking around through the lack of posting. Hope you all had a happy valentines day!
          
          https://www.reddit.com/u/Ink_Wielder/s/CRjfRNDCp8

KaylaHawkner

@Ink_Wielder You work on your writing at whatever pace makes YOU the least stressed. While I completely understand wanting to do more than what you're currently doing, the last thing you want is for a beloved hobby to start feeling like a chore or otherwise stressful task! While of course it sucks that we can't spend 8 to 10 hours writing every day like people who write for a living do, the nice thing about writing not being a job for us is that we don't have any sort of stressful deadlines or the daunting task of "if my readers don't like this I won't make enough money to sustain myself." Go at whatever pace is most comfortable for you!
            (Also, sorry for responding to this like 2 months late, I've been very busy!)
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Ink_Wielder

Hey everyone!
          
          Just wanted to give a quick update and apology for the lack of Litany update for two weeks now :( been hitting a stubborn bout of writers block every time I get home from work and sit down to write. Which is annoying seeing as I was very excited to have just gotten back into it, haha.
          
          I promise with the time off I have for the holidays this week, I'm going to do my best to bring you all a chapter by next weekend, and if not then, very soon after! We're getting to the story beats I was most excited to work on, so I'm hoping my block will get chased away then!
          
          Thank you for your patience and for always sticking by me :) Happy holidays and Merry Christmas!

KaylaHawkner

@Ink_Wielder No problem, take your time! Something I do when I sit down to write but don't feel like writing what's happening next (I know that's different than writer's block, but still) is I just write future events and save it in a separate document. That way, I'm still getting SOME form of writing completed while I'm in writing mode. Maybe that would help you?
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Ink_Wielder

Boy, what an intermission that was, huh? Here I was thinking I was going to take a short break from Lost in Litany to recharge and write a short story of maybe 10 parts max. Now here I am 6 months later with a full length novel in my documents...
          
          Thank you everyone who checked out Metastasis, I hope you enjoyed it! Now that it's over, I promise Litany will be back in motion! I'm so sorry for making you all wait while I recovered some motivation for it, but rest assured, I'm very excited to get back into it now! This book in particular was the one in the series I was looking forward to writing the most, so hopefully I can deliver on its ending!
          
          First though, since it is a series, I do want to make sure that I'm getting continuity right, as well as not repeating details I may have already covered. If you'll allow me just a little more time, I'm working to read back through lucidity, then litany to get the plot ironed out once more, then keep chugging along the track. After that, I'll be back to it! (With a little editing to possibly publish lucidity on the side, haha)
          
          Thank you all again so much for reading and sticking by my side. It means everything :)

Moskyi

I've never said finna in my life, that was meant to be gonna**
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Moskyi

@Ink_Wielder how dare you write all that only to apologise about asking for more time Inky, what have we told you numerous times! Takes your time with your work as we aren't going no where anytime soon.
            Brb finna read all of metastasis 
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Intelligenceisthekey

@Ink_Wielder Really enjoyed Metastasis! The dead man's jacket chapter ...left an imprint. That got me hooked instantly to the book, couldn't get enough. Can't wait for Litany , the cliff hanger you left us on??? Its worth the wait . 
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Ink_Wielder

Hey everyone! Long time no see.
          
          For those of you that read my posts before I went silent, I mentioned that I was taking a break from Lost in Litany to work on some other writing projects that I wanted to do as a sort of 'refresher'. Well, turns out, that 'little side project' has turned out to be a bit longer than expected, and while it certainly isn't going to be a 'Lost in' length book, it's looking like it's forecasting to be about ISBU length.  (Although, clearly I have a bad track record of predictions, so take that with a grain of salt, haha). I've been getting a chapter out a week on it, though, so it should be wrapped up before summers end if all goes well. 
          
          I mentioned that I would be waiting until it was done to format it over here, but seeing as I'm taking so long, I didn't want to make you all wait, and since I'm on vacation this week and had some free time, I formatted all the past chapters on a plane ride so they're ready to post!
          
          I hope you all enjoy it! (pardon the placeholder cover; as I mentioned, I'm on vacation and didn't have time to whip up a proper one). As soon as it's done, I'll be back on Litany, I swear! Sorry to those of you desperately waiting. I think my break from it helped, as I genuinely miss those characters and that world, and can't wait to get back to writing it. 
          
          Missed you all dearly,
          ~Ink

Ink_Wielder

@KaylaHawkner thank you! Glad to be back :) I missed getting to share with you and getting to see your comments and feedback!
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KaylaHawkner

@Ink_Wielder Glad to finally hear from you again! I've missed getting new chapters from you!
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Ink_Wielder

P.S: Since this is a tweaked version from my uploads over on reddit, there may be some spots I missed when making the format fit better over here. If you notice a mistake with the narration perspective (I.E, not being in the correct tense), feel free to let me know; it would be greatly appreciated! I did my best to catch all of the places I needed to change, but it's very possible I missed a few.
            
            Also, Wattpad likes to be funky when I paste things over from Microsoft word, and upon reviewing the chapters, it looks like it undid all itallics that I had throughout the story :/ I'll work on getting this fixed ASAP, so apologies if that also messes with the flow of the story.
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Ink_Wielder

Hey, all! Long time, no update. 
          
          My apologies if I got anyone excited upon them seeing ISBU get updated; I just realized the other day that I never put an actual link to the physical version, so was just doing some housekeeping work today. I took a little break from writing the last week as I'm hitting a bit of slowdown on motivation for Lost in Litany.  Being pretty busy with work and life as of late, all of my free time ahs been mostly focused on that story, and I think it's starting to show.
          
          By no means am I done with it! I'm going to get back to it and hopefully have another chapter out to you all in the next week or two, but it may be a little more slow going for the next month or two. I have another writing project that I want to work on as a sort of side thing, so I'll be splitting my time between the two. 
          
          The 'Lost in' Series has been one of my favorite things to work on that I've done so far, but after spending the last couple years of my life with those characters and that story alone, I think it'll be nice to take a mini break from them, then come back with refreshed eyes. I've already written the first part to my little side project, and I could already feel the creative flow coming a lot more naturally as I worked compared to how Litany has been lately. 
          
          Unfortunately, for now, that new story is going to be hosted on my reddit account; kind of the opposite of how I usually do things. I normally post here, then reddit gets updates second, but this story is going to be formatted a little more to their style, so it'd be a little funky to try and post it on here. Don't worry, though, I'll still get you all a link for anyone who wants to check it out, and after it's done, I'll be sure touch it up, then get it posted over here!
          
          Thank you all for continuing to stick with my work for all this time, and I hope that you're still enjoying each new part that comes out :) More Litany soon!
          
          ~ Ink