JosieMayX3

Life update: writing??? novels??? PUBLISHING???
          
          It’s been a hot god damned minute y’all. Love you and missed you so much! 
          
          I’ve gone through a lot in my life. Love and loss. Wandering and finding home. Some time in rehab. You know how it is. 
          
          It still astounds and amazes me how many of you still engage with my work and love my older writing. And the euphoria it gives me is indescribable.
          
          Wait? Older writing, that means there’s new writing! Yes my friends I am functionally complete with the first draft of my novel! Hopefully to come out some time next year, is it the Heavens Below?…no it is not. I have chosen my debut published piece to be something more digestible and approachable in the YA romance genre. 
          
          Does this mean the Heavens Below is forgotten? Scrapped? No. Far from it. The characters I created in my adolescence and teenage years, Michael and Robert for certain, saved my life. They will exist forever in my heart, I owe it to them to bring these vibrant and soulful voices into the world.
          
          But not yet. 
          
          I hope with years of honing my skill in writing and establishing a platform as a published author i will feel confident enough to finish what I began a decade ago, a troubled child, creating worlds in my mind to cope with the one I grew up in. 
          
          I will be creating accounts for my writing endeavors in the near future as I begin the long hard walk to being published. And I want you all to be there with me. 
          
          For now, feel free to continue engaging with my work. I see you and hear you and love you. And I want you to continue to love Michael and Robert and the others as much as I do. 
          
          There’s much more I could say, but for now, just know I’m still here, and I’m writing! For you guys! 
          
          To Hell and back again- Jocelyn

I hope you’re okay ❤️❤️ still hoping for more 

Me: it’s been almost a full year, I’ve cut my hours, I have to stop procrastinating, bite the bullet, take the wheel, i’m gonna write!!
          
          My kidneys: actually babe about that 

Hey man, everything good.....
          Please I really enjoyed the story you wrote but you gotta complete it man.....it is coming out to be interesting!!!
          Anyway whatever you decide....take care
          Humble fan

Has it really been almost a year since i updated? I’m still alive, but I have no free time. I’m losing touch with my mojo, and it does upset me. I’m an artist before an employee but money comes first. I can only apologize to those who are enjoying the story thus far, it really is a long road before we see consistent updates again. But I refuse to delete. I have plenty of time.
          
          ~Joie ❤️❤️❤️

I did not lie! I never lie! Updates are gonna be slow, work really takes its toll on me and I’m going through a big life shift right now, but this story still exists to me. I’m never deleting it unless it’s to post it again fully edited and such. I’m still here. 
          
          —Josie ❤️❤️

I’m now realizing again that I did this last year, in a way. For some reason this time of year always overwhelms me and I can’t draw or write a thing without it being piss poor. I can edit constantly but between this AND my art account on Instagram it’s hard to decide what to work on first. Not to mention I’m only off a few hours every work day and 2 days a week. Eventually my mind will come back around to this story, I just need to go through the creative motions. Again, still here, I do my best for y’all.
          
          Josie❤️❤️

Yeah sorry for no updates guys. I’ve been editing on and off and I know where the story is going very clearly and have a lot set up, theres just no creative juice in my brain right now to give you even semi decent dialogue or anything. And I’d rather write something enjoyable than take a little more time to write it. Again i’m never abandoning the story, I just need to take some breaks as stuff in my life changes and I get lost in the sauce 

I’m so so so sorry i haven’t updated in long time. It has not been intentional. Don’t work 11 hour days kiddos. I will really try to update this week. The sstory has not been abandoned I just have been too mentally busted to think about writing and if I did did manage to type something down would not be coherent. Thanks I will try for this week. 
          
          Josie

Just a reminder for everyone reading this story, there will be themes of suicide, hallucinations, self harm, things of that nature. I obviously will have TW before any explicit scenes but just a forewarning that there’s plenty of inner monologue from characters who are mentally ill. If this will harm your mental health or be triggering please don’t continue reading the story thus dfar. If you want to DM me asking for details regarding triggering subjects I’d be glad to answer because I wouldn’t want anyone to be triggered by my work.