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Your writing is amazing. Just started The Circle Girls and already caught up in it.
          Cheers! 

In light of COVID-19, my exam was rudely canceled at 2AM in the morning. Rude, because I was in the middle of studying and being told I can't take it until further notice is VERY distracting.
          
          I said I'd release extra chapters after my exam, but given that I'm in a weird limbo where I don't know WHEN I will be allowed to take it, and since I'm sure a lot of people are at home reading, I will release 10 chapters of TLYR.

So the outline for The Last Year of the Rabbit is complete, and once again, I wonder if I secretly have a thing against romance because...better not spoil it for everyone (and by everyone, I mean the 24 people who follow me, 2 of which actually read these updates). 
          
          Crazy to think I've been writing only three months, and I've already cemented (ish) the final arc. Circle Girls took a year! That being said, if I do finish TLYofR before June, I'm not sure how to adjust the update schedule. I REALLY need to focus on my studying, but I am so excited for those final chapters and the character growth! Izzie, my big girl! Jinseok, my sweet boy! Tavius, you...uh, dangit Tavius, what am I gonna do with you?!?
          
          Tentative ideas for A Field for Dead Flowers are still bouncing around in my head. I kinda want to push a parasitic, horror theme, but I've never delved into horror so I don't know how that would work out. But UGH, Baozhai would do so well in a horror environment!
          
          Have a nice week everyone!

A late update on things. Exam studying is awful. The current subject is the exact opposite of my professional specialty, which makes grasping concepts hard. My test is scheduled for next month, though, and as a reward for followers, I will be releasing an additional TEN CHAPTERS of The Last Year of the Rabbit.
          
          Tensions are ramping up behind the curtain. Izzie has had the first encounter with the main villain of the story, and things are getting complicated between her relationship with the boys, her ex, and her emotions. It's getting increasingly hard to write a meek, quiet character, but in today's writing I managed a glimpse of the old Izzie, which really touched me. She really is a good person, and I really want the best for her.
          
          Another tough thing is dealing with the villain. She only talks if she wants something or needs to manipulate someone, which is a weird balance. Ah, she's such a delight, though. 
          
          The MC for the third book has been subtly introduced, I'm almost finished with the draft for Chapter Thirty Four...and I'm trying to avoid studying. If you'd like a sneak peak at the aforementioned MC, Baozhai the Chinese nymph, check out The Circle Girls - A Guide, "A Field for Dead Flowers."

It feels a little messy, because I woke up suddenly at 3AM this morning concerned that Chapter One of The Last Year of the Rabbit didn't have enough of a hook to compel readers to keep reading. So I rewrote it. I like it a little better, and I wish I was in a good mood to draw the main character Izzie, the rough heroine of this story. 
          
          Another Asian cast, a troubled heroine...hopefully it doesn't feel like a reflection of TCG, but I really do believe Izzie is an entirely different person. Things have been stressful at home and with studying (I passed Stage 1 of my cert exam, but cried the entire two days prior to the exam), and I've been using Izzie to channel those darker moments. If there's anyone that needs a hug and a blanket around her shoulders, it's Izzie, and I hope my readers feel the same way about her.
          
          Please enjoy Chapters One and Two of TLYOTR, starring the sensitive Izzie Perra and cheerful Geum Jinseok.

Today marks the final chapter release of The Circle Girls. Thank you to everyone who has been kind enough to follow and support it throughout the journey, despite the ups and downs of my schedule. 
          
          I’m sad to say that I won’t be returning to my accelerated schedule, as my certification exams will take about 18 months minimum to complete. 
          
          But I’ve already worked ahead on the sequel to The Circle Girls, so starting after the New Year, please look forward to the weekly release of The Last Year of the Rabbit, starring a new cast of characters (and some old). 

There are only three chapters left to The Circle Girls.  I'm considering sending them out all at once, since they are quite emotional (in my opinion) and best served together. 
          
          The next installment of the series will be released starting Monday January 6, following the one-chapter-per-week schedule. My fight for my professional license still rages on, and it'll probably be another year before I can resume my accelerated schedule. Posting once a week takes a lot of tension off my shoulders, however, and gives me better chance to tweak details as I get later into the story. 
          
          Please enjoy the final stages of The Circle Girls, and look forward to the next installment: The Last Year of the Rabbit.

Studying will probably continue until December. Sorry for those of you accustomed to my 3x chapter a week schedule! 
          
          To tide you over while I hammer out the details of the final arc of The Circle Girls, I will also be publishing a much smaller item: a guide to the world of The Circle Girls. This will be updated every Tuesday. 
          
          This probably isn't going to excite anyone except me, but The Guide will comprise mostly of scholarly articles published within the world of The Circle Girls, providing insight to certain ideas and lore that I can't fit into the book's narrative without making THAT sound like an extended dissertation for someone's PhD. Most of these are actually already written, so they will be fairly low-cost on my time to publish.
          
          So for those of you who have been craving scholarly articles with fake citations on topics like the physiological and psychological differences in vampire phylogeny (that's a lot of fancy words), written by someone whose degree is NOT be sociology or a similar science, STEP RIGHT UP NERDS!

Because studying is ramping up, I'm slowing down the posting schedule again to catch up.  Sorry folks, but it's once a week for now.  Please check back for the next installment of The Circle Girls coming Monday!!

Hey there! Good to see another Accountant turned Fantasy Writer on Wattpad. Gotta pay those bills while pursuing your dreams.