Okay, I know everyone has been wondering what's going on, and to those of you who reached out, it means everything to have logged on and seen all of your comments and messages.
Honestly, I lost a lot of heart when Wattpad took down the original collection. I thought maybe separating them into individual stories would work just as well, but they don't reach nearly as many people, and that just trapped me in a net of writer's block and defeat. I kept asking myself if my characters were even worth the time or energy I put into making them, and ultimately, I decided to put down the keyboard for a while. I just didn't have the motivation or emotion to write.
On top of that, we lost a close family member, I got a promotion at work, Max and I have been spending a lot of time and money renovating our home, and it was summer, so we had a few camping trips and vacations planned. All of that took up so much time, and between my cramped schedule and not having the heart to write, this account has gotten pretty dusty over the past few months.
I know a lot of you were waiting for the final Hydra chapter, but it's not nearly done, so I think I'm going to make volume two of the original anthology and write out all-new creatures. I will finish the stories from volume one, but I need a fresh start for now, just to get the rest of the way out of that crappy headspace I was in. I apologize to those of you really hanging on for those final chapters :{