Maria

Yo, I’m not dead. Surprise surprise. Just going through intense editing of BWA after ignoring it for a year. Disappearing again to the shadows of the forest.

I have terrible time management skills. I basically stopped working on BWA like two months ago (last time I edited the file was 6 APRIL). This is kind of understandable (at least to me) because I worked my ass off on this for that past ~2.5 years. Not sure when you will have an update next, but I’m going to disappear again. 
          Stay weird, follow your dreams, love yourself, keep your hand at the level of your eyes, and don’t kiss too many boys or you’ll turn into a snail.
          With love,
          Maria (aka Black Pearl)

GUYS, I JUST FINISHED DRAFTING BEYOND WORLDS LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES AGO. I am very excited to show you guys the end of that story! Just need to spend some time editing the last chapter and epilogue. Then, at the end, I need to spend hours editing the entire thing. Yay.
          Stay weird, follow your dreams, love yourself, keep your hand at the level of your eyes, and don’t kiss too many boys or you’ll turn into a snail.
          With love, 
          Maria (aka Black Pearl)

I reappeared and now I disappear again. Time to write some more about kings of England for school.

So obviously I can’t keep any promises, so I’ll be sure to finish Beyond Worlds as soon as I can, hopefully by the end of February. Grief has taken a toll on me, and I hope to get back to doing one of the things I love soon. 
          Stay weird, follow your dreams, love yourself, keep your hand at the level of your eyes, and don’t kiss too many boys or you’ll turn into a snail.
          With love, 
          Maria (aka Black Pearl)

I’m going through a rough time right now. A loved one of mine passed away recently and I just am not that inspired. This death came as a shock to myself and my family. Died of natural causes. I’m going back into my little forest of emptiness and love and hopefully I can get inspired. 
          Stay weird, follow your dreams, love yourself, keep your hand at the level of your eyes, and don’t kiss too many boys or you’ll turn into a snail.

Aight, get excited. BWA climax is *FINALLY* published. I spent months upon months perfecting it. Special thanks to my best friend (@Why_Am_I_Here) for proofreading it. During Thanksgiving Break, new chapter drafting will be my priority. 
          Keep your hand at the level of your eyes, love yourself, and don't kiss too many boys because you'll turn into a snail
          With love,
          Maria (aka Black Pearl)

Look, I know that I’ve been gone for a little while, but I have a new look! I’m probably gonna change my background, which might be a sneak peak for a scene in Romances of a Catholic Junior High or the Treeple 
          I am drafting chapter 22 of BWA currently. I had to restart it because I hated my original idea. And it’s hard when you have to get from point a to point b. I’m still keeping to my promise. I will be going to a camp eventually where I’ll be in the middle of the wilderness and no devices allowed. However, I’ll bring a notebook and draft some later chapters of BWA.

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH I got all of the published BWA chapters edited, got a ton of progress done with the climax editing, and I'm developing plans for Chapter 22, the chapter right before the climax, and the end of the book. Plus I've been drafting the Author's Note with included pronunciation guide, as I said in my last announcement. 
          I hope you're all excited as I am for BWA to FINALLY be finished! And I hope that I can get this in the 2023 Wattys. It'll be a dream come true.
          With love,
          Maria

I know that I haven't posted in a while and I'm sorry for that. Truly. I have a million ideas but I can't put them into words. I'm still drafting Chapter 21 of BWA. I'll be working on that as much as possible tonight. I'm doing final edits of the climax, started drafting the chapter after that, started forming ideas for the ending that'll either completely change or stay the exact same, and started drafting the giant author's note at the end that actually has a mini pronunciation guide! As I said before, it will be finished before the end of the year, and hopefully before snow flies here in the Midwest.
          With love,
          Maria (aka Black Pearl)