Jane

Update regarding The Association: 
          
          Yikes! Has it really been so long?
          
          So, long story short, life has been as crazy for me as it must have been for everyone else. I also felt really frustrated and unhappy with my work here and didn't feel that it was a de-stress project for me anymore. I'm not a big author on Wattpad and I have little intention of ever profiting off of what I post here, so it naturally fell to the wayside on my list of priorities. 
          
          It's almost been a year since I basically left The Association on indefinite hiatus, and I also reverted a number of my other works-in-progress to drafts because I was just so unhappy with them. I'm so sorry to anyone and everyone who've been waiting for an update. I feel like The Association is in its final stretch, but I've been rereading and reformatting the chapters and feel that I'm not only unhappy with the writing quality, but some fairly problematic characterizations as well. 
          
          I started writing The Association in high school, which feels like a lifetime ago, and the plot was basically a wish-fulfillment fantasy that incorporated cliche after cliche and a lot of problematic stereotyping and anti-feminist characters. I'd like to think I'm a little older and wiser now, which means I'm really not at all content with leaving the work as it is. 
          
          All of this to say — no, I won't be taking down the story, not just yet. But I feel reenergized when it comes to Wattpad, so I'm going to start editing The Association with some pretty significant structural and character changes. I can't promise a solid update just yet, nor anytime very soon, but I would just like you to know that I am working on it. The next time you do see an update, I hope it'll be with a completed story and a completely re-edited, re-drafted version. I hope you'll be able to see the changes and agree that they make the work at least a bit better. 
          
          Thank you to everyone who've been reading; I appreciate all of you. Please stay safe and healthy!

I don’t know if “Land of Dawn” had enough readers to warrant this, but because someone was asking about what happened to the work —
          
          I took it down because I wanted to go through some major changes with the plotting and basically finish it before re-releasing it and updating the work on a regular schedule. Unlike “The Association,” this work is much more personal to me because it involves so much of Korea and Korean history even as it recontextualizes my culture in a fantasy setting. While I approached “The Association” as a de stress project that was part wish fulfillment from my high school days and part narrative writing practice, “The Land of Dawn” is a work that I want to really be satisfied with. So until then, I will have the work unpublished. Apologies for everyone/anyone who was reading the work and liked it! Thank you for your interest and please keep an eye out until it is republished.
          
          Thanks for reading. 

Was "Land of Dawn" taken down? If so, why ? I loved that book.

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Hiya, to anyone reading this. I'm presuming that if you are, you're probably curious about why The Association takes 90000 years to be updated and are also wondering when the next chapter will come.
          
          Basically, I've lost a lot of steam with The Association because I ventured into it with just a simple premise and not much of an idea of how to end it. The development of the story and its characters also kind of spiraled into something I really didn't want, so I kept wanting to go back and restructure the story - but I also couldn't figure out how to do that without scrapping most of it. 
          
          But! Fear not, this isn't me announcing that I won't be continuing The Association anymore or that I'll be taking it down. I just plan to go on hiatus for the project for some time, so I can really revamp the characters and the storyline so that it has more internal logic and motivations that aren't such blatant and cliched tropes. I just think it might take a while to do so, which is why I'm calling an official hiatus on the story for the time being. Technically, this story has been on hiatus since I last updated, but since I know that people are still following it, I wanted to give some closure so you aren't constantly waiting for a new chapter.
          
          TLDR; The Association is going on hiatus for the time being, but I hope to have it completed(!!!) with a total overhaul of a lot of the plot and characters after the hiatus. Fair warning that major edits are in store, so if you see a new update, you might have to refresh yourself. 
          
          ALSO. I am going to be releasing the "Forewords" (aka synopsis + cast photos) of  three stories I have been working on for a while. I didn't want to release these before I finished The Association, but I am excited about these projects and hope those of you who follow me might find something of interest. I will probably start developing the story whose foreword gets the most amount of interest/anticipation, so please comment to show your interest!
          
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          Jane

Oh god !!!!! Your story is damn awesome .

We are here and waiting for your wonderful updates!

Just wanted to comment and say that I really enjoy your writing. 

I couldn't stop myself from this but you are an amazing author who writes so beautifully that I had to pull an all nighter cause I couldn't stop myself once I started

UPDATEEE! Pleaseeee. I wanna read further