I'M NOT DEAD! I have, however, neglected everything I post on here for the longest of times. I've been promoted at work, I moved in with my boyfriend, and I've been focusing purely on one piece of writing that I hope to have published eventually. It's something I've been planning for a long time, and it's hard enough to find the time to work on that really. I'd love to share some with you if you're interested, but it's a totally original piece that is nothing like I've done before (kind of) and it's been my baby for about a year now - which is why I've been gone for about as long! Life is consuming at times, and while I'm not going to vanish completely (I would love to get back to semi-regular posting this year once I sort my routine out) it's just prioritising things. All my characters are still there, they're still loved, and I still have work to complete before I can lay them to rest. They haunt me like you wouldn't even know. But yeah, that's pretty much where I've been and what's been going on. If you'd like to see a snippet or two of what I've been doing this past year then let me know - if not I'll continue to work in silence and pop up when I can for air.