i can't wait to finish fleeting decisions and show my baby to the world, but at the same time i don't want to say goodbye to my characters, does anyone relate??? from first venture to fleeting decisions, throughout the entire checkmate series – can you believe it's been a year since i started this journey? i'm forever indebted and grateful for your support! i've grown so much as a writer and as a person through this past year – it's been a hell of a ride, but i'm so happy i made it through and am here to share my favourite stories with you <3
fun fact, the checkmate series first started as a joke – me and my friend (not friends anymore, but not the point) plugging our classmates' names into the hunger games generator and trying to see who won, then adding the quarter quell twist – but it quickly became more than that.
to me, these four books have become my hobby, my lifestyle, my everything. gwyneth was, at first, entirely based on myself (as you can tell from the name), and the other characters, their namesakes. it was quite a shallow story – byrok didn't even come into play until i realized that the prime minister sending his citizens to a death didn't sound that appealing at all.
from a literal game, to a universe, to the adelaide woods. from a group of happy, young friends, to adults bound by love and by blood, by the forever haunting promise of death and remembrance – the checkmate series has played such a HUGE part of my life that i couldn't bear saying goodbye to. but the end is inevitable – it's in sight, albeit a few dozen chapters later. when the book ends, it'll be way past the series' first anniversary. but you'll probably see me crying in the hallways at school, not used to this sudden change.
i love you all. i love my books. maybe I'll write more. who knows? for now, I'll stick to the checkmate series – thank you so much for believing.
SORRY FOR THE LONG PARAGRAPH TF