good day, fellow wanderers!
i’ve decided to unpublish above the trophy for the meantime after a long period of careful consideration. this wasn’t a sudden decision at all—it took me weeks of going back and forth, questioning myself, and sitting with the feeling before i finally made up my mind.
i want to be very clear that this is not coming from a place of offense or disappointment toward my readers. i love ashia and gio’s story deeply, with my whole heart. they mean so much to me, especially gio's character, and their story was never the problem in the first place. if anything, that’s why this decision was so hard to make. stepping away from something you love is never easy.
the reason behind unpublishing it is purely personal. it comes down to my own preferences as a writer right now and, more importantly, my current mental health state. i realized i needed to slow down, breathe, and give myself the space to think without forcing myself to keep going when i’m not in the right headspace to do the story justice.
this doesn’t mean goodbye (and it never will be). i do plan on publishing above the trophy again this year. i just need more time—to reflect, to sit with the story, and to revise it carefully. i want to come back to it with a clearer mind and a stronger sense of what i want the story to be.
and because of the same reason, updates for lock with a crooked key will also be slow. it’s a heavy story, emotionally and thematically, and i don’t want to rush it just for the sake of updating. i want every chapter to be intentional, finely written, and true to the message i’m trying to convey. i’d rather take my time than put out something that feels incomplete or forced.
i’m deeply sorry for any disappointment this may cause. thank you for your patience, your understanding, and for staying with me even through pauses and silence.
