@sinisterpotat0
Hiiii~I absolutely adore your writing!!! I was just wondering if you have an established schedule for “Phoenix of Jerusalem.” It’s something I look forward to reading every week and I’d love to know:)
Hello!!! Not really. Sometimes when I’m feeling extra inspired, I upload twice a week. Sometimes, like, when I’m on vacation, I don’t upload until 1-2 weeks later Sorry!
@ofcoffeeandfanfics ❤️❤️❤️
@ sinisterpotat0 Welcome back, I guess So in love with your characters and your storytelling! ❤️
@ sinisterpotat0 Ah, you're welcome. I just... write whatever What helps me when I am in a rut with it is taking my distance (but I guess you already did lol) and sometimes read other fanfics for inspiration and create my own version.
I get what you say about "oh shit, I forgot about this or that and now the story line doesn't make any sense or doesn't feel as in depth as I'd wish", but you know? We write for free. We're not publishing, paid authors with a deadline - we do this for free, in our own time, and most importantly; we do this for fun! If it doesn't bring you joy but only stresses you out - wait.
Girl, I abandoned an Oli Sykes fic for 7 years after 14 chapters because I was uninspired and *life* happened. When life settled and I found time and joy (and the story on my laptop lol) back, I decided to finish it. 7 years!! I finished it in 3 months, 60+ chapters. First time I posted again, someone commented; Omg you're back, I'm so happy!!
Don't worry about us readers. If anything, write for yourself
My apologies to the readers of The Night Shift. I'm going to be cut the BS and be honest with y'all—I have no idea how I'm going to continue to story. I'm just on this funk for the longest time where I have the urge to reconstruct or rewrite the previous chapters because I have missed certain events or details in the earlier timeline. Or that I think that the two main characters are just so completely different from each other. I just wish the story flow could have been told in a different manner. Really, it's just an itch inside my brain that needs scratching, but of course, tell me what you guys think!
@ofcoffeeandfanfics It's just the occasional people-pleaser in me coming out to make me overthink stuff once in a while. And on the polar opposite of that is not giving a shit about those who are waiting (because I like other things too - I game, work, and have a life to think about). I keep forgetting the part that we write because we want to and that it's free, basically just a creative outlet. I know it's basic but thanks for reminding me that! 7 years in between! That's pretty freaking impressive to come back and stay dedicated - huge congrats!!!
@ofcoffeeandfanfics Thank you so much, friend! I appreciate you! No worries—I could really use any input or encouragement at this point. Coming from an amazing writer such as yourself, though, it's a huge push! So, lots of thanks to you! That internal voice you just mentioned, idk how you pull yourself out of it. Like what helps you? What do you tell yourself? I'd love to continue since writing is my escape and a way to relax, I always catch myself in an endless loop of looking at my work and think 'oh crap, you could have added this or that' or 'this doesn't make any sense'. Just a cycle of self-criticism that I've even thought about discontinuing it but also thought about the readers who have it on their list, just waiting for the next chapters to drop, and I'm just like, meh~I really gotta pull my head out of my a** and continue and it's frustrating not to have an outlet each time I see anything Vessel/ST-related and not have it.
@ sinisterpotat0 Please don't stop writing! I don't think any of the things you just listed Yours is one of my faves out here and I am a real nitpick when it comes to stories on Wattpad lol. I can't help you with ideas for further chapters but just... don't stop xoxo someone with the same critical internal voice when it comes to writing
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Major remastering will take place in the The Phoenix of Jerusalem again. (Again? Yeah, I know. Trust me. I have been thinking about it for months now and I find myself unable to move onto the third book without fixing these things first.)
Here's what you can expect:
1. Ages of Baldwin and Ysolde will be adjusted—more crucially, their age when they parted. With that,
2. Conditions of why Amalric cannot grant Ysolde's family the king's protection (which makes more sense). Then,
3. Upon her return as the king searched high and low for the kingdom's most learned healer, he'll recognize Ysolde off the bat (because she was his childhood friend of ten years) despite her firm denial after several inquiries and investigations. Despite Baldwin becoming more and more suspicious, he could not just let her go being the best physician he has ever had.
4. Investigation was actually initiated and pushed by the 13-year-old Baldwin but was delayed because he was still under the guidance of his uncle-regent, Raymond III of Tripoli, who was oblivious of the bond between the two at the time, having been imprisoned by Zengids for 9 years and was released just before his coronation. Because of the delay, some evidences were planted. Other than their parents and servants, bodies that resembled Ysolde and Daniel were positively identified in the wreckage.
5. Baldwin will be described often wearing a veil or a hood to conceal visible facial disfigurement during all public functions where his subjects would see his face, but not in battles. His hair is kept short for practicality though still long enough to curl.
6. Coverings are removed in more private or personal settings.
And more. ♀️
I’m placing Ashes to Embers on hiatus indefinitely.
I hold so much passion for this story and admiration for the life that King Baldwin has led but I have to brainstorm and think how I want to end this series. In part, I’m also grieving its approaching end. I don’t want to be careless like I did in the 1st book that I had to go through each chapters and pretty much republish the whole book anew to correct mistakes.
Please give me some more time to construct its flow because this book isn’t just gonna end with Baldwin’s death, this is also going to stretch to Ysolde and the baby’s exile to the witch hunt of the Templars over a century later.
Don’t lose hope. I haven’t. Just need more time.
Thank you!!!
I just proofread and revised some chapters in The Night Shift. Either I was too tired making metaphors that I realized did not make sense or I was attempting to be a creative poet thus overthinking them at the time — regardless, they're updated now.
@sinisterpotat0 Do you have anything available on Amazon or any other platform? I love supporting other writers, and you do phenomenal work.
And just like that, Inheritance By Fire is on final stretch. We will be welcoming a new arc soon after and knowing how it fared with our beloved king, the inevitable will happen on the next book... and more.
As usual, I will be dropping chapters (approximately 5-10 chapters to end) once to twice a week. But because my sleep schedule has been crap this week, I will be releasing another chapter today.
It was brought to my attention that the recent chapters have been quite sad. I'm sorry hehe. Just keep a box of napkin nearby, eh?