Ahhh, I'm so sory about keeping everyone hanging for so long!

This past month has been one of the worst I've ever had, and the timing was awful with my last announcement. I had a job that was just plain awful for me and I spent a lot of time stressing over that. Then, to make things worse, a close relative of mine was in and out of hospital and rehabilitation care, and then I was gone for a week and long story short, I've been awfully, horribly rude to all of you for not responding or doing anything at all.

I feel like I owe you all the world for being so loyal and kind even though I've been one of the most fickle and indecisive authors. Honestly, I wish I could give you all a huge hug and a basket of cookies or something because one of the things that kept me going was the thought of all of you.

So, to the reason I'm making this announcement. Drumroll…

I will be continuing my stories! Especially Loneliness and TDBMAM.

I've thought about it a lot, and I was thinking about other ways for this to be continued, but I just feel like I have to continue them. It was wrong of me to think that I could just stop writing these, because, regardless of who is reading them, I can't. They do remind me of some not-so-lovely times, but that's because they were the things that kept me going during those. I love writing. And I love all of you. And it doesn't make sense to one, stop writing the stories I've fallen in (and out and back in) of love with, and two, to severe the ties that I have with all of you. You're all amazing. You've stuck with me through this. It's been nearly a year for Loneliness, and just over a year for TDBMAM, and you're still here, sending me wonderful messages that make me cry (in a good way) and standing by me while I try to make up my mind about this.

I was in a worse place when I wrote that last announcement, and a lot of stuff was making me feel like I couldn't handle doing much of anything, let alone the things I love.

So, if you'll stick with me, I'm here to stay and, hopefully, finish these this summer. I'm ready to write a lot, and I'm free all July and August, so I'm looking forward to weekly (or twice a week even!) updates.

I'll still be keeping everything on this 'Retired' account, but I'll have some stuff up on the newer one too.

With only one chapter, it'll be fairly easy to fix this story. I'm just redoing it, but it's important changes, so I suggest reading it again before the other chapters come out.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who has read my stories, and who stuck through this message, too. You're beautiful and wonderful and my favorite people ever.

I'm an awful person for throwing you all back and forth with my inconsistency, and I hope you'll forgive me.

Onwards to a new start, and a great rest of the year!