First off, thank you to all my readers for being so patient as I try to get story chapters out! It's been a struggle to write lately, though I'm not sure why, but I am still writing. I wanted to update everyone who follows my work on a couple things that are going on in regards to my stories, but especially the completed story, Joined by Blood.

As of February 1st, I will be unpublishing Joined by Blood from GA Stories. It is NOT going away permanently, but I have been slowly working on some rewrites with the intent to send to publishers. If it is rejected, then I will self-publish the story. I am doing in depth rewrites which include changing a couple of scenes to make them more believable. Once the revisions are complete, the story will be republished. However, the story will NOT be available to the general public as the new version will be republished as a Premium story. For those currently reading the story, that gives you a couple of weeks to finish before it becomes unpublished. I didn't want to just jerk it away and leave anyone in the middle of the story.

What does this all mean for Thwarted? I am still working on Thwarted, though the going has been slow. I'm hoping there won't be huge delays like this last one, and while I'm hoping to get back onto a weekly posting schedule, that might take a couple of weeks to happen. My focus just hasn't been there and I don't want to force the story because I don't want to risk ruining it. I'm hoping I can get onto a writing binge with Thwarted and stock pile a few chapters that can give material for a few weeks, so we'll see how that goes.

Forging Trust.... I haven't forgotten it. I know where I want the story to go and I work on it a little bit here and a little bit there. I will be posting more, but I'm not sure when as I have decided NOT to post a chapter as soon as it's finished. I want to have a couple chapters of FT ready to go before I post anything. Forging Trust has had such huge delays, but it will be finished, I'm just sure when.

I am going to do my absolute best to keep moving forward with everything that I've got started, but there will be delays, just hopefully not long ones. In about a month I expect the first edits from the publisher to come back for No More Hiding. Yep, that's right, No More Hiding has been accepted for publication. I've known about it since well before Christmas, but haven't said anything (except to a couple people) until things started to move forward, but cover design has begun and edits are scheduled to begin in just under a month. It's a bit nerve wracking and yet exciting at the same time. No More Hiding will remain right where it is on site, in Premium, just as it started out as. While obviously I'll have to focus on deadlines set by the publisher when they come up, I'll still be working on my other stuff as time allows.

I'm hoping to have a Saturday Short posted later today and a new chapter of Thwarted in the next couple of days! Don't forget, if you're currently reading Joined by Blood, I'll be unpublishing it sometime on February 1st and it won't be back up until revisions are complete, and then it will be found in Premium.