The Best Year

I am so in love with this story!!! I cant wait for more chapters!!!

Heya Krista,

Hope that all is well with you...

Missing your next instalment of "The Best Year"

Please don't keep us in suspense for so loooong

I won't. 

4 hours ago, Krista said:

I won't. 

Yeah, missing Jackson and Luke

Hi! Thanks for liking the story, it is on hold. I will finish it, my life has a lot of time constraints right now.. and there is also some lacking of motivation/a bit of block going on. Unfortunately, I just don't have the time to settle down for long periods and really hash out the story like I need to. Hopefully I'll have some new content for y'all on this story one of these days. I want to be quite a bit farther ahead as to not have more of a wait. 

21 hours ago, AugustusWaters said:

Maybe give us a new chapter or two? The wait is murderous

Sorry! I am writing, just very slowly..

Any updates??

Just to be sure I'm reaching more people, I have decided to write this story in the background. I will not post any new chapters until the story is completed. I am finding it easier to do that, it allows me to not stress out that I'm weeks between chapters and haven't been able to write. At least this allows me to have a clear mind when I am able to sit and write.

Currently - I have written Chapters 45, 46, and 47. For some reason I thought I already posted Chapter 45, but... woops? A good thing, really. lol.

I thought I could end the story with an even 50, but chapters 46 and 47 are rather long. I decided to split chapter 47 up and so Chapter 48 might mess that even number up a bit. It may not, we'll see. Then I am planning an Epilogue to partner with the final chapter, so that will need to be written and edited for posting as well. Then after the Epilogue, I may write a series of stand-alone short stories unless I decide to include them in the bulk of the Epilogue itself. They're not going to be massive short stories, just some slice of life things.    

At least I have a plan. 

No need to dismiss a good theory…simply coz it ain’t true…50 ish is  right on target! What will Cindzilla do? Will her head explode?
 

When a deck of cards explodes from you hands, it’s 52 pick up…maybe 52  chapters to reflect pieces of Cindy getting cleaned up. 😂 

I’m looking forward to when posting resumes @Krista.

I can sit back and continue to struggle or I can give up and let it be what it is. I hate to leave something unfinished, especially something as long as this. Towards the home stretch of it all as well, but here we are. Know that I tried and that I do have content for this story unpublished. I have read it and reread it over and over attempting to find the motivation that would allow me to continue, but I can't find it. 

I am so tired of struggling. It has weighed on my mind long enough. I have Chapter 50 open right now and I'm 5300 words in and I don't even know if I like the chapter at all. 

I'm sorry.

Speaking for myself and I suspect all the readers take your time the author has to be satisfied with it first right?We'll be here when you find it.

If you have  problem with how to end a chapter just have Cindy fall in mud and get totally dirty the readers would love the chapter regardless of how the rest of it was😆

This is probably the most stressful time of the year for most of us, so I'd suggest just leave it to one side until after the New Year has rolled in. Then think about it, don't forget to consider your happiness and well being too, that's more important than the story. While I would like to read the end of the story, I would much prefer to know that you are okay and doing what makes you happy. So relax and chill, most importantly, have yourself a merry christmas and a happy and a less stressful new year. 

I have finally finished Chapter 50, finally. Maybe Chapter 51 and the Epilogue or whatever we're going to loosely call the closing scenes.. won't be too long in the future from being done.

I've hunted down @wildone and he's had to dust off his editing hat, but maybe we'll get some chapters out soon. I think we have 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, and 50 to edit and post. Chapter 45 may already be edited, I'll have to go back and check. 

On 2/22/2023 at 11:54 PM, Krista said:

I have finally finished Chapter 50, finally. Maybe Chapter 51 and the Epilogue or whatever we're going to loosely call the closing scenes.. won't be too long in the future from being done.

I've hunted down @wildone and he's had to dust off his editing hat, but maybe we'll get some chapters out soon. I think we have 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, and 50 to edit and post. Chapter 45 may already be edited, I'll have to go back and check. 

Thank you! Thank you! I know you have struggled with this but just know that reading this story inspires so many of us. Thank you for all of your hard work and all of your efforts! 

Changed the status to In Process because I am fairly confident I am going to complete the story before all the unposted chapters are edited and become available.  

Oh gosh, I'm going to have to split Chapter 51 up into two parts. The good news is, part one, or what will become Chapter 51 is already written.. lol.. bit more of a buffer between what is done, and what is left to do before the posting schedule catches up to me. 

21 pages and almost 12k words, it was getting too big.

Also, sorry if I'm annoying you with these little updates, typically I would do that in a Status update, but since we don't get notifications for those anymore - it is just more visible here. Trying to be transparent with this story and all my future projects going forward.