1) My hard drive died. Along with my backup drive. When I say, "Died," I mean "No way of getting data off of it. Period." Years and years of work gone kaput, just like that. Huge set back, but not defeat!
2) I almost had a baby. When I say "Almost," I mean, "Ended in miscarriage." It was a very, very rough time, and I had no inspiration to write for many months. But inspiration did return to me! I have been working on recreating all of the new ATL chapters that were lost. I had written complete chapters up to 25, which were waiting for editing, but alas, hard drives went kaput, so I have had to start from scratch. It's been tough, and I have totally cried about it, but I am not giving up!
3) The story has gotten to that point where everything can either turn out just the way I intended, or go completely off track. I'm trying to keep it on track without shutting myself in. Without my old outlines, however, I've been rather lost as to where the heck I was going with some things, but it has given me room to expand on some ideas that never would have seen the light of day otherwise. Also, I've been reading back through the comments that each chapter has received, and I DO value your opinions! Your feedback is not ignored or forgotten, and your input is very much appreciated!
To keep you all on your toes, I feel I must say that I am now, as I was when I first began to write ATL, completely torn between Duo and Trowa. I have no idea who Relena will end up with, and I think I'm going to keep it that way until the final chapters. I want to be surprised, too. Is that weird? Ha! This should be fun.
Well, there's my news. I know that I promised a new chapter by the end of 2006, but I went on an internet-strike for a few months. That's a long story for a different day, but I just wanted to let you know, I am not gone, and ATL is NOT dead!
~Litia
Note to the Moderator: I wasn't sure if this was an appropriate post for the forum, because it's not an actual fic, but it is about a fic IN the forum, so I posted it here. I would have put it up in the OT forum, but I didn't think the readers of this forum would find it as easily, so here it is. If you decide to move this post to OT forum, it's all gravy
