Hey, Xyrule here. It's been the longest break between chapters since the story began, so I thought it was about time to explain what's going on. It wasn't official before, but now, I'll just go and say that this is an indefinite hiatus. Good news, it absolutely will be finished eventually. Bad news, that may be after the story's second anniversary. It's so close now, and left off on a major cliffhanger, but as it stands, I hope you don't mind waiting a little longer.

Personally, my reason for taking so long was burnout on planning and writing the upcoming Gid arrival, along with some behind the scenes disagreements with my editor on the way the story should end. Those are resolved and have been so for weeks now, but yeah.

I've also been focused on making a new set of maps for my other story, The King of Commoners, and that often ate at time I normally use to write. That story has been affected by burnout too, but hopefully it'll pick back up again.

Work has also been a factor, with COVID-19 changing how we handle things in the store (I'm an essential employee, so no staying at home for me), but I'd argue that's more me making excuses than actually seriously affecting me here.

My editor has also been uninterested in continuing for now due to some things that happened IRL, and since he's been such a big help, I don't think it's fair to readers to post unedited or edited differently (last chapter was half as long before he nagged me into continuing), so until he's ready, there won't be a new chapter. I'll give a heads up when I start writing again, but it's his call, not mine.

So, what does this mean for the Snapped? Well, it will possibly be ongoing after its second anniversary, even with so few chapters left, but it will be finished. Please bear with us, and I do believe what's coming is worth the wait!

Also, if you read KoC or are a longtime reader who knows how I do mass uploads every year on June 26th, I was pretty excited to do the 10th anniversary of my writing history this year. However, both because of this burnout and also for solidarity in the current IRL climate, I will be extending the deadline to August 26th. I hope no one is too annoyed by that.