*Awkwardly slides into view*
So uh… hey guys! Long time no see, right? Yeah… *cough*
Okay here's the short version of the last year and a half (going on two years):
THIS WAS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM MY TUMBLR, IF YOU ALREADY READ IT SKIP TO THE PAGE BREAK. (it's a doozy though, kinda funny now that I look back on it)
So it's obvious I'm actually alive. Living… well that's another story. To keep it short: I went to Colorado in 2017 fully intending to come back a new woman and actually work on writing. Ha… Let's see if I can remember this right… Came back in August, got back into college after almost a year off, attended for a week before I lost my job of four years. Began casually looked for jobs afterwards. In the meantime, I got my first speeding ticket in October (I swear, someone cursed me to never have a good October. If it's not a ticket, then it's the car breaking down, major illnesses, or my boss at the time getting ARRESTED for plotting MURDER- not mine, thank God), uhhh began to frantically look for a job. Three weeks pass, five applications, nothing. Desperate, only has $50 to my name at this point, will take any job so long as I get PAID. SOON. Apply for Dollar Tree. Full on badgers the employees for a week asking about my application. Gets hired as a temp, the Monday before Thanksgiving… for the very beginning of the Holiday Rush. Yay me. But I'll survive, I tell myself. I'll get through it and hopefully find a job if they don't keep me after Christmas.
After Christmas. Still working at Dollar Tree (thank you JESUS!), takes semester off from college cuz that was too stressful last year. Time slows down so that I can actually begin to relax (somewhat, the fine for my ticket is due at the end of January and because of poor communication I'm not sure if I just pay it by phone/website, have to go to the court to pay, or have to take that driver's course. It's the first one BTW). Things calm down. Then February hits. Dad fell asleep at the wheel and totaled his truck (remained unharmed himself). Suddenly my store decided it LIKES having extended hours all the year long (instead of Nov-Dec) and now I work til 10pm instead of 9. Down one vehicle in a family that has two night workers (dad, who doesn't get off til 3 am, and me who has to wait up til then to go pick him up so I can't work mornings anymore), and one lucky day shift worker. Has fun playing car leapfrog four two months and only ever working nights. Finally FINALLY, Dad lands a deal on a new truck (it only takes a five hour drive to retrieve it… and the money of course). Finally I can return to the less stressful day shifts at work! Hallelujah!
One. Fucking. Week. Passes.
My manager: 'Hey, you interested in being the new manager for the store? You'll get paid more and all, the only downside is that you rarely get weekends and you have to work nights from here on out.'
Me: *poor college student with a on again off again relationship with college, tears streaming down my face at the thought of my freedom taken from me so quickly* 'yeah sure!'
Now take all the stress that's emanating from the previous paragraphs (I know y'all can feel it, don't lie) and times it by ten. That's the rest of my 2018 year!
(end me)
TL;DR I had a hell of a year, but I survived (somehow. I'm still not sure how).
Now for a further update on that part. Roughly a week after I posted that, I got a job interview, the day after they called me back saying I got the job.
Y'all here that?
I GOT A NEW JOB! A DAY SHIFT, which means my soul isn't being sucked out my body.
Ahhhhhh, wait wait wait. I'm getting ahead of myself. I can hear you all know, "But Sukki/Script, where's the new chapter? I've already scrolled down looking for it and can't find one!"
I know my darling readers… and that's because-
*inhale*
Until further notice, all stories are on INDEFINITE HIATUS. I don't have much motivation to write them anymore, and the unscheduled year and a half away from writing completely wiped my memory of where I was going with the stories. So, while I'm slowly getting back into writing (I always say that, I need to rephrase it), I won't be focusing on the stories already published… well… kinda.
Y'all old school readers remember a story called Elite Hearts? (it's still posted FYI, but I don't recommend the read. It's been quarantined by the WAA (Writers and Artists Association) for being too toxic to safely read.) Well, real old readers will remember I took it off the market to rewrite it… four years ago.
Uh… better late than never right? :D
It's been overhauled to the point that the only similarities between the stories is the premise of it. The what if scenario if the Uchiha coup succeeded. I like to picture that the two stories are a writer's version of those 'draw the same thing ten years later' memes you see every once in a while. The new story, Mistakes Made, is closer to what I truly envisioned when I first thought of the idea than it's original.
(hot damn, I'm taking forever to get to the point, aren't I?)
Mistakes Made is the priority numero uno story from this point onward. Do I plan to publish other stories simultaneously like I used to? Uh… that's a good question. I'm open to the idea, that way I don't get bored of the one story, but we'll see if I can handle the one first. It won't be crazy like a different story every week. That era is gone. My expectations for quality of writing has risen, which means longer periods between updates.
Acro/Trap is JUST BEGINNING to start the rewrite process, but don't expect anything for a while (it took me from 2017 to now to get to the point where I'm ready to tell people that Mistakes exists but not ready to publish)
Again, I don't plan to publish anytime soon. I still haven't started working at the new job yet, ergo still had the soul sucker (one more week. ONE. MORE. WEEK), plus despite the major headway me and my beta Kikiji have made on the plot and all… I actually haven't written it? I've gotten this habit that I want as many kinks out of the story before I start writing, that way I don't end up with a mess like all my previous stories. I want to be sure that this is the version I want to write, so I don't take it off the market to rewrite or just discontinue later down the road.
In other news, I'll actually be crossposting with Ao3, under the psudo ImmortalJellyfish (or Scriptology as well, I haven't decided). The profiles are already made with ImmortalJellyfish having a wonderful selection of bookmarks if you're interested.
My Tumblr also got a name change, it's now called evil-overlord-scriptology. URL is on the profile.
RULE 3 AND NINTOKU
I do plan to work on these one day again. Nintoku will be getting a rewrite (hopefully it won't take as long… fingers crossed lovelies!). Rule 3… I'd like to do a rewrite as well, but I have to actually work on it first. I'd like to clear out my rewrite queue before trying to tackle that one.
Last thing:
I HAVE A POLL ON MY PROFILE, ASKING WHICH STORIES YOU WANT ME TO KEEP ARCHIVED ON
1. The poll only has stories I never plan to update again, pick the ones you want me to keep so you can reread them whenever you want to.
2. Acro/Trap and Elite Hearts are choices as OLD VERSIONS. In other words, I plan to delete those versions once I post the new rewrites (Mistakes and the new Acro/Trap). If you want both versions to stick around, there's one vote for you.
3. You have two choices total.
4. If you really don't want to go all the way to my profile to vote, then either leave a review (not recommended) or PM me. In that case, the choices are:
Elite Hearts (old version)
But I Don't Want to be a Sensei
Dating my Brother's Arch-enemy
Do You Have Power Over Me?
Acrobats and Trapeze (old versions)
Cats and Dog
Bye my lovelies! I still love all y'all! Hopefully I'll see you around in the new stories! ^^