Dear readers,

There's something I want to start off with here, and that's an apology. I've been on the other end of something I like going into hiatus for no reason, especially with no news, and it's not something that I ever intended on putting on those of you who followed this work for the time that it was being updated.

The reason for the hiatus was, simply put, that I think I ended up getting over my head.

Moonlit Avatars was a story that I wanted to put on paper for the longest time. Storylines crafted in my head, bits and pieces of ideas that came and went; these were the foundations for what became Moonlit Avatars. It's a very self-centered project, and I think that's where the momentum came from when I was writing it.

What I wasn't quite ready for was the response as more and more people ended up discovering and making things known about they felt about my work.

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Simply put, I wanted to live up to all of your expectations. Things that people didn't like about my story, I wanted to improve on. Things that people DID like about my story, I wanted to continue to provide. But this was my first time dealing with feedback of this level, and I was simply overwhelmed.

My own expectations for my work ended up going higher and higher, and every time I failed to meet that bar or missed on something I became extremely disappointed in myself. I ended up second-guessing every line and plot development I had in mind, and it ended up paralyzing my drive and creativity.

What came about as simply a writing project I wanted to have fun with, became a responsibility. Writing became stressful in a way that I unfortunately did not have the mental capacity for at that time in my life.

However! Things have changed since, and I'm looking to get back into writing. After having some time to figure out what went wrong in hindsight, I'm looking to come back with a better mentality and to have more confidence in myself and my own decision-making so as not to burn out again.

Perfect really is the enemy of the good.

BlueHare