Hello everyone,

First, I would like to apologize for the resent inconsistent uploads, I'm afraid those will continue. You see It's getting closer to the school year, and unfortunately I still have to go and finish getting a degree. If that were all, I would try to continue the schedule. But Royal Road recent publishing announcement has changed my priorities a bit. You see, I had begun this project fully believing it would be my first try at writing and that it would never even have a chance to leave RR.

Now, though... there's a chance I could submit this to MoonQuill and fulfill a lifelong dream-- becoming a published author.

So with that in mind, I'm going back to the drawing board a bit. First, I'm going to have to make sure this makes it to the 75K word count minimum for publishing. Second, I'm going to have to make sure these next ten or more chapters to the end are the best I can do. That changes my focus on this story, from an experiment to see if I can handle the workload of a web serial, to a test of my quality as a writer. Unfortunately, quality takes time and a rather unpredictable amount of it, so I will no longer dedicate myself to the schedule.

I have no idea if I have more to draw on as an author, or if this story will even meet MoonQuills standards. But I really want to give it a try. I hope you will all stick with me as updates slow down on quantity, so they can go up in quality. It is only the influence of you all watching and enjoying my work that has brought me to where I am today. Without you, this would have gone the same as every other project I have tried to make before, abandoned in a chapter or two. Sacrificed to perfectionism. Thank you.

Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions.

All that said, the long and the short of it is updates are slowing down to one or two chapters a week, uploaded at 9:20 EST on whatever day they're done. Unfortunately, today is not one of those days.

Here's an excerpt from the next chapter as an apology, I've spoilered it if you'd rather be surprised.

“Tim, What are you humming? It’s driving me crazy” Judy has tucked herself into the passenger seat in a way that can only be comfortable after hours of sitting in the car.

“Did you ever see that old YouTube video? The Cleveland tourism joke?” He quietly sings the tune, hesitantly, as he’s afraid he’ll be judged for the reference, “~Cleveland! At least we’re not Detroit!... We’re not Detroit!~”

Fumu speaks up from the back seat, she’s the one recording, “Tim, don’t take this the wrong way, but you're a weird dude.”

“Hey! We just passed Cleveland like twenty minutes ago. Gimme a break. Plus I’m not the only one, don't pretend like we can't hear you muttering ‘I sure hope it does’ after every road work ahead sign-” All of a sudden, Tim goes white and grips the steering wheel.

“Shit-” He lays on the horn, slamming the brakes.

I'd like to thank you all one last time, It doesn't matter if this gets published for my efforts or not. The fact that people are here, that they are reading, has changed my life. Whatever I have the opportunity to do in the future, I will always be an author.

Thank you