Slowly, But Surely, Returning.

Hello everyone!

I hope you all enjoyed your time off for the holidays – celebrating with friends and family, getting and giving gifts, relaxing. 2008 is upon us and now its time to check in with my progress on my stories.

First off, I apologize that I didn’t update this blog as much as I had hoped I would. I could give you every reason there is, but the fact is just that I didn’t get to the deleted scenes or sneak peaks and updates.

Second off, I am well aware that I became a horrible slacker on my review responses as of Dec. 16th. Blame everything from the holidays to me just enjoying my break!
But to show to those reviewers that an absence of a reply does not mean I'm not listening, I'd like to say a big thanks to those who I didn't get back to in a timely manner:

griffindor-girl12
EnglishGrlVerity
JessicaMackenzie
hermy18
smore4u1
cosmos is a happy moose
kmovie
johu
Andrea
steph
hondagirl

Both returning, constant, and new reviewers- thanks very much for all your kind words, critiques and support! Always appreciated. (And if this acknowledgement does not suffice, I’ll do something special for you!)

Third off…and I’m sure it is one of the biggest concerns to you…updates. When will I next be updating EFRN…and/or when will I have new stories. Well…that’s where I’m going to need both your patience and help.

I return to college this weekend, back to a hectic schedule and lots of work…and I just don’t have the amount of chapters I wanted to start with. This is because of my lack of time to write…and the fact that…well…I confess…a small bout of writer’s block has set in.

But that’s where your help comes in. I’m not having problems with what to write, but how to write it- how can it connect to each other or how I should develop it. So if anyone has any tips or suggestions or things they’d like to see…let me know. Whether I write it in exactly as you say or it just helps me overcome the block is irrelevant, it would be greatly appreciated.

At this moment…I plan on posting up some deleted scenes over the next week or so, as well as continuing to try writing some additional chapters. I intend to write all the way up to and through the Australia trip before needing a break again in order to work in the new canon details I discussed in my last post. Also planned is to write out at least one of my many (at least a dozen) other one-shot ideas that have come to me, ranging from missing moments from Deathly Hallows to original concepts taking place during the nineteen years we didn’t see. I want to give you only the best. I wish the best didn’t require extra time and work of course, lol, but it’s just a part of it.

I have no plans or desire AT ALL to abandon the story. I just need a little extra time to continue delivering the standard you are all used to. My guess (my hope) is that mid-January will see the start of the new chapters…and my hope is also that you’ll still be ready to be there for it.

I’ll be back soon with a deleted scene. And as always, I thank you all a million times for your patience and support, I don’t know what I’d do without you!