First of all, I wanted to start this post by saying thanks to everyone who has been reading and commenting on the fic I have been writing and posting.  I'm glad you have enjoyed it enough to continue reading and commenting!

As some of you are aware, I am many chapters ahead in my writing (about 12 at this point), which is why I felt comfortable posting a WiP to begin with.  However, over the past ten days or so, as I have fleshed through some of the later chapters, I have begun to feel disenchanted with the trajectory of the story, especially with the last few chapters that I have posted and the ones that are scheduled for posting over the next two weeks.  I feel as if my characters are ahead of where they should be given what I am writing currently (chapter 17).  In short, I think the story has gone off the rails a bit and I want to take the time now to correct it before I compound the problem by continuing to post.

So what does this mean?  It means that I need to go back to the beginning and see if I can't pinpoint where events are deviating from plan and then rework those sections.  I am not sure how long that will take, but I know I definitely only want to publish something I can feel proud of.  I have spent a lot of time on this fic, and I want it to be the best it can be.

I apologize in advance to anyone I have inconvenienced and I hope you will be willing to stop back when I get up and running again.  For now, I am leaving the existing chapters posted, but should I make edits to prior chapters, I will probably pull the old entries and repost, just so it doesn't get confusing.

I hope you all understand my predicament.  Obviously, I don't want to force an unplanned hiatus on anyone.  But, if it makes my fic better, then in the end I think it will be worth it.

Thanks again,
Diane