Hello to everyone who has spared any amount of their precious lives reading my fiction. Before I say anything further, I must give a deep apology to everyone who considers themselves a fan to this story. I'M SORRY!!! There are several reasons for this, and all are covered in this update. Before I lay into that though, I MUST inform everyone that I changed my email address. For anyone and everyone who might have tried to email me for whatever reason in the past month and a half, and it didn't arrive, it is because of that fact. Sorry again. My new email address is: VillainNumber1@aol.com
Ok now that that's taken care of... Just today, I stopped by Nifty to see exactly how many stories have been updated on my "favorites list" since last I visited, so I could bookmark the chapters and read when I had the time (yeah right, me, have time?), and a few things caught my attention:
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I was shocked to realize that I myself hadn't updated since January! Time has passed so fast, and I totally lost track of things.
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I was surprised to see that only a handful of my favorite stories have been updated since December/January. I was kind of thankful for this, because I didn't feel so bad for not updating.
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The voting was up.
I hadn't been here in so long, I missed the nominations. Since the voting was going to be over on July 3, I figured I should go there and vote before it was too late. As I was visiting the categories, I was truly surprised-touched-happy-speechless-honored-in shock that Body Switch had somehow acquired 9 nominations! This is someone speaking who didn't think a story of mine would have a chance for anything past "creative storyline". I was nominated for categories I never thought I would be considered for. My earlier outburst of apology originally stems from this fact. I haven't posted an update for Body Switch since early January and people have actually remembered it, and liked it enough to get me placed into 9 nomination categories. I feel like such a lazy dumbass.
Not that anyone wants to hear my excuses, but it is still because I just don't have the time to write. I hardly have the time for anything. During the week I work from 9 to 5 at a job I loathe... come home and stumble around like a zombie trying to get "important" things done, so I can get into bed by 11pm. The cycle starts again from there. On my days off, I'm so happy that I can sleep in, that's mostly all I do. By the way, my job is doing Tech Support for Bellsouth Internet. That should explain everything. For anyone who has never had a job doing tech support, you cannot imagine how mentally/spiritually exhausting it is. You have to talk to these computer dimwits every second, having to fake a smile in your voice, pretending to be their friend, when you really want to reach into the phone and throttle them into a pulp. If you are considering a job doing this... DON'T!!! The ONLY reason I am still there, or even there to begin with, was that I needed a job desperately, and the pay is adequate, and there are excellent benefits. I am searching for a new job, but this I see this will be a lose/lose situation. I've been so depressed in the past month it's ridiculous. Before I hear the beginning chords of a violin, I'll shut up already. I could go on and on, but I wont. I'm just trying to explain my reasons for not writing. Someone nominate me for the "sad case" award.
But, as I said in the past, I will say again. This story is NOT discontinued and is NOT finished. It WILL be updated eventually, and even finished. By the way, yes, this story has a definite end. It will not be a long running series by any means. I... just... don't know when that will be =)
So, keep this story book marked and remember the email address change, VillainNumber1@aol.com, and if you work in Tech Support pay a visit to Tech Hell and read the section of "What We Really Wanted To Say". And if you ever had to call Tech Support, you wouldn't imagine what goes on behind the scenes!