Hello, dear Fireflies readers!

It's been a while, hasn't it? You've probably noticed that I'm not updating as much as I used to. Some of it is just that I've been busy with my writing job like I mentioned in a previous blog post. I'm still busy busy busy, trust me! I was just promoted to lead writer for this project recently, which is just ahhh~~ so wonderful. Somebody pinch me! :O So it's been really hard to find time to write. But that's only part of the problem.

I've been overwhelmed by the...idea of Fireflies. It's such a long story--we're still barely halfway through after almost 3 years of writing. And each chapter of the story takes so long to write! You long-time readers know that it takes me a minimum of 8 hours to write each chapter of Fireflies. That's an entire day gone--for just one chapter of one fic! I don't have that kind of free time anymore, not like I did when I first started writing it. And honestly, whenever I'd think about how long it was taking and how much work there was and how little time I had, I'd start to lose it a little bit.

(Except not in a fun way.)

It felt like more writing than I could ever possibly do, and I was too overwhelmed to even get started on it. So weeks would drag by and I'd barely write a line or two. Which only made things worse! 

Something had to give. I thought about the story I had planned. Did it really need to be as long as it was? My beta reader pointed out that I'm not writing a history of DBSK--which I'd somehow forgotten or gotten confused in my mind?? And after some serious thought, I was able to shave off about 8 unnecessary chapters from the story. So now I'm closer to the end than I was before, which helps.

ALSO...I'm going to post shorter updates. Chapters have been a minimum of 5000 words each in the past, which let me take my time and do some fun stuff with contrasting scenes. Some chapters sprawled to 9000 words and took forever to get just right. But It's too much for me now. From now on, chapters will be half the length they were--but I'll update more often. I hope to get back on a regular writing schedule and post shorter, more frequent updates. I think we'll all be happier that way. I can stop feeling buried by my own fanfics, and you can get regular doses of Fireflies. Everybody wins! Yay!

I know this is a long, rambling post, but I wanted to explain in detail. Some of you readers have been with me from the very first chapter I posted and you deserve to know what's happening with my fic. I have a new, short chapter ready to post as soon as my beta reader gives it the thumbs-up, so you'll get an update soon. Let's see Fireflies through to the end! Together. 💖