Hello, to all that have visited my page over the years....

My "writer/pen name" is VenusXO12 and I'm sorry for burying everyone's hopes for stories deep under a heap of the responsibilities that washed over me since the inception of my page/profile.

It's really weird coming back on here. The AFF App never actually left my Tablet, and it was incredibly easy remembering my log info. I'm weirdly nostalgic and somber about revisiting. It was shocking to see pending comments and so much support given openly even though I wasn't around at the time to reply in time. 

Time did its thing and took me from college straight to the front doors of full time jobs and every sort of twist and turn you could possibly think of. Not only did I feel the deep regret of letting writing go, but I haven't even been able to indulge in plenty other things that made me "Me". Dancing, visiting friends, video chatting and reconnecting with international friends, MOST of which I met in this community alone, and most of all READING! Of course, there were some ups too and some much needed family times I would compromise writing for again. But nonetheless, I still had to feel the low yearning of things I miss spending my time doing. 

If I'm being totally honest, I don't think I will ever come back to this platform for writing (HELL I haven't even read fanfics in the vacuum of time I missed on here) but I hope to, at least, change that part. It having to admit that openly and fully, it feels like I am shutting a door I would rather leave open. But I'd just be leaving it open for longing and nothing really being fulfilled. (You would know if you saw all the drafts saved on my G-Drive).

I'm sorry to have disappointed a lot of you, and I hope that you all will cherish the stories and chapters that did manage to make it on here. I do have a small amount of cringe knowing those exist (haha) but there was a lot of memories that came from them, so NO those will not come down. I have NO intention of deleting anything or putting things into a private edit or anything. It serves no purpose and I take more of a small pleasure in knowing I did try and put myself out there and had so many insightful and helpful inputs from a variety of readers. (Funny, because all those drafts I mentioned will probably stay unfinished on my G-Drive as well. Call it sentiment...).

Who knows, maybe one day the writing bug will attach itself to my brain and juice the writer's block out of me again. It wouldn't feel right to ask you to read on, but the deepest parts of me do appreciate it TONS. I know the excitement of "the feels" so thank you for delving in and letting ME invoke them with my amateur tales, as well.

For now, THANKS FOR THE ADVENTURE. I'm glad you chose VenusXO12 and the medley of stories posted under that name.

Saranghae, chincha.

- VenusXO12