(no time for formatting to be honest)

Yes, you read the title correctly. After a year of being away from AFF due to school and personal reasons, I'm finally reopening the shop. However, throughout the year as I was thinking about it, I have decided to completely change the way the shoppe is set up. 

I'm still going to be busy as ever, and writing is still my first priority over reviewing. That being said, this will probably be a one-(wo)man shoppe. I just don't have the time anymore to coordinate and constantly contact the rest of the staff (sorry guise). If any staff members who are still active see this update, just pm me and we could work something out. Sorry for the non-consulting, but I just really want to start this shoppe up again from scratch. And because of that, in:exordium will only be a place for reviews.

Secondly, I'm going to be changing the format of my reviews on here. They will definitely be briefer than before (still constructive, but more succint). There will be no more grading or points system (unless you specifically request for it, and even then, it'll probably just be an overall score). Over time, I feel like my reviews should focus more on the "pros and cons" of the story. Therefore, in my review, I will just go over aspects of each section (the basics: characterization, plot, writing style, flow, etc) that I liked and areas of possible improvement. As for the more trivial things like title/foreword/appearance, I won't go into as much detail over (but if I do find something I like, I will definitely point it out). 

Thirdly, since this will be done solely by me, I'll probably take batches of 2 requests at a time. Maybe 3 if I'm not too busy with school. That way, nothing will pile up out of control like before. I also will not read more than 10 chapters of a story (unless I can't stop reading). Sorry, but I think it's reasonable that I can gather enough constructive criticism from the first 10 chapters of your story. 

Which brings me to my fourth point. I apologize but all graphic requests will have to be scrapped (but I'm sure y'all have probably found someone by now to complete the job for you). All review requests on queue, if you're still interested in a review, please comment down below within two weeks. If not, those requests will be scrapped as well and the shoppe will start anew. People who are interested in requesting for the first batch can start requesting now because the shoppe is open, and any review requests from the previous queue will be re-added as I receive confirmation from the authors. Again, I'm truly sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. 

Whew, that was a long- update, but yep! in:exordium is now back in business! I'll take things a lot slower this time around. 

- mei

You can find me over at kodawari reviews (jess's shop) as well (probably more often too).