Hey all,

Time for a long overdue update. I've got some good and some bad news, although it's mostly bad news. The good news, is that I managed to drag myself through my finals week with relatively okay grades, so that's nice. The bad news though, is that I decided to put The Ancient Tree's Journey on hiatus.

Most of you probably saw this coming after I've neglected the story for several weeks now. As I mentioned in my previous update, it's not easy to get into the the writing flow after long periods of not working on your novel. I was really excited to start writing chapters again after my finals, but I found it surprisingly hard to put the words on paper.

I had originally planned to completely rewrite my story, fixing the many errors as well as introducing some new characters. I'm sad I couldn't share those ideas with you. I started with the first chapter, but it just didn't appealed to me at all. Typing out the words took much longer than before, and the dialogue felt forced and unrealistic. It just didn't feel the same as it did before, so I eventually decided to call the project off.

When thinking about it, maybe it's for the better anyway. My last year of high school begins after the vacation, so that will require my absolute focus. That doesn't mean I'm not sad about it though. I've had a lot of fun writing about Gaia's adventures, and I still enjoy fantasizing about her from time to time. Her story will continue in my memories, just like it will in yours.

So, what will happen next? Well, I'm glad you asked. I'm thinking about becoming a proofreader/editor on RR, so you might see me hanging around here from time to time. It seems like a nice summer project for me, and maybe someday I'll become good enough so I can start charging a bit of cash for my services. Don't know about that for sure though, so I won't charge anything just yet. That being said, if there are any writers out there who are in need of some proofreading, feel free to contact me.

Anyway, that's all I wanted to say. I hope you guys and gals have an awesome summer, and I thank you for sticking around for so long. Hopefully you all had just as much fun reading my novel as I had writing it.

Yours truly,

DexyBentai.

(P.S. I still suck at math)