Howdy. Hello. I don't know why I'm doing this.

If you haven't noticed yet, I have difficulty staying focused. That is why I went from writing The Core, to writing The Shifter, back to The Core, and now this. That's not even the worst it's gotten. Hold on, let me count...alrighty. I have a total of 19 stories, all of which, if I sat down and re-read what I already have written, I would gladly go back to writing. But I already struggle with only two stories. I can't go and work on any of the other 17, no matter how much I want to.

Oh, you know? Looking over these stories, I don't have any that happen in space. Weird, considering how much I love space. It's just so cool. I'd probably actually start writing one right now, if it weren't for the fact that I already have plans for space in one of my stories. And no, I won't tell you whether or not the story it happens in is published or not.

My train of thought just jumped tracks. I really hate writing dialogue. I always feel like it's so awkward. Like, honestly, how do people speak to each other?

And I just scrolled up, and was reminded that the image for this "story" is just my pfp. So original, I know.

Um. I completely lost everything in my head, and don't feel like continuing anything I've already written above, so~

Ah! Wait, no, that wouldn't be good. Ooh.

So, I see everywhere that these things need to be at least 500 words, so I'm just gonna go until I reach that.

Anyway, I keep wanting to talk about all of the stories I've read, but I feel like that'd be doing shout outs, and I feel like that's something only popular authors do. I'm not nearly popular enough for that yet.

Though that does remind me. I have an unhealthy obsession of just staring at the statistics for each chapter I post for hours on end, just watching the view count go up. It's just so weird to me, ya'know? The fact that people other than me actually like the shit I come up with just...astonishes me.

Nobody in my family really reads anything I write. My brother could easily find this, but he's not big on reading in general, and my sister, while she enjoys reading, doesn't really know how to find what I post. She doesn't even use Royal Road, despite the fact that I've tried to nudge her onto here before.

Y'all ever open up the Author's dashboard? Yeah, most of it's self-explanatory, but I don't get the ranking thing. Like, how am I being rated? Why do I go up and down, when I haven't posted shit in half a year? It makes no sense. But that section that says "Unique Followers"? That shits my favorite. As of right now, as I write this, I have 62 unique followers. Not much. But again, it's just so strange that other people actually enjoy what I write. I don't even know 62 people. I know...20, tops. Maybe 30. Yes yes, I know. I need to interact more with the outside world. I just don't like leaving my room.

Anyway, I have reached 570 words, and will thusly come to a screeching halt. Hope y'all enjoy my "story" of author's rants.