As you all my know, I've been having many issues with maintaining a website. Frankly, I don't feel suited for the job at this point. Before you get mad and close this window though, let me at least say that this doesn't mean that I'm giving up writing or anything. Below is an email sent out to all those who had subscribed to my the mailing list regarding my long absence and what's going to happen now.

So....yeah. I don't know exactly where to start in this explanation....How about I start with saying this? No, I am not dead, and I have not been wiped off the face of the planet. I'm very much alive and kicking.

Now that that stupid rumor is out of the way...

Many of you have noticed my lack of updates. To be honest, I haven't even gotten the chance to be on my computer very much for the past few weeks except to write papers for school. I've been ridiculously busy lately, and my workload doesn't seem like its going to lighten up any time soon.

I've finally found a functional balance of work and play in my life, but it came with a lot of sacrifices. I get about four hours of sleep a night and eat one full meal a day and the equivalent of 1/2 a meal in snacks throughout the rest of the day. I'm working at the library or elsewhere for most of the day. My double major and possible minor is going to eat me alive and I'm ready for it.

As for my social life, I somewhat recently (not even a full three months ago) entered a new relationship. My boyfriend is a wonderful person and is more than deserving of a portion of my time. The same goes with the rest of my friends here on campus, all of whom I absolutely adore.

Thanks to one of these friends, who has become like a big brother to me, I've also started up guitar and piano again. We like to (attempt to) jam on a regular basis and it's an amazing outlet for my creativity. I wouldn't trade that for anything in the world.

Now here's a big question. Do I still write?

Of course! I've been writing more than ever...in notebooks. Rather than stunting my growth by carrying my laptop in my backpack everywhere I go, I care around notebooks that I am ALWAYS writing in. To give you guys an idea of how much I've been writing, get this. Remember A Time For Goodbyes? It's complete. Autumn Eyes? about 3/4ths done. I have 3 new singles in those notebooks, one of which can be classified as a songfic.

And inspiration is coming at me from all angles. I have a small pocketbook solely for ideas. That thing is so full its not even funny. I have 3-4 ideas for new fanfics and about 4-6 new ideas for originals which I plan on getting published if I ever get the chance to. And I'm still working on getting my NaNoWriMo Obsidian Earth ready for publishing and the first installment of the big-time fantasy series Eternal Melody prepared for publishing as well.

So yeah, I've been busy. Everything I have is in a notebook and since I'm usually not on my computer, I haven't had the time to type things up.

What does this mean for all you guys?

Well let's see. I only recently discovered that neither of my two webhosts are working right now... I have no idea what I'm going to do about that. Also, YouTube is still deleting my videos on a regular basis. Nothing I can do about that. But I don't wanna just leave all you guys on the side of the street with nothing.

So here's my plan. Rather than depending on these wishy-washy webhosts, I'm just not going to have a central website. I'm going to manage my blog and post links to my fanfiction.net profile on there as a gateway to all my fanfictions. As for my originals? I haven't decided yet. Because I plan on having them all published some time in the future, I don't want them fully released online. However, I may release snippets on my blog or on fictionpress.org or something. I haven't decided on that yet.

However, since I obviously fail at deadlines and regular updates, I'm going with a "no promises policy." Rather than setting "reasonable" deadlines, I'm just not going to set them at all. Any and all updates will be sporadic and random. Sorry, I can't change that. I will TRY MY BEST to keep my livejournal updated, but that's all I can say. When I get the chance, I will type up all the chapters I have an post them on ff.net. Until then, you guys will just have to sit pretty and not wait up for me. I never expect you to anyway.

So...sorry about the wait. I'll try to get on my blog ASAP and throw some random ramblings at you. Until then, you guys get out some, enjoy life, and find that golden balance in your life.

Have a good one all!
-JC

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So there it is. I'm here to stay.. just not on this website. If you still want to keep up to date with my work and everything visit my blog (Yes I DO update regularly) at:

http://jaded-catalyst.livejournal.com

See you all around!