Absolutely have not lost motivation! Only time issue and life getting crazy but truly where the story has been paused at is technically in my opinion a completion of the original plot/arc. The remaining 10-12 chapters will be a bit of a “bridge” plot leading into the sequel that if I wanted to I could just publish separately…. Because the final chapter of the current story definitely READS like an ending, but I did want to leave off on a very specific visual/scene so the tiny bit that’s left will only be to introduce one more important character and kinda “set the stage” or the looking things coming in the sequel. But as far as the conflict/resolutions of the story up to where it’s currently at, everything has been resolved and the remaining plot will all be like a new branching off point only meant to lead into the sequel.