TheAleksDemon

I have realized, with a terrible guilt, that I have NOT updated Sigh of Smoke in almost a month. That is LONG for me. Extremely so. So here's the thing:
          	
          	School (my one biggest excuse) is what's keeping me away from writing. For one, I haven't even finished applying to universities or scholarships (I'm really late). Not only that, but I've noticed—almost with disgust—that the way I've been writing for essays and official things, have actually been incredibly atrocious. For the past few weeks I've been trying to fix this. Other than drabbles of fanfic or drawing fanart, my mind hasn't touched any of my Outlands' characters. Not one. I've been making plans for the third book, but that's about it. I haven't written anything for a very long time.
          	
          	I'm in grade 12 now. I find that I don't have very much time to do many things at all besides school. So I sincerely apologize to anyone who might've realized that I've been inactive. I'm not sure if I'll finish this book by Christmas, but hopefully by then I'll be a little more stress-free.

paganprincess

Hi!!! Hope all is good with you!!

paganprincess

:) Don't apologize. You're graduating! That's  awesome!! Congratulations!!
            Don't feel pressured to update. When it happens it happens. 
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TheAleksDemon

@paganprincess OH MY GOD I'm so sorry Dx I haven't updated anything, mostly because I was graduating—AM graduating, considering my circumstances (haven't had the ceremony yet). I'll make a post soon, now that I'm free from school, about why I really haven't written anything. I'm really sorry D:
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TheAleksDemon

I have realized, with a terrible guilt, that I have NOT updated Sigh of Smoke in almost a month. That is LONG for me. Extremely so. So here's the thing:
          
          School (my one biggest excuse) is what's keeping me away from writing. For one, I haven't even finished applying to universities or scholarships (I'm really late). Not only that, but I've noticed—almost with disgust—that the way I've been writing for essays and official things, have actually been incredibly atrocious. For the past few weeks I've been trying to fix this. Other than drabbles of fanfic or drawing fanart, my mind hasn't touched any of my Outlands' characters. Not one. I've been making plans for the third book, but that's about it. I haven't written anything for a very long time.
          
          I'm in grade 12 now. I find that I don't have very much time to do many things at all besides school. So I sincerely apologize to anyone who might've realized that I've been inactive. I'm not sure if I'll finish this book by Christmas, but hopefully by then I'll be a little more stress-free.

barrej1

Sorry for the delay in catching up with the reading again and thank you for the mention - keep up the great work love reading the books

TheAleksDemon

@barrej1 Hey no problem xD I don't mind you taking your time, that way you probably will miss out on the mistakes I try to fix veerrrryyy quickly after I update x) Even though I always miss some. And thank you :) I really appreciate it
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TheAleksDemon

I bet you can see from the new array of covers in my published work section that I have used, abused, and adored every second I had with the Wattpad Covers app xD which is pretty good for simple covers that look really nice when you just randomly need one as a placeholder, or as a permanent cover

TheAleksDemon

Chapter 47 is up! It's short, since I technically wrote it tonight -___- I really wish I had made a timeline of all the events so I can keep track—but that would be long and arduous and I'm still not done unpacking from the most recent move. I hope you all like the new covers! 
          
          I know that SoS seems sloppily written—that's probably because there's so many changes I want to make to the original drafts, but I can't since I'm putting it up online for you guys xD I'm working on revising the first book with my entire plot in mind because I wrote most of it while winging it, but if I do that, the second book will be very different. Since I'm working towards the ideal of publishing it, then even BoF will be very different. But you guys got first view :D Hope you like it so far. 
          
          Anyway, I'm working on that one chapter preview of Queen Merianne's life—or at least, a snippet of it :P Hope to update again soon before summer school starts. 
          
          ALSO, since I'm putting BoF for the Watty Awards, I hope you all will be there to support me x) good night!

TheAleksDemon

Chapter 46 is up!! FINALLY. And school's out! HECK YEAH. This chapter's a pretty long one I think, but I hope to finish Sigh of Smoke this summer :) You can find the drawing featured in the chapter's media section on the official site if you want to see it bigger.

TheAleksDemon

I'm going to—how do you say—volunteer(?) Breath of Flame for the Watty awards this year!! Since it's already complete, I really hope it does well :D If it's fine with everyone who's already read it, please recommend it to others! I'd like to get my story out there, and I know the Wattys is a good opportunity.
          
          Also, on some other news, I do intend to publish Breath of Flame someday. Although it would be severely different—there's a lot of things I want to change(like a name or two)—and my book club at school intends to help me! SUPER HYPED MAN. 
          
          ONE MORE THING. I want to make a social media thing so you guys can keep up with updates, or little doodles I do for this series. So: Tumblr Blog or Facebook page? I'm not really a Twitter person myself, and I don't know how to work around those :P
          
          SCHOOL'S OVER TOO. I intend to update as often as I can when exam's are over ;) thanks for all the support so far

girlwhowouldntgrowup

I really hope it does well in the Watty awards. I can't wait for it to be published!! Yay! for more updates
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