First of all, I want to sincerely apologize for not publishing a chapter on Friday as I was supposed to. And even worse, I didn't say anything about it. No apology, no warning—nothing. I just disappeared, and that's not okay. I truly regret it.
The only explanation I can offer is that, unfortunately, I got caught up in other things and time just flew by. By the time I looked at the clock, it was already too late to start writing. In the end, I let it go: I didn't write anything and went to bed early. It was a bad decision, and I admit it.
But that's not all. I also need to apologize for today, because I won't be publishing a chapter today either. Though, this time, I have a slightly better excuse.
I'm about to wrap up this small initial arc, and I need to be fully prepared for what comes next. Until now, the story has taken place in a familiar setting—Earth, the real world—which makes things a lot easier since I haven't had to invent concepts or locations. But all of that is going to change soon. Once this arc ends, the setting and the very nature of the story will shift completely, and I need to have everything solidly laid out for that.
It's not that I have nothing prepared—don't worry, I wasn't that careless. But I do feel the worldbuilding I have can be enriched a lot more, and that's exactly what I've been working on over the weekend. I continued today as well. I tried writing the chapter this afternoon, but again—it was already too late. And while most of the chapter is already written (I could even publish it as it is), the truth is, I'm not satisfied with it yet. Especially the dialogues. They still don't convince me, and I don't want to publish something that I'm not proud of.
I also haven't managed to edit the chapter I promised to revise last week. In short: I've run out of time.
So I've made a decision. There will be no new chapters this week. I'm going to use these days to fully focus on expanding the worldbuilding of the novel, and at the same time, write a few extra chapters so I can rebuild a small buffer. When I started this series, I had a pretty comfortable buffer—around 10 to 15 chapters—but over time, it ran out. Now I have none, and that's not sustainable. I need at least three or four chapters ready in advance so I can handle moments like this without going completely silent.
I also want to briefly mention another reason why I've decided to double down on the worldbuilding. A fellow writer recently recommended an app to me that has been really helpful. I won't mention the name—it's not an ad—but it's very useful. It lets me organize all my information as if it were a personal wiki. Before, I had to do everything in Word, which led to five or six different documents, each with dozens of pages, and it was a nightmare to find anything when I needed it. Now, with this app, I can link concepts, characters, places, and everything else much more easily. I've already started transferring the information this weekend, but there's still a lot left to expand and polish.
That's everything I wanted to say.
Once again, I'm really sorry for the lack of updates and the lack of communication. I hope you can understand and forgive me. My plan is to return next week with solid chapters—ones that are well-crafted and truly worthy of the direction this story is taking.
Thank you for reading, for your patience, and for sticking with me.
See you soon.