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If you are interested in keeping up with anything I write in the future, please follow me on my new blog @cavernsandcod !!!

I will be posting new works only there (with the exception of Sweet Thing and Belladonna); I am not moving my entire masterlist to it. I will not deactivate lunarw0rks, so that all my old works will remain here and AO3 as an archive.

After everything I was feeling last night about the algorithm, bots, interaction, I decided that a fresh start may be best for everyone—mainly me.

The "new blog" will just be a rework of my main blog that I hadn't used much before. Hopefully, this will be better for everyone because I can actually follow them from there (as I cannot on here).

I've had this sideblog for nearly two years and it started on a high then eventually tapered off as the site, me, and COD in general changed. So, I'm thinking a revamp with fresh eyes might help connect with other blogs better.

the algorithm on this site is making me lose confidence day by day. my posts get next to no traction, interaction, or push. i'm not saying any of this for pity because i know it's literally my fault the blog is going dead.

i went on hiatus for quite a while, closed my requests, and hit a heavy writer's block. would chip away at certain drafts with only a word or two-- only to lose motivation all over again and stop writing. so i get it.

and now, with my newest fic, i just don't feel confident in it. i'm still working on the next chapters and they will be posted. but i feel like i'm doing it all for nothing lately. like nobody is seeing or reading the content because they've gotten bored of my works, or maybe me. or maybe it's just a shadow ban causing this?? has anyone gone through something similar? i feel like i'm at a loss.

i used to get asks daily, new notifications, and now there's none. i just want to know how to fix this issue without:

1.) changing my entire writing style/content

2.) burning myself out

3.) purging everything (although i'm v tempted as i type this lol).

i really miss having active followers & talking with you all. it was one of the main motivations for keeping active when i created this blog and posted my first fic. i have a very busy schedule and can't always be on here, but i need to know that spending hours working on something will be worth it. to at least know that people are enjoying it and want more.

i know a lot of other cod creators on this site have felt similar and went on leave or deactivated entirely because of similar issues or overall treatment on their blogs, which is terrible to see.

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All good if you're not, I don't want to bother you.

Thank you so much!

let me know what you guys think. my engagement hasn't been very high, so i'm not sure tumblr will even push this post lol. should i come back?

i'm on the fence about taking requests right now or writing at all for that matter. the way i've seen writers treated on this app lately is enough to steer me away.