#kitashiupdates

Well, it has certainly been awhile lol Hello there! How’s everyone doing?

I’ve honestly avoided tumblr for a long time, only peeking in here and there when I have gotten the occasional tag from some very sweet people who still read & recommend my old fics. I’m actually not even sure I’m making a good choice posting now. It’s been over 5 years since ACOWAR & a lot has happened in my life. My last actual Update post that wasn’t a reblog (which was from like, what, 2017???) unexpectedly ended up documenting one of those life changing moments where your whole world turns upside down for the better. The ‘Rhysand Archeron’ player character I met while leveling up my gatherers in FFXIV (which this game is the reason my backlog of games now rivals my backlog of books 😓) had our first date less than 4 months after that post 😅 We’ve been together ever since & have been as happy as can be (though he goes by a different character name these days) 💜

The reason I’m here though is because of a few friends and family of mine (including 2 who asked me less than 12 hours apart & have no connection to each other) out of the blue about a week ago asked me, “Have you read/heard of ACOTAR?” 🤔

*cue manic laughter*

To make a long story much shorter & not bore you, after discussing with a few of them, I agreed to give the graphic audiobooks of ACOTAR, ACOMAF, & possibly ACOWAR a shot, to see if anything has changed for me in all this time. And some things clearly never do, because I made it to approximately the end of Chapter 4 of ACOTAR before I got inspiration for a fanfic. From Nesta’s POV of all things.

I’m nothing if not a glutton for punishment lol

I can’t promise how this will all go. I’m honestly very hesitant. But I’m willing to give it a second chance & see where it takes me.

Today has been such a lovely day! I had to work late last night due to a department hosted event (which was also fun), but in exchange I got to go home early today because I reached my cap for my hours this week. So I took full advantage of this & 1) got HUGE inspiration for my novel sequel-prequel (thanks to Florence + the Machine) on my drive home, 2) went to lunch with my sister @gekigami98 who gave me even MORE good ideas & kindly acted as my scribe while I drove so I wouldn't forget the things we talked about, 3) got all my weekend errands done, 4) spent quality time with my sister, & 5) helped with her novel planning as well.

And now I have 3 1/2 pages of bullet points in my notebook from this afternoon (& growing!), & my dad came home from his work trip in time for Father's Day & surprised us with McFlurrys.

Hi everyone! I know I've been a bit quiet around here these days. Not going to lie, ACOWAR really took the wind out of my sails for reading & writing both, & coupled with work, it's not been conducive for productivity. But I'm trying find to happier things. That's not to say I will stop writing ACOTAR fic. In fact, I have some written, but I honestly haven't been able to bring myself to post it or finish ones I started before I read ACOWAR. Though there may be some Lucien & Tarquin POVs for ACOWAR fic (both are started), I'll probably focus on either the first two books or AU if I write anymore.

IN HAPPIER NEWS: I finished Windwitch by @stdennard, & I absolutely loved it. 😍 I need Bloodwitch to be out yesterday. I need to know what happens to my loves, & I can't wait until January!

I'm starting reading The Raven Boys by @maggie-stiefvater in the meantime (which I'm very much looking forward to, because it has taken me long enough to pick this up & see what the hubbub is all about) & working on some things for my own novel project Memory Book that hopefully will pan out. FYI: Florence + the Machine is excellent for story inspiration.

So I lasted less than a week. And came back to my fandom in turmoil, misery, & general chaos. I read the Overdrive chapters, & I loved them. I was really excited last night, & felt like I could be excited for Tuesday again. And then I saw a specific spoiler that some people are discussing, but I won’t go into detail here because I promised no blatant spoilers & I meant it (though most people who follow me & know some of what I post can likely hazard a guess), & honestly, I didn’t think it was possible, but ACOWAR may end up on my Most Hated Books list. (I’m still putting it under a cut, because the spoiler is implied).

Okay, I'm going to follow suit with some my other fic writing peeps on here & do an ACOWAR PSA.

Once the book comes out, if I have anything spoilerific to say, I will tag those posts with "ACOWAR Spoilers", & I will put the content under a read more cut. I am a fast reader, so chances are I'll be done with a first read through of the book in a day or two (job permitting), but since I don't tend to live blog, I won't be posting reactions as I read.

With that said, due to hearing about people getting spoilers & such, starting tomorrow (April 23) at around 9am PST, I will be on hiatus until May 3rd*. All fic posting & general content updates will resume after that, but I figure, if this book is going to consume another year of my life, I should attempt to give myself at least a small break (maybe finish Truthwitch finally, or some of my many other books that have been sitting neglected on my Kindle). I'm not looking to get spoiled before I read lol

If there is anything big you want to message me beforehand, please do so, but after that point, hope to see you on May 3rd*! :)