#xiaoruixi

I was just wondering if you ever plan to update or continue it? No pressure at all—I just wanted you to know how much your story meant to me. 🤍

Hey, hi!

I've thinking about your ask a lot this week, and I wanted to reply the best I can. It's really really incredible to me that my fic has been so well-loved by some readers, and that it stayed for so long with you, considering that I updated it for the last time on December 2022.

Tales of a Prince is a project that holds a special place in my heart. It's the project I worked on it for long hours on lockdown, and it brought me a lot of joy through my last years of university. Both my other fic and this one.

Then, on January 2023 I took the entrance exam to residency. And then I started working in healthcare. My mental health dipped when I started residency, and with it came the fact that I stopped feeling joy from my hobbies. I stopped going to the gym to practice a sport I loved. I stopped writing and drawing. Though it never went to extreme degrees, it did affect me.

A year ago or so, since I'm settled now in my job and my mental health recovered a bit, I started to think about writing again. But I don't feel the connection to the story I wrote anymore. I don't feel like I'm the same person as the one who wrote it. I did have a plan drawn out for the fic, but I no longer daydream about this plot. Instead, I've been daydreaming about new plots, new dialogues, new settings. But I've also been holding back on writing new fics because I feel bad about the ones that I've left unfinished.

I really don't know if I'll ever finish this fic. Two years ago, I'd have said that I would, for sure. But now, I don't know. I also don't feel like it's fair to post something new if I'm not sure if I'll ever finish it. I've been thinking that maybe, if I write a new fic, I'll only post it if it's finished or close to finishing it.

On the other hand, I feel bad for the readers who have been following this for such a long time, only to find that it probably will never be finished. This happened to me with Marriage Stone, and to this day I still think about that fic (it was last updated around 2013!), and I know how it feels. However, I want you to know that I feel truly, wholeheartedly amazed and grateful that this fic has come to meant so much to some of you that you still remember it 4 years later.

I know this might not be the answer you were looking for, but it's the best I can give.

I'm still available on Tumblr, though it may take some time for me to answer. I've been thinking that I can answer questions about the plot of Tales of a Prince and things you might want to know about it, so it might at least relieve the anxiety of not knowing.

Lots of love to everyone. Be safe.