State of the Blog

With Brody and Liv's wedding date drawing nearer, I'd like to address the future of the blog.  I had this post written, and then a couple of my favorite blogs announced an end in the near future, and I decided to hold on to the post a few more days.

Brody and Liv's story will be ending soon.  There are several reasons for this.  One is that--as my fellow bloggers can attest to--writing an ongoing story with no set end is HARD.  It is so hard to come up with ways to keep the story interesting without going off the deep end with completely ridiculous drama that people don't actually want to read.  Keeping a story going indefinitely is a logistical (and creative!) nightmare.  Another is that as I move back into my school year (the last, if all goes according to plan!) I anticipate that this year will be hell on wheels for me.  I will not be able to consistently give you, my amazing, supportive readers, the great posts you deserve.  I'd rather wrap Brody and Liv's story up at a natural ending point, and not when I'm rushed and half-assing it.

Now, with that said, I don't plan to go away.  Writing this blog has been therapeutic for me in ways that I couldn't have even imagined prior to starting it.  This blog got me through some of the roughest shit I've gone through in my adult life.  That sounds silly to say, but it's true.  It was something that, while I was otherwise flailing about like a crazy person with no idea what she's doing, I was always good at.  I was always getting positive feedback.  I always felt good about what I produced.  I don't want to lose that.

So, what is my plan then?  Good question.  Everyone loves Kinsley and Lauren, so I'd like to stick around this blog and write some more Kinsley and Lauren after I wrap up Liv and Brody.  I anticipate that those posts won't be as consistent or plentiful as my posting generally has been--but I have no idea how my life is going to go come September, and maybe I'll be wrong.  So I don't have the logistics of doing this mapped out, but I do want to do more with them.  Don't tell Liv, but Kinsley is my favorite character in this blog, and I'd really love to develop her story more.  And Lauren is...well, Lauren is me (with some creative liberties, of course ;) ) so I feel like she deserves some more story time.

I'm also working on a few other things.  One thing I hope might become another blog, depending on how it goes.  And the other...well, I hope that someday the other might become a book.  

So that is the state of the blog.  I hate to even announce it with the news of some of the other blogs wrapping up, but I have a feeling there will be some readers that will be thrilled with the shift from Liv to Kinsley and Lauren!


The plan for the rest of the week is: Lauren's post will go up Wednesday evening.  I hope to still get a Liv post written to schedule for Friday, but I make no promises at this point.  I will for sure be back with a Liv post on Sunday though.

As always, thank you for being the loyalest of readers.  You guys are all awesome.