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Oct 24, 2021

It's been a hot minute since I've been on DA, but I just wanted to stop by and drop a note for those who still follow, or might be waiting for an update. Sadly, there will be no more updates for DA, I am leaving the site completely. That being said, I am deleting all my stories. I have decided to rewrite some of them, and turn them into small novels for kindle and other digital readers. At first, I was just going to delete everything, but I put a lot of work into my stories, and I feel it's time to revamp them and turn them into something that more people can read and enjoy. Thank you to all of you who have subscribed and followed me over the years, and to those who followed be over to AO3. It's been a lot of fun, but I think it's time I let writing work for me. I will leave my account up, but all stories will be gone. They will eventually be published under a pen name, so, if anyone is interested, once I publish, I will come back here and update again with the pen name to look for

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