Author's Note
To anyone reading this, whether you're new to my work or you've been with me since I was whittling nights away on FanFiction:
I am so thankful for you. I haven't written publicly in a while, and I think fans of my Mad World story can attest that I've been gone for quite some time. I'm sorry! Life never stops and I can hardly keep up with it on my best days! Since my days on FanFiction paused I have:
- Graduated college (with a degree in Creative Writing!)
- Gotten married (right before the pandemic lockdown, which meant our honeymoon was kaput ... probably for the best, though, since I gave myself bangs that were never meant to see the light of day)
- Adopted a dog (his name is Lebowski and he is the light of my life, even when he's being an absolute stinker)
- Jumped around from job to job (some really cool, some absolutely nightmarish)
- Moved from my small town to a big city (we're not in Kansas anymore ... hellooo, Chicago!)
What has never changed, though, are my late night trysts with my laptop, writing stories that I just can’t get out of my head. They just don’t go online anymore. I’m hoping to remedy that.
This next story may be, well, a little muddy--there may be glaring mistakes or messy paragraphs. That's because I don't want to overthink this. If I stare at my work for long enough, I find a thousand different reasons why it should never see the light of day and abandon it. And I won't get anywhere if I give up before I can even start.
I told myself that I would start writing again for myself. But really, it was you, dear reader, in the back of my mind the entire time. This one is for both of us :)
Love, Han
PS: This is Book 1 of a series. Let me know if you'd like me to simultaneously post others in the series, or if you'd prefer one at a time!
