Bows and Arrows - Volume I - The Young One

Hello readers,

It has been a while, huh ?

I've been working hard behind the scenes to edit the first version of Bows and Arrows that is already published on Inkitt. I'm not deleting it just yet because I want you guys to have time to find this new version and I want to take the time to save all the beautiful comments you have left me as you were reading it.

I know I said I needed about one Christmas holiday to be ready to come back here, and it's been way longer than that.

You have no idea how that pains me.

I'm not sure I'm ready to go into all the details as to why I've put Bows and Arrows on the back burner, but maybe once I start uploading, it'll feel right to speak up. Just know, it happened without me realising it fully until it became too obvious to ignore.

I was trapped in responsibilities and relations. Picture it as like breathing a very thin and faint flow of toxic fumes for a long time. At first, it feels fine, throat gets itchy every now and then but you just shrug it off. Then one day, you find yourself gasping for air and choking without understanding what is happening to you all of a sudden.

Out of instinct, out of survival really, you crawl out of the poisonous cloud and are welcome by friends who explain how it wasn't your fault and how it's remarkable you survived this for so long, but now it's time to close the door behind you and move on. They let you cry your eyes out, they let you express your fear and your disappointment in yourself, they listen to all the anger that had build up, so that now you can do what's best for you.

Focus on yourself. Heal.

I don't know exactly when I'll start uploading again, but I'm working towards that. Pinky promise. Don't give up on me. Put this in your library and I swear it will be worth your while. I decided to upload this today because I'm starting to get out of my cave and participate in author events again, so I wanted readers to find me in the right places.

You'll also notice that the book now has "Volume I" on the cover. I couldn't shorten the story to fit it in one book, so here we are. The story instead, is getting longer, as I flesh out details, rewrite parts so all the magic makes even more sense to you readers and backstories are created. It also lead to the following stories featuring some characters you've already met to also take shape in my mind. So I had to take breaks to flesh that out too to make sure the timeline fits with the current story and the mythology also works accordingly.

(Yes, I had to think about the very own creation of the world according to Greek mythology. Talk about a ride for an overthinker with perfectionist tendencies.)

Long story short, I thank you for your patience with me.

Love,

Billie.

PS: Also, if it's the first time we meet, reading is political.

PS2: This entire book, cover, art -as well as anything else I write or I've written - is 100% NO AI. I'd rather post a chapter a year than use any form of generative AI to speed up the process.