My Secret, My Bully, My Mates.
Chapter 0591

Leslie Mihelich

First I want to thank everyone who has followed Sky's journey this far. I have been writing this story for a year now and it is surreal that we are still here. When I started it was for a contest just to see if the thoughts in my head could be made into something tangable and it has grown to so much more.

My outline and plot has grown and changed as I developed characters further and deeper than I ever expected. I have learned and grown as a writer in this whole process. This is my third book on this platform and by far my best and most thought out work.

With that being said, I want to address all the critics. I do actually read the comments and take to heart the things I can actually improve on. Constructive criticism only makes me better and I appreciate thoughts and insights from readers. Many of you catch things I never would have seen and I truly love the character discussions. Your oustide perspective helps me grow the world I am creating in my stories.

But...

This is not my full time job. I do my best to post daily. I am a reader here too and I know what it is like to have to wait days/weeks for chapters to be posted. I am a teacher full time during the day, I coach dance and gymnastics and we are currently in our competative seasons. The children I influence and work with daily are my priority. I have two teenage kids of my own who got the genetic capacity to be involved in tons of things.

At this time my son is training for lacrosse, coming off a full and exciting wrestling season. He is also a musician gearing up for shows in and out of school. My daughter is in the final tech weeks of her high school's run of Beauty and the Beast, which she is a freshman and coordinating sound and lights. A job she is completely qualified for and invested in at only 15, surpassing students older than her for her leadership skills and ability to work through things on the fly. (I got my Sky inspiration close to home.) She is also a competative dancer, a musician with three different groups at school and they are both in accelerated programs for their schools. I don't say this to brag, although my kids are awesome, but to let you know I am a real person with a real life outside of this app.

I write during free moments each and every day. Most days I can produce word count that is worthy of posting as a chapter. Right now, I do have days where we are running from 5am to 10pm with barely time to eat. On those days and in those moments, I choose my family and my health over posting a mediocre chapter. I don't want to miss anything in my kid's lives and I know I have an obligation here too.

I don't use Al to write, the words are mine and typed out the old fashioned way, with my own two hands. 

I have no control over the cost of the chapters and my book is a part of a Beta program for formatting which affects the length of chapters. There is nothing I can do to change those things. I do have a group on the F* where I interact with my readers and post when updates go live. For many of you this might help with the waiting game. It is difficult for authors to interact within the chapters on the GoodNovel app, so that is where all the behind the scenes action is. You can look up my pen name to replace us.

I really do appreciate everyone for being here and supporting my writing. It means the world to me to know that I can reach so many people.