May the Force Be With You

Yes, I'm still alive. No, I didn't get kidnapped, flee the planet, or get frozen in carbonite. Life has been insane for the past few months, though, which is part of the reason why I haven't updated the blog. I apologize for slacking off, everyone.

It's been nearly two-and-a-half years since I began "Me, Myself, and Vader - Discussions with a Sith." To be honest, I barely knew what a blog was when I started this thing. I just knew they were a sort of online journal, and I thought people would be more interested in reading about my life if I added a twist. So I threw Darth Vader into the mix. And in the beginning, it wasn't going to progress beyond that, except the occasional cameo.

Then about November of 2005, things began to snowball. First the peace summit, which brought more characters in that ended up staying permanently. Then the war against Palpatine, which brought events from my blog crossing over with events from other people's blogs. The blog became a sort of role play instead of a journal of my life. Which was fun and kept things interesting, of course, and got me reading other people's blogs. But the downside was that it was no longer a journal, but more of an overly long, self-insertion fanfic.

Now, over two years after starting this, I feel like I've finally run out of steam. There are many factors contributing to this -- too much going on in real life, other fanfic projects, events on my blog growing too complicated to handle successfully (the werehorse angle kind of died after a few months, for example), my own interests changing somewhat (thanks for introducing me to Transformers, Rose), and simply running out of ideas.

I apologize to my readers, but the blog is going to be taking a hiatus for an undetermined period. I don't know when I'll return to it, or if the story will remain the same or be altered in an effort to streamline it. If events on anyone else's blog hinge on events in this one, then let me know and I'll see if we can work something out.

If anyone wants to remain in contact with me, my e-mail address is in the Links list to the left of the blog. And if you want to continue reading my work, my Fanfiction.net page is always open, as is my DeviantArt page (where I have a "real-life" journal).

Thank you all for reading. May the Force be with you.