Hiatus, why?

   So I haven't posted much in the past week and a half, and I promise I have a reason for that.

   I have been so sick the last week, I missed four days of school, along with a weekend spent in bed, coughing and sneezing and wanting to die, basically. Most of that time spent in bed feeling miserable and crying (this was a really bad flu, which I never get) was spent writing, and talking to my friends and family, and thinking things over.

   Which is why I made the decision to take a hiatus from publishing.

   It's holiday break right now, but the first day back to school I have a meeting, which is basically just a formality, about my switching school. I posted a lot early last year, just before the new years, about how I was applying to a learning center in my city, and I did get in. I've been at that center for a semester now, and the new school year just started. My original plan was to stay here for a semester and then leave, but I started school here this year to see if maybe I needed more time there to help myself, and the answer was a resounding no. I really feel like I'm ready to go back to my regular school, which is a lot larger and has way more students. I originally left because of anxiety, and it gave me the opportunity to take a break from everything but school and my anxiety and depression issues. I feel like I'm in a place now where I can handle going back, so that's what I'm doing, and I feel like it will be what I need.

   However, it's going to be hard. The school day is longer, there are more classes, and a lot more homework, and aside from that, I'm considering looking for a job. Basically, I'm about to be really busy. Since we're already a month into the semester, I'll have a lot of work to catch up on and studying to do, and also a lot of homework to focus on.

   I'm not taking a break from writing, just from publishing. I plan on publishing book 3 in the Dreamwalker trilogy, and books 2 and 3 in the Lilac Jones Adventures this month, wrapping up both those series. The books will all be available for free. I also hope to publish a new story, The Face of Love. Then I'll stop publishing new material and my internet presence as an author will go way down. I'll still be active online, just not talking about publishing or doing anything professional. I have to focus heavily on studying  and school and Japanese. This year and next year, grades eleven and twelve, those are what colleges and Universities really look at. If I want to study abroad in Uni, I have to work hard and dedicate myself to school.

   I also really need to focus on my writing, and with my health. I really have a lot of things that need to be prioritized over publishing right now.

   I'll post updates when new books become available through this month, and then my hiatus will officially begin.

  -Thanks for all the support, Kyle.