And thank you to all my readers out there. You kept me going. You made it that much more meaningful to me, knowing I had people out there who read something I wrote and kept coming back for more. Without you, it wouldn’t mean as much as it did.

Whether I recover my old posts to cherish as a keepsake of my journey like an old, worn journal or not—it's time to move on to greater things. Stay on the look out because more is coming soon. I promise, this isn't the last you've seen of me yet.

While I'll never get back that time now, what I do know is all the minutes and hours I spent blogging weren't wasted. It taught me many things, helped me get out of my shell, and own this part of who I am, this side I kept hidden for so long. And that is enough.

My blog started because someone else told me I should. Even though I questioned that advice at the time, I still followed it. Many times over these last seven years, I've wondered if I should have listened, if blogging retracted from all the time I could have spent drafting manuscripts instead.

Authorship is still the ultimate pursuit, and I have so much going on behind the scenes towards that goal. I'm excited for what comes next, but I need to remember: I'm here to write and sell BOOKS, not a blog.

I've felt for a while my blog had run its course, had served its purpose, and I needed to move on to the new things I've got lined up on the horizon. Though this is the end of my blog as we once knew it, it is not the end of my main ventures with writing.

I've been meaning to update everyone more formally, but while everything is under renovation as I rebulid my website into something new, this will have to suffice.

While yes, I am devastated at how over seven years of hard work could suddenly vanish with the click of a button, I am seeing this for the opportunity it is, the reminder of what my true goal always was and remains.