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☁️ New Chapter Update ☁️

Another update to our very soft autumn fic. This chapter in particular went through several revisions so it better be a good one (me to me). Anywho, Chapter Three - Charmed of Ours Was A Love Built in Autumn is now live. Enjoy!🍁☁️

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☁️ New Chapter Update ☁️

I’ve done enough posts about personal stuff so I won’t bother including that here.

Keeping it short and sweet, Chapter 13 - Resolve of Leather Black is up now. A much needed conversation between the twins takes place. The next chapter will be the highly requested moment between Beca and Chloe. Likely one more chapter and then we can officially conclude this story.

Pretty worn out today so just this one update tonight and other than going to vote tomorrow morning, I should have a lighter day to finalize the edits for my next few updates.

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But you always promise tho 🥺😢

Goodness, you’re breaking my heart here but in a good way. 😞 I do have one chapter that I think is okay to post today so you will have that. The only reason I hadn’t posted already is because when I’m away for long periods like this, I try to include multiple updates at once so there’s more stuff to read.

I don’t think there’s words to describe how much you all enjoying my fics means to me. Seriously. Writing is my passion and I yearn for a life where all I can do is just sit and write consistently. Unfortunately, that’s just not what my current circumstance permits. I’m unfortunately an adult child with way too many responsibilities and a full time job that take up too much of my time and mental energy.

Im a workaholic and very susceptible to burnout and tend to overextend myself more often than I’d care to admit. I’m no wordsmith by any means but I take pride in the work I do put out and I’m very critical of the writing I share with you. I don’t want to put updates out just for the sake of meeting these self-imposed deadlines I’m trying to stick to and give you subpar writing. Each update usually has hours of rewrites and editing behind them because everything needs to fit perfectly.

I’d like to think that while my decent-at-best ideas are important, the quality of my work is a large part of how I was even fortunate enough to grow this fanbase and support that I have today. As such, you all deserve that same quality each time and I can’t give anything less than my best to you.

I will make an effort to be better with my schedule but I’m not good at prioritizing myself first so if I can’t do that, I won’t have anything left to give you.

Above all else, please know that I appreciate you all so much. I will always come back. I couldn’t do this without you.

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Feed us stories 🥺

I promise I will have at least one update later today after work for you all. 🩵 You all are so patient and it’s really not like me to have such huge gaps like this but I’m really hoping we’re out of this rough patch.

So yes, you’ll definitely have an update today. I’d like say at least two but one in particular needs some serious editing before I’m ready to post it so probably tomorrow for the other two but one today for sure.

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☁️ Update ☁️

Hey Friends,

Chapters will begin rolling out again hopefully tonight or tomorrow. I’ve been working with my RDN and we agreed a little more time would do me some good before taking on other tasks again so I stepped away for a little bit longer. Also starting therapy soon so that may move some things around with my update schedule just a bit.

We had another passing in the family two days ago as well so I want to be transparent about that as well. I’m okay and I appreciate this community more than you all know. I’m hoping to get to a place where eventually writing is a full time thing for me because I love writing these fics for you all as much as you hopefully enjoy reading them. It’s been an incredibly strange year with all of the losses in the family back to back and other personal matters but I’m a firm believer that things tend to get worse when something better is on the way.

Remember to take care of yourselves, drink your water, check your posture, and get some fresh air.

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☁️ Update (Personal) ☁️

Hello Tumblr Friend-o’s,

Your friendly neighborhood Cloud here. I deliberated sharing this here but after finally checking my email and after a much appreciated check in email I received, I thought I would share this little snippet of what’s been going on the past few weeks that I hadn’t even realized had been, well, weeks?

(tw: ed)

Next month will mark the first year anniversary since I reached out for help regarding what I now know to be disordered eating behavior. I have never brought this up in this space because I am a very private person and usually share a very surface level glimpse when I’m dealing with personal struggles. Additionally, I haven’t shared this with people that I even know in real life because I still have doubts of my own and struggle to acknowledge that this isn’t just in my head or that I’m “sick enough”.

When I was away a few months ago, I had also stopped attending my check ins with my RDN. I had been dealing with a lot of shame, guilt, and imposter syndrome that kept me from going back and I started to regress into some behaviors that I had been fighting for months to break out of. A few weeks ago, I reached out as a mess of nerves to see if my RDN possibly had any room to fit me back into her schedule because I knew I needed help.

She said yes—of course.

I started attending my appointments again and I’m adjusting to being on a routine again and that is ultimately why I’ve been quiet. Writing was simply one of those things that fell to the back of my mind because, more than anything else, I wanted to get better.

This is probably the most vulnerable thing that I will share here and it’s not from a place of seeking sympathy but something that we would talk about a lot during my recovery thus far is about slowly getting comfortable with talking about it. If I can talk about it, it’s real and that means that I can ask for help.

So, that said, I’m okay. This was not some planned hiatus nor was it one prompted by something really tragic. This one was simply a slip of the mind because I was actually focusing on getting better and reaching out for help which is not my strong suit by any means.

I know there’s no rush but now that I’m eased back into my routine, I do have those updates that I will have for you all this weekend.

Sorry that this long update isn’t actually one with something fun or heartwarming to read but because this is a very vulnerable and important part of my life, I wanted to be transparent about how that has impacted my schedule as of late.

If you read all of this and are going through something of your own, please know that it’s never too late to ask for help. Lots of love to all of you dealing with struggles of your own.

It gets better.

Cloud🩵

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Can Chappell Roan take you hot to go?

Okay, please don’t hate me for this but I had no idea who this person was until I got your ask.

Like I legitimately had to hit up my pal Google. Let it be known that I live under a rock and probably have not seen most movies/things and heard of/listened to many artists that probably everyone knows of. Cloud likes sticking to her usual comforts. Very much a creature of habit you see.

If it makes you feel better, I just asked a good friend of mine if they knew who Chappell Roan was and was affectionately cursed out and now have a list of songs that I must listen to when I get home.

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Will Relinquish ever have another entry?

Yes, actually. Next week. Getting some other updates done this week and we will revisit with a very fun third installment. This was going to be a surprise but screw it. 🩵

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☁️ New Chapter Update ☁️

Back with Chapter Two- You Remind Me of Ours Was A Love Built in Autumn. The sort of coffee shop AU that no one asked for but I needed for serotonin purposes. Enjoy!

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that chlora sex scene was fucking hot.

I just want to say that I initially read this as cholera and this almost went into an entirely different direction.

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Where does your inspiration come from? 🙂

Going on the record to say I’m doing a horrible job at this but I’m getting back to them.🩵

My inspiration really comes from a variety of things. Most of it is simply existing and taking in the interactions of other people around me or using writing as a way to work through an emotion I’m feeling.

The new short fic I started in the coffee shop was inspired by wanting to find something positive to write about in wake of the recent losses I’ve had and feelings of grief. I set the theme in Autumn because it’s my favorite season and typically when I’m at my happiest.

I got the idea for Promise Me from the very brief reference to the missing woman in Alice, Darling which—thinking back on it—feels a bit peculiar given the premise seems far more relevant to After Hours. (AH was first published in December of 2022 which was the month before the AMC release in January.) I believe this was actually a thought that popped up during a conversation with a good friend about narcissists.

That said, I think it’s safe to say that all of my fics were fueled by a deep-rooted desire to sustain my BeChloe filled fantasy given the injustices that were served with the conclusion of Pitch Perfect 3.

Oh, and sleep-deprivation. 🙂‍↕️

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Working on anything new? 😀

This is so late I’m sure so all I can do is laugh because why am I so bad at this lol.

If you haven’t written me off yet as a horrible person, I would like to say yes. Working on several new projects currently/resuming works that I started ages ago. 🩵 Lots of good stuff stewing in the ol’ noggin. 🙂‍↕️

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hi i'm reading after hours right now and i love it so much!! i just wanted to drop by here and let you know because you linked your tumblr in one of the notes! love you ;)

I know I got back to you in the comments already but thank you again so much! 🩵🩵

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Aight, I gotta theory that Cora gonna end up in a relationship with either Aubrey or Stacie by the end of LBEoB.

🤔🤔

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HEY, if you’re reading this, I see that open document. Stop scrolling tumblr on work on your WIP! You have characters to traumatize!

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☁️ New Chapter Update ☁️

See, I told you all that I wouldn’t make you wait forever after that wonderful cliff last chapter. We’re all still friends here, right? Right??

Chapter 12 - Calling the Shots of Leather Black is now available! Enjoy!☁️

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☁️ New Updates ☁️

With us hopefully having reached the end of this rather dark coaster I’ve been on, we’re exuding good vibes and coming back with more updates. Didn’t have the energy to update after the funeral yesterday so I took the night to get some rest. Thus, we move on. I’ve got three updates today and possibly the fourth one later today or tomorrow since I reread it this morning and decided to make some changes. Here they are!

Leather Black - This is the one that I will be working on to get the rest of the chapters out as soon as possible. We’re practically at the end so I’m expecting maybe another two or three but it’s extremely overdue so this story takes priority. This chapter is a bit on the longer side to compensate for the delay.

When We Serve - This was one I started a while back and have been really eager to get to. This will be a part of my dual update plan along with HoN to start alternating updates once Leather Black has concluded.

Ours Was A Love Built in Autumn - This will be a short mini series with little quick chapters. I’m planning on this being similar (in formatting) to how Empty Rooms was done. This is a lighter fic that I got the idea to write during my hiatus while I was grieving and in preparation for my favorite season. I wanted to write something soft and hopeful and, as such, this little series was born. Much like Empty Rooms, it’ll be suitable for more audiences.

More updates to come regularly. Thanks for sticking with me and continue to send good thoughts my way. They mean a lot, now more than ever.

Your Friend,

Cloud ☁️🩵