Your voices are loud.
What I mean is, I have taken the time to read through the number of emails and other messages I have received on various platforms since my decision to leave this site and I must say, you guys have a lot to say. Truly.
I will be honest. It was a hard decision for me to make and it wasn't one that I made lightly. With that said, as I said, I DID read all your messages everywhere you guys sent them and I thought I would address them all in the place you all came to me from.
In reality, I have not enjoyed my work since the time between 2009 and 2012. I feel as though my work started to fall apart around 2013 and I haven't really been happy with what I've been posting since the middle of 2014 onward... Or rather, the reason I have been posting I suppose.
I have heard you. I have heard you loud and clear and I have this to say to everyone who managed to chase me down in places like WattPad and FF.net, even some who managed to track me down on Twitter and the more obscure places I never meant for people to find me in.
I will consider it. I will consider returning to deviantART.
To show that I have taken careful consideration of this over the last week, I have gone through nearly 50 pages of storage and unstored a number of my deviations from 2009 to present. I may comb through and unstore more depending on my mood.
IF I am to do this, and this is a strong if, I will be getting more back to my roots. The roots I had from the time I posted between 2009 and 2012. The time when I posted for myself and no one else (and primarily posted Devil May Cry related stuff). The truth is, I DO enjoy sharing my work with people but somewhere along the way, my reason for being here got lost in the shuffle and things ended up muddled and murky to the point I could no longer see who I was anymore when I started.
Full disclosure. I don't have the time for my work, written or otherwise, like I used to and in reality I likely won't ever have that kind of time again as my life goes on, but when I do I really have enjoyed sharing it with people. People like you.
I am still seeing notifications from people about my decision and I am still reading them, even if I'm not responding to them. Like I said, I will consider it all. I miss the place that this used to be for me and all your messages have helped me see a brief glimpse of what that was like way back when.
I haven't made any solid decisions just yet and as it stands, my most up-to-date work can be found off site. Possibly, for the sake of those who were avidly following my stories, I may start posting the new chapters again once things are a little more settled. Once I've reached a final decision regarding this place.
Thank you to all of you who reached out to me off site. It's people like you that make the creative process so enjoyable.
~ Bones