**UPDATE** 5/15/17

Hey guys. It's me, Lauryn.

I know I shouldn't feel the need to apologize for the past few months. I know that I've been quiet for a while and that a lot of you are worried that I may have quit writing, or something of that nature. I shouldn't have to apologize for taking a few months to sit back and put writing on a serious hold...

But I am sorry.

I just want to let you guys know, I have not given up. I have not stopped writing. I have not thrown in the towel with my storytelling, even though that's what it seems like. The past few months have been hard for me, to the point where my writing abilities have been compromised.

I firmly believe that I was so stressed, subconsciously, it triggered something negative within me. The flow I once experienced while writing vanished. The scenes, the characters, the love for it all just seemed to... disappear. It was like the color around me slowly faded to black and white over the course of a few weeks. Then there was no color at all.

It was empty. Emotionless. Numb. Some days it's still like that.

I went from being able to write three thousand words in one sitting to barely being able to formulate a decent paragraph without feeling mentally exhausted. I couldn't focus. I couldn't feel what I was writing. I couldn't see it in my head like I could before.

It put me in a dark place. Not only with my writing, but with other aspects of my life as well.

And now, a few months later, things are starting to look up.

I've revised the "Assisting Miss Adams" rewrite. I've fixed up "Line of Fire" and am now cranking out the second installment of the "Line of Fire" series.

I want to believe I'm beginning to heal. That the color and flow I once felt before is coming back, but I don't want to make any promises. I don't want to disappoint you guys again. And I don't want to disappoint myself either.

I honestly probably shouldn't even be writing this, but I needed to write it out.

I just wanted to check in and give everyone an update on what's been going on. This is the first time in a long time that I've fallen into a hole like this, and learning how to deal with it has been extremely difficult.

But I hope you all have stuck around long enough to read this. I'm trying hard to make a strong comeback. For you guys and for myself.

With much love,

Lauryn Brooks