User blog:ItsAjNeale/I'm Back (reason behind hiatus & lowkey disappearing)

Hey guys!

So after a couple of months of not writing, I'm getting back into Dueling Desert, but I feel like I owe an explanation as to why I stopped writing and put it on hiatus for a while.

There's nothing particularly exciting to say; I didn't get abducted by aliens, wasn't stranded at sea in a plane crash, and wasn't locked in Tanglefrost's basement (much to his disappointment).

I did, however, have a big change in life which was beginning studying a Master's degree at University, which was a huge change of pace from just doing a Bachelor's degree previously. Studying two degrees at once quickly ate up all of my time, and I had to put that first and had to get all my classes and grades up to a safe point before I could justify spending time on this. On a positive note, the fact you're reading this now means I am indeed at that stage, so now I'm coming back full force to finish off writing the rest of Dueling Desert!

Stay tuned, because the next few episodes are definitely important, with two more episodes until the climax of the Dueling Desert twist, which I hope will be both really enjoyable and also something completely different to the usual way Redemption Island-type twists wrap up.

Other than that, thanks to everyone who stuck around and kept reading my seasons despite me being gone. It really means a lot to me and I hope I continue to provide you guys with an enjoyable reading experience <3.

-AJ