To all of you dearest readers:

I have been horribly, horribly remiss in regards to this story. The simple truth of the matter is this. I am, in every way possible, stuck. I haven't been able to write more than a page of the next chapter for the past two years. Indeed, I haven't been able to write more than a page of ANY chapter for ANY story for over a year now. Why this has happened, I don't know. I've attempted to break the writer's block with one-shots (which never get finished, either) and even by working on my own original story (which has also never developed beyond two pages).

It has all been to no avail. I feel it unfair to force the ideas from my pen (or keyboard, as the case may be). Unfair to myself and to the people who read my story so faithfully. All of you deserve better than a less than average chapter.

Please understand I'm working on it in every way I know how. I've never had to deal with any writer's block like this before. I've been stumped on specific stories, but never on writing itself. I find I have written myself into a corner with the ending of the last chapter and must frankly tell you that I have no idea what Emily is going to do for revenge. She, like the rest of Anne's family, has clammed up and is refusing to speak to me.

I'm attempting to get past this roadblock by focusing on Leslie and Joseph in the next chapter. If any of you have ideas as to what you'd like to see in the next chapter, please contact me. Don't tell me in a review, but you can pm me or leave a message on my MySpace page, which is my homepage on my profile.

Thank you ever so much for all your patience and your encouraging words.

Tierney Beckett/Melanie