Meh.

I know it's been forever and a day since I updated, and for that I'm sorry...

But 'What Are The Odds?' is going to have to be put on hold for an indeterminable amount of time... maybe even forever.

Quite honestly, when I started writing this story, I had no idea where it was going. I had no idea who any of the characters were going to be, or what they were going to do. I just kind of made it all up as I went along. But now that lack of planning has caught up with me, and I really have no idea what to do/where to go with this story. Every time I read through it, I cringe. The more time I spend looking at it, trying to fix it, trying to write it... the more I hate it.

Most of WATO was first written more than two years ago. It was the first real story I ever posted anywhere... it was the first longer-than-a-few-pages story that I ever wrote, really. And honestly, I hate it. If I continue it, the existing parts will have to be rewritten, because if I can't stand reading my own work, if I look at it and think "oh my god, this is terrible, how could I have written this?" then I really can't derive any entertainment from writing it anymore. And that's what writing is all about... as much as I love the fact that people are reading and enjoying something I've written, and as much as I love getting reviews and emails and words of encouragement, "Tis better to write for yourself and have no audience, than to write for the audience and have no self."

I'm sorry if I'm disappointing the people who've followed the story this far with me. I really am. I know how much *I* hate it when I start to read a story, and then out of nowhere it just discontinues.

If it's any consolation, I am working on several new stories, all of which have a decided plot, theme, thoroughly thought-out characters and a well-planned-out beginning, middle and end. I'm much happier with them than I am with WATO, and hopefully, if I'm lucky, you wonderful readers will enjoy them as well.

So yeah. I just want to thank everyone who's read, and/or reviewed 'What Are The Odds?'. You guys and gals have been awesome, and without you, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did, and probably wouldn't have been inspired to work on the stories I'm now working on. Thanks for sticking with me this far, and hopefully into the future.

Yours truly,

Zoe